Bob Balaban
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Fantasy Life
2026
Brooklyn, Minnesota
2024
Bad Actors
2024
Asteroid City
2023
80 for Brady
2023
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film
2022
Severance
2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
The Chair
2021
How Moving
2021
Space Force
2020
The Politician
2019
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
An L.A. Minute
2018
Summer Camp Island
2018
Condor
2018
Isle of Dogs
2018
Wormwood
2017
Graves
2016
Mascots
2016
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016
Eva Hesse
2016
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
Show Me a Hero
2015
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
The Monuments Men
2014
Broad City
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Fading Gigolo
2013
Family Tree
2013
Alpha House
2013
Girl Most Likely
2012
Do You Like to Read?
2012
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
Girls
2012
Thin Ice
2012
China, IL
2011
Web Therapy
2011
The Five Stages of Grief
2011
Howl
2010
F--k
2010
Rage
2009
The Good Wife
2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
Nurse Jackie
2009
Web Therapy
2008
Swingtown
2008
Recount
2008
Dedication
2007
License to Wed
2007
No Reservations
2007
For Your Consideration
2006
Bernard and Doris
2006
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
2006
Lady in the Water
2006
The Exonerated
2006
Capote
2005
Trust the Man
2005
Hopeless Pictures
2005
American Dad!
2005
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
Entourage
2004
Scene Stealers
2004
Marie and Bruce
2004
A Mighty Wind
2003
The Tuxedo
2002
The Twilight Zone
2002
Plan B
2002
Gosford Park
2001
The Majestic
2001
Ghost World
2001
The Mexican
2001
Best in Show
2000
Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger
2000
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Three to Tango
1999
Now and Again
1999
The West Wing
1999
Jakob the Liar
1999