Jeffrey Tambor
Acting • Born 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.
Filmography
217 credits
Meet Joe Black
Movie • 1998
Quince
There's Something About Mary
Movie • 1998
Sully
City Slickers
Movie • 1991
Lou
Hellboy
Movie • 2004
Tom Manning
Doctor Dolittle
Movie • 1998
Dr. Fish
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Movie • 1999
Coach Wenchell
Girl, Interrupted
Movie • 1999
Dr. Potts
My Boss's Daughter
Movie • 2003
Ken
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Movie • 2005
Wizard
Saturday the 14th
Movie • 1981
Waldemar
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Movie • 2008
Tom Manning
Life Stinks
Movie • 1991
Vance Crasswell
The Invention of Lying
Movie • 2009
Anthony James
Radioland Murders
Movie • 1994
Walt Whalen Jr.
Superhero Movie
Movie • 2008
Dr. Whitby
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Movie • 2004
King Neptune (voice)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Movie • 2000
Mayor Augustus Maywho
Three O'Clock High
Movie • 1987
Mr. Rice
Mr. Mom
Movie • 1983
Jinx
Malibu's Most Wanted
Movie • 2003
Dr. Feldman
Operation: Endgame
Movie • 2010
Devil
The Man Who Wasn't There
Movie • 1983
Boris Potemkin
Monsters vs Aliens
Movie • 2009
Carl Murphy (voice)
Flypaper
Movie • 2011
Gordon Blythe
Heavyweights
Movie • 1995
Maury Garner
No Small Affair
Movie • 1984
Ken
The Hangover Part II
Movie • 2011
Sid Garner
My Teacher's Wife
Movie • 1999
Jack Boomer
Paul
Movie • 2011
Adam Shadowchild
...And Justice for All
Movie • 1979
Jay Porter
Eloise at the Plaza
Movie • 2003
Mr. Salomone the Manager
Brenda Starr
Movie • 1989
Vladimir
Slipstream
Movie • 2007
Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
The Hangover
Movie • 2009
Sid Garner
Get Well Soon
Movie • 2001
Mitchell
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Movie • 1983
Mort Broome
Lucky
Movie • 2011
Detective Harold Waylon
Under the Tuscan Sun
Movie • 2003
Lawyer (uncredited)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Movie • 1993
Dr. Stockton
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Movie • 2009
Carl Murphy (voice)
Win Win
Movie • 2011
Vigman
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Movie • 2011
Mr. Gremmins
Lisa
Movie • 1990
Mr. Larry Marks
A House in the Hills
Movie • 1993
Willie
Meeting Spencer
Movie • 2010
Harris Chappell
Never Again
Movie • 2001
Christopher
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Movie • 2008
Self
The Hangover Part III
Movie • 2013
Sid Garner
The Nativity
Movie • 1986
Eli (voice)
At Home with the Webbers
Movie • 1993
Gerald Webber
Branded
Movie • 2012
Bob Gibbons
Night of the Living Carrots
Movie • 2011
Carl Murphy (voice)
The Easter Story
Movie • 1990
Peter (voice)
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Movie • 1996
Isser Harel
Phil Spector
Movie • 2013
Bruce Cutler
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
Movie • 2009
Anthony
Jonny's Golden Quest
Movie • 1993
Dr. Zin
Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects
Movie • 1995
Dr. Zin
The Last Laugh
Movie • 2016
Self
Tangled
Movie • 2010
Big Nose Thug (voice)
Muppets from Space
Movie • 1999
K. Edgar Singer
Disclosure
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Apartment Troubles
Movie • 2014
Bob
The Clockwork Girl
Movie • 2014
Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Movie • 2014
Snowman (voice)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Movie • 1997
Alan Blanchard
Big Bully
Movie • 1996
Art Lundstrum
The Accountant
Movie • 2016
Francis Silverberg
The D Train
Movie • 2015
Bill Shurmur
Earth to America
Movie • 2005
Self
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Movie • 1980
Dankworth
Take Your Best Shot
Movie • 1982
Alden Pepper
Funky Monkey
Movie • 2004
Crane
Seriously... Phil Collins
Movie • 1990
Jeffrey Taglentini
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Movie • 1984
Dr. Lindsey
A Gun in the House
Movie • 1981
Lance Kessler
Another Midnight Run
Movie • 1994
Bernie Abbot
Scorched
Movie • 2003
Bank Employer
Trolls
Movie • 2016
King Peppy (voice)
The Death of Stalin
Movie • 2017
Georgy Malenkov
The Awakening of Candra
Movie • 1983
Professor Michael Silver
Five
Movie • 2011
Danny
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Movie • 1987
Writer
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
Movie • 2007
Santa (voice)
Tangled: Before Ever After
Movie • 2017
Big Nose (voice)
55 Steps
Movie • 2018
Mort Cohen
Pollock
Movie • 2000
Clem Greenberg
Magic Camp
Movie • 2020
Roy Preston
Onion News Empire
Movie • 2013
David Bryant
For the Love of Money
Movie • 2012
Mr. Solomon
The Dream Chasers
Movie • 1982
Jeffrey Bauman
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Movie • 2013
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
Movie • 2010
Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show
Movie • 2007
Crossing the Bridge
Movie • 1992
Uncle Alby
Eloise at Christmastime
Movie • 2003
Mr. Salomone the Manager
Pastime
Movie • 1990
Peter LaPorte
EuroTrip
Movie • 2004
Scott's Dad (uncredited)
Desert Hearts
Movie • 1985
Jerry (uncredited)
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas
Movie • 2007
Santa Claus (voice)
The Adventures of Drunky
Movie
God
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
Movie • 1990
Don Hecker
The Star Maker
Movie • 1981
