Jeffrey Tambor

Highest Rated: 96% Desert Hearts (1986)

Lowest Rated: 0% For the Love of Money (2012)

Birthday: Jul 8, 1944

Birthplace: 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
38%	Magic Camp	Roy Preston	—	2020
50%	55 Steps	Mort Cohen	—	2018
95%	The Death of Stalin	Georgy Malenkov	—	2018
No Score Yet	GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II	Actor	—	2017
No Score Yet	Tangled Before Ever After	Big Nose	—	2017
75%	Trolls	King Peppy	$153.7M	2016
52%	The Accountant	Francis Silverberg	$86.2M	2016
53%	The D Train	Bill Shurmur	—	2015
14%	A Merry Friggin' Christmas	Snowman	—	2014
43%	Apartment Troubles	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	The Shadow King	Actor	—	2013
20%	The Hangover Part III	Sid	$112.2M	2013
No Score Yet	The Arrested Development Documentary Project	Actor	—	2013
50%	Phil Spector	Bruce Cutler	—	2013
9%	Branded	Bob Gibbons	$0.4M	2012
0%	For the Love of Money	Mr. Solomon	—	2012
16%	Flypaper	Gordon Blythe	$1.6k	2011
15%	Lucky	Detective Harold Waylon	—	2011
47%	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Mr. Gremmins	$68.2M	2011
34%	The Hangover Part II	Sid Garner	$254.4M	2011
33%	Meeting Spencer	Harris Chappell	—	2011
94%	Win Win	Stephen Vigman	$10.2M	2011
70%	Paul	Adam Shadowchild	$37.4M	2011
25%	Certifiably Jonathan	Actor	$8.3k	2011
No Score Yet	Five	Mr. Dinlear	—	2011
89%	Tangled	Big Nose Thug	$200.9M	2010
No Score Yet	The Clockwork Girl	Wilhelm	—	2010
40%	Operation: Endgame (Rogue's Gallery)	Devil	—	2010
No Score Yet	Word Girl: Earth Day Girl	Actor	—	2010
No Score Yet	Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space	Actor	—	2009
56%	The Invention of Lying	Anthony	$18.5M	2009
78%	The Hangover	Sid	$277.4M	2009
73%	Monsters vs. Aliens	Carl Murphy	$198.4M	2009
86%	Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2)	Dr. Tom Manning	$75.8M	2008
17%	Superhero Movie	Dr. Whitby	$25.9M	2008
25%	Slipstream	Geek	—	2007
No Score Yet	Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show	Actor	—	2007
30%	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	Oz	—	2005
68%	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	King Neptune	$85.4M	2004
No Score Yet	Funky Monkey	Crane	—	2004
81%	Hellboy	Dr. Tom Manning	$59.1M	2004
No Score Yet	Eloise at Christmastime	Mr. Salamone	—	2003
8%	My Boss's Daughter	Ken	—	2003
No Score Yet	Eloise at the Plaza	Mr. Salamone	—	2003
31%	Malibu's Most Wanted	Dr. Feldman	$34.4M	2003
47%	Eurotrip	Actor	$17.8M	2003
31%	Never Again	Christopher	$0.2M	2002
No Score Yet	Get Well Soon	Mitchell	—	2002
80%	Pollock	Clement Greenberg	$7.3M	2000
49%	Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Mayor May Who	$259.1M	2000
53%	Girl, Interrupted	Dr. Potts	—	1999
19%	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Coach Wenchell	—	1999
63%	Muppets From Space	K. Edgar Singer	—	1999
45%	Meet Joe Black	Quince	—	1998
83%	There's Something About Mary	Sully	—	1998
42%	Dr. Dolittle	Dr. Fish	—	1998
No Score Yet	Weapons of Mass Distraction	Alan Blanchard	—	1997
0%	Big Bully	Art	—	1996
No Score Yet	El Asesino en mis Manos	Isser Harel	—	1996
29%	Heavyweights	Maury Garner	—	1995
No Score Yet	My Teacher's Wife (Learning Curves)	Mr. Boomer	—	1995
24%	Radioland Murders	Walt Whalen Junior	—	1994
No Score Yet	At Home with the Webbers	Gerald	—	1994
No Score Yet	A House in the Hills	Willie	—	1993
No Score Yet	Crossing the Bridge	Uncle Alby	—	1992
No Score Yet	Brenda Starr	Vladimir	—	1992
43%	Article 99	Dr. Leo Krutz	—	1992
No Score Yet	The Burden of Proof	Sennett	—	1992
44%	Pastime	Peter	—	1991
18%	Life Stinks	Crasswell	—	1991
91%	City Slickers	Lou	—	1991
No Score Yet	Lisa	Mr. Marks	—	1990
No Score Yet	A Perfect Little Murder	Hecker	—	1990
62%	Three O'Clock High	Mr. Rice	—	1987
96%	Desert Hearts	Jerry	—	1986
57%	No Small Affair	Ken	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Dream Chasers	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Man Who Wasn't There	Boris Potemkin	—	1983
75%	Mr. Mom	Jinx	—	1983
No Score Yet	Sadat	Actor	—	1983
No Score Yet	Cocaine: One Man's Seduction	Actor	—	1983
No Score Yet	Take Your Best Shot	Alden Pepper	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Dream Chasers	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Star Maker	Harry Lanson	—	1981
10%	Saturday the 14th	Waldemar	—	1981
No Score Yet	A Gun in the House	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Awakening of Candra	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story	Dankworth	—	1980
81%	...And Justice for All	Jay Porter	—	1979

