Jeffrey Tambor

Actor Jul 8 (age 81) San Francisco, California, USA 1972–2020 (48 year career)

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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 Outstandi…

Known For

Film

The Hangover

Sid Garner

Film

Tangled

Big Nose Thug (voice)

Film

Meet Joe Black

Quince

Film

Girl, Interrupted

Dr. Potts

Film

The Accountant

Francis Silverberg

Film

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Mayor Augustus Maywho

Film

The Hangover Part II

Sid Garner

Film

Hellboy

Tom Manning

Filmography

Acting (208)

Movies (109)

Disclosure

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Magic Camp

as Roy Preston

55 Steps

as Mort Cohen

The Death of Stalin

as Georgy Malenkov

Tangled: Before Ever After

2017

as Big Nose (voice)

6.8

Trolls

2016

as King Peppy (voice)

6.6

The Accountant

2016

as Francis Silverberg

The Last Laugh

as Self

The D Train

as Bill Shurmur

China, Il The Musical

2015

as Professor Cakes

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

as Snowman (voice)

Apartment Troubles

The Clockwork Girl

as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)

5.4

The Hangover Part III

as Sid Garner

Phil Spector

as Bruce Cutler

Monsters vs Aliens Stories

Onion News Empire

as David Bryant

The Arrested Development Documentary Project

2013

as Self

5.7

For the Love of Money

as Mr. Solomon

Branded

as Bob Gibbons

Paul

as Adam Shadowchild

The Hangover Part II

as Sid Garner

Mr. Popper's Penguins

as Mr. Gremmins

Win Win

as Vigman

Lucky

as Detective Harold Waylon

4.7

Night of the Living Carrots

2011

as Carl Murphy (voice)

Flypaper

as Gordon Blythe

Five

as Danny

Tangled

as Big Nose Thug (voice)

7.6

Operation: Endgame

2010

as Devil

5.0

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

2010

as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)

7.7

This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying

as Self

Meeting Spencer

as Harris Chappell

The Hangover

as Sid Garner

Monsters vs Aliens

as Carl Murphy (voice)

6.2

Prequel: The Dawn of Lying

2009

as Anthony

2.0

The Invention of Lying

2009

as Anthony James

6.2

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

2009

as Carl Murphy (voice)

5.8

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

as Tom Manning

Superhero Movie

as Dr. Whitby

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

2008

as Self

6.9

Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show

2007

10.0

Slipstream

2007

as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman

4.9

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

2007

as Santa (voice)

6.1

The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas

2007

as Santa Claus (voice)

5.9

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

2007

as Hank Kingsley

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

as Wizard

Earth to America

as Self

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004

as King Neptune (voice)

7.1

EuroTrip

2004

as Scott's Dad (uncredited)

Hellboy

as Tom Manning

Funky Monkey

as Crane

Scorched

as Bank Employer

Under the Tuscan Sun

as Lawyer (uncredited)

6.9

Eloise at Christmastime

2003

as Mr. Salomone the Manager

6.4

Eloise at the Plaza

2003

as Mr. Salomone the Manager

Malibu's Most Wanted

as Dr. Feldman

My Boss's Daughter

as Ken

Never Again

as Christopher

Get Well Soon

as Mitchell

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2000

as Mayor Augustus Maywho

Pollock

as Clem Greenberg

Muppets from Space

as K. Edgar Singer

Girl, Interrupted

as Dr. Potts

My Teacher's Wife

as Jack Boomer

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

as Coach Wenchell

Meet Joe Black

as Quince

There's Something About Mary

as Sully

Doctor Dolittle

as Dr. Fish

Weapons of Mass Distraction

as Alan Blanchard

Big Bully

as Art Lundstrum

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

as Isser Harel

Heavyweights

as Maury Garner

Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects

as Dr. Zin

Another Midnight Run

as Bernie Abbot

Radioland Murders

as Walt Whalen Jr.

