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Acting

Jeffrey Tambor

Career: Active from 1979 to 2020, busiest in 2011 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 33
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: The Larry Sanders Show
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 145 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jeffrey Tambor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.2, average 2.6
Melancholy
3.5, average 4.7
Violence
3.0, average 4.1
Tension
4.8, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Character Study 5
Coming-of-Age 4
Ensemble Cast 4
Family Comedy 3
Cringe Comedy 3
Heartwarming 3
Lighthearted 3
Situational Humor 3
Social Commentary 3
Legal Drama 3
Fast-Paced Action 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

185

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

The Adventures of Drunky

as God (voice)

2020s

1 title · average score 46

Magic Camp

46

as Roy Preston

2010s

48 titles · average score 60

55 Steps

58

as Mort Cohen

The Death of Stalin

82

as Georgy Malenkov

The Accountant

62

as Francis Silverberg

Transparent

79

TV show · as Maura Pfefferman

The Clockwork Girl

55

as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)

Phil Spector

50

as Bruce Cutler

Bent

70

TV show · as Walt Riggins

Branded

27

as Bob Gibbons

Mr. Popper's Penguins

53

as Mr. Gremmins

China, IL

69

TV show · as Professor Cakes (voice)

Flypaper

42

as Gordon Blythe

Tangled

80

as Big Nose Thug (voice)

2000s

48 titles · average score 62

The Hangover

76

as Sid Garner

The Invention of Lying

56

as Anthony James

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

60

as Carl Murphy (voice)

WordGirl

76

TV show

The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas

59

as Santa Claus (voice)

Twenty Good Years

37

TV show · as Jeffrey Pyne

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

38

as Wizard

Medium

69

TV show · as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois

Hellboy

72

as Tom Manning

My Boss's Daughter

27

as Ken

Get Well Soon

48

as Mitchell

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

57

as Mayor Augustus Maywho

1990s

44 titles · average score 61

Girl, Interrupted

64

as Dr. Potts

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Lester Cohen

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

38

as Coach Wenchell

There's Something About Mary

71

as Sully

Meet Joe Black

59

as Quince

Doctor Dolittle

52

as Dr. Fish

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

61

as Isser Harel

Big Bully

20

as Art Lundstrum

Another Midnight Run

58

as Bernie Abbot

At Home with the Webbers

31

as Gerald Webber

The Larry Sanders Show

86

TV show · as Hank Kingsley

Life Stinks

47

as Vance Crasswell

1980s

33 titles · average score 61

Brenda Starr

46

as Vladimir

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

50

TV show

Max Headroom

69

TV show · as Murray

Three O'Clock High

60

as Mr. Rice

TV show · as Paul Stark

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Dr. Stevens

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Russell Armstrong

No Small Affair

45

as Ken

The Man Who Wasn't There

15

as Boris Potemkin

Take Your Best Shot

as Alden Pepper

Saturday the 14th

22

as Waldemar

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show · as Judge Alan Wachtel / Attorney Alan Wachtel

1970s

10 titles · average score 68

The Ropers

60

TV show · as Jeffrey P. Brookes III

...And Justice for All

72

as Jay Porter

Taxi

77

TV show · as Congressman Walter Griswald

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Harold Rogers / Mr. Harold Rogers

Three's Company

80

TV show · as Winston Cromwell III / Tom Miller

Barney Miller

52

TV show · as William Klein

Starsky & Hutch

78

TV show

Kojak

72

TV show · as Medical Examiner

M*A*S*H

78

TV show · as Reddish

Summertime Killer

58

as "Sully" Tambor