Jeffrey Tambor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-07-08 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Jeffrey Tambor
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.
Known For
Acting
The Adventures of Drunky
as God
(2021)
The Clockwork Girl
as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
(2020)
Magic Camp
as Roy Preston
(2020)
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
55 Steps
as Mort Cohen
(2017)
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Big Nose (voice)
(2017)
The Death of Stalin
as Georgy Malenkov
(2016)
The Accountant
as Francis Silverberg
(2016)
Trolls
as King Peppy (voice)
(2016)
The Last Laugh
as Self
(2015)
The D Train
as Bill Shurmur
(2015)
China, Il The Musical
as Professor Cakes
(2014)
(2014)
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Snowman (voice)
(2013)
The Hangover Part III
as Sid Garner
(2013)
(2013)
Onion News Empire
as David Bryant
(2013)
Phil Spector
as Bruce Cutler
(2013)
(2012)
For the Love of Money
as Mr. Solomon
(2012)
Branded
as Bob Gibbons
(2011)
The Hangover Part II
as Sid Garner
(2011)
Paul
as Adam Shadowchild
(2011)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Mr. Gremmins
(2011)
Flypaper
as Gordon Blythe
(2011)
Night of the Living Carrots
as Carl Murphy (voice)
(2011)
Five
as Danny
(2011)
Win Win
as Vigman
(2011)
Lucky
as Detective Waylon
(2010)
Tangled
as Big Nose Thug (voice)
(2010)
Operation: Endgame
as Devil
(2010)
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
(2010)
(2010)
Meeting Spencer
as Harris Chappell
(2009)
The Hangover
as Sid Garner
(2009)
Monsters vs Aliens
as Carl Murphy (voice)
(2009)
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
as Carl Murphy (voice)
(2009)
The Invention of Lying
as Anthony James
(2009)
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
as Anthony
(2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Tom Manning
(2008)
Superhero Movie
as Dr. Whitby
(2008)
(2007)
Slipstream
as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
(2007)
(2007)
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
(2007)
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
as Santa (voice)
(2007)
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
as Hank Kingsley
(2005)
Earth to America
as Self
(2005)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
as Wizard
(2004)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
as King Neptune (voice)
(2004)
Hellboy
as Tom Manning
(2004)
EuroTrip
as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
(2004)
Funky Monkey
as Crane
(2003)
Under the Tuscan Sun
as Lawyer (uncredited)
(2003)
Eloise at Christmastime
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
(2003)
Scorched
as Bank Employer
(2003)
Eloise at the Plaza
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
(2003)
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Dr. Feldman
(2003)
My Boss's Daughter
as Ken
(2001)
Never Again
as Christopher
(2001)
Get Well Soon
as Mitchell
(2000)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
as Mayor Augustus Maywho
(2000)
Pollock
as Clem Greenberg
(1999)
Girl, Interrupted
as Dr. Potts
(1999)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Coach Wenchell
(1999)
Muppets from Space
as K. Edgar Singer
(1999)
My Teacher's Wife
as Jack Boomer
(1998)
Meet Joe Black
as Quince
(1998)
There's Something About Mary
as Sully
(1998)
Doctor Dolittle
as Dr. Fish
(1997)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Alan Blanchard
(1996)
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
as Isser Harel
(1996)
Big Bully
as Art Lundstrum
(1995)
Heavyweights
as Maury Garner
(1995)
Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects
as Dr. Zin
(1994)
Radioland Murders
as Walt Whalen Jr.
(1994)
Another Midnight Run
as Bernie Abbot
(1993)
A House in the Hills
as Willie
(1993)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Dr. Stockton
(1993)
At Home with the Webbers
as Gerald Webber
(1993)
Jonny's Golden Quest
as Dr. Zin
(1992)
Article 99
as Dr. Leo Krutz
(1992)
Crossing the Bridge
as Uncle Alby
(1991)
Life Stinks
as Vance Crasswell
(1991)
City Slickers
as Lou
(1990)
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
as Don Hecker
(1990)
Pastime
as Peter LaPorte
(1990)
Lisa
as Mr. Larry Marks
(1990)
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Jeffrey Taglentini
(1990)
The Easter Story
as Peter (voice)
(1989)
Brenda Starr
as Vladimir
(1987)
Three O'Clock High
as Mr. Rice
(1987)
(1986)
The Nativity
as Eli (voice)
(1985)
Desert Hearts
as Jerry (uncredited)
(1984)
No Small Affair
as Ken
(1984)
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
as Dr. Lindsey
(1983)
The Awakening of Candra
as Professor Michael Silver
(1983)
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
as Mort Broome
(1983)
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Boris Potemkin
(1983)
Mr. Mom
as Jinx
(1982)
Take Your Best Shot
as Alden Pepper
(1982)
The Dream Chasers
as Jeffrey Bauman
(1981)
Saturday the 14th
as Waldemar
(1981)
The Star Maker
as Harry Lanson
(1981)
A Gun in the House
as Lance Kessler
(1980)
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Dankworth
(1979)
...And Justice for All
as Jay Porter
(1972)
Summertime Killer
as "Sully" Tambor