Bob Balaban

Birthday: 16 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name: Robert Elmer Balaban

Height: 165 cm

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 ...Show More

There is an aphorism, well regarded by Freudian analysts and talent agents alike, that all people ar Show more There is an aphorism, well regarded by Freudian analysts and talent agents alike, that all people are half-actors. We can only expand that wisdom a bit and posit the following: all actors are half-directors. Hide

Yes, I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously. Yes, I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.

When I felt unsure of my abilities and terrified of the whole enterprise, I said to myself, 'You're Show more When I felt unsure of my abilities and terrified of the whole enterprise, I said to myself, 'You're an actor, right? So act like a director.' Hide

[describing his Chicago youth] I was one of those kids who'd put on neighborhood puppet shows. I was Show more [describing his Chicago youth] I was one of those kids who'd put on neighborhood puppet shows. I was a puppet fanatic. I was always putting on plays and enlisting my friends to help. Hide

God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting, Show more God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting, too. Hide

Bob Balaban's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 3

All as Actor (224) as Director (1)

American Masters - Season 37

Animals - Season 2

Animals - Season 3

The Simpsons - Season 26

The Simpsons - Season 12

Entourage - Season 5

Animals - Season 1

The West Wing - Season 2

Severance - Season 2

The Mod Squad - Season 2

No Reservations

Entourage - Season 1

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 1

2010: The Year We Make Contact

The Simpsons - Season 9

The Simpsons - Season 15

The Talk - Season 14

Girls - Season 4

Broad City - Season 4

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 8

Seinfeld - Season 4

Altered States

The Good Wife - Season 4

Entourage - Season 4

The Simpsons - Season 11

Entourage - Season 7

Bob Balaban'S roles

Capt. Orr

Judge Leonard B. Sand

Martha's Therapist

Morris Weissman

Russell Dalrymple

Crazy Walter, Himself - Guest

Elvin Clyde

Harry Farber

Enid's Dad

Frank Buffay Sr.

Preston Savitz

William Shawn