Jeffrey Tambor

Born: 1944-07-08 in San Francisco, California, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brooks, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the TV sitcom The Ropers (1979–1980), as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998), George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and Maura Pfefferman on Transparent (2014–2017). For his role in the latter, Tambor earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series out of three nominations. In 2015, he was also awarded a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Pfefferman. His film roles include Jay Porter in ...And Justice for All (1979), Jinx Latham in Mr. Mom (1983), Sully in There's Something About Mary (1998), Mayor Augustus Maywho in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Tom Manning in Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Sid Garner in The Hangover trilogy (2009–2013), Francis Silverberg in The Accountant (2016), and Georgy Malenkov in The Death of Stalin (2017). Tambor has done voice acting for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), Tangled (2010), and Trolls (2016). For his voice role in The Lionhearts (1998), he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. From 2002 to 2003, he was an announcer for Hollywood Squares.

Filmography

2020

Magic Camp as Roy Preston
Disclosure as Self (archive footage)

2018

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling as Self
55 Steps as Mort Cohen

2017

The Orville as Ben Mercer
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Big Nose (voice)
The Death of Stalin as Georgy Malenkov
Tangled: Before Ever After as Big Nose (voice)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni as Glossaryck (voice)

2016

Trolls as King Peppy (voice)
The Accountant as Francis Silverberg
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio as (voice)
The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2012

Doc McStuffins as Santa Claus (voice)
Inside Comedy as Self
Robot and Monster as St. Crispy (voice)
Bent as Walt Riggins
Branded as Bob Gibbons
For the Love of Money as Mr. Solomon

2011

Bob's Burgers as Captain Flarty (voice)
Bubble Guppies as Night Wizard (voice)
Flypaper as Gordon Blythe
The Hangover Part II as Sid Garner
Paul as Adam Shadowchild
China, IL as Professor Cakes (voice)
Love Bites as Dr. O
Mr. Popper's Penguins as Mr. Gremmins
Night of the Living Carrots as Carl Murphy (voice)
Win Win as Vigman
Lucky as Detective Harold Waylon
Five as Danny
The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks

2010

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Gill Littlefoot (voice)
Raising Hope as Arnold
Tangled as Big Nose Thug (voice)
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! as Bettys friend (voice)
Running Wilde as Steven's Father
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
Operation: Endgame as Devil
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer as Dr. Barry Cohen
Meeting Spencer as Harris Chappell
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying as Self

2009

The Good Wife as Judge George Kluger
Archer as Torvald Utne (voice)
The Hangover as Sid Garner
Monsters vs Aliens as Carl Murphy (voice)
The Invention of Lying as Anthony James
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space as Carl Murphy (voice)
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying as Anthony

2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
Superhero Movie as Dr. Whitby
Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Tom Manning
Welcome to the Captain as Uncle Saul
Good Behavior as Hy
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon as Self

2007

WordGirl
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Slipstream as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie as Santa (voice)
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas as Santa Claus (voice)
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' as Hank Kingsley
Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show

2006

Psych as Lloyd French
The New Adventures of Old Christine as Neil
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
Twenty Good Years as Jeffrey Pyne

2005

Medium as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
The Colbert Report as Self - Guest
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz as Wizard
Earth to America as Self

2004

Entourage as Jeffrey Tambor
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as King Neptune (voice)
EuroTrip as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
Hellboy as Tom Manning
Game Over as Dr. Zed (voice)
Funky Monkey as Crane

2003

Arrested Development as George Bluth Sr.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
Under the Tuscan Sun as Lawyer (uncredited)
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection as Carl Murphy (voice)
My Boss's Daughter as Ken
Malibu's Most Wanted as Dr. Feldman
Scorched as Bank Employer
Eloise at the Plaza as Mr. Salomone the Manager
Eloise at Christmastime as Mr. Salomone the Manager

2002

Ozzy & Drix as The Mole (voice)
3-South
That Was Then as Gary 'Double G' Glass
3-South as Dean Earhart

2001

The Proud Family as Randolph Verascola (voice)
Never Again as Christopher
Next Caller as Jefferson
Get Well Soon as Mitchell

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jerzy Skaggs
How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Mayor Augustus Maywho
Sammy as Steve (voice)
Pollock as Clem Greenberg

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lester Cohen
Girl, Interrupted as Dr. Potts
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
The Lot as Myron Sylver
The Early Show as Self
Muppets from Space as K. Edgar Singer
Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Coach Wenchell
My Teacher's Wife as Jack Boomer
Everything's Relative as Jake Gorelick

1998

Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
Hercules as King Salmoneus (voice)
Meet Joe Black as Quince
There's Something About Mary as Sully
Doctor Dolittle as Dr. Fish
The Lionhearts as (voice)

1997

The Practice as Sid Herman
The Wonderful World of Disney
Weapons of Mass Distraction as Alan Blanchard

1996

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Black Jack Lee (voice)
Big Bully as Art Lundstrum
The Man Who Captured Eichmann as Isser Harel

1995

Pinky and the Brain as Beetle Fiero (voice)
Heavyweights as Maury Garner
MADtv as Self
Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects as Dr. Zin

1994

Duckman as Psychiatrist (voice)
Radioland Murders as Walt Whalen Jr.
Another Midnight Run as Bernie Abbot

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
A House in the Hills as Willie
Jonny's Golden Quest as Dr. Zin
At Home with the Webbers as Gerald Webber
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Dr. Stockton

1992

Batman: The Animated Series as Crocker (voice)
The Larry Sanders Show as Hank Kingsley
Article 99 as Dr. Leo Krutz
The Burden of Proof as Sennett
Crossing the Bridge as Uncle Alby

1991

Dinosaurs as Hank Hibler (voice)
City Slickers as Lou
Life Stinks as Vance Crasswell

1990

Law & Order as Barry Dilwynn
American Dreamer as Joe Baines
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
Lisa as Mr. Larry Marks
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder as Don Hecker
The Easter Story as Peter (voice)
Pastime as Peter LaPorte
Seriously... Phil Collins as Jeffrey Taglentini

1989

Tales from the Crypt as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")
Doogie Howser, M.D. as Board Member
Brenda Starr as Vladimir
Studio 5-B

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1987

Max Headroom as Murray
Three O'Clock High as Mr. Rice
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Writer

1986

L.A. Law as Gordon Salt
Mr. Sunshine as Paul Stark
The Nativity as Eli (voice)

1985

The Golden Girls as Dr. Stevens
The Twilight Zone as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Desert Hearts as Jerry (uncredited)
Robert Kennedy & His Times as Pierre Salinger

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Russell Armstrong
Who's the Boss?
No Small Affair as Ken
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Dr. Lindsey

1983

Mr. Mom as Jinx
Sadat as Sharaff
The Man Who Wasn't There as Boris Potemkin
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction as Mort Broome
The Awakening of Candra as Professor Michael Silver

1982

9 to 5 as Franklin Hart
The Dream Chasers as Jeffrey Bauman
Take Your Best Shot as Alden Pepper

1981

Hill Street Blues
Saturday the 14th as Waldemar
The Star Maker as Harry Lanson
A Gun in the House as Lance Kessler

1980

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Dankworth
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Dankworth

1979

The Ropers as Jeffrey P. Brookes III
...And Justice for All as Jay Porter

1978

Taxi as Congressman Walter Griswald

1977

The Love Boat as Lawrence Jurgens
Three's Company as Winston Cromwell III

1975

Barney Miller as William Klein
Starsky & Hutch

1973

Kojak as Medical Examiner

1972

M*A*S*H as Reddish
Summertime Killer as "Sully" Tambor