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

• 2020Magic Camp — Roy Preston
• 201855 Steps — Mort Cohen
• Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure — Big Nose (voice)
• 2017Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni — Glossaryck (voice)
• 2017Tangled: Before Ever After — Big Nose (voice)
• 2017The Death of Stalin — Georgy Malenkov
• The Orville — Ben Mercer
• Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio — (voice)
• 2016The Accountant — Francis Silverberg
• 2016Trolls — King Peppy (voice)
• 2015China, Il The Musical — Professor Cakes
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Glossaryck (voice)
• 2015The D Train — Bill Shurmur
• 2014A Merry Friggin' Christmas — Snow Globe Santa (voice)
• 2014Apartment Troubles — Bob
• Jennifer Falls — Don Hirsch
• 2014The Clockwork Girl — Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
• Transparent — Maura Pfefferman
• 2013Monsters vs Aliens Stories
• 2013Onion News Empire — David Bryant
• 2013Phil Spector — Bruce Cutler
• 2013The Hangover Part III — Sid Garner
• The Millers — Ed Dolan
• Bent — Walt Riggins
• 2012Branded — Bob Gibbons
• Doc McStuffins — Santa Claus (voice)
• 2012For the Love of Money — Mr. Solomon
• Robot and Monster — St. Crispy (voice)
• Bob's Burgers — Captain Flarty (voice)
• Bubble Guppies — Night Wizard (voice)
• China, IL — Professor Cakes (voice)
• 2011Five — Danny
• 2011Flypaper — Gordon Blythe
• Love Bites — Dr. O
• 2011Lucky — Detective Harold Waylon
• 2011Mr. Popper's Penguins — Mr. Gremmins
• 2011Night of the Living Carrots — Carl Murphy (voice)
• 2011Paul — Adam Shadowchild
• 2011The Hangover Part II — Sid Garner
• The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
• 2011Win Win — Vigman
• 2010Meeting Spencer — Harris Chappell
• 2010Operation: Endgame — Devil
• Raising Hope — Arnold
• Rex Is Not Your Lawyer — Dr. Barry Cohen
• Running Wilde — Steven's Father
• 2010Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo — Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — Gill Littlefoot (voice)
• 2010Tangled — Big Nose Thug (voice)
• The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! — Bettys friend (voice)
• Archer — Torvald Utne (voice), Len Trexler (voice)
• 2009Monsters vs Aliens — Carl Murphy (voice)
• 2009Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space — Carl Murphy (voice)
• 2009Prequel: The Dawn of Lying — Anthony
• The Good Wife — Judge George Kluger
• 2009The Hangover — Sid Garner
• 2009The Invention of Lying — Anthony James
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
• 2008Good Behavior — Hy
• 2008Hellboy II: The Golden Army — Tom Manning
• 2008Superhero Movie — Dr. Whitby
• Welcome to the Captain — Uncle Saul
• 2007My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie — Santa (voice)
• 2007Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show
• 2007Slipstream — Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
• 2007The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas — Santa Claus (voice)
• 2007The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' — Hank Kingsley
• WordGirl
• Yo Gabba Gabba!
• Psych — Lloyd French
• The New Adventures of Old Christine — Neil
• Twenty Good Years — Jeffrey Pyne
• Medium — Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
• 2005The Muppets' Wizard of Oz — Wizard
• Entourage — Jeffrey Tambor
• 2004EuroTrip — Scott's Dad (uncredited)
• 2004Funky Monkey — Crane
• Game Over — Dr. Zed (voice)
• 2004Hellboy — Tom Manning
• 2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie — King Neptune (voice)
• Arrested Development — George Bluth Sr.
• DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection — Carl Murphy (voice)
• 2003Eloise at Christmastime — Mr. Salomone the Manager
• 2003Eloise at the Plaza — Mr. Salomone the Manager
• 2003Malibu's Most Wanted — Dr. Feldman
• 2003My Boss's Daughter — Ken
• 2003Scorched — Bank Employer
• 2003Under the Tuscan Sun — Lawyer (uncredited)
• 3-South
• Ozzy & Drix — The Mole (voice)
• That Was Then — Gary 'Double G' Glass
• 2001Get Well Soon — Mitchell
• 2001Never Again — Christopher
• Next Caller — Jefferson
• The Proud Family — Randolph Verascola (voice)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Jerzy Skaggs
• 2000How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Mayor Augustus Maywho
• 2000Pollock — Clem Greenberg
• Sammy — Steve (voice)
