Jeffrey Tambor
105 movies · 81 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 8, 1944 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Jeffery 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).
Read the full biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Jeffrey Tambor: movies and TV shows
Acting (186)
- Upcoming The Adventures of Drunky
as God (voice)
- 2020 Magic Camp
as Roy Preston
- 2018 55 Steps
as Mort Cohen
- 2017 The Death of Stalin
as Georgy Malenkov
- 2017
- 2017 Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
as Glossaryck (voice)
- 2017
- 2017 Tangled: Before Ever After
as Big Nose (voice)
- 2016 The Accountant
as Francis Silverberg
- 2016 Trolls
as King Peppy (voice)
- 2016
- 2015 China, Il The Musical
as Professor Cakes
- 2015 The D Train
as Bill Shurmur
- 2015
- 2014 A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Snow Globe Santa (voice)
- 2014
- 2014 Apartment Troubles
as Bob
- 2014
- 2014 The Clockwork Girl
as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
- 2013
- 2013 Phil Spector
as Bruce Cutler
- 2013 The Hangover Part III
as Sid Garner
- 2013 Onion News Empire
as David Bryant
- 2013
- 2012 Branded
as Bob Gibbons
- 2012
- 2012 For the Love of Money
as Mr. Solomon
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 Night of the Living Carrots
as Carl Murphy (voice)
- 2011 Five
as Danny
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011 Flypaper
as Gordon Blythe
- 2011 Lucky
as Detective Harold Waylon
- 2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Mr. Gremmins
- 2011
- 2011 The Hangover Part II
as Sid Garner
- 2011 Win Win
as Vigman
- 2011 Paul
as Adam Shadowchild
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010 Tangled
as Big Nose Thug (voice)
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Operation: Endgame
as Devil
- 2010
- 2010 Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
- 2010
- 2010 Meeting Spencer
as Harris Chappell
- 2009 Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
as Anthony
- 2009 The Invention of Lying
as Anthony James
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 The Hangover
as Sid Garner
- 2009 Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
as Carl Murphy (voice)
- 2009 Monsters vs Aliens
as Carl Murphy (voice)
- 2008
- 2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Tom Manning
- 2008 Superhero Movie
as Dr. Whitby
- 2008
- 2008 Good Behavior
as Hy
- 2007 My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
as Santa (voice)
- 2007 The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
as Hank Kingsley
- 2007 Slipstream
as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005 The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
as Wizard
- 2005
- 2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
as King Neptune (voice)
- 2004 Funky Monkey
as Crane
- 2004
- 2004 Hellboy
as Tom Manning
- 2004
- 2004 EuroTrip
as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
- 2003 Eloise at Christmastime
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
- 2003
- 2003 Under the Tuscan Sun
as Lawyer (uncredited)
- 2003 My Boss's Daughter
as Ken
- 2003
- 2003 Scorched
as Bank Employer
- 2003 Eloise at the Plaza
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
- 2003 Malibu's Most Wanted
as Dr. Feldman
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Get Well Soon
as Mitchell
- 2001
- 2001 Never Again
as Christopher
- 2001
- 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
as Mayor Augustus Maywho
- 2000
- 2000 Pollock
as Clem Greenberg
- 2000
- 1999 Girl, Interrupted
as Dr. Potts
- 1999 My Teacher's Wife
as Jack Boomer
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Coach Wenchell
- 1999 Muppets from Space
as K. Edgar Singer
- 1999
- 1998 Meet Joe Black
as Quince
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 There's Something About Mary
as Sully
- 1998 Doctor Dolittle
as Dr. Fish
- 1997
- 1997 Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Alan Blanchard
- 1997
- 1996 The Man Who Captured Eichmann
as Isser Harel
- 1996
- 1996 Big Bully
as Art Lundstrum
- 1995 Jonny Quest versus the Cyber Insects
as Dr. Zin (voice)
- 1995
- 1995 Heavyweights
as Maury Garner
- 1994 Radioland Murders
as Walt Whalen Jr.
- 1994
- 1994 Another Midnight Run
as Bernie Abbot
- 1993 At Home with the Webbers
as Gerald Webber
- 1993 Jonny's Golden Quest
as Dr. Zin (voice)
- 1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Dr. Stockton
- 1993 A House in the Hills
as Willie
- 1992 Crossing the Bridge
as Uncle Alby
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992 Article 99
as Dr. Leo Krutz
- 1992
- 1991 City Slickers
as Lou
- 1991 Life Stinks
as Vance Crasswell
- 1991
- 1990 Pastime
as Peter LaPorte
- 1990 A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
as Don Hecker
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 Seriously... Phil Collins
as Jeffrey Taglentini
- 1990 Lisa
as Mr. Larry Marks
- 1990 The Easter Story
as Peter (voice)
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 Brenda Starr
as Vladimir
- 1989
- 1987
- 1987 Three O'Clock High
as Mr. Rice
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986 The Nativity
as Eli (voice)
- 1985 Desert Hearts
as Jerry (uncredited)
- 1985 The Twilight Zone · TV
as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes") / Milton (segment "The World Next Door") · 2 episodes
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 No Small Affair
as Ken
- 1984 The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
as Dr. Lindsey
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983 The Awakening of Candra
as Professor Michael Silver
- 1983
- 1983 The Man Who Wasn't There
as Boris Potemkin
- 1983 Mr. Mom
as Jinx
- 1983 Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
as Mort Broome
- 1982 Take Your Best Shot
as Alden Pepper
- 1982
- 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
- 1981
- 1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Dankworth
- 1980
- 1979 ...And Justice for All
as Jay Porter
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1975
- 1975
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972 Summertime Killer
as "Sully" Tambor
Talk shows and appearances (22)
- 2020
- 2018 The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2 episodes
- 2016
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
3 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2013
- 2012 Inside Comedy
1 episode
- 2010
- 2008
- 2006 The Megan Mullally Show
1 episode
- 2005
- 2005 The Reichen Show
1 episode
- 2005 The Colbert Report
1 episode
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
4 episodes
- 1999 The Early Show
1 episode
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
2 episodes
- 1998 Hollywood Squares
220 episodes
- 1995 MADtv
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
3 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode