Jeffrey Garlin, born June 5, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, is an American stand-up comedian and actor whose entertainment career spans stand-up comedy, television, and film since 1983. He is best known for co-starring in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm as Jeff Greene and for playing family patriarch Murray Goldberg on ABC's The Goldbergs from 2013 to 2022. He also appeared on Mad About You as Marvin and on Arrested Development as Mort Meyers. Garlin provided voice work for Pixar films including WALL-E as Captain B. McCrea, Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4 as Buttercup, and ParaNorman as Perry Babcock, and he directed the films I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With in 2007 and Dealin' with Idiots in 2013. Raised in Morton Grove, Illinois, he began pursuing comedy after being inspired by Jimmy Durante as a child.
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