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
90%	Archer 2009-2021	Actor Voice	2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2011 2010
91%	Transparent 2014-2019	Maura Pfefferman Mort/Moira Maura Pfefferman Mort/Maura	2019 2017 2016 2015 2014
74%	Arrested Development 2003-2019	George Bluth Sr./Oscar Bluth George Bluth Sr.	2019 2018 2013 2006 2005 2004 2003
65%	The Orville 2017	Ben Mercer	2017
No Score Yet	The View 1997-2020	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	Today 2017-2019	Actor Guest	2017
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2017 2016
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2021	Guest	2017 2015
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2017 2016 2015 2014
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2017 2015 2014
No Score Yet	Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter 2015-2020	Panelist	2016 2015
No Score Yet	Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 2014	Appearing	2016 2015
No Score Yet	Star vs. the Forces of Evil 2015-2019	Voice	2016 2015
No Score Yet	CBS This Morning 2012	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Conan 2010-2021	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Inside Comedy 2012-2015	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2015-2019	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2015 2013 2012 2011
No Score Yet	WordGirl 2007-2015	Mr. Big Voice	2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
No Score Yet	Colbert Report 2005-2014	Guest	2014
47%	The Millers 2013-2015	Ed Dolan	2014
96%	Raising Hope 2010-2014	Arnold/Cookie Man Arnold	2014 2013
93%	The Good Wife 2009-2016	Judge Kluger Judge George Kluger	2014 2013 2009
78%	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Cohen Counselor Lester Cohen Ben Cohen Guest	2014 2013 1999
No Score Yet	Inside the Actors Studio 1994-2019	Guest	2013
89%	Psych 2006-2014	Lloyd Lloyd French Guest	2013
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson 2005-2014	Guest	2013 2011
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2013 2010
83%	Bent 2012	Walt	2012
No Score Yet	Bob's Burgers 2011	Voice	2012
30%	Running Wilde 2010-2011	Steve Wilde Sr.	2011
66%	Entourage 2004-2011	Himself	2010 2009 2008
No Score Yet	Medium 2005-2011	Todd Emory	2009
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Jerzy Skaggs	2008
89%	The New Adventures of Old Christine 2006-2010	Neil	2008
35%	Welcome to the Captain 2008	Uncle Saul	2008
No Score Yet	Higglytown Heroes 2004-2008	Voice	2007
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990	Judge Barry Dilwynn	2007
26%	Twenty Good Years 2006	Jeffrey Pyne	2006
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2006 2005 2004 2003
31%	That Was Then 2002	Gary `Double G' Glass	2002
No Score Yet	The Proud Family 2001-2005	Voice	2002
No Score Yet	The Practice 1997-2004	Sid Herman	2001
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2000
100%	The Larry Sanders Show 1992-1998	Hank Hank Kingsley	1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
91%	Dinosaurs 1991-1994	Voice	1993
No Score Yet	Empty Nest 1988-1995	Actor	1991
No Score Yet	American Dreamer 1990-1991	Joe Baines	1991 1990
82%	Tales from the Crypt 1989-1996	Actor	1991 1990
No Score Yet	The Golden Girls 1985-1992	Dr. Stevens Guest	1991 1989 1985
No Score Yet	Who's the Boss? 1984-1992	Actor	1990
No Score Yet	Doogie Howser, M.D. 1989-1993	Miller	1989
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Russell Armstrong	1988
92%	Max Headroom 1987-1988	Murray	1988 1987
No Score Yet	The Twilight Zone 1985-1989	Milt Stephen Montgomery	1986 1985
97%	Hill Street Blues 1981-1987	Judge Watchel Judge Wachtel Wachtel	1986 1983 1982
No Score Yet	The Love Boat 1977-1986	Lawrence Jurgens Mr. Rogers	1983 1981
No Score Yet	9 to 5 1982-1988	Franklin Hart	1982
No Score Yet	MAS*H 1972-1983	Maj. Reddish	1982
No Score Yet	Three's Company 1977-1984	Dr. Tom Miller Cromwell Phil	1982 1981
No Score Yet	Barney Miller 1975-1982	Klein	1981
No Score Yet	Taxi 1978-1983	Congressman	1979
No Score Yet	The Ropers 1979-1980	Jeffrey P. Brookes III	1979
No Score Yet	Starsky & Hutch 1975-1979	Randy	1978
No Score Yet	China, IL 2011-2015	Voice
13%	Everything's Relative 1999	Jake Gorelick
No Score Yet	Next Caller 2012	Jefferson Mingus

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!

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