At Home with the Webbers

as Gerald Webber

A House in the Hills

as Willie

Jonny's Golden Quest

as Dr. Zin

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

as Dr. Stockton

Article 99

as Dr. Leo Krutz

Crossing the Bridge

as Uncle Alby

Life Stinks

as Vance Crasswell

City Slickers

as Lou

The Easter Story

as Peter (voice)

Lisa

as Mr. Larry Marks

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

1990

as Don Hecker

5.5

Seriously... Phil Collins

1990

as Jeffrey Taglentini

Pastime

as Peter LaPorte

Brenda Starr

as Vladimir

Three O'Clock High

as Mr. Rice

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987

as Writer

The Nativity

1986

as Eli (voice)

7.0

Desert Hearts

1985

as Jerry (uncredited)

7.0

No Small Affair

1984

as Ken

5.4

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

as Dr. Lindsey

Mr. Mom

as Jinx

The Awakening of Candra

1983

as Professor Michael Silver

6.0

The Man Who Wasn't There

1983

as Boris Potemkin

4.1

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

as Mort Broome

The Dream Chasers

as Jeffrey Bauman

Take Your Best Shot

as Alden Pepper

Saturday the 14th

as Waldemar

A Gun in the House

as Lance Kessler

The Star Maker

as Harry Lanson

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980

as Dankworth

4.5

...And Justice for All

as Jay Porter

Summertime Killer

as "Sully" Tambor

The Adventures of Drunky

as God

Television (99)

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

as Self

The Orville

as Ben Mercer

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

2017

as Big Nose (voice)

7.3

Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio

2016

as (voice)

7.9

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

2015

as Glossaryck (voice)

8.4

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

as Self

6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Transparent

as Maura Pfefferman

Jennifer Falls

as Don Hirsch

The Millers

as Ed Dolan

Doc McStuffins

as Santa Claus (voice)

5.9

Robot and Monster

2012

as St. Crispy (voice)

Inside Comedy

as Self

Bent

as Walt Riggins

Bob's Burgers

as Captain Flarty (voice)

7.8

Bubble Guppies

2011

as Night Wizard (voice)

Love Bites

as Dr. O

China, IL

as Professor Cakes (voice)

7.0

The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks

2011

Raising Hope

2010

as Arnold

7.4

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010

as Gill Littlefoot (voice)

8.2

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

2010

as Bettys friend (voice)

8.1

Running Wilde

2010

as Steven's Father

6.2

Rex Is Not Your Lawyer

2010

as Dr. Barry Cohen

6.0

The Good Wife

2009

as Judge George Kluger

7.6

Archer

2009

as Torvald Utne (voice)

8.0

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

2008

as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)

7.6

Welcome to the Captain

as Uncle Saul

WordGirl

My Friends Tigger & Pooh

as Santa (voice)

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Psych

as Lloyd French

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006

as Neil

7.1

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

Twenty Good Years

as Jeffrey Pyne

The Colbert Report

as Self - Guest

Medium

as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois

The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

Entourage

as Jeffrey Tambor

Game Over

as Dr. Zed (voice)

Arrested Development

as George Bluth Sr.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection

2003

as Carl Murphy (voice)

Ozzy & Drix

as The Mole (voice)

3-South

That Was Then

The Proud Family

as Randolph Verascola (voice)

7.7

Next Caller

2001

as Jefferson

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Jerzy Skaggs

Sammy

as Steve (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Lester Cohen

7.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self

The Early Show

as Self

The Lot

as Myron Sylver

Everything's Relative

1999

as Jake Gorelick

Hollywood Squares

1998

as Self - Announcer (voice)

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Hercules

as King Salmoneus (voice)

The Lionhearts

as (voice)

The Practice

as Sid Herman

The Wonderful World of Disney

1997

6.7

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996

as Black Jack Lee (voice)

7.2

Pinky and the Brain

1995

as Beetle Fiero (voice)

MADtv

as Self

Duckman

as Psychiatrist (voice)

7.1

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self

7.2

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Crocker (voice)

8.6

The Larry Sanders Show

as Hank Kingsley

The Burden of Proof

as Sennett

Dinosaurs

as Hank Hibler (voice)

7.8

Law & Order

1990

as Barry Dilwynn

7.3

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures

American Dreamer

as Joe Baines

Tales from the Crypt

as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Studio 5-B

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Max Headroom

as Murray

L.A. Law

as Gordon Salt

Mr. Sunshine

as Paul Stark

The Twilight Zone

as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")

7.8

The Golden Girls

1985

as Dr. Stevens

7.6

Robert Kennedy & His Times

as Pierre Salinger

Murder, She Wrote

as Russell Armstrong

Who's the Boss?

Sadat

as Sharaff

9 to 5

as Franklin Hart

Hill Street Blues

as Attorney Alan Wachtel

7.6

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980

as Dankworth

5.0

The Ropers

1979

as Jeffrey P. Brookes III

5.9

Taxi

1978

as Congressman Walter Griswald

The Love Boat

as Harold Rogers

Three's Company

as Winston Cromwell III

Barney Miller

as William Klein

Starsky & Hutch

Kojak

as Medical Examiner

M*A*S*H

as Reddish