Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor

Known for
Acting
Born
July 8, 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA

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. Additionally, he made a notable appearance in the music video for Phil Collins' "I Wish It Would Rain Down".

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Filmography

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The Adventures of Drunky poster

The Adventures of Drunky

Movie · as God (voice)

2020
Disclosure poster

Disclosure

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Magic Camp poster

Magic Camp

Movie · as Roy Preston

2018
55 Steps poster

55 Steps

Movie · as Mort Cohen

2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling poster

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2017
The Death of Stalin poster

The Death of Stalin

Movie · as Georgy Malenkov

2017
Tangled: Before Ever After poster

Tangled: Before Ever After

Movie · as Big Nose (voice)

2017
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni poster

Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni

Movie · as Glossaryck (voice)

2017
The Orville poster

The Orville

TV · as Ben Mercer · 1 ep

2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure poster

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

TV · as Big Nose (voice) · 4 eps

2016
The Last Laugh poster

The Last Laugh

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016
The Accountant poster

The Accountant

Movie · as Francis Silverberg

2016
Trolls poster

Trolls

Movie · as King Peppy (voice)

2016
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio poster

Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2015
The D Train poster

The D Train

Movie · as Bill Shurmur

2015
China, Il The Musical poster

China, Il The Musical

Movie · as Professor Cakes

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil poster

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

TV · as Glossaryck (voice) · 13 eps

2014
Apartment Troubles poster

Apartment Troubles

Movie · as Bob

2014
The Clockwork Girl poster

The Clockwork Girl

Movie · as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)

2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas poster

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

Movie · as Snow Globe Santa (voice)

2014
Transparent poster

Transparent

TV · as Maura Pfefferman · 40 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
Jennifer Falls poster

Jennifer Falls

TV · as Don Hirsch · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Hangover Part III poster

The Hangover Part III

Movie · as Sid Garner

2013
Phil Spector poster

Phil Spector

Movie · as Bruce Cutler

2013
Onion News Empire poster

Onion News Empire

Movie · as David Bryant

2013
Monsters vs Aliens Stories poster

Monsters vs Aliens Stories

Movie

2013
The Arrested Development Documentary Project poster

The Arrested Development Documentary Project

Movie · as Self

2013
The Millers poster

The Millers

TV · as Ed Dolan · 2 eps

2012
Branded poster

Branded

Movie · as Bob Gibbons

2012
For the Love of Money poster

For the Love of Money

Movie · as Mr. Solomon

2012
Inside Comedy poster

Inside Comedy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Bent poster

Bent

TV · as Walt Riggins · 6 eps

2012
Robot and Monster poster

Robot and Monster

TV · as St. Crispy (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Doc McStuffins poster

Doc McStuffins

TV · as Santa Claus (voice) · 1 ep

2011
Flypaper poster

Flypaper

Movie · as Gordon Blythe

2011
The Hangover Part II poster

The Hangover Part II

Movie · as Sid Garner

2011
Paul poster

Paul

Movie · as Adam Shadowchild

2011
Lucky poster

Lucky

Movie · as Detective Harold Waylon

2011
Win Win poster

Win Win

Movie · as Vigman

2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins poster

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Movie · as Mr. Gremmins

2011
Night of the Living Carrots poster

Night of the Living Carrots

Movie · as Carl Murphy (voice)

2011
Five poster

Five

Movie · as Danny

2011
The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks poster

The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks

TV · 3 eps

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Captain Flarty (voice) · 1 ep

2011
China, IL poster

China, IL

TV · as Professor Cakes (voice) · 30 eps

2011
Bubble Guppies poster

Bubble Guppies

TV · as Night Wizard (voice) · 2 eps

2011
Love Bites poster

Love Bites

TV · as Dr. O · 1 ep

2010
Operation: Endgame poster

Operation: Endgame

Movie · as Devil

2010
Meeting Spencer poster

Meeting Spencer

Movie · as Harris Chappell

2010
Tangled poster

Tangled

Movie · as Big Nose Thug (voice)

2010
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo poster

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

Movie · as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)

2010
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying poster

This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying

Movie · as Self

2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated poster

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

TV · as Gill Littlefoot (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Raising Hope poster

Raising Hope

TV · as Arnold · 1 ep

2010
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer poster

Rex Is Not Your Lawyer

TV · as Dr. Barry Cohen · 1 ep

2010
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! poster

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

TV · as Bettys friend (voice) · 160 eps

2010
Running Wilde poster

Running Wilde

TV · as Steven's Father · 1 ep

2009
The Invention of Lying poster

The Invention of Lying

Movie · as Anthony James

2009
Monsters vs Aliens poster

Monsters vs Aliens

Movie · as Carl Murphy (voice)

2009
The Hangover poster

The Hangover

Movie · as Sid Garner

2009
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space poster

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

Movie · as Carl Murphy (voice)

2009
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying poster

Prequel: The Dawn of Lying

Movie · as Anthony

2009
Archer poster

Archer

TV · as Torvald Utne (voice), Len Trexler (voice) · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Judge George Kluger · 4 eps

