Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban is an actor, born 1945.
Robert Elmer Balaban, Born: August 16, 1945, Chicago, Illinois, U.S (Height: 5' 5" [1.65 m]). is an American actor, author, comedian, director, and producer. He is best known for his appearances in the Christopher Guest mockumentary comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006), as well as his roles in the films Midnight Cowboy (1969), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Altered States (1980), 2010 (1984), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Capote (2005). Balaban has also directed three feature films, in addition to…
Movies (65)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
- 2010 (1984)
- Isle of Dogs (2018)
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
- Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
- No Reservations (2007)
- Catch-22 (1970)
- The Mexican (2001)
- The Monuments Men (2014)
- The Majestic (2001)
- Gosford Park (2001)
- Best in Show (2000)
- Fading Gigolo (2013)
- License to Wed (2007)
- Ghost World (2001)
- Lady in the Water (2006)
- Capote (2005)
- 80 for Brady (2023)
- Little Man Tate (1991)
- Deconstructing Harry (1997)
- Altered States (1980)
- Jakob the Liar (1999)
- Cradle Will Rock (1999)
- Greedy (1994)
- A Mighty Wind (2003)
- Absence of Malice (1981)
- Parents (1989)
- Dead Bang (1989)
TV (14)
- Seinfeld (1989)
- Severance (2022)
- Condor (2018)
- Broad City (2014)
- Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)
- Web Therapy (2008)
- The Politician (2019)
- The Chair (2021)
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
- Now and Again (1999)
- China, IL (2011)
- Show Me a Hero (2015)
- Wormwood (2017)
- Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)