Harry Lanson
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
Movie • 2010
Self
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Movie • 2013
Self
Article 99
Movie • 1992
Dr. Leo Krutz
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Movie • 2007
Hank Kingsley
China, Il The Musical
Movie • 2015
Professor Cakes
Summertime Killer
Movie • 1972
"Sully" Tambor
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
Movie • 2017
Glossaryck (voice)
Medium
TV • 2005
Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Russell Armstrong
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Gordon Salt
Duckman
TV • 1994
Psychiatrist (voice)
American Dreamer
TV • 1990
Joe Baines
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Reddish
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
3-South
TV • 2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Jerzy Skaggs
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV • 1996
Black Jack Lee (voice)
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Pinky and the Brain
TV • 1995
Beetle Fiero (voice)
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Dr. Stevens
Twenty Good Years
TV • 2006
Jeffrey Pyne
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Hank Kingsley
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Entourage
TV • 2004
Jeffrey Tambor
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
William Klein
Dinosaurs
TV • 1991
Hank Hibler (voice)
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
The Ropers
TV • 1979
Jeffrey P. Brookes III
Inside Comedy
TV • 2012
Self
Kojak
TV • 1973
Medical Examiner
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Winston Cromwell III
The Practice
TV • 1997
Sid Herman
Max Headroom
TV • 1987
Murray
The New Adventures of Old Christine
TV • 2006
Neil
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
George Bluth Sr.
9 to 5
TV • 1982
Franklin Hart
Mr. Sunshine
TV • 1986
Paul Stark
Archer
TV • 2009
Torvald Utne (voice)
That Was Then
TV • 2002
Welcome to the Captain
TV • 2008
Uncle Saul
Studio 5-B
TV • 1989
WordGirl
TV • 2007
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1997
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Gill Littlefoot (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self
Everything's Relative
TV • 1999
Jake Gorelick
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Crocker (voice)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
TV • 1990
Next Caller
TV • 2001
Jefferson
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV • 1989
Bent
TV • 2012
Walt Riggins
The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
TV • 2011
Ozzy & Drix
TV • 2002
The Mole (voice)
Taxi
TV • 1978
Congressman Walter Griswald
Transparent
TV • 2014
Maura Pfefferman
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Psych
TV • 2006
Lloyd French
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Lester Cohen
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Tom Miller
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Phillip Greene
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Jennifer Falls
TV • 2014
Don Hirsch
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Bob's Burgers
TV • 2011
Captain Flarty (voice)
Robot and Monster
TV • 2012
St. Crispy (voice)
Hercules
TV • 1998
King Salmoneus (voice)
Game Over
TV • 2004
Dr. Zed (voice)
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Announcer (voice)
Raising Hope
TV • 2010
Arnold
Archer
TV • 2009
Len Trexler (voice)
The Orville
TV • 2017
Ben Mercer
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
TV • 2018
Self
Sammy
TV • 2000
Steve (voice)
Robert Kennedy & His Times
TV • 1985
Pierre Salinger
Sadat
TV • 1983
Sharaff
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Judge Alan Wachtel
The Burden of Proof
TV • 1992
Sennett
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Lawrence Jurgens
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Judge George Kluger
The Proud Family
TV • 2001
Randolph Verascola (voice)
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
TV • 2010
Bettys friend (voice)
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
TV • 2010
Dr. Barry Cohen
China, IL
TV • 2011
Professor Cakes (voice)
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio
TV • 2016
(voice)
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Harold Rogers
The Lionhearts
TV • 1998
(voice)
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
TV • 1980
Dankworth
Running Wilde
TV • 2010
Steven's Father
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Barry Dilwynn
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
TV • 2017
Big Nose (voice)
Bubble Guppies
TV • 2011
Night Wizard (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Mr. Harold Rogers
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TV • 2015
Glossaryck (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV • 2008
Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Love Bites
TV • 2011
Dr. O
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "The World Next Door")
The Millers
TV • 2013
Ed Dolan
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Attorney Alan Wachtel
The Lot
TV • 1999
Myron Sylver
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
TV • 2003
Carl Murphy (voice)
Doc McStuffins
TV • 2012
Santa Claus (voice)
Yo Gabba Gabba!
TV • 2007