Bob Balaban

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-08-16 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Bob Balaban

Biography

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 numerous television episodes and films. He is also an ...

Acting

2023

2001

Ghost World

as Enid's Dad

1999

Jakob the Liar

as Kowalsky

1969

Midnight Cowboy

as The Young Student

1997

1997

2007

No Reservations

as Therapist

1984

2010

as Dr. R. Chandra

1989

Dead Bang

as Elliott Webley

2001

Gosford Park

as Morris Weissman

1996

The Late Shift

as Warren Littlefield

2001

The Majestic

as Elvin Glyde

1991

Little Man Tate

as Quizmaster

1980

Altered States

as Arthur Rosenberg

2001

The Mexican

as Bernie Nayman

1981

1993

For Love or Money

as Ed Drinkwater

2019

Carl Laemmle

as Himself

2009

Rage

as Mr. White

2006

Lady in the Water

as Harry Farber

2004

Scene Stealers

as Jonathan Crouch Esq.

2000

Best in Show

as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III

2007

Dedication

as Arthur Planck

2008

Recount

as Ben Ginsberg

2006

For Your Consideration

as Philip Koontz

2010

Howl

as Judge Clayton Horn

1996

Waiting for Guffman

as Lloyd Miller

1988

Funny

as Self

1987

End of the Line

as Warren Gerber

1981

Absence of Malice

as Elliott Rosen

2012

1997

Clockwatchers

as Milton Lasky

2023

Asteroid City

as Larkings Executive

1992

Unnatural Pursuits

as Lou Finkleberg

2014

1999

The Monster Hunter

as Dr. William Powell

2014

The Monuments Men

as Pvt. Preston Savitz

2018

An L.A. Minute

as Shelley

1969

Me, Natalie

as Morris

1971

Making It

as Wilkie

2013

2012

Moonrise Kingdom

as The Narrator

1978

Girlfriends

as Martin

2015

1994

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

as Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)

1984

Nothing Lasts Forever

as Guy with Sunglasses in Espresso Bar

1999

Swing Vote

as Justice Eli MacCorckle

2003

A Mighty Wind

as Jonathan Steinbloom

2005

Trust the Man

as Tobey's Therapist

1997

The Definite Maybe

as Wolfe Rollins

2012

Thin Ice

as Leonard Dahl

1999

1994

Greedy

as Ed

2016

Mascots

as Sol Lumpkin

1974

The Bank Shot

as Victor Karp

1971

1999

Cradle Will Rock

as Harry Hopkins

1996

Pie in the Sky

as Paul Entamen

2016

Eva Hesse

as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)

2011

The Five Stages of Grief

as Voice of Daniel's father

2018

Isle of Dogs

as King (voice)

1970

Catch-22

as Capt. Orr

1990

The Face of Fear

as Ira Preduski

1981

Prince of the City

as Santimassino

1992

Bob Roberts

as Cutting Edge Producer

2017

Spielberg

as Self

2005

Capote

as William Shawn

2002

The Tuxedo

as Winton Chalmers (uncredited)

1993

Amos & Andrew

as Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink

2001

Plan B

as James Foster

2015

Hitchcock/Truffaut

as Narrator (voice)

2004

2012

Do You Like to Read?

as The Narrator

2021

The French Dispatch

as Uncle Nick

2007

License to Wed

as Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)

2010

F--k

as Bob

1990

Alice

as Sid Moscowitz

2013

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

as Lawyer (uncredited)

2021

How Moving

as Uncle Aaron

2007

Production

2001

Gosford Park

as Producer

1993

1989

Parents

as Director

2006

1994

2009

Georgia O'Keeffe

as Director

1997

Subway Stories

as Director

2024

2006

The Exonerated

as Director

1983

The Brass Ring

as Director

1999

1999

1994

The Last Good Time

as Screenplay

1994

2006

Bernard and Doris

as Executive Producer

2018

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

as Executive Producer

2001

2006

The Exonerated

as Executive Producer

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