Jeffrey Tambor

Trivia

• Was a teacher at Milton Katselas' Beverly Hills Playhouse.
• In spite of his typically obnoxious or exasperating characters, Tambor is one of the most respected and well-liked character actors working today.
• Played multiple characters on "Three's Company."
• He became a father and grandfather in December 2004. His wife Kasia gave birth to son Gabriel Kasper on December 10 and his daughter Molly Tambor gave birth to son Mason Jay Moore on December 14.
• Directed a production of "Burn This" at the Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles and is the co-owner of Skylight Books in the Los Feliz area.
• He originally played Tom Abernathy in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). However, when the scene needed to be re-shot, he was shooting "Arrested Development" (2003), so the scene was re-shot with Stephen Tobolowsky. The version of the scene with Jeffrey can be seen on the DVD.
• Children: Molly Tambor (b. 1975) and Gabriel Kasper (b. December 10th 2004).
• He was nominated for a 1974 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Principal Role for his performance in "The Play's The Thing" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
• His wife Kasia gave birth to their second child, a girl named Eve Julia, on December 10th 2006.
• Revealed in June, 2009 that he and his wife are expecting twin boys in October, 2009.

Quotes

• "And I`d watch George C. Scott from backstage. He was one of my mentors."
• "As my manager says, `These are wonderful problems."
• "Gordon and I run our scene every night prior to the performance, just to get the cadences. I don`t think Gordon would mind my telling you that."
• "I love this company. I don`t know how it was selected. It`s a bunch of machers. They mean business."
• "I remember going to Bob Preston`s dressing room because I was losing a laugh - as you do in a long run. He said, `Give me the script. That`s where you`re going off the road.` That`s comedy. It`s never the line itself; it`s in the foundation."
• "My education was doing good plays and also stinkers. When you do a stinker, you learn how to act. I like having to audition. It`s nice to do rehearsals. But it`s with an audience that you get to love it!"
• "My part had three lines. I said, `You look wonderful, sir,` three times. All my friends said, `Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You`ll regret it the rest of your life.` I did both of those things, and I`ve never regretted it once."
• "The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else`s performances."
• "They were working on Home of the Brave - deconstructing it, putting it together. I kept coming every day to watch. It seemed beautiful."
• "Those guys, Scott and Preston, had professionalism, with a capital P. It`s a bygone era. I`m getting emotional talking about them."