Jeffrey Tambor
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San Francisco, California, USA
Born July 8th, 1944, character actor Jeffrey Tambor has built his career in comedies playing the role of the uptight boss, or more generally, the stuffy guy. After graduate school, teaching, and a prolific stage career, Tambor started making television guest-starring appearances in the early '70s. He showed up on Three's Company enough that he eventually got a spot on the spin-off series The Ropers as the disapproving next-door neighbor Jeffrey. After the show's two-season run, he did a few TV movies before landing a reoccurring roles on the television version of 9 to 5, naturally playing the Dabney Coleman boss character. Throughout the '80s and early '90s, he continued to play the role of the stuffy guy on television (The Golden Girls, L.A. Law, Max Headroom) and movies (Mr. Mom, City Slickers, Life Stinks). His big break came in 1992, when he was cast as Garry Shandling's smiling sidekick, Hank Kingsley, on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show, his most recognizable role. For the rest of the '90s, he frequently returned to playing snide characters for movies (Teaching Mrs. Tingle, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Muppets From Space), although he would be more well-known for his work on television. In 1999, he appeared on the AMC series The Lot for its two-season run and provided voice talent for the MTV cartoon show 3 South. He played another boss type in the heist film Scorched in 2002.In 2003, Tambor joined the cast of Arrested Development for the role of George Bluth, an imprisoned millionaire and patriarch to a seriously dysfunctional family. The role would earn two Emmy nominations. Tambor tried his luck at television success once again in Welcome to the Captain, a short-lived sitcom in 2006, and returned to the big screen for the buddy comedy Twenty Good Years. He played a supporting role in 2009's critically acclaimed comedy the Invention of Lying, and played father of the bride in the megahit The Hangover. In 2011, Tambor took another supporting role for the comedy drama Win Win, and reprised his role in The Hangover for The Hangover Part 2.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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38% | Magic Camp |
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— | 2020 |
50% | 55 Steps |
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— | 2018 |
95% | The Death of Stalin |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Tangled Before Ever After |
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— | 2017 |
75% | Trolls |
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$153.7M | 2016 |
51% | The Accountant |
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$86.2M | 2016 |
53% | The D Train |
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— | 2015 |
14% | A Merry Friggin' Christmas |
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— | 2014 |
43% | Apartment Troubles |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | The Shadow King |
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— | 2013 |
20% | The Hangover Part III |
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$112.2M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | The Arrested Development Documentary Project |
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— | 2013 |
50% | Phil Spector |
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— | 2013 |
9% | Branded |
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$0.4M | 2012 |
0% | For the Love of Money |
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— | 2012 |
16% | Flypaper |
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$1.6k | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Lucky |
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— | 2011 |
47% | Mr. Popper's Penguins |
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$68.2M | 2011 |
33% | The Hangover Part II |
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$254.4M | 2011 |
33% | Meeting Spencer |
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— | 2011 |
94% | Win Win |
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$10.2M | 2011 |
70% | Paul |
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$37.4M | 2011 |
25% | Certifiably Jonathan |
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$8.3k | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Five |
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— | 2011 |
89% | Tangled |
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$200.9M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | The Clockwork Girl |
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— | 2010 |
40% | Operation: Endgame (Rogue's Gallery) |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Word Girl: Earth Day Girl |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space |
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— | 2009 |
56% | The Invention of Lying |
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$18.5M | 2009 |
78% | The Hangover |
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$277.4M | 2009 |
73% | Monsters vs. Aliens |
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$198.4M | 2009 |
86% | Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2) |
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$75.8M | 2008 |
17% | Superhero Movie |
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$25.9M | 2008 |
25% | Slipstream |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show |
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— | 2007 |
30% | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz |
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— | 2005 |
68% | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie |
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$85.4M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Funky Monkey |
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— | 2004 |
81% | Hellboy |
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$59.1M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Eloise at Christmastime |
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— | 2003 |
8% | My Boss's Daughter |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Eloise at the Plaza |
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— | 2003 |
31% | Malibu's Most Wanted |
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$34.4M | 2003 |
47% | Eurotrip |
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$17.8M | 2003 |
31% | Never Again |
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$0.2M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Get Well Soon |
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— | 2002 |
81% | Pollock |
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$7.3M | 2000 |
49% | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
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$259.1M | 2000 |
53% | Girl, Interrupted |
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— | 1999 |
19% | Teaching Mrs. Tingle |
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— | 1999 |
63% | Muppets From Space |
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— | 1999 |
45% | Meet Joe Black |
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— | 1998 |
83% | There's Something About Mary |
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— | 1998 |
42% | Dr. Dolittle |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Weapons of Mass Distraction |
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— | 1997 |
0% | Big Bully |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | El Asesino en mis Manos |
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— | 1996 |
29% | Heavyweights |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | My Teacher's Wife (Learning Curves) |
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— | 1995 |
24% | Radioland Murders |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | At Home with the Webbers |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | A House in the Hills |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Crossing the Bridge |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Brenda Starr |
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— | 1992 |
43% | Article 99 |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | The Burden of Proof |
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— | 1992 |
44% | Pastime |
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— | 1991 |
18% | Life Stinks |
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— | 1991 |
90% | City Slickers |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Lisa |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | A Perfect Little Murder |
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— | 1990 |
67% | Three O'Clock High |
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— | 1987 |
95% | Desert Hearts |
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— | 1986 |
57% | No Small Affair |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | The Dream Chasers |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | The Man Who Wasn't There |
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— | 1983 |
78% | Mr. Mom |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Sadat |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Cocaine: One Man's Seduction |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Take Your Best Shot |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | The Dream Chasers |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | The Star Maker |
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— | 1981 |
10% | Saturday the 14th |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | A Gun in the House |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | The Awakening of Candra |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story |
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— | 1980 |
83% | ...And Justice for All |
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— | 1979 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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90% |
Archer
2009-2020
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90% |
Transparent
2014-2019
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75% |
Arrested Development
2003-2019
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65% |
The Orville
2017-2019
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
Today
2017-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015-2019
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter
2015
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98% |
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
2014
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No Score Yet |
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015-2019
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No Score Yet |
CBS This Morning
2012
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
Inside Comedy
2012-2015
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2015-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
WordGirl
2007-2015
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No Score Yet |
Colbert Report
2005-2014
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47% |
The Millers
2013-2015
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96% |
Raising Hope
2010-2014
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Inside the Actors Studio
1994-2019
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89% |
Psych
2006-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
2005-2014
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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83% |
Bent
2012
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91% |
Bob's Burgers
2011
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30% |
Running Wilde
2010-2011
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66% |
Entourage
2004-2011
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No Score Yet |
Medium
2005-2011
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
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89% |
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006-2010
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35% |
Welcome to the Captain
2008
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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26% |
Twenty Good Years
2006
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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36% |
That Was Then
2002
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No Score Yet |
The Proud Family
2001-2005
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No Score Yet |
The Practice
1997-2004
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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100% |
The Larry Sanders Show
1992-1998
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96% |
Dinosaurs
1991-1994
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No Score Yet |
Empty Nest
1988-1995
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No Score Yet |
American Dreamer
1990-1991
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82% |
Tales from the Crypt
1989-1996
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No Score Yet |
Who's the Boss?
