- Born
- Birth nameJeffrey Michael Tambor
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Jeffrey Tambor starred in Amazon Studios hit series TRANSPARENT, playing family patriarch "Mort Pfefferman," who over the course of the show becomes the unforgettable "Maura." Tambor's groundbreaking performance earned him two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award and a Critics' Choice Award. He's also starred in the Emmy-winning sitcom ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, playing twin brothers "George Bluth" and "Oscar Bluth," and played "Hank Kingsley," the self-centered sidekick on HBO's critically acclaimed THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Burstein Company
- SpousesKasia Tambor(October 6, 2001 - present) (4 children)Katie Mitchell(March 9, 1991 - 2000) (divorced)
- ChildrenGabriel Kasper TamborEve Julia Tambor
- ParentsEileen TamborMichael Bernard Tambor
- Often plays a frustrated (or frustrating) authority figure
- Frequently acts in projects written by Mitchell Hurwitz
- Permafrown, often while speaking
- Deep commanding voice
- Children: Molly Tambor (b. 1975); Gabriel Kasper (b. December 10, 2004), Eve Julia (December 10, 2006), Hugo Bernard and Eli Nicholas (twins b. October 4, 2009) with wife Kasia. Daughter Molly gave birth to his grandson (Mason Jay Moore) four days before his son Gabriel was born.
- Has played multiple characters on the situation comedy Three's Company (1976).
- Teaching fellow/graduate assistant at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in the late 1960s.
- Reportedly, the first actor to use the C-word on TV which he did on The Hankerciser 200 (1993) when referring to Larry's wife as "that c--t". Jeffrey was supposed to say "bitch", but in rehearsals he improvised and Garry Shandling opted for the C-word instead.
- Was a teacher at Milton Katselas' Beverly Hills Playhouse.
- [on attending San Francisco State University] I am positive I am an actor because of that place.
- [on what has guided his career] Go where your heart is, not the dollar sign.
- [2008, on Mr. Mom (1983)] Yes, and I loved that role. I remember driving that first day in the car, Michael Keaton and I, and Stan Dragoti was in the camera truck in front of us... No one had any idea it was gonna be a runaway hit. And that's an actor's life. I thought Meet Joe Black was gonna be one of the big changes for me, and it was gonna be a runaway hit-and it wasn't. And with Mr. Mom, I said, "There's just no way." And it turned out to be a huge hit. Huge!
- [2008, on Meet Joe Black (1998)] That scene that I have with Brad [Pitt]-that one out by the sea where I confess to him that I really screwed up and I've sort of betrayed them-is one of my favorite scenes that I've ever done. He was just so wonderful. He's great. I mean, this was years ago, but he's very modest. He's a real hardworking actor. I think he was going through something difficult at that time, and he never brought his personal stuff-not once!-on the set. He was a real pro. I remember doing that scene, and as I was acting, I thought, "I understand why this guy's a movie star." Because there was just something that he did when the cameras rolled. There was some kind of energy that was really magnificent, a real aura about him. Those movie stars, they have that "thing."
- [2008, on The Larry Sanders Show (1992)] Changed my life. I am so thankful that-I mean, go figure. Most people are lucky to get one good series, but I got two groundbreakers. I just knew when I read that "Hey Now" script that something was afoot. Those were seven of the greatest years of my life. I learned so much, and it affirmed everything I thought comedy was. It was really a tremendous experience. And I loved (my character) Hank Kingsley, he was very real to me. There was just something about that character. I really believed him. I didn't think he was a buffoon. I understood the inner workings of him, so I sort of felt sorry for him, the poor guy. He was very important to me.
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