Jeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor as well as a comedian. He is distinguished for his television roles like Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, George Bluth Senior’s part, and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development Show, and as Maura Pfefferman on Transparent.
Quick Factoid
- Famous for: The Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development, and Transparent
- Known as: American actor and comedian
- Parents: Bernard Tambor and Eileen.
- Date of birth: July 8, 1944
- Nationality: American
- Wife: Kasia Ostlun
- Net worth: 16 million dollars.
- TV Debut: The Ropers
- Movie debut: And Justice For All.
Jeffery Tambor’s early life and upbringing
Tambor was born to Eileen and Bernard in San Francisco, California. His mother was Eileen, a homemaker, and Bernard Tambor, a flooring contractor. He grew up as a Jewish family with origins in Hungary and Ukraine.
Tambor graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School and San Francisco State University, where he finished his studies in acting thereby neared his BA degree and then got on to achieve a master’s degree from Wayne State University.
What made Jeffery Tambor win in his life?
Initially, Jeffery made his mark in regional theater, by playing as pompous, pent-up, and occasionally goofy characters. A recurring role on Three’s Company series, which led him to play a part in the sitcom The Ropers. Thereby Jeffery made his debut in The Ropers.
Once that series finished, the makers of Three’s Company series asked Tambor for a variety of guest cameos.
In the 1980s, after a cycle of flop sitcoms, Jeffery Tambor ultimately hit a comedic role in 1992, by entering as Garry Shandling’s hilariously bombastic buddy on the late-night talk-show spoof The Larry Sanders Show.
The Larry Sanders Show brought Tambor wonders as he was nominated for four Emmy awards and parlayed his newfound fame into small but memorable feature-film roles like Girl, Interrupted, Malibu’s Most Wanted movies that have empowered his popularity.
In 2003, he gained a plum dual role on Arrested Development. Although he was only planned to appear in the pilot( first episode), yet Tambor impressed the creator Mitch Hurwitz, and thereby he was heightened to series regular, essaying a captive millionaire and his twin brother, a pair of tour de force whirls that earned him two more Emmy nominations.
That series folded in the spring of 2006, but Tambor was back on the field by fall in the retirement-aged buddy comedy Twenty Good Years but unfortunately, the reviews and ratings of the show were disappointing, and the series survived just over half a season.
Eventually, Tambor took another chance at sitcom success in 2008 with Welcome to the Captain series. But when CBS grabbed him after just a handful of episodes, the actor whirled back to the big screens, performing in comedies like The Hangover and The Invention of Lying, and also did the voiceover for the animated hit Monsters vs. Aliens.
Jeffery married Kasia and the couple has son Gabriel Kasper, younger daughter Eve Julia, and twin sons Hugo Bernard and Eli Nicholas.
In 2017, Tambor, who performed the main lead real, as a transgender woman named Maura, was expelled in Transparent show, after his former assistant, Van Barnes, and costar Trace Lysette accused him of sexual harassment.
The net worth of Jeffery Tambor
As of 2020, Jeffery Tambor’s net worth is estimated to be around 16 to 18 million dollars.
Tambor won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category out of his three nominations.
In 2015, Tambor was also granted a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Pfefferman in Transparent which is still airing.