2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army poster

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Movie · as Tom Manning

2008
Superhero Movie poster

Superhero Movie

Movie · as Dr. Whitby

2008
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon poster

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

Movie · as Self

2008
Good Behavior

Good Behavior

Movie · as Hy

2008
Welcome to the Captain poster

Welcome to the Captain

TV · as Uncle Saul · 5 eps

2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold poster

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

TV · as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Slipstream poster

Slipstream

Movie · as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman

2007
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie poster

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

Movie · as Santa (voice)

2007
Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show

Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show

Movie

2007
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas poster

The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas

Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)

2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' poster

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

Movie · as Hank Kingsley

2007
WordGirl poster

WordGirl

TV · 183 eps

2007
Yo Gabba Gabba! poster

Yo Gabba Gabba!

TV · 1 ep

2006
Twenty Good Years poster

Twenty Good Years

TV · as Jeffrey Pyne · 13 eps

2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

The New Adventures of Old Christine

TV · as Neil · 1 ep

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Lloyd French · 2 eps

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz poster

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Movie · as Wizard

2005
Earth to America poster

Earth to America

Movie · as Self

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois · 1 ep

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Hellboy poster

Hellboy

Movie · as Tom Manning

2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie poster

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Movie · as King Neptune (voice)

2004
Funky Monkey poster

Funky Monkey

Movie · as Crane

2004
EuroTrip poster

EuroTrip

Movie · as Scott's Dad (uncredited)

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Jeffrey Tambor · 3 eps

2004
Game Over poster

Game Over

TV · as Dr. Zed (voice) · 2 eps

2003
My Boss's Daughter poster

My Boss's Daughter

Movie · as Ken

2003
Malibu's Most Wanted poster

Malibu's Most Wanted

Movie · as Dr. Feldman

2003
Eloise at the Plaza poster

Eloise at the Plaza

Movie · as Mr. Salomone the Manager

2003
Under the Tuscan Sun poster

Under the Tuscan Sun

Movie · as Lawyer (uncredited)

2003
Scorched poster

Scorched

Movie · as Bank Employer

2003
Eloise at Christmastime poster

Eloise at Christmastime

Movie · as Mr. Salomone the Manager

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2003
Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development

TV · as George Bluth Sr. · 84 eps

2003
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection poster

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection

TV · as Carl Murphy (voice) · 2 eps

2002
3-South poster

3-South

TV · 13 eps

2002
That Was Then poster

That Was Then

TV · as Gary 'Double G' Glass · 2 eps

2002
Ozzy & Drix poster

Ozzy & Drix

TV · as The Mole (voice) · 3 eps

2001
Get Well Soon poster

Get Well Soon

Movie · as Mitchell

2001
Never Again poster

Never Again

Movie · as Christopher

2001
Next Caller

Next Caller

TV · as Jefferson · 2 eps

2001
The Proud Family poster

The Proud Family

TV · as Randolph Verascola (voice) · 1 ep

2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas poster

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Movie · as Mayor Augustus Maywho

2000
Pollock poster

Pollock

Movie · as Clem Greenberg

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Jerzy Skaggs · 1 ep

2000
Sammy poster

Sammy

TV · as Steve (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle poster

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

Movie · as Coach Wenchell

1999
Girl, Interrupted poster

Girl, Interrupted

Movie · as Dr. Potts

1999
My Teacher's Wife poster

My Teacher's Wife

Movie · as Jack Boomer

1999
Muppets from Space poster

Muppets from Space

Movie · as K. Edgar Singer

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1999
Everything's Relative poster

Everything's Relative

TV · as Jake Gorelick · 5 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Lester Cohen · 4 eps

1999
The Lot poster

The Lot

TV · as Myron Sylver · 1 ep

1998
Meet Joe Black poster

Meet Joe Black

Movie · as Quince

1998
There's Something About Mary poster

There's Something About Mary

Movie · as Sully

1998
Doctor Dolittle poster

Doctor Dolittle

Movie · as Dr. Fish

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist, Self - Announcer (voice) · 40 eps

1998
Hercules poster

Hercules

TV · as King Salmoneus (voice) · 1 ep

1998
The Lionhearts poster

The Lionhearts

TV · as (voice) · 3 eps

1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction poster

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Movie · as Alan Blanchard

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Sid Herman · 2 eps

1997
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · 1 ep

1996
The Man Who Captured Eichmann poster

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

Movie · as Isser Harel

1996
Big Bully poster

Big Bully

Movie · as Art Lundstrum

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest poster

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

TV · as Black Jack Lee (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Heavyweights poster

Heavyweights

Movie · as Maury Garner

1995
Jonny Quest versus the Cyber Insects poster

Jonny Quest versus the Cyber Insects

Movie · as Dr. Zin (voice)

1995
Pinky and the Brain poster

Pinky and the Brain

TV · as Beetle Fiero (voice) · 1 ep

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Radioland Murders poster

Radioland Murders

Movie · as Walt Whalen Jr.

