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Date of Birth : Jul 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. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide


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The Accountant ( 2016 )

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Trolls ( 2016 )

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The D-Train ( 2015 )

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Win Win ( 2011 )

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Paul ( 2011 )

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Tangled ( 2011 )

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The Hangover ( 2009 )

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Slipstream ( 2008 )

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Superhero Movie ( 2008 )

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Scorched ( 2005 )

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Hellboy ( 2004 )

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The Grinch ( 2000 )

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Meet Joe Black ( 1999 )

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Dr. Dolittle ( 1998 )

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City Slickers ( 1991 )

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Life Stinks ( 1991 )

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Lucky ( 1970 )

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