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Bob Balaban


Bob Balaban

Geburtstag:

08/16/1945

Geburtsort:

Chicago, Illinois, USA:

Biografie:

Robert Elmer „Bob“ Balaban (* 16. August 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Filmregisseur und Filmproduzent. Sein Vater, Elmer Balaban (1909–2001), war Gründer des berühmten Chicagoer Theaterensembles Balaban and Katz. Elmers Brüder waren in unterschiedlichen Positionen im Film- und Theatergeschäft tätig. Bob Balaban absolvierte die Colgate University in Hamilton. Er debütierte im Jahr 1967 und spielte zuerst in einigen Theaterrollen, für The Inspector General wurde er 1979 für den Tony Award nominiert. Balaban spielte im Film Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art (1977) neben Richard Dreyfuss und François Truffaut, im Film Der Höllentrip (1980) neben William Hurt, im Film The Mexican (2001) neben Julia Roberts und Brad Pitt. 2012 wirkte er als Erzähler im Film Moonrise Kingdom von Wes Anderson mit. Er war ebenfalls in einigen Gastrollen in den Fernsehserien Miami Vice, Seinfeld, Legend und Friends zu sehen. Als Produzent war er unter anderem beim Dreh des Films Gosford Park, in dem er auch als Schauspieler mitwirkte, tätig. Als Regisseur arbeitete er unter anderem an einigen Folgen der Fernsehserien wie Legend und Twilight Zone sowie am Film Pfui Teufel – Daddy ist ein Kannibale (Parents, 1989) mit Randy Quaid.


Credits

Fantasy Life (2026)
as Lenny
Bad Actors (2024)
as
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023)
as Self
Asteroid City (2023)
as Larkings Executive
80 for Brady (2023)
as Mark
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film (2022)
as
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
as Uncle Nick
How Moving (2021)
as Uncle Aaron
Carl Laemmle (2019)
as Himself
An L.A. Minute (2018)
as Shelley
Isle of Dogs (2018)
as King (voice)
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
Mascots (2016)
as Sol Lumpkin
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
as Mr. Waxcap
Eva Hesse (2016)
as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
as Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)
as Self
Everything Is Copy (2015)
as Self
À la découverte du tournage de Moonrise Kingdom (2015)
as Self / The Narrator
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
as M. Martin
The Monuments Men (2014)
as Pvt. Preston Savitz
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Fading Gigolo (2013)
as Sol
Girl Most Likely (2012)
as Maxwell
Do You Like to Read? (2012)
as The Narrator
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
as The Narrator
Thin Ice (2012)
as Leonard Dahl
The Five Stages of Grief (2011)
as Voice of Daniel's father
Howl (2010)
as Judge Clayton Horn
F--K (2010)
as Bob
Rage (2009)
as Mr. White
The Windmill Movie (2009)
as Self
Recount (2008)
as Ben Ginsberg
Dedication (2007)
as Arthur Planck
License to Wed (2007)
as Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)
No Reservations (2007)
as Therapist
Prince of the City: The Real Story (2007)
as Self / Santimassino
For Your Consideration (2006)
as Philip Koontz
Lady in the Water (2006)
as Harry Farber
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film (2006)
as Self
Capote (2005)
as William Shawn
Trust the Man (2005)
as Tobey's Therapist
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo (2004)
as Self
Scene Stealers (2004)
as Jonathan Crouch Esq.
Marie and Bruce (2004)
as Roger
A Mighty Wind (2003)
as Jonathan Steinbloom
The Tuxedo (2002)
as Winton Chalmers (uncredited)
The Making of Gosford Park (2002)
as Self
Plan B (2002)
as James Foster
Gosford Park (2001)
as Morris Weissman
The Majestic (2001)
as Elvin Glyde
Ghost World (2001)
as Enid's Dad
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001)
as Self
The Mexican (2001)
as Bernie Nayman
Best in Show (2000)
as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger (2000)
as Tex
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
as Harry Hopkins
Three to Tango (1999)
as Decker
Jakob the Liar (1999)
as Kowalsky
Swing Vote (1999)
as Justice Eli MacCorckle
The Monster Hunter (1999)
as Dr. William Powell
Giving Up the Ghost (1998)
as Bob
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
as Richard
The Definite Maybe (1997)
as Wolfe Rollins
Clockwatchers (1997)
as Milton Lasky
Gespräch mit dem Biest (1997)
as Mr. Webster
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
as Lloyd Miller
The Late Shift (1996)
as Warren Littlefield
Pie in the Sky (1996)
as Paul Entamen
George Romero's Golden Tales 2 (1995)
as
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
as Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)
Greedy (1994)
as Ed
For Love or Money (1993)
as Ed Drinkwater
Amos & Andrew (1993)
as Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink
Bob Roberts (1992)
as Cutting Edge Producer
Unnatural Pursuits (1992)
as Lou Finkleberg
Little Man Tate (1991)
as Quizmaster
Alice (1990)
as Sid Moscowitz
The Face of Fear (1990)
as Ira Preduski
Dead Bang (1989)
as Elliott Webley
Funny (1988)
as Self
End of the Line (1987)
as Warren Gerber
2010 (1984)
as Dr. R. Chandra
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
as Guy with Sunglasses in Espresso Bar
2010 : The Odyssey Continues (1984)
as Himself
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
as Carter Hill
Absence of Malice (1981)
as Elliott Rosen
Prince of the City (1981)
as Santimassino
Altered States (1980)
as Arthur Rosenberg
Girlfriends (1978)
as Martin
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
as David Laughlin
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
as Joey Egan
Bank Shot (1974)
as Victor Karp
Marriage: Year One (1971)
as Bernie
Making It (1971)
as Wilkie
The Strawberry Statement (1970)
as Elliot
Catch-22 (1970)
as Capt. Orr
Me, Natalie (1969)
as Morris
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
as The Young Student
Brooklyn, Minnesota (2024)
Producer
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Executive Producer
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)
Director
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
Director
Bernard and Doris (2006)
Director
Bernard and Doris (2006)
Executive Producer
The Exonerated (2006)
Director
The Exonerated (2006)
Executive Producer
Gosford Park (2001)
Producer
Gosford Park (2001)
Idea
The Wedding Toast (1999)
Director
The Wedding Toast (1999)
Producer
Subway Stories (1997)
Director
George Romero's Golden Tales 2 (1995)
Writer
George Romero's Golden Tales 3 (1995)
Director
The Last Good Time (1994)
Director
The Last Good Time (1994)
Screenplay
The Last Good Time (1994)
Producer
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Director
Stephen King's Golden Tales (1993)
Writer
Tales from the Darkside (1990)
Director
Parents (1989)
Director
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987)
Director
Trick or Treat (1983)
Director
The Brass Ring (1983)
Director