Bob Balaban

Personal Info

Birthday

August 16, 1945

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Robert Elmer Balaban

Robert Balaban

鮑勃・巴拉班

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).

Known For

The Simpsons

Friends

American Dad!

Seinfeld

The Good Wife

The West Wing

Severance

The Monuments Men

Filmography

2023
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
as Self
Asteroid City
as Larkings Executive
80 for Brady
as Mark
2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Uncle Nick
How Moving
as Uncle Aaron
2019
Carl Laemmle
as Himself
2018
An L.A. Minute
as Shelley
Isle of Dogs
as King (voice)
2017
Spielberg
as Self
2016
Mascots
as Sol Lumpkin
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
as Mr. Waxcap
Eva Hesse
as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Self
2015
Everything Is Copy
as Self
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
as Self / The Narrator
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Narrator (voice)
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Martin
The Monuments Men
as Pvt. Preston Savitz
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Fading Gigolo
as Sol
2012
Girl Most Likely
as Maxwell
Do You Like to Read?
as The Narrator
Moonrise Kingdom
as The Narrator
Thin Ice
as Leonard Dahl
2011
The Five Stages of Grief
as Voice of Daniel's father
2010
Howl
as Judge Clayton Horn
F--k
as Bob
2009
Rage
as Mr. White
The Windmill Movie
as Self
2008
Recount
as Ben Ginsberg
2007
Dedication
as Arthur Planck
License to Wed
as Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)
No Reservations
as Therapist
Prince of the City: The Real Story
as Self / Santimassino
2006
For Your Consideration
as Philip Koontz
Lady in the Water
as Harry Farber
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
as Self
2005
Capote
as William Shawn
Trust the Man
as Tobey's Therapist
2004
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
as Self
Scene Stealers
as Jonathan Crouch Esq.
Marie and Bruce
as Roger
2003
A Mighty Wind
as Jonathan Steinbloom
2002
The Tuxedo
as Winton Chalmers (uncredited)
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
2001
Gosford Park
as Morris Weissman
The Majestic
as Elvin Glyde
Ghost World
as Enid's Dad
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self
The Mexican
as Bernie Nayman
Plan B
as James Foster
2000
Best in Show
as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger
as Tex
1999
Cradle Will Rock
as Harry Hopkins
Three to Tango
as Decker
Jakob the Liar
as Kowalsky
Swing Vote
as Justice Eli MacCorckle
The Monster Hunter
as Dr. William Powell
1998
Giving Up the Ghost
as Bob
1997
Deconstructing Harry
as Richard
The Definite Maybe
as Wolfe Rollins
Clockwatchers
as Milton Lasky
Conversation with the Beast
as Mr. Webster
1996
Waiting for Guffman
as Lloyd Miller
The Late Shift
as Warren Littlefield
Pie in the Sky
as Paul Entamen
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)
Greedy
as Ed
1993
For Love or Money
as Ed Drinkwater
Amos & Andrew
as Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink
1992
Bob Roberts
as Cutting Edge Producer
Unnatural Pursuits
as Lou Finkleberg
1991
Little Man Tate
as Quizmaster
1990
Alice
as Sid Moscowitz
The Face of Fear
as Ira Preduski
1989
Dead Bang
as Elliott Webley
1988
Funny
as Self
1987
End of the Line
as Warren Gerber
1984
2010
as Dr. R. Chandra
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Guy with Sunglasses in Espresso Bar
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Himself
1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
as Carter Hill
Absence of Malice
as Elliott Rosen
Prince of the City
as Santimassino
1980
Altered States
as Arthur Rosenberg
1978
Girlfriends
as Martin
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as David Laughlin
1975
Report to the Commissioner
as Joey Egan
1974
The Bank Shot
as Victor Karp
1971
Marriage: Year One
as Bernie
Making It
as Wilkie
1970
The Strawberry Statement
as Elliot
Catch-22
as Capt. Orr
1969
Me, Natalie
as Morris
Midnight Cowboy
as The Young Student