Bob Balaban

Actor

Born: August 16, 1945 (age 80)
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robert Elmer Balaban, Born: August 16, 1945, Chicago, Illinois, U.S (Height: 5' 5" [1.65 m]). is an American actor, author, comedian, director, and producer. He is best known for his appearances in the Christopher Guest mockumentary comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006), as well as his roles in the films Midnight Cowboy…

Filmography (114)

Fantasy Life (2026)
Lenny
Bad Actors (2024)
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023)
Self
Asteroid City (2023)
Larkings Executive
80 for Brady (2023)
Mark
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film (2022)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
Uncle Nick
How Moving (2021)
Uncle Aaron
Carl Laemmle (2019)
Himself
An L.A. Minute (2018)
Shelley
Isle of Dogs (2018)
King (voice)
Spielberg (2017)
Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)
Self
Mascots (2016)
Sol Lumpkin
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
Mr. Waxcap
Eva Hesse (2016)
Wilhelm Hesse (voice)
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
Self
Everything Is Copy (2015)
Self
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2015)
Self / The Narrator
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
Narrator (voice)
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)
Director
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
M. Martin
The Monuments Men (2014)
Pvt. Preston Savitz
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Lawyer (uncredited)
Fading Gigolo (2013)
Sol
Girl Most Likely (2012)
Maxwell
Do You Like to Read? (2012)
The Narrator
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
The Narrator
Thin Ice (2012)
Leonard Dahl
The Five Stages of Grief (2011)
Voice of Daniel's father