Bob Balaban
Popularity:8.289
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1945-08-16
Place of Birth:Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Also Known As:Robert Elmer Balaban, Robert Balaban
80 for Brady (2023)
Four longtime best friends decide to live life to the fullest by embarking on a wild trip to Super Bowl LI to see their hero, quarterback Tom Brady...
Ghost World (2001)
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an...
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is...
Jakob the Liar (1999)
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German...
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an...
Conversation with the Beast (1997)
An American historian (Mr Webster) comes to Berlin to visit an old man who claims to be the real Adolf Hitler and to be 103 years old. The Hitler who...
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated...
No Reservations (2007)
Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she...
2010 (1984)
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a...
Dead Bang (1989)
Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside...
Gosford Park (2001)
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs,...
The Late Shift (1996)
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
The Majestic (2001)
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a...
Little Man Tate (1991)
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the...
Altered States (1980)
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native...
The Mexican (2001)
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique...
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do...
For Love or Money (1993)
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With...
Carl Laemmle (2019)
A documentary about the life of Carl Laemmle, early cinema pioneer and founder of Universal Studios, documenting his life in Hollywood and his...
Rage (2009)
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the...
Lady in the Water (2006)
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is...
Scene Stealers (2004)
Billy Bottomsly, a struggling artist, is plagiarised by a Hollywood mogul. He involves his "typecast" friends in a star-jacking retribution plan....
Best in Show (2000)
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across...
Dedication (2007)
A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after...
Recount (2008)
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add...
The Windmill Movie (2009)
Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers tried for twenty years to make a documentary about his own life. He died in 2001, leaving the project unfinished, until...
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is...
For Your Consideration (2006)
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star...
Howl (2010)
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads:...
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn...
Funny (1988)
People are asked to tell their favorite jokes.
End of the Line (1987)
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.
Absence of Malice (1981)
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was...
The Strawberry Statement (1970)
A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.
Girl Most Likely (2012)
A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.
Clockwatchers (1997)
The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a...
Asteroid City (2023)
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Unnatural Pursuits (1992)
An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who...
The Monster Hunter (1999)
Residents of an East Texas town react strangely when a serial killer invades their small town world.
The Monuments Men (2014)
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape...
An L.A. Minute (2018)
Best-selling author Ted Gold faces a moral dilemma when Velocity, an avant-garde performance artist and the living embodiment of integrity, rocks his...
Me, Natalie (1969)
Since she was a child, Natalie Miller has always thought she was an ugly ducking. Despite her mother's encouragement that she will grow up to be...
Making It (1971)
In this coming of age comedy, a cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until...
Fading Gigolo (2013)
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his...
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film (2022)
A short film sequel to the six-episode web miniseries “Thank You and Sorry.”
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make...
Girlfriends (1978)
A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to...
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2015)
Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of...
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who...
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa....
Giving Up the Ghost (1998)
After a woman's husband dies while jogging in the park, the young widow's deep grief helps to awaken his ghost. The ghost urges her to commit suicide...
Swing Vote (1999)
A newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice must settle a controversial moral and legal dilemma with his tie-breaking decision which may also have...
A Mighty Wind (2003)
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion...
Trust the Man (2005)
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem...
A Monster in Paris (2011)
Paris, 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colourful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing...
The Definite Maybe (1997)
When 25-year-old New Yorker Eric Traber gets fired from his job and kicked out of his apartment, he fears the worst. But his best friend, Ziggy,...
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023)
This is not a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy. It is about a humane and groundbreaking masterpiece and the flawed but gifted people...
Thin Ice (2012)
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at...
Three to Tango (1999)
Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for the design of a cultural center. The tycoon...
Greedy (1994)
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Mascots (2016)
Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.
The Bank Shot (1974)
A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal...
Marriage: Year One (1971)
A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Pie in the Sky (1996)
A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.
Eva Hesse (2016)
German American artist Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) created her innovative art in latex and fiberglass in the whirling aesthetic vortex of 1960s New...
The Five Stages of Grief (2011)
Daniel's father died yesterday. He seems to be totally fine. Luckily his friends can teach him to be miserable.
Isle of Dogs (2018)
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must...
Catch-22 (1970)
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a...
The Face of Fear (1990)
Graham Harris was once one of the world's foremost mountain climbers, until a fall five years earlier left him with a lame leg, a fear of...
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.
