Bob Balaban

Actor, Director, Producer

Birthdate: August 16, 1945 (80 Years Old)

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Bob Balaban was born on 16 August 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), A Mighty Wind (2003) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since 1 April 1977. They have two children.

Movies

Known For

Fantasy Life

(2026)

An L.A. Minute

Shelly (2018)

Bob Balaban Movies

Actor

Collapse

Previous (16)

2023 |
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
2023
Documentary, History
Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.
asSelf - Actor, Director
2023 |
80 for Brady
80 for Brady
2023
Comedy, Drama, Sport
A group of friends made it their life-long mission to go to the Super Bowl and meet NFL superstar Tom Brady.
asMark
2021 |
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch
2021
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city, that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
More Info
asUncle Nick
2018 |
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
More Info
asKing
2018 |
An L.A. Minute
An L.A. Minute
2018
Comedy
"An L.A. Minute" is a satirical look at fame, success, the star-making machinery and the karma that attaches to all those who worship at the altar of Celebrity. Best-selling author Ted Gold faces a moral dilemma when Velocity, an avant-garde performance artist and the living embo... Read all
asShelly
2016 |
Eva Hesse
Eva Hesse
2016
Biography, Documentary, History
Documentary feature film focusing on the life and times of Eva Hesse, a ground-breaking artist who was active in New York and Germany in the 1960's.
asWilhelm Hesse
-- |
The Monuments Menas Preston Savitz
-- |
Close Encounters of the Third Kindas David Laughlin
-- |
Hitchcock/Truffautas Narrator
-- |
as Lenny
-- |
as Jonathan Steinbloom
-- |
as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
-- |
as Enid's Dad
-- |
as Lloyd Miller
-- |
as Milton Lasky
-- |
as The Narrator