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. Additionally, he made a notable appearance in the music video for Phil Collins' "I Wish It Would Rain Down".
as God (voice)
as Roy Preston
as Self (archive footage)
as Self(2 eps)
as Mort Cohen
as Georgy Malenkov
as Ben Mercer(1 ep)
as Glossaryck (voice)
as Big Nose (voice)(4 eps)
as Big Nose (voice)
as Francis Silverberg
as King Peppy (voice)
as (voice)(1 ep)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self(1 ep)
as Professor Cakes
as Bill Shurmur
as Glossaryck (voice)(13 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Snow Globe Santa (voice)
as Maura Pfefferman(40 eps)
as Bob
as Don Hirsch(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
as Ed Dolan(2 eps)
as Bruce Cutler
as Sid Garner
as David Bryant
as Bob Gibbons
as St. Crispy (voice)(1 ep)
as Mr. Solomon
as Santa Claus (voice)(1 ep)
as Walt Riggins(6 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Carl Murphy (voice)
as Danny
as Professor Cakes (voice)(30 eps)
as Gordon Blythe
as Detective Harold Waylon
as Mr. Gremmins
as Dr. O(1 ep)
as Sid Garner
as Vigman
as Adam Shadowchild
as Night Wizard (voice)(2 eps)
as Captain Flarty (voice)(1 ep)
as Big Nose Thug (voice)
as Arnold(1 ep)
as Steven's Father(1 ep)
as Bettys friend (voice)(160 eps)
as Devil
as Gill Littlefoot (voice)(1 ep)
as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
as Dr. Barry Cohen(1 ep)
as Harris Chappell
as Anthony
as Anthony James
as Judge George Kluger(4 eps)
as Torvald Utne (voice)(1 ep)
as Len Trexler (voice)(10 eps)
as Sid Garner
as Carl Murphy (voice)
as Carl Murphy (voice)
as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)(1 ep)
as Tom Manning
as Dr. Whitby
as Uncle Saul(5 eps)
as Hy
as Santa (voice)
as Santa Claus (voice)
as Hank Kingsley
as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
as Jeffrey Pyne(13 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Lloyd French(2 eps)
as Neil(1 ep)
as Self
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Wizard
as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois(1 ep)
as King Neptune (voice)
as Crane
as Jeffrey Tambor(3 eps)
as Tom Manning
as Dr. Zed (voice)(2 eps)
as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
as George Bluth Sr.(84 eps)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
as Self(4 eps)
as Ken
as Carl Murphy (voice)(2 eps)
as Bank Employer
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
as Dr. Feldman
as Gary 'Double G' Glass(2 eps)
as The Mole (voice)(3 eps)
as Mitchell
as Randolph Verascola (voice)(1 ep)
as Christopher
as Jefferson(2 eps)
as Mayor Augustus Maywho
as Jerzy Skaggs(1 ep)
as Clem Greenberg
as Steve (voice)(1 ep)
as Dr. Potts
as Jack Boomer
as Self(1 ep)
as Lester Cohen(4 eps)
as Coach Wenchell
as Myron Sylver(1 ep)
as K. Edgar Singer
as Jake Gorelick(5 eps)
as Self(2 eps)
as Quince
as (voice)(3 eps)
as Self - Panelist(40 eps)
as Self - Announcer (voice)(180 eps)
as King Salmoneus (voice)(1 ep)
as Sully
as Dr. Fish
as Alan Blanchard
as Sid Herman(2 eps)
as Isser Harel
as Black Jack Lee (voice)(1 ep)
as Art Lundstrum
as Dr. Zin (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Beetle Fiero (voice)(1 ep)
as Maury Garner
as Walt Whalen Jr.
as Psychiatrist (voice)(1 ep)
as Bernie Abbot
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Gerald Webber
as Dr. Zin (voice)
as Dr. Stockton
as Willie
as Uncle Alby
as Crocker (voice)(1 ep)
as Hank Kingsley(90 eps)
as Dr. Leo Krutz
as Sennett(2 eps)
as Lou
as Vance Crasswell
as Hank Hibler (voice)(1 ep)
as Peter LaPorte
as Don Hecker
as Joe Baines(17 eps)
as Barry Dilwynn(1 ep)
as Jeffrey Taglentini
as Mr. Larry Marks
as Peter (voice)
as Board Member(1 ep)
as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")(1 ep)
as Vladimir
as Mr. Rice
as Murray(14 eps)
as Gordon Salt(3 eps)
as Paul Stark(11 eps)
as Eli (voice)
as Jerry (uncredited)
as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")(1 ep)
as Milton (segment "The World Next Door")(1 ep)
as Dr. Stevens(1 ep)
as Pierre Salinger(3 eps)
as Ken
as Dr. Lindsey
as Russell Armstrong(1 ep)
as Professor Michael Silver
as Sharaff(2 eps)
as Boris Potemkin
as Jinx
as Mort Broome
as Alden Pepper
as Franklin Hart(4 eps)
as Jeffrey Bauman
as Waldemar
as Harry Lanson
as Lance Kessler
as Judge Alan Wachtel(8 eps)
as Attorney Alan Wachtel(1 ep)
as Dankworth
as Dankworth(2 eps)
as Jay Porter
as Jeffrey P. Brookes III(28 eps)
as Walter Griswald(1 ep)
as Lawrence Jurgens(1 ep)
as Harold Rogers(1 ep)
as Mr. Harold Rogers(1 ep)
as Winston Cromwell III(1 ep)
as Tom Miller(1 ep)
as Phillip Greene(1 ep)
as William Klein(1 ep)
as Medical Examiner(1 ep)
as Reddish(1 ep)
as "Sully" Tambor