Jeffrey Tambor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 8, 1944 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Credits
- 208
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.
Known for
The Hangover
2009Movie
Sid Garner
Tangled
2010Movie
Big Nose Thug (voice)
The Hangover Part II
2011Movie
Sid Garner
The Hangover Part III
2013Movie
Sid Garner
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000Movie
Mayor Augustus Maywho
Hellboy
2004Movie
Tom Manning
Filmography
Magic Camp
2020Movie
Roy Preston
Disclosure
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018TV
Self
55 Steps
2018Movie
Mort Cohen
The Death of Stalin
2017Movie
Georgy Malenkov
The Orville
2017TV
Ben Mercer
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
2017Movie
Glossaryck (voice)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017TV
Big Nose (voice)
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017Movie
Big Nose (voice)
The Accountant
2016Movie
Francis Silverberg
Trolls
2016Movie
King Peppy (voice)
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio
2016TV
(voice)
The Last Laugh
2016Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015TV
Self
China, Il The Musical
2015Movie
Professor Cakes
The D Train
2015Movie
Bill Shurmur
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015TV
Glossaryck (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014Movie
Snow Globe Santa (voice)
Transparent
2014TV
Maura Pfefferman
Apartment Troubles
2014Movie
Bob
Jennifer Falls
2014TV
Don Hirsch
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self, Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self
The Clockwork Girl
2014Movie
Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
The Millers
2013TV
Ed Dolan
Phil Spector
2013Movie
Bruce Cutler
The Hangover Part III
2013Movie
Sid Garner
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
2013Movie
Self
Onion News Empire
2013Movie
David Bryant
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013Movie
Branded
2012Movie
Bob Gibbons
Robot and Monster
2012TV
St. Crispy (voice)
For the Love of Money
2012Movie
Mr. Solomon
Doc McStuffins
2012TV
Santa Claus (voice)
Bent
2012TV
Walt Riggins
Inside Comedy
2012TV
Self
Night of the Living Carrots
2011Movie
Carl Murphy (voice)
Five
2011Movie
Danny
China, IL
2011TV
Professor Cakes (voice)
The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
2011TV
Flypaper
2011Movie
Gordon Blythe
Lucky
2011Movie
Detective Harold Waylon
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011Movie
Mr. Gremmins
Love Bites
2011TV
Dr. O
The Hangover Part II
2011Movie
Sid Garner
Win Win
2011Movie
Vigman
Paul
2011Movie
Adam Shadowchild
Bubble Guppies
2011TV
Night Wizard (voice)
Bob's Burgers
2011TV
Captain Flarty (voice)
Tangled
2010Movie
Big Nose Thug (voice)
Raising Hope
2010TV
Arnold
Running Wilde
2010TV
Steven's Father
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
2010TV
Bettys friend (voice)
Operation: Endgame
2010Movie
Devil
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010TV
Gill Littlefoot (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
2010Movie
Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
2010TV
Dr. Barry Cohen
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
2010Movie
Self
Meeting Spencer
2010Movie
Harris Chappell
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
2009Movie
Anthony
The Invention of Lying
2009Movie
Anthony James
The Good Wife
2009TV
Judge George Kluger
Archer
2009TV
Torvald Utne (voice), Len Trexler (voice)
The Hangover
2009Movie
Sid Garner
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009Movie
Carl Murphy (voice)
Monsters vs Aliens
2009Movie
Carl Murphy (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008TV
Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2008Movie
Self
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008Movie
Tom Manning
Superhero Movie
2008Movie
Dr. Whitby
Welcome to the Captain
2008TV
Uncle Saul
Good Behavior
2008Movie
Hy
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
2007Movie
Santa (voice)
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas
2007Movie
Santa Claus (voice)
WordGirl
2007TV
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007TV
Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show
2007Movie
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007Movie
Hank Kingsley
Slipstream
2007Movie
Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
Twenty Good Years
2006TV
Jeffrey Pyne
The Megan Mullally Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
Psych
2006TV
Lloyd French
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006TV
Neil
Earth to America
2005Movie
Self
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
2005TV
Self - Guest
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005Movie
Wizard
Medium
2005TV
Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004Movie
King Neptune (voice)
Funky Monkey
2004Movie
Crane
Entourage
2004TV
Jeffrey Tambor
Hellboy
2004Movie
Tom Manning
Game Over
2004TV
Dr. Zed (voice)
EuroTrip
2004Movie
Scott's Dad (uncredited)
Eloise at Christmastime
2003Movie
Mr. Salomone the Manager
Arrested Development
2003TV
George Bluth Sr.
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003Movie
Lawyer (uncredited)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
My Boss's Daughter
2003Movie
Ken
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003TV
Carl Murphy (voice)
Scorched
2003Movie
Bank Employer
Eloise at the Plaza
2003Movie
Mr. Salomone the Manager
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003Movie
Dr. Feldman
3-South
2002TV
That Was Then
2002TV
Gary 'Double G' Glass
Ozzy & Drix
2002TV
The Mole (voice)
Get Well Soon
2001Movie
Mitchell
The Proud Family
2001TV
Randolph Verascola (voice)
Never Again
2001Movie
Christopher
Next Caller
2001TV
Jefferson
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000Movie
Mayor Augustus Maywho
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Jerzy Skaggs
Pollock
2000Movie
Clem Greenberg
Sammy
2000TV
Steve (voice)
Girl, Interrupted
1999Movie
Dr. Potts
My Teacher's Wife
1999Movie
Jack Boomer
The Early Show
1999TV
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Lester Cohen
The Lot
1999TV
Myron Sylver
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
1999Movie
Coach Wenchell
Muppets from Space
1999Movie
K. Edgar Singer
Everything's Relative
1999TV
Jake Gorelick
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999TV
Self
Meet Joe Black
1998Movie
Quince
The Lionhearts
1998TV
(voice)
Hollywood Squares
1998TV
Self - Panelist, Self - Announcer (voice)
Hercules
1998TV
King Salmoneus (voice)
There's Something About Mary
1998Movie
Sully
Doctor Dolittle
1998Movie
Dr. Fish
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997TV
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997Movie
Alan Blanchard
The Practice
1997TV
Sid Herman
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996Movie
Isser Harel
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996TV
Black Jack Lee (voice)
Big Bully
1996Movie
Art Lundstrum
Jonny Quest versus the Cyber Insects
1995Movie
Dr. Zin (voice)
MADtv
1995TV
Self
Pinky and the Brain
1995TV
Beetle Fiero (voice)
Heavyweights
1995Movie
Maury Garner
Radioland Murders
1994Movie
Walt Whalen Jr.
Duckman
1994TV
Psychiatrist (voice)
Another Midnight Run
1994Movie
Bernie Abbot
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest, Self
At Home with the Webbers
1993Movie
Gerald Webber
Jonny's Golden Quest
1993Movie
Dr. Zin (voice)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993Movie
Dr. Stockton
A House in the Hills
1993Movie
Willie
Crossing the Bridge
1992Movie
Uncle Alby
Batman: The Animated Series
1992TV
Crocker (voice)
The Larry Sanders Show
1992TV
Hank Kingsley
Article 99
1992Movie
Dr. Leo Krutz
The Burden of Proof
1992TV
Sennett
City Slickers
1991Movie
Lou
Life Stinks
1991Movie
Vance Crasswell
Dinosaurs
1991TV
Hank Hibler (voice)
Pastime
1990Movie
Peter LaPorte
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990Movie
Don Hecker
American Dreamer
1990TV
Joe Baines
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
1990TV
Law & Order
1990TV
Barry Dilwynn
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990Movie
Jeffrey Taglentini
Lisa
1990Movie
Mr. Larry Marks
The Easter Story
1990Movie
Peter (voice)
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989TV
Board Member
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")
Brenda Starr
1989Movie
Vladimir
Studio 5-B
1989TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987Movie
Writer
Three O'Clock High
1987Movie
Mr. Rice
Max Headroom
1987TV
Murray
L.A. Law
1986TV
Gordon Salt
Mr. Sunshine
1986TV
Paul Stark
The Nativity
1986Movie
Eli (voice)
Desert Hearts
1985Movie
Jerry (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1985TV
Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes"), Milton (segment "The World Next Door")
The Golden Girls
1985TV
Dr. Stevens
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985TV
Pierre Salinger
No Small Affair
1984Movie
Ken
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984Movie
Dr. Lindsey
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Russell Armstrong
Who's the Boss?
1984TV
The Awakening of Candra
1983Movie
Professor Michael Silver
Sadat
1983TV
Sharaff
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983Movie
Boris Potemkin
Mr. Mom
1983Movie
Jinx
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983Movie
Mort Broome
Take Your Best Shot
1982Movie
Alden Pepper
9 to 5
1982TV
Franklin Hart
The Dream Chasers
1982Movie
Jeffrey Bauman
Saturday the 14th
1981Movie
Waldemar
The Star Maker
1981Movie
Harry Lanson
A Gun in the House
1981Movie
Lance Kessler
Hill Street Blues
1981TV
Judge Alan Wachtel, Attorney Alan Wachtel
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980Movie
Dankworth
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980TV
Dankworth
...And Justice for All
1979Movie
Jay Porter
The Ropers
1979TV
Jeffrey P. Brookes III
Taxi
1978TV
Congressman Walter Griswald
The Love Boat
1977TV
Lawrence Jurgens, Harold Rogers, Mr. Harold Rogers
Three's Company
1977TV
Winston Cromwell III, Tom Miller, Phillip Greene
Starsky & Hutch
1975TV
Barney Miller
1975TV
William Klein
Kojak
1973TV
Medical Examiner
M*A*S*H
1972TV
Reddish
Summertime Killer
1972Movie
"Sully" Tambor
The Adventures of Drunky
Movie
God (voice)