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Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor

Acting
Born: Jul 08, 1944
From: San Francisco, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Flypaper Gordon Blythe 2011 6.39
The Hangover Part II Sid Garner 2011 6.503
Paul Adam Shadowchild 2011 6.735
Operation: Endgame Devil 2010 5.0
The Invention of Lying Anthony James 2009 6.208
Monsters vs Aliens Carl Murphy (voice) 2009 6.243
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Tom Manning 2008 6.768
Superhero Movie Dr. Whitby 2008 5.284
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Wizard 2005 5.221
Hellboy Tom Manning 2004 6.673
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie King Neptune (voice) 2004 7.077
My Boss's Daughter Ken 2003 5.048
Malibu's Most Wanted Dr. Feldman 2003 5.167
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Mayor Augustus Maywho 2000 6.779
Teaching Mrs. Tingle Coach Wenchell 1999 5.527
Girl, Interrupted Dr. Potts 1999 7.564
My Teacher's Wife Jack Boomer 1999 5.105
Meet Joe Black Quince 1998 7.357
There's Something About Mary Sully 1998 6.629
Doctor Dolittle Dr. Fish 1998 5.717
Heavyweights Maury Garner 1995 6.181
Radioland Murders Walt Whalen Jr. 1994 5.929
City Slickers Lou 1991 6.461
Life Stinks Vance Crasswell 1991 5.66
Three O'Clock High Mr. Rice 1987 6.791
No Small Affair Ken 1984 5.492
Mr. Mom Jinx 1983 6.533
The Man Who Wasn't There Boris Potemkin 1983 4.313
Saturday the 14th Waldemar 1981 5.087
...And Justice for All Jay Porter 1979 7.083
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1944
FromSan Francisco, California, …