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

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

[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

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

Bob Balaban's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (230) as Director (1)

The Simpsons - Season 8

The West Wing - Season 1

80 for Brady

Amazing Stories - Season 2 (1985)

Spielberg

The Simpsons - Season 34

Graves - Season 2

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist - Season 1

No Reservations

Pitch - Season 1

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 1

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 4

Thin Ice

The Tuxedo

Maude - Season 1

The West Wing - Season 7

A Monster in Paris

Seinfeld - Season 6

Girlfriends

Friends - Season 5

The Simpsons - Season 2

Space Force - Season 1

Seinfeld - Season 3

Summer Camp Island - Season 1

The West Wing - Season 2

Graves - Season 1

Bob Balaban'S roles

Elvin Clyde

Dr. Rice

Dr. R. Chandra

Russell Dalrymple

Maxwell

Crazy Walter, Himself - Guest

Preston Savitz

Capt. Orr

Dr. Theodore W. Millbank III