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Jeffrey Tambor
San Francisco, California, USA
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 Hele…
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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.
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2020
Magic Camp
Movie Roy Preston
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2020
Disclosure
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
TV show Self
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2018
55 Steps
Movie Mort Cohen
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2017
The Death of Stalin
Movie Georgy Malenkov
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2017
The Orville
TV show Ben Mercer
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2017
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
Movie Glossaryck (voice)
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2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
TV show Big Nose (voice)
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2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
Movie Big Nose (voice)
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2016
The Accountant
Movie Francis Silverberg
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2016
Trolls
Movie King Peppy (voice)
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2016
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio
TV show (voice)
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2016
The Last Laugh
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
China, Il The Musical
Movie Professor Cakes
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2015
The D Train
Movie Bill Shurmur
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2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TV show Glossaryck (voice)
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Movie Snow Globe Santa (voice)
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2014
Transparent
TV show Maura Pfefferman
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2014
Apartment Troubles
Movie Bob
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2014
Jennifer Falls
TV show Don Hirsch
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2014
The Clockwork Girl
Movie Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
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2013
The Millers
TV show Ed Dolan
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2013
Phil Spector
Movie Bruce Cutler
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2013
The Hangover Part III
Movie Sid Garner
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2013
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Movie Self
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2013
Onion News Empire
Movie David Bryant
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2012
Branded
Movie Bob Gibbons
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2012
Robot and Monster
TV show St. Crispy (voice)
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2012
For the Love of Money
Movie Mr. Solomon
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2012
Doc McStuffins
TV show Santa Claus (voice)
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2012
Bent
TV show Walt Riggins
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2012
Inside Comedy
TV show Self
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2011
Night of the Living Carrots
Movie Carl Murphy (voice)
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2011
Five
Movie Danny
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2011
China, IL
TV show Professor Cakes (voice)
