Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

acting Aug 16, 1945 80 years Chicago, Illinois, USA

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1 nomination

115 of 117 films rated

IMDb avg 6.5
IMDb median 6.6
RT avg 63%
RT median 69%

highest rated

acting

  1. Fantasy Life → Lenny
  2. Bad Actors
  3. Asteroid City → Larkings Executive
  4. 80 for Brady → Mark
  5. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy → Self
  6. Severance (TV) → Mark Wilkins
  7. How Dare You Want More: The Short Film
  8. The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun → Uncle Nick
  9. The Chair (TV) → Elliot Rentz
  10. How Moving → Uncle Aaron
  11. Space Force (TV) → Ron (voice)
  12. The Politician (TV) → Keaton Hobart
  13. Carl Laemmle → Himself
  14. Summer Camp Island (TV) → Gerald (voice)
  15. Condor (TV) → Reuel Abbott
  16. Isle of Dogs → King (voice)
  17. James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (TV) → Self
  18. An L.A. Minute → Shelley
  19. Wormwood (TV) → Dr. Harold A. Abramson
  20. Spielberg → Self
  21. Graves (TV) → Secretary Burns
  22. Mascots → Sol Lumpkin
  23. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House → Mr. Waxcap
  24. Starring Austin Pendleton → Self
  25. Mike Nichols: An American Master → Self
  26. Eva Hesse → Wilhelm Hesse (voice)
  27. Show Me a Hero (TV) → Leonard B. Sand
  28. Hitchcock/Truffaut → Narrator (voice)
  29. Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' → Self / The Narrator
  30. Everything Is Copy → Self
  31. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV) → Self
  32. Broad City (TV) → Arthur Wexler
  33. The Grand Budapest Hotel → M. Martin
  34. The Monuments Men → Pvt. Preston Savitz
  35. Alpha House (TV) → Senator Elliot Robeson
  36. Family Tree (TV) → Melvin Schmelff / Tumbleweed Tim
  37. Fading Gigolo → Sol
  38. Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight → Lawyer (uncredited)
  39. Girls (TV) → Therapist
  40. Moonrise Kingdom → The Narrator
  41. Thin Ice → Leonard Dahl
  42. Girl Most Likely → Maxwell
  43. Do You Like to Read? → The Narrator
  44. China, IL (TV) → (voice)
  45. Web Therapy (TV) → Ted Mitchell
  46. The Five Stages of Grief → Voice of Daniel's father
  47. Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV) → Self
  48. Howl → Judge Clayton Horn
  49. F--k → Bob
  50. The Good Wife (TV) → Gordon Higgs
  51. Rage → Mr. White
  52. The Windmill Movie → Self
  53. Web Therapy (TV) → Ted Mitchell
  54. Recount → Ben Ginsberg
  55. No Reservations → Therapist
  56. License to Wed → Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)
  57. Dedication → Arthur Planck
  58. Prince of the City: The Real Story → Self / Santimassino
  59. For Your Consideration → Philip Koontz
  60. Lady in the Water → Harry Farber
  61. Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film → Self
  62. American Dad! (TV) → Glen Hanover (voice)
  63. Hopeless Pictures (TV)
  64. Capote → William Shawn
  65. Trust the Man → Tobey's Therapist
  66. Entourage (TV) → Doctor
  67. Tom Goes to the Mayor (TV) → Walt Pickle (voice)
  68. Marie and Bruce → Roger
  69. Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo → Self
  70. Scene Stealers → Jonathan Crouch Esq.
  71. A Mighty Wind → Jonathan Steinbloom
  72. The Tuxedo → Winton Chalmers (uncredited)
  73. Plan B → James Foster
  74. The Making of Gosford Park → Self
  75. Gosford Park → Morris Weissman
  76. The Mexican → Bernie Nayman
  77. The Majestic → Elvin Glyde
  78. Ghost World → Enid's Dad
  79. The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' → Self
  80. Best in Show → Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
  81. Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger → Tex
  82. The West Wing (TV) → Ted Marcus
  83. Now and Again (TV)
  84. Three to Tango → Decker
  85. Jakob the Liar → Kowalsky
  86. Cradle Will Rock → Harry Hopkins
  87. Swing Vote → Justice Eli MacCorckle
  88. The Monster Hunter → Dr. William Powell
  89. Giving Up the Ghost → Bob
  90. Deconstructing Harry → Richard
  91. Waiting for Guffman → Lloyd Miller
  92. Clockwatchers → Milton Lasky
  93. The Definite Maybe → Wolfe Rollins
  94. Conversation with the Beast → Mr. Webster
  95. The Late Shift → Warren Littlefield
  96. Pie in the Sky → Paul Entamen
  97. Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (TV) → Bob (voice)
  98. Legend (TV)
  99. George Romero's Golden Tales 2
  100. Friends (TV) → Frank Sr.
  101. Greedy → Ed
  102. City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold → Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)
  103. For Love or Money → Ed Drinkwater
  104. Amos & Andrew → Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink
  105. Bob Roberts → Cutting Edge Producer
  106. Unnatural Pursuits → Lou Finkleberg
  107. Little Man Tate → Quizmaster
  108. Alice → Sid Moscowitz
  109. The Face of Fear → Ira Preduski
  110. The Simpsons (TV) → Narrator (voice)
  111. Seinfeld (TV) → Russell Dalrymple
  112. Dead Bang → Elliott Webley
  113. Funny → Self
  114. End of the Line → Warren Gerber
  115. Amazing Stories (TV) → Jo-Jo Gillespie
  116. Miami Vice (TV) → Ira Stone
  117. 2010 → Dr. R. Chandra
  118. Nothing Lasts Forever → Guy with Sunglasses in Espresso Bar
  119. 2010 : The Odyssey Continues → Himself
  120. Whose Life Is It Anyway? → Carter Hill
  121. Prince of the City → Santimassino
  122. Absence of Malice → Elliott Rosen
  123. Fridays (TV) → Self
  124. Altered States → Arthur Rosenberg
  125. Girlfriends → Martin
  126. Close Encounters of the Third Kind → David Laughlin
  127. Report to the Commissioner → Joey Egan
  128. The Bank Shot → Victor Karp
  129. Maude (TV) → Ambrose Riley
  130. Making It → Wilkie
  131. Marriage: Year One → Bernie
  132. Catch-22 → Capt. Orr
  133. The Strawberry Statement → Elliot
  134. Love, American Style (TV) → Nick
  135. Room 222 (TV)
  136. Midnight Cowboy → The Young Student
  137. Me, Natalie → Morris
  138. The Mod Squad (TV)
  139. Hank (TV)
  140. The Mike Douglas Show (TV) → Self

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