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 author of children's novels.…
Filmography
Conversation with the Beast
1997 · 10.0
Friends
1994 · 8.4
Severance
2022 · 8.4
The West Wing
1999 · 8.3
Seinfeld
1989 · 8.2
The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · 8.0
Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger
2000 · 8.0
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995 · 7.8
Isle of Dogs
2018 · 7.8
Summer Camp Island
2018 · 7.7
Moonrise Kingdom
2012 · 7.7
The Good Wife
2009 · 7.6
Amazing Stories
1985 · 7.5
Web Therapy
2008 · 7.5
Midnight Cowboy
1969 · 7.5
Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4
Entourage
2004 · 7.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · 7.3
Broad City
2014 · 7.2
Alpha House
2013 · 7.2
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · 7.2
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015 · 7.2
Ghost World
2001 · 7.1
Condor
2018 · 7.0
American Dad!
2005 · 7.0
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · 7.0
Show Me a Hero
2015 · 7.0
Scene Stealers
2004 · 7.0
Prince of the City
1981 · 7.0
Waiting for Guffman
1997 · 7.0
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981 · 7.0
The Five Stages of Grief
2011 · 7.0
The Politician
2019 · 7.0
Capote
2005 · 7.0
Maude
1972 · 6.9
Best in Show
2000 · 6.9
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004 · 6.8
China, IL
2011 · 6.8
Now and Again
1999 · 6.8
Gosford Park
2001 · 6.8
Hopeless Pictures
2005 · 6.8
A Mighty Wind
2003 · 6.8
Recount
2008 · 6.8
The Majestic
2001 · 6.8
No Reservations
2007 · 6.7
Web Therapy
2011 · 6.7
2010
1984 · 6.7
Altered States
1980 · 6.7
Girlfriends
1978 · 6.7
Jakob the Liar
1999 · 6.7
Catch-22
1970 · 6.7
Absence of Malice
1981 · 6.6
Report to the Commissioner
1975 · 6.6
Bob Roberts
1992 · 6.6
Little Man Tate
1991 · 6.6
The Chair
2021 · 6.6
Thin Ice
2012 · 6.5
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · 6.5
Howl
2010 · 6.5
Pie in the Sky
1996 · 6.5
Eva Hesse
2016 · 6.5
Space Force
2020 · 6.5
Asteroid City
2023 · 6.5
Girls
2012 · 6.4
Legend
1995 · 6.4
Family Tree
2013 · 6.4
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · 6.4
Dead Bang
1989 · 6.4
The Late Shift
1996 · 6.4
Dedication
2007 · 6.4
Do You Like to Read?
2012 · 6.4
Alice
1990 · 6.3
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 · 6.3
Giving Up the Ghost
1998 · 6.3
The Face of Fear
1990 · 6.3
Love, American Style
1969 · 6.2
For Love or Money
1993 · 6.2
Greedy
1994 · 6.2
Clockwatchers
1997 · 6.2
Fantasy Life
2026 · 6.2
80 for Brady
2023 · 6.2
The Mod Squad
1968 · 6.1
Room 222
1969 · 6.1
Wormwood
2017 · 6.1
The Monuments Men
2014 · 6.1
Marriage: Year One
1971 · 6.0
The Mexican
2001 · 6.0
The Strawberry Statement
1970 · 5.9
Fading Gigolo
2014 · 5.8
For Your Consideration
2006 · 5.8
F--k
2010 · 5.8
Swing Vote
1999 · 5.8
The Tuxedo
2002 · 5.7
License to Wed
2007 · 5.7
Three to Tango
1999 · 5.7
Me, Natalie
1969 · 5.6
Girl Most Likely
2013 · 5.6
Lady in the Water
2006 · 5.6
Amos & Andrew
1993 · 5.5
Mascots
2016 · 5.4
The Bank Shot
1974 · 5.4
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994 · 5.4
Trust the Man
2005 · 5.2
End of the Line
1987 · 5.2
Graves
2016 · 5.0
The Monster Hunter
1999 · 5.0
Hank
1965 · 4.7
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016 · 4.6
Plan B
2002 · 4.5
Marie and Bruce
2004 · 4.4
Making It
1971 · 4.2
The Definite Maybe
1997 · 4.0
Rage
2009 · 3.5
An L.A. Minute
2018 · 2.0
Golden Tales 2
1995 · 0.0
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film
2022 · 0.0
Handle with Care
— · 0.0
How Moving
2021 · 0.0
Bad Actors
2024 · 0.0