1994
Another Midnight Run poster

Another Midnight Run

Movie · as Bernie Abbot

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Psychiatrist (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun poster

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

Movie · as Dr. Stockton

1993
A House in the Hills poster

A House in the Hills

Movie · as Willie

1993
At Home with the Webbers poster

At Home with the Webbers

Movie · as Gerald Webber

1993
Jonny's Golden Quest poster

Jonny's Golden Quest

Movie · as Dr. Zin (voice)

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1992
Crossing the Bridge poster

Crossing the Bridge

Movie · as Uncle Alby

1992
Article 99 poster

Article 99

Movie · as Dr. Leo Krutz

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Hank Kingsley · 90 eps

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as Crocker (voice) · 1 ep

1992
The Burden of Proof poster

The Burden of Proof

TV · as Sennett · 2 eps

1991
City Slickers poster

City Slickers

Movie · as Lou

1991
Life Stinks poster

Life Stinks

Movie · as Vance Crasswell

1991
Dinosaurs poster

Dinosaurs

TV · as Hank Hibler (voice) · 1 ep

1990
Lisa poster

Lisa

Movie · as Mr. Larry Marks

1990
The Easter Story poster

The Easter Story

Movie · as Peter (voice)

1990
Seriously... Phil Collins poster

Seriously... Phil Collins

Movie · as Jeffrey Taglentini

1990
Pastime poster

Pastime

Movie · as Peter LaPorte

1990
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder poster

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

Movie · as Don Hecker

1990
American Dreamer poster

American Dreamer

TV · as Joe Baines · 17 eps

1990
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures poster

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures

TV · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Barry Dilwynn · 1 ep

1989
Brenda Starr poster

Brenda Starr

Movie · as Vladimir

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right") · 1 ep

1989
Studio 5-B

Studio 5-B

TV · 10 eps

1989
Doogie Howser, M.D. poster

Doogie Howser, M.D.

TV · as Board Member · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · 1 ep

1987
Three O'Clock High poster

Three O'Clock High

Movie · as Mr. Rice

1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville poster

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Movie · as Writer

1987
Max Headroom poster

Max Headroom

TV · as Murray · 14 eps

1986
The Nativity poster

The Nativity

Movie · as Eli (voice)

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Gordon Salt · 3 eps

1986
Mr. Sunshine

Mr. Sunshine

TV · as Paul Stark · 11 eps

1985
Desert Hearts poster

Desert Hearts

Movie · as Jerry (uncredited)

1985
The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls

TV · as Dr. Stevens · 1 ep

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes"), Milton (segment "The World Next Door") · 1 ep

1985
Robert Kennedy & His Times poster

Robert Kennedy & His Times

TV · as Pierre Salinger · 3 eps

1984
No Small Affair poster

No Small Affair

Movie · as Ken

1984
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier poster

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

Movie · as Dr. Lindsey

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Russell Armstrong · 1 ep

1984
Who's the Boss? poster

Who's the Boss?

TV · 1 ep

1983
Mr. Mom poster

Mr. Mom

Movie · as Jinx

1983
The Man Who Wasn't There poster

The Man Who Wasn't There

Movie · as Boris Potemkin

1983
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction poster

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

Movie · as Mort Broome

1983
The Awakening of Candra poster

The Awakening of Candra

Movie · as Professor Michael Silver

1983
Sadat

Sadat

TV · as Sharaff · 2 eps

1982
Take Your Best Shot poster

Take Your Best Shot

Movie · as Alden Pepper

1982
The Dream Chasers poster

The Dream Chasers

Movie · as Jeffrey Bauman

1982
9 to 5 poster

9 to 5

TV · as Franklin Hart · 4 eps

1981
Saturday the 14th poster

Saturday the 14th

Movie · as Waldemar

1981
A Gun in the House poster

A Gun in the House

Movie · as Lance Kessler

1981
The Star Maker poster

The Star Maker

Movie · as Harry Lanson

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · as Judge Alan Wachtel, Attorney Alan Wachtel · 7 eps

1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story poster

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Movie · as Dankworth

1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story poster

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

TV · as Dankworth · 2 eps

1979
...And Justice for All poster

...And Justice for All

Movie · as Jay Porter

1979
The Ropers poster

The Ropers

TV · as Jeffrey P. Brookes III · 28 eps

1978
Taxi poster

Taxi

TV · as Walter Griswald · 1 ep

1977
Three's Company poster

Three's Company

TV · as Winston Cromwell III, Tom Miller, Phillip Greene · 1 ep

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Lawrence Jurgens, Harold Rogers, Mr. Harold Rogers · 1 ep

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · 1 ep

1975
Barney Miller poster

Barney Miller

TV · as William Klein · 1 ep

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Medical Examiner · 1 ep

1972
Summertime Killer poster

Summertime Killer

Movie · as "Sully" Tambor

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · as Reddish · 1 ep