Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his television roles, including Jeffrey Brooks, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the sitcom *The Ropers* (1979–1980), 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 as Maura Pfefferman, Tambor earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series out of three nominations. In 2015, he received 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 *The Hangover* trilogy (2009–2013), Francis Silverberg in *The Accountant* (2016), and Georgy Malenkov in *The Death of Stalin* (2017).

Tambor has provided voice acting in *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* (2004), *Monsters vs. Aliens* (2009), *Tangled* (2010), and *Trolls* (2016). He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for his voice role in *The Lionhearts* (1998). From 2002 to 2003, he served as an announcer for *Hollywood Squares*.