Bob Balaban
Known for: Acting
Born: August 16, 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…
Known for
Scene Stealers
2004
Best in Show
2000
A Mighty Wind
2003
The Definite Maybe
1997
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
2023
George Romero's Golden Tales 2
1995
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
Do You Like to Read?
2012
Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger
2000
Conversation with the Beast
1997
Recount
2008
Funny
1988
End of the Line
1987
Eva Hesse
2016
Altered States
1980
The Windmill Movie
2009
Absence of Malice
1981
An L.A. Minute
2018
Making It
1971
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film
2022
Mascots
2016
Isle of Dogs
2018
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016
Marie and Bruce
2004
Bad Actors
2024
2010
1984
Dead Bang
1989
The Late Shift
1996
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
Rage
2009
Lady in the Water
2006
Marriage: Year One
1971
The Five Stages of Grief
2011
The Face of Fear
1990
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
2006
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Carl Laemmle
2019
The Monster Hunter
1999
The Bank Shot
1974
Capote
2005
F--k
2010
How Moving
2021
Fantasy Life
2026
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984
Ghost World
2001
Jakob the Liar
1999
Deconstructing Harry
1997
No Reservations
2007
The Majestic
2001
The Mexican
2001
Dedication
2007
The Strawberry Statement
1970
Me, Natalie
1969
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
Prince of the City: The Real Story
2007
Three to Tango
1999
Howl
2010
Waiting for Guffman
1997
Girl Most Likely
2012
Fading Gigolo
2013
Giving Up the Ghost
1998
Pie in the Sky
1996
Report to the Commissioner
1975
The Monuments Men
2014
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
Girlfriends
1978
Swing Vote
1999
Thin Ice
2012
Greedy
1994
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Gosford Park
2001
Prince of the City
1981
Everything Is Copy
2015
Little Man Tate
1991
Clockwatchers
1997
Plan B
2002
80 for Brady
2023
For Your Consideration
2006
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015
Catch-22
1970
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
For Love or Money
1993
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Trust the Man
2005
License to Wed
2007
Amos & Andrew
1993
Midnight Cowboy
1969
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
Alice
1990
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
2004
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Bob Roberts
1992
Spielberg
2017
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Asteroid City
2023
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
The Tuxedo
2002
Now and Again
1999
The West Wing
1999
Friends
1994
Miami Vice
1984
Legend
1995
The Simpsons
1989
Room 222
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
Hank
1965
The Chair
2021
Hopeless Pictures
2005
Maude
1972
Amazing Stories
1985
Seinfeld
1989
Broad City
2014
Girls
2012
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Condor
2018
Show Me a Hero
2015
Space Force
2020
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
Love, American Style
1969
Web Therapy
2008
Web Therapy
2011
Summer Camp Island
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
The Politician
2019
Alpha House
2013
The Good Wife
2009
Wormwood
2017
Severance
2022
China, IL
2011
American Dad!
2005
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Family Tree
2013
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Entourage
2004
Fridays
1980
Graves
2016