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

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

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

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

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

Bob Balaban's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (224) as Director (1)

Amos & Andrew

Friends - Season 7

Asteroid City (2023)

Show Me A Hero - Season 1

Broad City - Season 4

Miami Vice - Season 1

The Simpsons - Season 21

Entourage - Season 7

Best in Show

Entourage - Season 8