Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor

1944-07-08

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Tambor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also appears in

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

6.8

Tangled

Tangled

7.6

The Hangover

The Hangover

7.3

The Accountant

The Accountant

7.1

The Hangover Part II

The Hangover Part II

6.5

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

7.0

Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black

7.3

The Hangover Part III

The Hangover Part III

6.2

Trolls

Trolls

6.6

Hellboy

Hellboy

6.7

Monsters vs Aliens

Monsters vs Aliens

6.2

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

6.8

Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

7.6

EuroTrip

EuroTrip

6.6

Paul

Paul

6.7

There’s Something About Mary

There’s Something About Mary

6.6

Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie

5.3

A Merry Friggin’ Christmas

A Merry Friggin’ Christmas

5.4

55 Steps

55 Steps

6.6

Tangled: Before Ever After

Tangled: Before Ever After

6.8