Jeffrey Garlin was born on June 5,1962 and is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
39 Facts About Jeff Garlin
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Jeff Garlin is best known for playing Murray Goldberg, patriarch of the eponymous family in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, and Jeff Greene on the HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Jeff Garlin played Marvin on Mad About You and Mort Meyers on Arrested Development for Fox and Netflix.
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Jeff Garlin has appeared in ParaNorman, WALL-E, Toy Story 3, and Safety Not Guaranteed, among other films.
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Jeff Garlin grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, where his father owned a plumbing supply business called Bilko and his mother was active in community theater.
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Jeff Garlin says he has wanted to be a comedian since the age of eight, when he saw Jimmy Durante perform in Chicago.
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When Jeff Garlin was in sixth grade, his father sold his supply business and the family relocated to South Florida.
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Jeff Garlin graduated from Nova High School in Davie, Florida, in 1980.
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Jeff Garlin attended Broward Community College, followed by an aborted stint studying film at the University of Miami, where he first began to perform stand-up comedy.
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In 1984, aged 22, Jeff Garlin moved back to Chicago to pursue a stand-up comedy career.
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Jeff Garlin performed with the comedy troupe The Second City.
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Jeff Garlin worked in the box office with Stephen Colbert.
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Jeff Garlin remains close to O'Brien, and after O'Brien was removed as host of The Tonight Show in 2010 so that Jay Leno could return, Garlin stated that he would not be a guest on the show again.
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Jeff Garlin was hired by comedians Denis Leary and Jon Stewart to help develop their specials.
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Jeff Garlin worked as a stage director for their shows and edited the scripts.
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Jeff Garlin worked with Larry David in this same way.
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From 1997 to 1999, Jeff Garlin spent three seasons on NBC's Mad About You in the role of Marvin.
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Jeff Garlin had a recurring role on the series Wizards of Waverly Place as Uncle Kelbo, appearing in three episodes over the first three seasons.
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Nine years after making an uncredited debut as Gut Gut in Spring Break, Jeff Garlin earned his first film credit in 1992, in Dolly Parton's comedy Straight Talk.
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Jeff Garlin had a small role in RoboCop 3 as "Donut Jerk" after a member of the casting crew witnessed Garlin eating a doughnut while leaving Krispy Kreme with an additional two dozen doughnuts.
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Jeff Garlin had a cameo appearance in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999.
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Jeff Garlin appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal and with Eddie Murphy in Daddy Day Care.
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In 2008, Jeff Garlin appeared in The Rocker as Stan, and played Ed Lawson in Strange Wilderness.
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Jeff Garlin appeared as Sid, alongside Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, in the 2010 comedy action film The Bounty Hunter.
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Jeff Garlin played Ed Burch in Laggies, released in 2014.
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In 2006, Jeff Garlin directed This Filthy World, a one-man show performed by director John Waters.
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Jeff Garlin was a voice actor in WALL-E, an animated film by Pixar that was released June 27,2008, as B McCrea, the Captain of the Axiom spaceship.
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In 2013, Jeff Garlin signed onto the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, which premiered September 24,2013.
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However, in December 2021, as shooting neared completion for the show's ninth season, Jeff Garlin exited the series, following misconduct allegations and investigations by the show's human resources department, initially reported in November 2019.
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In July 2013, Jeff Garlin directed his second film, Dealin' with Idiots, which was inspired by his experiences with his two sons in Little League.
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In October 2019, Jeff Garlin revealed he would have a role in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the final installment of the Star Wars saga, which was released on December 20,2019.
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Jeff Garlin's departure was said to be a mutual decision.
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On February 23,2010, Jeff Garlin released a book, My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World, a memoir which documents his journey to lessen both his physical and carbon footprint.
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In March 2018, Jeff Garlin was one of the actors who voiced the audiobook A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.
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In March 2020, Jeff Garlin stated that he and Cahan were at the end of their divorce proceedings.
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Jeff Garlin says it has helped him with symptoms of ADHD.
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O'Brien has said that sometimes Jeff Garlin woke him up in the middle of the night and made him perform skits.
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Jeff Garlin said he was an early recipient of the surgery, which millions of people have undergone.
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Jeff Garlin has written about his problems with food and has discussed his weight problems publicly.