Jeffrey Tambor

Personal Info

Know 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 role...

Acting

1998

1991

2004

Hellboy

as Tom Manning

1998

Doctor Dolittle

as Dr. Fish

1999

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

as Coach Wenchell

1999

Girl, Interrupted

as Dr. Potts

1981

2008

1991

Life Stinks

as Vance Crasswell

2009

The Invention of Lying

as Anthony James

1994

Radioland Murders

as Walt Whalen Jr.

2008

Superhero Movie

as Dr. Whitby

2004

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

as King Neptune (voice)

2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

as Mayor Augustus Maywho

1987

1983

Mr. Mom

as Jinx

2003

Malibu's Most Wanted

as Dr. Feldman

2010

1983

The Man Who Wasn't There

as Boris Potemkin

2009

Monsters vs Aliens

as Carl Murphy (voice)

2011

Flypaper

as Gordon Blythe

1995

Heavyweights

as Maury Garner

1984

2011

1999

My Teacher's Wife

as Jack Boomer

2011

Paul

as Adam Shadowchild

1979

2003

Eloise at the Plaza

as Mr. Salomone the Manager

1989

Brenda Starr

as Vladimir

2007

Slipstream

as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman

2009

The Hangover

as Sid Garner

2001

Get Well Soon

as Mitchell

2011

Lucky

as Detective Waylon

2003

Under the Tuscan Sun

as Lawyer (uncredited)

2009

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

as Carl Murphy (voice)

2011

Win Win

as Vigman

2011

Mr. Popper's Penguins

as Mr. Gremmins

1990

Lisa

as Mr. Larry Marks

2010

Meeting Spencer

as Harris Chappell

2001

Never Again

as Christopher

2013

1987

The Nativity

as Eli (voice)

1993

At Home with the Webbers

as Gerald Webber

2012

Branded

as Bob Gibbons

2011

Night of the Living Carrots

as Carl Murphy (voice)

1990

The Easter Story

as Peter (voice)

2013

Phil Spector

as Bruce Cutler

1993

2016

2010

Tangled

as Big Nose Thug (voice)

1999

Muppets from Space

as K. Edgar Singer

2020

Disclosure

as Self (archive footage)

2021

The Clockwork Girl

as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)

2014

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

as Snowman (voice)

1997

1996

Big Bully

as Art Lundstrum

2016

The Accountant

as Francis Silverberg

2015

The D Train

as Bill Shurmur

2005

1982

Take Your Best Shot

as Alden Pepper

2004

Funky Monkey

as Crane

1990

Seriously... Phil Collins

as Jeffrey Taglentini

1981

A Gun in the House

as Lance Kessler

1994

Another Midnight Run

as Bernie Abbot

2003

Scorched

as Bank Employer

2016

Trolls

as King Peppy (voice)

2017

The Death of Stalin

as Georgy Malenkov

1983

The Awakening of Candra

as Professor Michael Silver

2011

Five

as Danny

2017

Tangled: Before Ever After

as Big Nose (voice)

2018

55 Steps

as Mort Cohen

2000

Pollock

as Clem Greenberg

2020

Magic Camp

as Roy Preston

2013

Onion News Empire

as David Bryant

2012

For the Love of Money

as Mr. Solomon

1982

The Dream Chasers

as Jeffrey Bauman

2010

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)

1992

Crossing the Bridge

as Uncle Alby

2003

Eloise at Christmastime

as Mr. Salomone the Manager

1990

Pastime

as Peter LaPorte

2004

EuroTrip

as Scott's Dad (uncredited)

1985

Desert Hearts

as Jerry (uncredited)

2007

The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas

as Santa Claus (voice)

1981

The Star Maker

as Harry Lanson

1992

Article 99

as Dr. Leo Krutz

2015

China, Il The Musical

as Professor Cakes

1972

Summertime Killer

as "Sully" Tambor

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