Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor

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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Jeffrey Tambor Movies

Discover the best Jeffrey Tambor movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Jeffrey Tambor ranked by year and score.

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The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin (2017)

Comedy Drama History
Stalin's sudden death leaves a vacuum in Soviet power, and his inner circle erupts into vicious competition for control. What unfolds is a darkly comic ballet of ambition, paranoia, and...
Score 7.0
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The Accountant

The Accountant (2016)

Crime Drama Thriller
Christian Wolff keeps two sets of skills sharp: forensic accounting and lethal combat. Somewhere between autism spectrum disorder and a lifetime of brutal discipline, he has built a quiet life...
Score 7.1
3
The Hangover Part III

The Hangover Part III (2013)

Comedy
The Wolfpack reassembles not for celebration but crisis. When one of their own spirals into trouble, the trio finds themselves on an unexpected road trip where the chaos they once...
Score 6.2
4
Paul

Paul (2011)

Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
A wisecracking extraterrestrial has spent six decades confined within Area 51, serving as a government asset while his expiration date approaches. When Paul's continued existence becomes inconvenient to his captors,...
Score 6.7
5
Tangled

Tangled (2010)

Adventure Animation Family
Locked away in a remote tower with nothing but her golden hair and her dreams, Rapunzel has spent eighteen years wondering what lies beyond her gilded cage. When a roguish...
Score 7.6
6
The Hangover

The Hangover (2009)

Comedy
Four men fly to Las Vegas for a bachelor party. Only three of them wake up. The groom is missing, the hotel suite is demolished, and somehow a live tiger...
Score 7.3
7
Hellboy

Hellboy (2004)

Action Fantasy
Summoned by Nazi occultists in the dying hours of World War II, a baby demon was rescued by Allied forces and given the unlikely name Hellboy. Sixty years on, he...
Score 6.7
8
Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Drama
A young woman's casual visit to a psychiatrist becomes an involuntary admission to a psychiatric hospital in 1960s Connecticut. What was supposed to be a brief stay stretches indefinitely as...
Score 7.6
9
Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black (1998)

Drama Fantasy Romance
William Parrish has built an empire and is about to turn sixty-five when a soft-spoken stranger arrives at his door. The stranger is Death, curious about mortal life and willing...
Score 7.4
10
There’s Something About Mary

There’s Something About Mary (1998)

Comedy Romance
Ted Stroehmann never forgot Mary Jensen, the girl who made high school feel briefly magical before a catastrophically mortifying prom incident shut the whole thing down. Nearly a decade and...
Score 6.6
11
Big Bully

Big Bully (1996)

Comedy
A successful novelist returns to his sleepy hometown for a class reunion, only to discover that his old tormentor never left. The bully, whose life unraveled after their school days,...
Score 4.7
12
City Slickers

City Slickers (1991)

Comedy Western
Three Manhattan suits book what promises to be a genteel cattle-drive vacation, only to discover they've signed up for genuine ranch work under a weathered, no-nonsense wrangler. As blisters form...
Score 6.5

Jeffrey Tambor TV Shows

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Arrested Development

Arrested Development (2003)

Comedy
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
Score 7.9
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The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show (1992)

Comedy
What happens when you strip away the bright lights and audience applause? Garry Shandling mines his own late-night experience to expose the neurotic machinery behind a network talk show. Larry...
Score 7.7

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Jeffrey Tambor are The Death of Stalin, The Accountant, and The Hangover Part III.
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Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 14 titles starring Jeffrey Tambor, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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Yes! The overall filmography starring Jeffrey Tambor maintains a strong average user rating of 6.9 out of 10 across all tracked titles.