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Jeffrey Tambor is an American actor, voice actor, and character actor born in San Francisco in 1944. He is a member of the Jewish ethnic group and holds United States citizenship. Tambor has worked in the field of acting since 1977 and is a male who speaks and writes in English. He was educated at Wayne State University and San Francisco State University.
His notable works include the films The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Muppets from Space, and Trolls, as well as the television series Transparent. Tambor has received several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Golden Globes, and Satellite Awards. He also holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has five children.
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Film & TV
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 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…
Known for
- Disclosure — Self (archive footage)2020
- Magic Camp — Roy Preston2020
- 55 Steps — Mort Cohen2018
- The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling — Self2018
- The Death of Stalin — Georgy Malenkov2017
- Tangled: Before Ever After — Big Nose (voice)2017
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni — Glossaryck (voice)2017
- The Orville — Ben Mercer2017
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure — Big Nose (voice)2017
- The Last Laugh — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2016
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Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Michael Tambor , ( 1944-07-08 ) July 8, 1944 (age 81) , San Francisco , California, U.S.
- Alma mater
- San Francisco State University Wayne State University
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Spouses
- Katie Mitchell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2000 ) Kasia Ostlun ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jeffrey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- theatrical director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Jeffrey Tambor June 2015.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- Jeffrey Tambor
- date of birth
- 1944-07-08
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television 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 May Who 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).
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