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Jeff Garlin
Jeffrey Garlin (born June 5, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Jeff Greene on the HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Murray Goldberg, patriarch of the eponymous family in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs. Garlin also played Marvin on Mad About You and Mort Meyers on Arrested Development for Fox and Netflix.
Garlin has also appeared as Captain B. McCrea in WALL-E, Buttercup in Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, soon Toy Story 5, Perry Babcock in ParaNorman, and Mr. Britt in Safety Not Guaranteed, among other films.
Garlin was born on June 5, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, to Gene and Carole (née Crafton) Garlin. He grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, where his father owned a plumbing supply business called Bilko and his mother was active in community theater. Garlin has a younger brother, Michael. He is Jewish and attended Hebrew school.
Garlin said that he wanted to be a comedian since he was eight after seeing Jimmy Durante perform in Chicago. Garlin attended Melzer Elementary School in Morton Grove. He enjoyed playing sports at school, but had to stop after being diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, a heart ailment.
When Garlin was in sixth grade, his father sold his supply business and the family relocated to South Florida. Garlin graduated from Nova High School in Davie, Florida, in 1980. He attended Broward Community College, followed by a stint studying film at the University of Miami, where he first began to perform stand-up comedy.
In 1984, aged 22, Garlin moved back to Chicago to pursue a stand-up comedy career. He performed with the comedy troupe The Second City. Garlin worked in the box office with Stephen Colbert.
While living in Wrigleyville, Chicago during the 1980s, Garlin was briefly roommates with Conan O'Brien, who was then a comedy writer. He 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 said that he would not be a guest on the show again.
Garlin was hired by comedians Denis Leary and Jon Stewart to help develop their specials. He worked as a stage director for their shows and edited the scripts. Garlin worked with Larry David in this same way. He continues to do standup, where Garlin says he improvises a lot on stage, and feels very relaxed, "maybe too relaxed."
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Jeff Garlin
Jeffrey Garlin (born June 5, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Jeff Greene on the HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Murray Goldberg, patriarch of the eponymous family in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs. Garlin also played Marvin on Mad About You and Mort Meyers on Arrested Development for Fox and Netflix.
Garlin has also appeared as Captain B. McCrea in WALL-E, Buttercup in Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, soon Toy Story 5, Perry Babcock in ParaNorman, and Mr. Britt in Safety Not Guaranteed, among other films.
Garlin was born on June 5, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, to Gene and Carole (née Crafton) Garlin. He grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, where his father owned a plumbing supply business called Bilko and his mother was active in community theater. Garlin has a younger brother, Michael. He is Jewish and attended Hebrew school.
Garlin said that he wanted to be a comedian since he was eight after seeing Jimmy Durante perform in Chicago. Garlin attended Melzer Elementary School in Morton Grove. He enjoyed playing sports at school, but had to stop after being diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, a heart ailment.
When Garlin was in sixth grade, his father sold his supply business and the family relocated to South Florida. Garlin graduated from Nova High School in Davie, Florida, in 1980. He attended Broward Community College, followed by a stint studying film at the University of Miami, where he first began to perform stand-up comedy.
In 1984, aged 22, Garlin moved back to Chicago to pursue a stand-up comedy career. He performed with the comedy troupe The Second City. Garlin worked in the box office with Stephen Colbert.
While living in Wrigleyville, Chicago during the 1980s, Garlin was briefly roommates with Conan O'Brien, who was then a comedy writer. He 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 said that he would not be a guest on the show again.
Garlin was hired by comedians Denis Leary and Jon Stewart to help develop their specials. He worked as a stage director for their shows and edited the scripts. Garlin worked with Larry David in this same way. He continues to do standup, where Garlin says he improvises a lot on stage, and feels very relaxed, "maybe too relaxed."