50 facts about Jeffrey Tambor: known for his roles as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show

Jeffrey Tambor's 50 facts.

1. His full name is Jeffrey Michael Tambor.

2. He is best known for his roles as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, as well as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development.

3. Most recently, he has portrayed Maura Pfefferman on Transparent.

4. For his role in Transparent he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy in 2015.

5. Tambor was born in San Francisco, California.

6. His mother Eileen was a housewife.

7. His father Michael Bernard "Mike" Tambor was a flooring contractor.

8. He grew up in a Conservative Jewish family.

9. His family has roots in Hungary and Kyiv, Ukraine.

10. Tambor is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where he studied acting.

11. He went on to receive a master's degree from Wayne State University.

12. Tambor first moved to repertory theater in Milwaukee, later making his Broadway debut in the comedy Sly Fox, appearing with George C. Scott and directed by Arthur Penn.

13. In 1979 he starred in Norman Jewison's ...And Justice For All, as a lawyer friend of the protagonist, Arthur Kirkland (Al Pacino).

14. In an early TV job, an ad for Avis rent-a-car, he was seen running (huffing and puffing) through an airport, mocking O. J. Simpson's "Go, O. J., go!" ads for Hertz.

15. He has had a significant career in episodic TV, where he made numerous guest appearances on different shows, including Taxi, Kojak, M*A*S*H, The Golden Girls, and Three's Company.

16. In 1979 Tambor got his first role as a main character in television in the short-lived show The Ropers.

17. Throughout the 1980s Tambor had a recurring role on Hill Street Blues playing a defense attorney who eventually becomes a judge.

18. In 1981 he appeared in an episode of Barney Miller, where he appeared as a man who was trying to bring exposure to the members of the Trilateral Commission in charge of the coming New World Order.

19. In 1987 and 1988, Tambor appeared as a regular on the prime time ABC series Max Headroom as Murray, Edison's editor.

20. Tambor is often remembered as Hank Kingsley, the narcissistic sidekick of fictional talk show host Larry Sanders on The Larry Sanders Show. Tambor received four Emmy nominations for his performance on the show-all of which he would lose, to Michael Richards for Seinfeld, David Hyde Pierce for Frasier, and his co-star, Rip Torn.

21. He is also often remembered for Kingsley's then-famous catch phrase "Hey Now!"

22. Beginning in 2003, Tambor starred in the television comedy Arrested Development as George Bluth, Sr. and in some episodes as his twin brother Oscar Bluth. The show was cancelled in 2006, after three seasons, but a fourth season was released on Netflix in 2013.

23. In 2004, Tambor received his fifth Emmy nomination for his work on the show Arrested Development.

24. He lost to David Hyde Pierce for the final season of the sitcom Frasier.

25. Tambor was nominated for a sixth time in 2005 but lost to Brad Garrett for the final season of Everybody Loves Raymond.

26. Tambor served as the announcer (and occasional square) for the game show Hollywood Squares in 2002 and 2003.

27. He was also the voice of King Neptune in 2004's The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

28. In the spring of 2005, he starred as George Aaronow in the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross.

29. He also starred as "Uncle" Saul in the CBS comedy Welcome to The Captain until its cancellation in March 2008.

30. He has made several cameo appearances in Entourage as a fictionalized version of himself who regularly annoys his agent, Ari Gold.

31. For several years, based on his availability, Tambor has also taught a popular class for actors.

32. He was formerly a longtime teaching associate of famed acting coach Milton Katselas.

33. Walter and Tambor formerly played husband and wife in Arrested Development.

34. Tambor replaced Kelsey Grammer as Georges in the Broadway revival of the musical La Cage aux Folles on February 15, 2011, but withdrew from the production after the Feb. 24 performance.

35. Also in 2011, Tambor starred in an indie comedy, Lucky.

36. That same year (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.

37. In 2012, he co-starred as Walt, Pete's aspiring musician father on the sitcom Bent starring Amanda Peet and David Walton.

38. In May 2013 he returned to season 4 of Arrested Development.

39. In February 2014, Amazon premiered its original series Transparent, which stars Tambor as a transgender, divorced, Jewish father-turned-mother of three.

40. Tambor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy for his portrayal and thanked the transgender community in the midst of his speech.

41. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in season 1 of the show, his first win in 7 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, following nominations for The Larry Sanders Show and Arrested Development.

42. He was the first actor to win an Emmy for portraying a transgender character.

43. Tambor has five children.

44. His oldest child, Molly Tambor, was born on July 5, 1975.

45. He has four children with Kasia Ostlun.

46. He married Ostlun in October 2001.

47. Tambor's second child and first grandchild were born within a few days of each other in December 2004.

48. On December 10, 2006, his wife gave birth to their second child, daughter Eve Julia ("Evie").

49. On The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on June 3, 2009, Tambor announced his wife was pregnant with twin boys due in October 2009. The boys, Hugo Bernard and Eli Nicholas, were born on October 4, 2009.

50. Tambor is a Democrat and supported President Barack Obama in his re-election campaign in 2012.