George Romero's Golden Tales 2 (1999)
Compilation of five horror stories from Tales from the Darkside (1983) that takes the viewer into the dark world of vampires, cursed objects and...
Prince of the City (1981)
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as...
Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)
With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director.
Bob Roberts (1992)
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by...
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001)
A documentary film on the making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Spielberg (2017)
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Everything Is Copy (2015)
A candid portrait of writer/director Nora Ephron, directed by her son, journalist Jacob Bernstein.
Capote (2005)
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
The Tuxedo (2002)
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's...
Amos & Andrew (1993)
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After...
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film (2006)
Documentary featuring the contentious news surrounding the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), including its Oscar win for feature film.
Plan B (2001)
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman.
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”),...
Marie and Bruce (2004)
A day in the life of a couple trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship. When Marie decides to break up with Bruce, their conversation devolves into...
Do You Like to Read? (2012)
The librarian of the town of New Penzance introduces six animated segments illustrating Suzy's favorite books.
The French Dispatch (2021)
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student...
License to Wed (2007)
Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank...
F--k (2010)
Some people will do anything to find the location.
Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger (2000)
The legend of Tex, who never lost a gunfight.
Alice (1990)
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults...
The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2002)
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes...
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing...
How Moving (2021)
With some apprehension, Jared (Richard Ellis) flew across the country to move in with his boyfriend, Owen (writer-director Owen Thiele). On top of...
Prince of the City: The Real Story (2007)
The true story behind the Prince of the City.
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)
Now and Again (1999)
Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the...
The West Wing (1999)
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional...
Friends (1994)
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get...
Miami Vice (1984)
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...
Legend (1995)
The irresistible and charming Ernest Pratt is a dime-store novelist who is living out the adventures of his fictional character Nicodemus Legend in...
The Simpsons (1989)
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa...
Room 222 (1969)
Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from...
The Mod Squad (1968)
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23,...
Hank (1965)
Hank is an American situation comedy which is perhaps most notable for being an early example of a program with a true series finale, in which the...
The Chair (2021)
At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English...
Hopeless Pictures (2005)
Hopeless Pictures is an American animated comedy series starring the voice of Friends actress Lisa Kudrow, Seinfeld guest actor Bob Balaban, and...
Maude (1972)
Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her...
Amazing Stories (1985)
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...
Seinfeld (1989)
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Broad City (2014)
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch...
Girls (2012)
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art...
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
Condor (2018)
Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American...
Show Me a Hero (2015)
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing to be built in the white, middle...
Space Force (2020)
A four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's newest agency — Space Force — ready for...
Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)
Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon Network's late night...
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Each installment focuses on a different era of American movie history, from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary,...
Love, American Style (1969)
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories...
Web Therapy (2008)
Fiona Wallice is a therapist with limited patience for others' problems.
Web Therapy (2011)
Fiona Wallice is a therapist with little patience for her patients. Tired of hearing about people's problems for fifty long minutes, she devises a...
Summer Camp Island (2018)
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are...
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today. In...
The Politician (2019)
Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school.
Alpha House (2013)
Four Republican senators share the same D.C. house rental, and face re-election battles, looming indictments, and parties -- all with a sense of...
The Good Wife (2009)
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political...
Wormwood (2017)
In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.
Wormwood (1970)
Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the...
Wormwood (1970)
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians,...
Wormwood (1970)
Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old freshman at Flatpoint High. Jerri ran away from home...
Wormwood (1970)
Teenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with his friends, geeky Simon Holmes and mysterious Dash X.
Wormwood (1970)
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...
Wormwood (1970)
This period and relationship drama takes viewers back to the 1970s for a look at suburban households testing the murky waters of sexual revolution...
Wormwood (1970)
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a...
Wormwood (1970)
Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her...
Wormwood (1970)
The irresistible and charming Ernest Pratt is a dime-store novelist who is living out the adventures of his fictional character Nicodemus Legend in...
Wormwood (1970)
Two 'thirty-something' women's willful ignorance, fleeting confidence, poor judgment and self-loathing constantly get in the way of their success.
Wormwood (1970)
LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven...
Wormwood (1970)
A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and...
Wormwood (1970)
Four Republican senators share the same D.C. house rental, and face re-election battles, looming indictments, and parties -- all with a sense of...
Wormwood (1970)
Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25...
Wormwood (1970)
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a...