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American stand up comedian and actor

Jeffrey Garlin (born June 5, 1962) is an American stand up comedian and actor. He 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. He also played Marvin on Mad About You and Mort Meyers on Arrested Development for Fox and Netflix. Garlin has also appeared in ParaNorman, WALL E, Toy Story 3, and Safety Not Guaranteed, among other films.

Garlin was born 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. He has a younger brother, Michael. Garlin is Jewish and attended Hebrew school. Garlin has said he wanted to be a comedian since he was eight, when he saw Jimmy Durante perform in Chicago. He 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. He 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. From 1997 to 1999, Garlin spent three seasons on NBC's Mad About You in the role of Marvin. He co stars in and executive produces the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. He had a recurring role on the series Wizards of Waverly Place as Uncle Kelbo, appearing in three episodes over the first three seasons. After making an uncredited début as Gut Gut in Spring Break (1983), Garlin earned his first film credit in Dolly Parton's 1992 comedy Straight Talk. He had a small role in RoboCop 3 as "Donut Jerk" after a member of the casting crew saw him eat a doughnut while leaving Krispy Kreme with an additional two dozen doughnuts. He also had a cameo appearance in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999. Other cameo appearances include Run Ronnie Run!, After the Sunset, Fat Albert, and Sleepover. He appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal (2002) and in Daddy Day Care (2003). In 2005, he had a small role in Fun with Dick and Jane. In 2008, Garlin appeared in The Rocker as Stan, and played Ed Lawson in Strange Wilderness. He lent his voice to the Disney/Pixar films Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4, as Buttercup. He appeared as Sid, alongside Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, in the 2010 comedy action film The Bounty Hunter. He played Ed Burch in Laggies, released in 2014. His feature directorial debut, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (which he also wrote), premiered to favorable reviews at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. It opened in September 2007. The film co starred Sarah Silverman and Bonnie Hunt. In 2006, Garlin directed This Filthy World, a one man show performed by director John Waters. He was a voice actor in WALL E (2008), as B. McCrea, the captain of the Axiom spaceship. Garlin executive produced the documentary Finding Vivian Maier (2013). He played Murray Goldberg, the father of the title family. In December 2021, as shooting of the show's ninth season neared completion, Garlin left the series following misconduct allegations and investigations by the show's human resources department, initially reported in November 2019. For the rest of the season, Garlin's character continued to appear on the show via outtakes, a stand in, and CGI. In July 2013, Garlin directed his second film, Dealin' with Idiots, inspired by his experiences with his sons in Little League. The entire film was improvised. In October 2019, 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. He played Junn Gobint.

On December 3, 2021, Vanity Fair published an article detailing that Garlin had been under investigation for three years for "allegedly engag[ing] in a pattern of verbal and physical conduct on [the set of The Goldbergs] that made people uncomfortable". The report found that he had used "inappropriate language" and engaged in "unwanted physical contact" on set such as hugging or touching others without their consent. On December 15, 2021, it was announced that Garlin would not return to the show. His departure was said to be a mutual decision.

On the comedy podcast network Earwolf Garlin hosted By the Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin, which consisted of unscripted talks rather than formal interviews. The debut episode featured Garlin's Curb Your Enthusiasm co star Larry David. The twice monthly installments were recorded in front of a live audience at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles.

Ep. # Guest Date Duration 01 Larry David 01/10/13 1:22:02 02 Lena Dunham 01/24/13 1:29:44 03 Jeff Tweedy 02/07/13 1:42:34 04 J. J. Abrams 02/21/13 1:50:58 05 Mitch Hurwitz 03/07/13 1:19:27 06 Will Ferrell 03/21/13 1:32:17 07 Zach Galifianakis 04/04/131:23:55 08 Conan O'Brien 04/18/131:17:53 09 Michael Moore 05/02/132:03:23 10 Matthew Weiner 05/16/13 1:50:24 11 Tig Notaro 05/30/131:27:22 12 Judd Apatow 06/13/131:39:15 13 Aziz Ansari 06/27/131:08:58 14 Henry Rollins 07/11/132:04:56 15 Amy Poehler 07/25/131:18:44 16 Vince Gilligan 08/08/13 1:37:05 17 Marc Maron 08/22/13 1:38:01 18 Colin Hay 09/05/13 1:15:27 19 Rosemarie DeWitt and Lynn Shelton 09/20/13 0:57:23 20 Bob Odenkirk 10/03/13 1:00:49 21 Sarah Silverman 10/17/13 0:57:30 22 Jay Roach and Susanna Hoffs 10/31/13 1:27:00 23 George Segal and Wendi McLendon Covey 11/14/13 1:13:00 24 Maya Rudolph 11/28/13 0:31:00 25 Mike Birbiglia 12/12/13 1:04:00 26 Jeff Garlin 12/26/13 0:54:00 27 Jenji Kohan 10/23/14 1:06:33 28 Michael Sheen 11/06/14 1:23:41 29 Andrew Bird 11/20/14 1:46:12 30 Stephen Merchant 12/04/14 1:03:58 31 Jon Favreau 12/22/14 1:14:45 32 Adam Resnick and Bob Odenkirk 12/31/14 1:01:53 33 Bill Burr 01/16/15 1:13:10 34 Benmont Tench 02/12/15 1:12:14

In March 2018, Garlin was one of the actors who voiced the audiobook A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo. In August 2020, Garlin was a guest DJ on SiriusXM's Tom Petty Radio.

Katie Puckrik in The Guardian wrote, "British comedy is a touchstone for Garlin". Garlin has said: "Monty Python changed my life. I watched the original Office. I love The Mighty Boosh and The Goon Show. I'm a fanatic about Ealing comedies. And Fawlty Towers is probably my favorite thing that I've ever seen come out of England."

Garlin married Marla Beth Cahan on July 24, 1994. They have two sons. In March 2020, Garlin said that he and Cahan were at the end of their divorce proceedings. Garlin is a fan of the Chicago Cubs. Every year on his birthday, he attends a game with his friend Kevin Cronin, lead singer of REO Speedwagon. According to his book, Garlin voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 election. Garlin practices transcendental meditation, which he does twice a day. He says it has helped him with symptoms of ADHD. For a few years, Garlin lived with talk show host Conan O'Brien. O'Brien has said that sometimes Garlin woke him up in the middle of the night and made him perform skits. Garlin's dog on the television show The Goldbergs lives with him in real life. On September 20, 2022, Garlin announced that he has been struggling with bipolar disorder, writing: "Bipolar is a motherfucker. Sometimes it's just too much to deal with. I'm doing the best I can. This the first time that I've opened up about this."

Year Award Category Title Result Ref. 2001 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Curb Your Enthusiasm 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2017 2020 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2009 2017 2002 Producers Guild Awards Best Episodic Comedy 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2017 2007 Berlin International Film Festival Best Documentary This Filthy World 2012 Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Cast Safety Not Guaranteed

Garlin, Jeff, and John Ficarra. The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Gushing Fourth Edition. New York: MAD Books, 2004. Garlin, Jeff. My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World. New York: Gallery Books, 2010;
Republished as: Garlin, Jeff. Curbing It. New York: Gallery Books, 2010;