Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development, and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.

Bio

Tambor was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Eileen (née Salzberg), a housewife, and Michael Bernard "Mike" Tambor, a flooring contractor. He grew up in a Conservative Jewish family with roots in Hungary and Kiev, Ukraine. Tambor is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where he studied acting and then went on to receive a master's degree from Wayne State University.

A role Tambor began in 2009 is that of the recurring character Len Trexler in the sardonic comedy Archer, an animated television series on the FX network. He is a major love interest to Malory Archer played by Jessica Walter – the two formerly playing husband and wife in Arrested Development. In 2011, Tambor starred in an indie comedy, Lucky.Also in 2011, he had a minor role in the film Paul with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, reprised his Hangover role for its sequel, and was featured in Flypaper, with Patrick Dempsey and Ashley Judd. In 2012, he co-starred as Walt, Pete's aspiring musician father on the sitcom Bent starring Amanda Peet and David Walton. In May 2013 he returned to season 4 of Arrested Development. In February 2014, Amazon premiered its original series, Transparent, which stars Tambor as a transgender, divorced, Jewish father of three.