| Jeffrey Tambor  AKA Jeffrey Michael Tambor
Born: 8-Jul-1944
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Gender: Male
Religion: Scientology
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show Jeffrey Tambor is a character actor with a comic touch, recognized by his shiny head, portly build, and booming voice. In his most famous roles, he was the Ed McMahon-esque sidekick on The Larry Sanders Show and the unethical patriarch of the Bluth family on Arrested Development.
He studied acting and taught for years, and worked on stage with such actors as George C. Scott, Meryl Streep, Sam Waterston, and Judith Light. He was 33, with 15 years experience as a professional actor, when he first appeared on television, performing an autopsy on an episode of Kojak. He appeared in four episodes of Three's Company in different roles, and then played the comic next-door neighbor and foil for Norman Fell and Audra Lindley in their spin-off, The Ropers. He was a cross-dressing attorney (and later judge) on Hill Street Blues. He played the Dabney Coleman role in the TV series of 9 to 5, until he was replaced by Peter Bonerz. He was the news producer on Max Headroom, played stuffy sorts on The Golden Girls and L.A. Law,, did voice work on Jonny Quest, played the imprisoned patriarch on Arrested Development, and co-starred in the short-lived sitcom Twenty Good Years with John Lithgow.
He has also acted in films, such as the comedies Mr. Mom, Three O'Clock High, City Slickers, There's Something About Mary, and Funky Monkey. He voiced the Mayor of Whoville in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and King Neptune in The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie.
Father: Barney Tambor (flooring contractor)
Mother: Eileen Tambor (housewife)
Wife: Katie Mitchell (wife #2)
Daughter: Molly Tambor (teaches history, Columbia University)
Wife: Kasia Ostlun (waitress, b. 1968, m. 6-Oct-2001)
Daughter: Eve Julia Tambor (b. 10-Dec-2006 with Ostlun)
University: BA, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
University: MA Theater Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Environmental Media Association Board of Directors
J. C. Penney shoe salesman
Hungarian Ancestry Paternal side
Jewish Ancestry
TELEVISION
Hill Street Blues Judge Alan Wachtel (1981-87)
Max Headroom Murray (1987-88)
The Ropers Jeffrey P. Brookes III (1979-80)
The Larry Sanders Show Hank Kingsley (1992-98)
The Lot Myron Sylver (1999-2001)
Arrested Development George Bluth, Sr. (2003-)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (28-Jun-2008)
Superhero Movie (27-Mar-2008)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (27-Apr-2005)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (14-Nov-2004) [VOICE]
Funky Monkey (17-Sep-2004)
Hellboy (2-Apr-2004)
Eloise at Christmastime (22-Nov-2003)
My Boss's Daughter (22-Aug-2003)
Eloise at the Plaza (27-Apr-2003)
Malibu's Most Wanted (10-Apr-2003)
Scorched (17-May-2002)
Get Well Soon (21-Dec-2001)
Never Again (11-Mar-2001)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (8-Nov-2000)
Pollock (6-Sep-2000)
Girl, Interrupted (8-Dec-1999)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (11-Aug-1999)
Muppets From Space (14-Jul-1999)
Meet Joe Black (2-Nov-1998)
There's Something About Mary (15-Jul-1998)
Doctor Dolittle (13-Jun-1998)
Weapons of Mass Distraction (17-May-1997)
The Man Who Captured Eichmann (10-Nov-1996)
Big Bully (26-Jan-1996)
Heavyweights (17-Feb-1995)
My Teacher's Wife (1995)
Radioland Murders (21-Oct-1994)
A House in the Hills (1993)
Crossing the Bridge (11-Sep-1992)
Article 99 (13-Mar-1992)
Life Stinks (26-Jul-1991)
City Slickers (7-Jun-1991)
Pastime (1991)
Lisa (20-Apr-1990)
Brenda Starr (20-Jul-1989)
Three O'Clock High (9-Oct-1987)
No Small Affair (9-Nov-1984)
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1-Nov-1984)
Sadat (31-Oct-1983)
The Man Who Wasn't There (12-Aug-1983)
Mr. Mom (22-Jul-1983)
Saturday the 14th (30-Oct-1981)
...And Justice For All (19-Oct-1979)
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