Jeff Garlin
Comedian · Actor
Jeff Garlin is an American comedian and actor best known for playing Jeff Greene on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, where he also served as an executive producer, and Murray Goldberg on ABC's The Goldbergs. His work also includes stand-up comedy, filmmaking, and voice acting in animated films such as WALL-E and Toy Story 3. [10][8]
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Career and work
Garlin began performing stand-up comedy in the 1980s and trained at Chicago's Second City, where he developed his improvisational style. He later appeared in television comedies including Mad About You and Arrested Development. His most prominent role came in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), where he played Larry David's manager, Jeff Greene, and served as an executive producer. He received 11 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his producing work on the series. [8][9]
Alongside television, Garlin has written, directed, and starred in independent films, including I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007), Dealin' with Idiots (2013), and Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie (2017). His stand-up special Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago was released on Netflix in 2019. He has also pursued photography, exhibiting his work under the title Big Bowl of Wonderful. [8][10]
What has been publicly discussed
“And it took time between therapy and medication for bipolar, all that stuff, to where I felt kind of whole.”
— Jeff Garlin [1]
