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Quick Facts

Born:
1944-07-08

Birthplace:
San Francisco, California, USA

Credits:
218 Total Roles

Jeffrey Tambor

Acting

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2020 Magic Camp MOVIE Roy Preston
2020 Disclosure MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2018 The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling TV Self
2018 55 Steps MOVIE Mort Cohen
2017 The Death of Stalin MOVIE Georgy Malenkov
2017 The Orville TV Ben Mercer
2017 Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni MOVIE Glossaryck (voice)
2017 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure TV Big Nose (voice)
2017 Tangled: Before Ever After MOVIE Big Nose (voice)
2016 The Accountant MOVIE Francis Silverberg

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