Bob Balaban

Personal Info

Known For Acting

Known Credits 143

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-08-16 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Robert Elmer Balaban

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Bob Balaban

Biography

Robert Elmer Balaban is an American actor, author, producer, and director. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park, in which he also appeared. Wikipedia

Known For

Acting

2023		Asteroid City as Larkings Executive
2023		80 for Brady as Mark

2022		Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy as Self
2022		How Dare You Want More: The Short Film

2021		The French Dispatch as Uncle Nick
2021		The Chair (6 episodes) as Elliot Rentz
2021		How Moving as Uncle Aaron

2020

(1 episode) as Ron (voice)

2019		The Politician (8 episodes) as Keaton Hobart
2019		Carl Laemmle as Himself

2018		Summer Camp Island (1 episode) as Gerald (voice)
2018		Condor (20 episodes) as Reuel Abbott
2018		James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (1 episode)
2018		Isle of Dogs as King (voice)

2017

as Self

2016		Mascots as Sol Lumpkin
2016		I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House as Mr. Waxcap
2016		Eva Hesse as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)
2016		Starring Austin Pendleton
2016		Mike Nichols: An American Master

2015		Everything Is Copy
2015		Hitchcock/Truffaut as Narrator (voice)
2015		Show Me a Hero (6 episodes) as Leonard B. Sand

2014		Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (1 episode) as Self
2014		The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Martin
2014		The Monuments Men as Pvt. Preston Savitz

2013		Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Lawyer
2013		Fading Gigolo as Sol

2012		Moonrise Kingdom: Welcome to the Island of New Penzance as Self
2012		Girl Most Likely as Maxwell
2012		Do You Like to Read? as The Narrator
2012		Moonrise Kingdom as The Narrator
2012		Thin Ice as Leonard Dahl

2011		A Monster in Paris as Pâté
2011		Web Therapy (1 episode) as Ted Mitchell
2011		The Five Stages of Grief as Voice of Daniel's father

2010		Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (7 episodes) as Self
2010		Howl as Judge Clayton Horn
2010		F--k as Bob

2009		Rage as Mr. White
2009		The Windmill Movie as Himself

2008		Web Therapy (3 episodes) as Ted Mitchell
2008		Recount as Ben Ginsberg

2007		Dedication as Arthur Planck
2007		License to Wed as Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)
2007		No Reservations as Therapist
2007		Prince of the City: The Real Story

2006		For Your Consideration as Philip Koontz
2006		Lady in the Water as Harry Farber
2006		Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film as Self

2005		Capote as William Shawn
2005		Hopeless Pictures (8 episodes)

2004		Tom Goes to the Mayor (1 episode)
2004		Scene Stealers as Jonathan Crouch Esq.
2004		Marie and Bruce as Roger

2003

as Jonathan Steinbloom

2002		The Tuxedo as Winton Chalmers (uncredited)
2002		The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self

2001		The Majestic as Elvin Glyde
2001		Gosford Park as Morris Weissman
2001		Ghost World as Enid's Dad
2001		The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
2001		The Mexican as Bernie Nayman
2001		Plan B as James Foster

2000		Best in Show as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
2000		Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger as Tex

1999		Cradle Will Rock as Harry Hopkins
1999		Three to Tango as Decker
1999		Now and Again (1 episode)
1999		The West Wing (1 episode) as Ted Marcus
1999		Jakob the Liar as Kowalsky
1999		Swing Vote as Justice Eli MacCorckle
1999		The Monster Hunter as Dr. William Powell

1998

as Bob

1997		Deconstructing Harry as Richard
1997		The Definite Maybe as Wolfe Rollins
1997		Clockwatchers as Milton Lasky
1997		Conversation with the Beast as Mr. Webster

1996		Waiting for Guffman as Lloyd Miller
1996		The Late Shift as Warren Littlefield
1996		Pie in the Sky as Paul Entamen

1995

(1 episode)

1994		Friends (1 episode) as Frank Buffay Sr.
1994		City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)
1994		Greedy as Ed

1993		For Love or Money as Ed Drinkwater
1993		Amos & Andrew as Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink

1992		Bob Roberts as Cutting Edge Producer
1992		Unnatural Pursuits as Lou Finkleberg

1991

as Quizmaster

1990		Alice as Sid Moscowitz
1990		The Face of Fear as Ira Preduski

1989		The Simpsons (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)
1989		Seinfeld (5 episodes) as Russell Dalrymple (1 episode)
1989		Dead Bang as Elliott Webley

1988

as Self

1987

as Warren Gerber

1985

(1 episode) as Jo-Jo Gillespie

1984		2010 as Dr. R. Chandra
1984		Miami Vice (2 episodes)

1981		Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Carter Hill
1981		Absence of Malice as Elliott Rosen
1981		Prince of the City as Santimassino

1980

as Arthur Rosenberg

1978

as Martin

1977

as David Laughlin

1975

as Joey Egan

1974

as Victor Karp

1972

(1 episode) as Ambrose Riley

1971		Marriage: Year One as Bernie
1971		Making It as Wilkie

1970		The Strawberry Statement as Elliot
1970		Catch-22 as Capt. Orr

1969		Room 222 (1 episode)
1969		Me, Natalie as Morris
1969		Midnight Cowboy as The Young Student

1968

(2 episodes)

1965

(1 episode)

Directing

2016

(2 episodes) … Director

2014

… Director

2013

(2 episodes) … Director

2009

… Director

2008

(1 episode) … Director

2006		Bernard and Doris … Director
2006		The Exonerated … Director

2002

(2 episodes) … Director

1999		Now and Again (1 episode) … Director
1999		The Wedding Toast … Director
1999		Strangers with Candy (1 episode) … Director

1998

(1 episode) … Director

1997		Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground … Director
1997		Oz (1 episode) … Director

1995

(2 episodes) … Director

1994

… Director

1993

… Director

1991

(3 episodes) … Director

1990

… Director

1989

… Director

1987

… Director

1985

(1 episode) … Director

1984

(1 episode) … Director

1983		Trick or Treat … Director
1983		The Brass Ring … Director

1972

(1 episode) … Director

Production

2018

… Executive Producer

2006		Bernard and Doris … Executive Producer
2006		The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (16 episodes) … Producer
2006		The Exonerated … Executive Producer

2001

… Producer

1999

… Producer

1994

… Producer

Writing

2001

… Idea

1994

… Screenplay

1985

… Writer

1984

(1 episode) … Writer

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