Jeffrey Tambor - Celebrity - Milestones
Milestones
- 2004: Voiced King Neptune, the irritable undersea leader in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie," based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series
- 2004: Appeared in "Hellboy," based on the comic book series
- 2003: Starred as George Bluth Sr. on the FOX comedy "Arrested Development"; received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2004
- 2002: Co-starred in the ABC television series "That Was Then"
- 2000: Signed deal with Touchstone Television to develop a comedy pilot
- 2000: Cast as Mayor Augustus Maywho in Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
- 1999: Starred as Dr. Melvin Potts opposite Winona Ryder in "Girl, Interrupted"
- 1999: Starred in the NBC sitcom "Everything's Relative"
- 1998: Co-starred with Melanie Griffith in the busted CBS pilot "Me and Henry"
- 1998: Starred with Ben Stiller in the Farrelly brothers comedy "There's Something About Mary"
- 1992: Played Hank Kingsley on the HBO comedy series, "The Larry Sanders Show"; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
- 1990: Supplied a voice for the syndicated animated children's series, "The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda"
- 1990: Played Joe Baines on the NBC sitcom, "American Dreamer"
- 1989: Played Lionel Goodman on the short-lived ABC drama series, "Studio 5B"
- 1987: Supplied a voice for the syndicated animated children's series, "The New Adventures of Jonny Quest"
- 1987: Played Murray on the short-lived but influential ABC science-fiction series, "Max Headroom"
- 1986: Played Robert Stark on the short-lived ABC sitcom, "Mr. Sunshine"
- 1985: Played Pierre Salinger in the CBS biographical miniseries, "Robert Kennedy and His Times"
- 1981: First TV-movie, "A Gun in the House" (CBS)
- 1980: First TV miniseries, "Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story" (NBC)
- 1979: Feature film debut, "And Justice for All," played Al Pacino's mentally unstable law partner
- From 1979 to 1980: First role as a regular on a TV series, as Jeffrey P Brookes III on the ABC sitcom spin-off, "The Ropers"
- 1976: Acted on Broadway in "Sly Fox", directed by Arthur Penn
- 1955: Started his study of acting and theater with private lessons at age 11 (date approximate)
- Taught theater classes for a time at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan
- Acted over the course of 15 years with regional theater companies including the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Loeb Drama Center in Boston, the Academy Festival Theater in Chicago and the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego
- Supplied a voice for the CBS animated children's series, "Wildfire"
- Played Franklin Hart Jr, the role originally created by Dabney Coleman in features, in the ABC sitcom, "9 to 5"
- Played recurring role of Alan Wachtel on the acclaimed NBC serial police drama, "Hill Street Blues"