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Aliases: Jeffery Tambor , Джеффри Тэмбор , Τζέφφρεϊ Τάμπόρ , Τζέφρεϊ Τάμπόρ

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 39

TV Involvements: 26


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Lester Cohen
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) Jerzy Skaggs
Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Barry Dilwynn
Hollywood Squares
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7

Hollywood Squares

(1998) Self - Announcer (voice)
The Good Wife
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8

The Good Wife

(2009) Judge George Kluger
Medium
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8

Medium

(2005) Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
Batman: The Animated Series
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9

Batman: The Animated Series

(1992) Crocker (voice)
The Twilight Zone
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8

The Twilight Zone

(1985) Kyle Montgomery

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Wilhelm the Tinkerer
2020 Roy Preston
Self (archive footage)
2018 Self
Mort Cohen
2017 Georgy Malenkov
Ben Mercer
Glossaryck (voice)
Big Nose (voice)
2016 Francis Silverberg
King Peppy (voice)
N/A
Self
2015 Self
Bill Shurmur
Glossaryck (voice)
2014 Self
Snowman (voice)
Maura Pfefferman
N/A
Don Hirsch
Self
N/A
2013 Sid Garner
Self
David Bryant
Bruce Cutler
Bettys friend (voice)
N/A
2012 Bob Gibbons
St. Crispy (voice)
Mr. Solomon
Walt Riggins
Self
2011 Carl Murphy (voice)
Danny
Professor Cakes (voice)
N/A
Gordon Blythe
Detective Waylon
Mr. Gremmins
Sid Garner
Vigman
Adam Shadowchild
Captain Flarty (voice)
2010 Big Nose Thug (voice)
N/A
Steven's Father
Devil
Gill Littlefoot (voice)
Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
Self
Harris Chappell
2009 Anthony
Anthony James
Judge George Kluger
Torvald Utne (voice)
Len Trexler (voice)
Sid Garner
Carl Murphy (voice)
Carl Murphy (voice)
2008 Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
Self
Tom Manning
Dr. Whitby
Uncle Saul
2007 Santa (voice)
N/A
Santa Claus (voice)
N/A
Hank Kingsley
Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
2006 N/A
N/A
Lloyd French
Neil
2005 Self
Self - Guest
Himself
Wizard
Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
2004 King Neptune (voice)
Crane
N/A
Tom Manning
Dr. Zed (voice)
Scott's Dad (uncredited)
2003 Mr. Salomone the Manager
George Bluth Sr.
Lawyer (uncredited)
Self
Ken
Bank Employer
Mr. Salomone the Manager
Dr. Feldman
2002 N/A
N/A
The Mole (voice)
2001 Mitchell
Randolph Verascola (voice)
Christopher
Jefferson
2000 Mayor Augustus Maywho
Jerzy Skaggs
Clem Greenberg
Steve (voice)
1999 Dr. Melvin Potts
Jack Boomer
Self
Lester Cohen
N/A
Coach Wenchell
K. Edgar Singer
N/A
Self
1998 Quince
(voice)
Self - Panelist
Self - Announcer (voice)
King Salmoneus (voice)
Sully
Dr. Fish
1997 Alan Blanchard
N/A
N/A
1996 Isser Harel
Black Jack Lee (voice)
Art Lundstrum
1995 Dr. Zin
Self
Beetle Fiero (voice)
Maury Garner
1994 Walt Whalen Jr.
N/A
Bernie Abbot
1993 Self - Guest
Gerald Webber
Dr. Zin
Dr. Stockton
Willie
1992 Uncle Alby
Governor Massengill
Crocker (voice)
Hank Kingsley
Dr. Leo Krutz
Sennett
1991 Lou
Vance Crasswell
Hank Hibler (voice)
1990 Peter LaPorte
Don Hecker
N/A
N/A
Barry Dilwynn
Jeffrey Taglentini
Mr. Larry Marks
Peter (voice)
1989 N/A
Charlie Marno
Vladimir
N/A
1988 N/A
1987 Mr. Rice
Murray
Eli (voice)
1986 Gordon Salt
N/A
1985 Jerry
Kyle Montgomery
Dr. Stevens
Pierre Salinger
1984 Ken
Dr. Lindsey
Russell Armstrong
N/A
1983 Professor Michael Silver
Sharaff
Boris Potemkin
Jinx
Mort Broome
1982 Alden Pepper
Franklin Hart
Jeffrey Bauman
1981 Waldemar
Harry Lanson
Lance Kessler
N/A
Judge Alan Wachtel
1980 Dankworth
Dankworth
1979 Jay Porter
Jeffrey P. Brookes III
1978 Congressman Walter Griswald
1977 Harold Rogers
Lawrence Jurgens
Tom Miller
Phillip Greene
Winston Cromwell III
1975 N/A
William Klein
1973 Medical Examiner
1972 Reddish
God
Dr. Barry Cohen
Year Character Movie/Tv

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