Jeffrey Tambor
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Jeffrey Michael Tambor 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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Jeffrey Michael Tambor 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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Love Boat
The Good Wife
Psych
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
L.A. Law
Murder, She Wrote
Kojak
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Tales from the Crypt
MADtv
The Early Show
The Twilight Zone
Hill Street Blues
The Colbert Report
Late Night with Seth Meyers
M*A*S*H
Medium
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Starsky & Hutch
The Practice
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Three's Company
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
The Proud Family
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Millers
Law & Order
Entourage
Batman: The Animated Series
Inside Comedy
Who's the Boss?
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Golden Girls
Taxi
Love Bites
Ozzy & Drix
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Archer
Raising Hope
The Wonderful World of Disney
Bubble Guppies
Hercules
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Hollywood Squares
Dinosaurs
The Orville
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
Bob's Burgers
Sammy
My Friends Tigger & Pooh
EuroTrip
Under the Tuscan Sun
City Slickers
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Paul
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Heavyweights
Eloise at Christmastime
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
Superhero Movie
Monsters vs Aliens
Malibu's Most Wanted
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The Hangover Part II
Muppets from Space
Radioland Murders
Trolls
Arrested Development
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Hangover Part III
The Hangover
Doctor Dolittle
There's Something About Mary
Welcome to the Captain
Tangled: Before Ever After
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
The Accountant
Girl, Interrupted
Mr. Popper's Penguins
...And Justice for All
Hellboy
Three O'Clock High
Meet Joe Black
American Dreamer
Tangled
The Invention of Lying
China, IL
My Boss's Daughter
Next Caller
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Weapons of Mass Distraction
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Death of Stalin
The Man Who Wasn't There
Life Stinks
The Larry Sanders Show
Magic Camp
1775
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Everything's Relative
Twenty Good Years
Onion News Empire
Bent
Transparent
The Lot
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