• Everything's Relative — Jake Gorelick
• 1999Girl, Interrupted — Dr. Potts
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Lester Cohen
• 1999Muppets from Space — K. Edgar Singer
• 1999My Teacher's Wife — Jack Boomer
• 1999Teaching Mrs. Tingle — Coach Wenchell
• The Lot — Myron Sylver
• 1998Doctor Dolittle — Dr. Fish
• Hercules — King Salmoneus (voice)
• 1998Meet Joe Black — Quince
• The Lionhearts — (voice)
• 1998There's Something About Mary — Sully
• The Practice — Sid Herman
• The Wonderful World of Disney
• 1997Weapons of Mass Distraction — Alan Blanchard
• 1996Big Bully — Art Lundstrum
• 1996The Man Who Captured Eichmann — Isser Harel
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest — Black Jack Lee (voice)
• 1995Heavyweights — Maury Garner
• 1995Jonny Quest versus the Cyber Insects — Dr. Zin (voice)
• Pinky and the Brain — Beetle Fiero (voice)
• 1994Another Midnight Run — Bernie Abbot
• Duckman — Psychiatrist (voice)
• 1994Radioland Murders — Walt Whalen Jr.
• 1993A House in the Hills — Willie
• 1993At Home with the Webbers — Gerald Webber
• 1993Jonny's Golden Quest — Dr. Zin (voice)
• 1993Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun — Dr. Stockton
• 1992Article 99 — Dr. Leo Krutz
• Batman: The Animated Series — Crocker (voice)
• 1992Crossing the Bridge — Uncle Alby
• The Burden of Proof — Sennett
• The Larry Sanders Show — Hank Kingsley
• 1991City Slickers — Lou
• Dinosaurs — Hank Hibler (voice)
• 1991Life Stinks — Vance Crasswell
• 1990A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder — Don Hecker
• American Dreamer — Joe Baines
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
• Law & Order — Barry Dilwynn
• 1990Lisa — Mr. Larry Marks
• 1990Pastime — Peter LaPorte
• 1990Seriously... Phil Collins — Jeffrey Taglentini
• 1990The Easter Story — Peter (voice)
• 1989Brenda Starr — Vladimir
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Board Member
• Studio 5-B
• Tales from the Crypt — Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• 1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville — Writer
• Max Headroom — Murray
• 1987Three O'Clock High — Mr. Rice
• L.A. Law — Gordon Salt
• Mr. Sunshine — Paul Stark
• 1986The Nativity — Eli (voice)
• 1985Desert Hearts — Jerry (uncredited)
• Robert Kennedy & His Times — Pierre Salinger
• The Golden Girls — Dr. Stevens
• The Twilight Zone — Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes"), Milton (segment "The World Next Door")
• Murder, She Wrote — Russell Armstrong
• 1984No Small Affair — Ken
• 1984The Three Wishes of Billy Grier — Dr. Lindsey
• Who's the Boss?
• 1983Cocaine: One Man's Seduction — Mort Broome
• 1983Mr. Mom — Jinx
• Sadat — Sharaff
• 1983The Awakening of Candra — Professor Michael Silver
• 1983The Man Who Wasn't There — Boris Potemkin
• 9 to 5 — Franklin Hart
• 1982Take Your Best Shot — Alden Pepper
• 1982The Dream Chasers — Jeffrey Bauman
• 1981A Gun in the House — Lance Kessler
• Hill Street Blues — Judge Alan Wachtel, Attorney Alan Wachtel
• 1981Saturday the 14th — Waldemar
• 1981The Star Maker — Harry Lanson
• 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Dankworth
• Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Dankworth
• 1979...And Justice for All — Jay Porter
• The Ropers — Jeffrey P. Brookes III
• Taxi — Congressman Walter Griswald
• The Love Boat — Lawrence Jurgens, Harold Rogers, Mr. Harold Rogers
• Three's Company — Winston Cromwell III, Tom Miller, Phillip Greene
• Barney Miller — William Klein
• Starsky & Hutch
• Kojak — Medical Examiner
• M*A*S*H — Reddish
• 1972Summertime Killer — "Sully" Tambor
• The Adventures of Drunky — God (voice)

Appearances as themselves (21)

• 2020Disclosure — Self (archive footage)
• The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling — Self
• 2016The Last Laugh — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013The Arrested Development Documentary Project — Self
• Inside Comedy — Self
• 2010This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying — Self
• 2008Hellboy: In Service of the Demon — Self
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest
• 2005Earth to America — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self - Guest
• The Reichen Show — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist, Self - Announcer (voice)
• MADtv — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest