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Jeff Garlin

Highest Rated: 100% Out of the Loop (2023)

Lowest Rated: 13% The Bounty Hunter (2010)

Birthday: Jun 5, 1962

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Comedian, actor, writer, and director Jeff Garlin enjoyed the best of both worlds - Emmy nominations and the universal respect of his peers, as well as a niche level of fame that left him largely unrecognized by passersby. Garlin stayed off the mainstream radar until his co-starring role in Larry David's landmark HBO hit "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000- ). A concurrent role on Fox's revered oddity "Arrested Development" (Fox, 2003-06; Netflix, 2013- ) further endeared him to fans of offbeat comedy, though Garlin had cultivated the admiration of his peers since his days at Second City in the 1980s. He was widely considered one of the best improvisers in Hollywood, a necessity for the notoriously scriptless "Curb" production, and hailed as a comic's comic for his story-telling act that was liberal with self-deprecation about his weight and often surprisingly personal with revelations about his inner life. Garlin wrote and directed a feature based on one of his one-man shows, "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With" (2007), which received positive reviews on the festival circuit in 2007. The amiable comic also found popularity in family films, appearing opposite Eddie Murphy in "Daddy Daycare" (2003), voicing the ship's captain in the Disney/Pixar hit "Wall-E" (2008), and co-starring opposite Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in the action comedy "The Bounty Hunter" (2010), before finally hitting mainstream sitcom success as the put-upon father in the 1980s-set comedy "The Goldbergs" (ABC 2013- ). Regardless of venue, Garlin was an excellent and often underappreciated supporting player more than capable of holding his own.

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Highest rated movies

100% Out of the Loop Watchlist 98% 90% Toy Story 3 Watchlist 97% 94% Toy Story 4 Watchlist 95% 90% WALL-E Watchlist
95% 89% Finding Vivian Maier
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92% 71% In a World ...
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92% 85% This Filthy World
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91% 80% Safety Not Guaranteed
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89% 72% ParaNorman
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73% 38% I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% No Score Yet Out of the Loop Self - 2023
57% 52% Babylon Don Wallach (Character) $15.2M 2022
56% 80% Studio 666 Unknown (Character) $2.2M 2022
71% 54% This Is the Year Mr. Elmer (Character) - 2020
97% 94% Toy Story 4 Buttercup (Voice) $434.0M 2019
No Score Yet 55% Jeff Garlin: Our Man In Chicago Unknown (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio? Self - 2017
No Score Yet 32% Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie Gene Handsome (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Executive Producer
- 2017
64% 50% Laggies Dad (Character) $440.3K 2014
95% 89% Finding Vivian Maier Executive Producer $1.5M 2013
92% 71% In a World ... Self $3.0M 2013
33% 30% Dealin' With Idiots Max Morris (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter
$15.3K 2013
No Score Yet 53% Adventures in the Sin Bin Dean Theatard (Character) - 2012
89% 72% ParaNorman Perry Babcock (Voice) - 2012
91% 80% Safety Not Guaranteed Mr. Britt (Character) $4.0M 2012
39% 49% Cars 2 Otis (Voice) - 2011
98% 90% Toy Story 3 Buttercup (Voice) $415.0M 2010
13% 51% The Bounty Hunter Sid (Character) $67.1M 2010
40% 46% The Rocker Stan (Character) $6.4M 2008
95% 90% WALL-E Captain (Voice) - 2008
No Score Yet 34% Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot Lenny (Character) - 2007
92% 85% This Filthy World Director,
Producer
- 2006
73% 38% I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With James (Character),
Director,
Writer,
Producer
$194.6K 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators! Villain (Voice) - 2006
No Score Yet 61% Outing Riley Partner in architects' firm (Character) - 2004
15% 54% Sleepover Jay (Character) $8.1M 2004
27% 48% Daddy Day Care Phil (Character) $104.1M 2003
No Score Yet 42% The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Agent Reese (Character) - 1995

TV

Credit
92% 90% Curb Your Enthusiasm Jeff Greene (Character),
Executive Producer
2000-2002 2004-2005 2007 2009 2011 2017 2020-2021 2024
No Score Yet 75% The Goldbergs Murray Goldberg (Character) 2013-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Guest 2021
85% 61% Forky Asks a Question Unknown (Character) 2020
No Score Yet 87% Lights Out With David Spade Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Family Feud Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2015 2017-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2011 2013-2018
No Score Yet 68% SpongeBob SquarePants Unknown (Guest Voice) 2017
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2017
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2014-2016
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2014-2015
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2000 2007 2014-2015
No Score Yet 25% Repeat After Me Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2014
No Score Yet 63% 2 Broke Girls David (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pete Holmes Show Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2013
75% 85% Arrested Development Mort Meyers (Guest Star) 2005 2013
65% 82% Entourage Roger (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 90% Wizards of Waverly Place Uncle Kelbo (Character) 2008-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2009-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Million Dollar Password Contestant 2009
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Barry Freeburg (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Conan O'Brien Guest 2007-2008
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet MADtv Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yes, Dear Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crank Yankers Unknown (Guest Voice) 2003
No Score Yet 86% Everybody Loves Raymond Produce Manager Jimmy (Guest Star) 2001 2003
38% No Score Yet What About Joan Steinie (Character) 2001-2002
No Score Yet 76% King of the Hill Dan (Guest Voice) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad About You Marvin (Guest Star) 1997-1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comedy Half-Hour Unknown (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bringing Up Jack Unknown (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear John Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
19% No Score Yet Three Sisters Unknown (Guest Star)