1984-1992
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No Score Yet |
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989-1993
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No Score Yet |
The Golden Girls
1985-1992
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No Score Yet |
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1996
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92% |
Max Headroom
1987-1988
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No Score Yet |
The Twilight Zone
1985-1989
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No Score Yet |
Hill Street Blues
1981-1987
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No Score Yet |
9 to 5
1982-1988
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No Score Yet |
M*A*S*H
1972-1983
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No Score Yet |
Three's Company
1977-1984
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No Score Yet |
Barney Miller
1975-1982
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No Score Yet |
Taxi
1978-1983
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No Score Yet |
The Ropers
1979-1980
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No Score Yet |
Starsky & Hutch
1975-1979
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No Score Yet |
China, IL
2011-2015
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13% |
Everything's Relative
1999
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No Score Yet |
Next Caller
2012
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Quotes from Jeffrey Tambor's Characters
Adam Shadowchild Fan: | Can you sign my book? |
Adam Shadowchild: | Did you write it? |
Adam Shadowchild Fan: | No. |
Adam Shadowchild: | Than fuck off. |
Adam Shadowchild: | Then fuck off. |
King Neptune: | Oh sorry, I accidentally put it on 'Real Boy' setting. |
King Neptune: | You don't understand, my crown represents attroity, and between you and me, my hair is thining abit |
King Neptune: | You don't understand, my crown represents attroity, and between you and me, my hair is thining a bit. |
SpongeBob SquarePants: | Oh your hingis, I'm sure it's not that notic- (Neptune shows his boldness) BAAALLD! Bald! Bald! Bald! (bunch of fish) Bald! Bald! Bald! (fish with burning eyes) MY EYES! |
SpongeBob SquarePants: | Oh your hingis, I'm sure it's not that noticeable. [Neptune shows his boldness] BAAALLD! Bald! Bald! Bald! [bunch of fish] Bald! Bald! Bald! [fish with burning eyes] MY EYES! |
King Neptune: | You stole my crown! But clever as you are you left one dareing piece of evidence at the scene at the crime, (holds message paper) |
King Neptune: | You stole my crown! But clever as you are you left one dareing piece of evidence at the scene at the crime, [holds message paper] |
Mr. Krabs: | (reads message) I stole your crown signed ENGINE KRABS! |
Mr. Krabs: | [reads message] I stole your crown signed ENGINE KRABS! |
Misha Galkin: | Now is the time to get the truth out. |
Bob Gibbons: | No no no. |
King Neptune: | Be back here with my crown in exactly ten days! |
Patrick Star: | He can do it in nine! |
King Neptune: | Eight! |
Patrick Star: | Seven! |
King Neptune: | Six! |
SpongeBob SquarePants: | PATRICK! [Mr. Krabs tackles and holds Patrick by the neck] |
Mayor May Who: | The term "Grinchy" shall apply when Christmas spirit is in short supply. |
Mayor May Who: | The term 'Grinchy' shall apply when Christmas spirit is in short supply. |
Maury Garner: | I didn't send you to go-kart camp. |
Maury Garner: | [on the phone] I did not send you to 'go-kart' camp! |
Sid: | What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes, that shit comes with you. |
Sid: | Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you. |
Maury Garner: | One word of advice, NEVER LET ANYONE SIGN YOUR CHECKS! |
Harvey Bushkin: | One word of advice, NEVER LET ANYONE SIGN YOUR CHECKS! |
Hook Hand Thug: | Head down. |
Flynn Rider: | HEAD DOWN! |
Hook Hand Thug: | Arms In. |
Flynn Rider: | ARMS IN! |
Hook Hand Thug: | Knees apart. |
Big Nose Thug: | KNEES APA...Knees Apart? |
Big Nose Thug: | KNEES APA - Knees Apart? |
Big Nose Thug: | That's a lot of hair. |
Big Nose Thug: | What's your dream? |
Flynn Rider: | No, no, no. Sorry boys, I don't sing. |
Adam Shadowchild: | Three tits? Awesome! |
Stephen Vigman: | Whatever the fuck it takes! |