Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Robert Elmer Balaban. He is an actor and director, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 17 nominations.
Movie | Untitled Wes Anderson Project | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | Landlocked | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | Eva Hesse | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Mascots | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Starring Austin Pendleton | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Everything Is Copy | Himself | 2016-03-21 |
Series | Hopeless Pictures | Sam | 2016-03-06 |
Movie | Marie and Bruce | Roger | 2016-02-13 |
Series | Show Me a Hero | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | The Carney Awards | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | Overheard | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Unknown | 2014-03-28 |
Series | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | Broad City | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | The Monuments Men | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | Alpha House | Unknown | 2013-04-19 |
Movie | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Unknown | 2013-10-05 |
Movie | Fading Gigolo | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Family Tree | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Girls | Unknown | 2012-07-23 |
Movie | Moonrise Kingdom | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Girl Most Likely | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Nimrod in Cannes | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Santa Fe Thursday | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Moonrise Kingdom: Animated Book Short | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Web Therapy | Unknown | 2011-07-19 |
Movie | The Five Stages of Grief | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | Good Day L.A. | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | A Monster in Paris | Unknown | 2011-10-12 |
Movie | Thin Ice | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | F--K | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | 2010 | Unknown | 2010 |
Series | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Howl | Unknown | 2010-08-27 |
Series | Nurse Jackie | Unknown | 2009-06-08 |
Movie | Rage | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | The Good Wife | Unknown | 2009-09-22 |
Movie | Georgia O'Keeffe | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Leaves of Grass | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | Swingtown | Unknown | 2008-06-05 |
Movie | Recount | Unknown | 2008-05-25 |
Series | Web Therapy | Unknown | 2008-09-22 |
Movie | Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | God & Co. | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | The Windmill Movie | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Dedication | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Reel Junkie | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
Series | The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Bernard and Doris | Unknown | 2007-10-17 |
Movie | License to Wed | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
Movie | No Reservations | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Prince of the City: The Real Story | Himself / Santimassino | 2007-05-22 |
Movie | Lady in the Water | Unknown | 2006-07-21 |
Movie | Celebrating Schlesinger | Himself | 2006-02-21 |
Movie | Controversy and Acclaim | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | For Your Consideration | Unknown | 2006-11-22 |
Movie | Reflections of Lady in the Water | Unknown | 2006 |
Series | Bob Builds His Dream House | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | The Exonerated | Unknown | 2005-01-27 |
Movie | Capote | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | A Comic's Climb at the USCAF | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Seinfeld: Jason + Larry = George | Himself | 2005-11-22 |
Series | Celebrity Charades | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Trust the Man | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
Movie | Headspace | Unknown | 2005-09-18 |
Movie | The First Amendment Project: No Joking | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | Scene Stealers | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Le grand journal de Canal+ | Unknown | 2004-08-30 |
Movie | Gerald L'Ecuyer: A Filmmaker's Journey | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
Movie | IFP Gotham Awards 2004 | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Unknown | 2004-11-14 |
Series | I Love the '70s | Unknown | 2003-08-18 |
Movie | Day for Night: Truffaut in the USA | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Vivement dimanche prochain | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | A Mighty Wind | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Lost in the Snow | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | The Burbs | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | The Tuxedo | Unknown | 2002-09-27 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 2002-09-18 |
Movie | The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Plan B | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | Deadline | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | The Making of 'Gosford Park' | Himself | 2001-12-14 |
Series | Anatomy of a Scene | Unknown | 2001-11-01 |
Movie | Gosford Park | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | Dead Last | Unknown | 2001-08-14 |
Movie | Ghost World | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | The Mexican | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | The Education of Max Bickford | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Movie | The Majestic | Elvin Clyde | 2001-12-21 |
Series | Strangers with Candy | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Best in Show | Unknown | 2000-10-20 |
Movie | Tex, the Passive-Aggressive Gunslinger | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Cradle Will Rock | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Jakob the Liar | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | The Wedding Toast | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Now and Again | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | Natural Selection | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | The Directors | Unknown | 1999-03-02 |
Movie | Swing Vote | Justice Eli MacCorckle | 1999-04-19 |
Movie | Three to Tango | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Clockwatchers | Milton Lasky | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | Giving Up the Ghost | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | The Definite Maybe | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | Oz | Unknown | 1997-07-12 |
Movie | SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Deconstructing Harry | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | Directors on Directors | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Conversation with the Beast | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Pie in the Sky | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | The Late Shift | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Waiting for Guffman | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Wigstock: The Movie | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | Legend | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | Unnatural Pursuits | Unknown | 1994-01-23 |
Movie | Greedy | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
Series | American Masters | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | The Last Good Time | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | Friends | Unknown | 1994-09-22 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | My Boyfriend's Back | Unknown | 1993-08-06 |
Movie | Amos & Andrew | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | For Love or Money | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Bob Roberts | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Alice | Unknown | 1991-01-10 |
Series | Eerie, Indiana | Unknown | 1991-09-15 |
Movie | Little Man Tate | Unknown | 1991 |
Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1990-05-31 |
Movie | The Face of Fear | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Parents | Unknown | 1989-01-27 |
Movie | Dead Bang | Unknown | 1989 |
Series | Monsters | Unknown | 1988-10-22 |
Movie | Funny | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | End of the Line | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
Movie | Invisible Thread | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | Amazing Stories | Unknown | 1986 |
Movie | Nothing Lasts Forever | Unknown | 1984-09-01 |
Movie | In Our Hands | Himself | 1984-02-16 |
Series | Tales from the Darkside | Unknown | 1984 |
Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Movie | 2010: The Odyssey Continues | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | The Brass Ring | Unknown | 1983 |
Movie | The Making of 'Absence of Malice' | Unknown | 1982 |
Movie | Absence of Malice | Rosen | 1981-12-18 |
Movie | Prince of the City | Unknown | 1981-08-21 |
Movie | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Unknown | 1981 |
Movie | Altered States | Unknown | 1980 |
Movie | The 33rd Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1979 |
Movie | Girlfriends | Unknown | 1978 |
Movie | The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' | Unknown | 1977 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1977 |
Movie | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Unknown | 1977 |
Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Unknown | 1977 |
Movie | America at the Movies | Unknown | 1976 |
Series | The Irv Kupcinet Show | Unknown | 1975 |
Movie | Report to the Commissioner | Unknown | 1975 |
Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
Series | Maude | Unknown | 1974 |
Movie | Bank Shot | Victor Karp | 1974-07-31 |
Movie | Marriage: Year One | Bernie | 1971-10-15 |
Movie | Making It | Unknown | 1971 |
Movie | The Strawberry Statement | Unknown | 1970 |
Movie | Catch-22 | Unknown | 1970 |
Movie | Me, Natalie | Unknown | 1969 |
Movie | Midnight Cowboy | Unknown | 1969 |
Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
Series | Room 222 | Unknown | 1969-09-17 |
Series | Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Hank | Unknown | 1965 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |