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Bob Balaban

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Bob Balaban

Born · August 16, 1945 (79 years old)

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

Self

5.7

2023

Asteroid City

Asteroid City

Larkings Executive

6.5

2023

80 for Brady

80 for Brady

Mark

6.4

2023

How Dare You Want More: The Short Film

How Dare You Want More: The Short Film

0.0

2022

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

Uncle Nick

7.0

2021

The Chair

The Chair

Elliot Rentz · (6 episodes)

6.6

2021

How Moving

How Moving

Uncle Aaron

0.0

2021

Space Force

Space Force

Ron (voice) · (1 episode)

6.5

2020

The Politician

The Politician

Keaton Hobart · (8 episodes)

7.0

2019

Carl Laemmle

Carl Laemmle

Himself

4.8

2019

An L.A. Minute

An L.A. Minute

Shelley

2.0

2018

Summer Camp Island

Summer Camp Island

Gerald (voice) · (1 episode)

7.2

2018

Condor

Condor

Reuel Abbott · (20 episodes)

7.0

2018

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Self · (1 episode)

6.8

2018

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

King (voice)

7.9

2018

Wormwood

Wormwood

Dr. Harold A. Abramson · (3 episodes)

6.4

2017

Spielberg

Spielberg

Self

7.6

2017

Mascots

Mascots

Sol Lumpkin

5.4

2016

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Mr. Waxcap

4.5

2016

Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse

Wilhelm Hesse (voice)

6.5

2016

Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton

Self

6.7

2016

Mike Nichols: An American Master

Mike Nichols: An American Master

Self

6.3

2016

Everything Is Copy

Everything Is Copy

Self

7.3

2015

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Self / The Narrator

6.5

2015

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Narrator (voice)

7.3

2015

Show Me a Hero

Show Me a Hero

Leonard B. Sand · (6 episodes)

7.0

2015

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Self · (1 episode)

7.9

2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

M. Martin

8.0

2014

The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

Pvt. Preston Savitz

6.1

2014

Broad City

Broad City

Arthur Wexler · (3 episodes)

7.2

2014

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Lawyer (uncredited)

6.4

2013

Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo

Sol

5.8

2013

Alpha House

Alpha House

Senator Elliot Robeson · (2 episodes)

7.1

2013

Girl Most Likely

Girl Most Likely

Maxwell

5.6

2012

Do You Like to Read?

Do You Like to Read?

The Narrator

6.2

2012

Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

The Narrator

7.7

2012

Girls

Girls

Therapist · (1 episode)

6.3

2012

Thin Ice

Thin Ice

Leonard Dahl

6.6

2012

A Monster in Paris

A Monster in Paris

Pâté

6.9

2011

Web Therapy

Web Therapy

Ted Mitchell · (1 episode)

7.0

2011

The Five Stages of Grief

The Five Stages of Grief

Voice of Daniel's father

7.0

2011

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Self · (7 episodes)

4.7

2010

Howl

Howl

Judge Clayton Horn

6.5

2010

F--k

F--k

Bob

5.8

2010

Rage

Rage

Mr. White

3.5

2009

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

Gordon Higgs · (2 episodes)

7.6

2009

The Windmill Movie

The Windmill Movie

Self

7.0

2009

Web Therapy

Web Therapy

Ted Mitchell · (3 episodes)

7.5

2008

Recount

Recount

Ben Ginsberg

6.8

2008

Dedication

Dedication

Arthur Planck

6.3

2007

License to Wed

License to Wed

Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)

5.7

2007

No Reservations

No Reservations

Therapist

6.7

2007

Prince of the City: The Real Story

Prince of the City: The Real Story

Self / Santimassino

0.0

2007

For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

Philip Koontz

5.8

2006

Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

Harry Farber

5.6

2006

Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

Self

0.0

2006

Capote

Capote

William Shawn

7.0

2005

Trust the Man

Trust the Man

Tobey's Therapist

5.2

2005

Hopeless Pictures

Hopeless Pictures

(8 episodes)

8.0

2005

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Walt Pickle (voice) · (1 episode)

7.0

2004

Scene Stealers

Scene Stealers

Jonathan Crouch Esq.

0.0

2004

Marie and Bruce

Marie and Bruce

Roger

3.9

2004

A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind

Jonathan Steinbloom

6.8

2003

The Tuxedo

The Tuxedo

Winton Chalmers (uncredited)

5.7

2002

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

Self

5.0

2002

The Majestic

The Majestic

Elvin Glyde

6.8

2001

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

Morris Weissman

6.8

2001

Ghost World

Ghost World

Enid's Dad

7.1

2001

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Self

6.9

2001

The Mexican

The Mexican

Bernie Nayman

5.9

2001

Plan B

Plan B

James Foster

4.7

2001

Best in Show

Best in Show

Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III

6.9

2000

Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger

Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger

Tex

0.0

2000

Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

Harry Hopkins

6.5

1999

George Romero's Golden Tales 2

George Romero's Golden Tales 2

0.0

1999

Three to Tango

Three to Tango

Decker

5.7

1999

Now and Again

Now and Again

(1 episode)

6.8

1999

The West Wing

The West Wing

Ted Marcus · (1 episode)

8.3

1999

Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

Kowalsky

6.7

1999

Swing Vote

Swing Vote

Justice Eli MacCorckle

5.7

1999

The Monster Hunter

The Monster Hunter

Dr. William Powell

5.2

1999

Giving Up the Ghost

Giving Up the Ghost

Bob

6.0

1998

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

Richard

7.3

1997

The Definite Maybe

The Definite Maybe

Wolfe Rollins

0.0

1997

Clockwatchers

Clockwatchers

Milton Lasky

6.1

1997

Conversation with the Beast

Conversation with the Beast

Mr. Webster

0.0

1997

Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman

Lloyd Miller

7.0

1996

The Late Shift

The Late Shift

Warren Littlefield

6.3

1996

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

Paul Entamen

6.6

1996

Legend

Legend

(1 episode)

6.0

1995

Friends

Friends

Frank Sr. · (1 episode)

8.4

1994

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)

5.3

1994

Greedy

Greedy

Ed

6.2

1994

For Love or Money

For Love or Money

Ed Drinkwater

6.2

1993

Amos & Andrew

Amos & Andrew

Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink

5.4

1993

Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

Cutting Edge Producer

6.5

1992

Unnatural Pursuits

Unnatural Pursuits

Lou Finkleberg

0.0

1992

Little Man Tate

Little Man Tate

Quizmaster

6.6

1991

Alice

Alice

Sid Moscowitz

6.4

1990

The Face of Fear

The Face of Fear

Ira Preduski

7.1

1990

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)

8.0

1989

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

Russell Dalrymple · (6 episodes)

8.3

1989

Dead Bang

Dead Bang

Elliott Webley

6.3

1989

Funny

Funny

Self

0.0

1988

End of the Line

End of the Line

Warren Gerber

5.5

1987

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

Jo-Jo Gillespie · (1 episode)

7.5

1985

2010

2010

Dr. R. Chandra

6.7

1984

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

(2 episodes)

7.5

1984

Nothing Lasts Forever

Nothing Lasts Forever

Guy with Sunglasses in Espresso Bar

6.4

1984

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Carter Hill

7.1

1981

Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

Elliott Rosen

6.6

1981

Prince of the City

Prince of the City

Santimassino

7.0

1981

Altered States

Altered States

Arthur Rosenberg

6.7

1980

Girlfriends

Girlfriends

Martin

6.6

1978

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

David Laughlin

7.4

1977

Report to the Commissioner

Report to the Commissioner

Joey Egan

6.8

1975

The Bank Shot

The Bank Shot

Victor Karp

5.4

1974

Maude

Maude

Ambrose Riley · (1 episode)

6.7

1972

Marriage: Year One

Marriage: Year One

Bernie

6.0

1971

Making It

Making It

Wilkie

4.5

1971

The Strawberry Statement

The Strawberry Statement

Elliot

6.3

1970

Catch-22

Catch-22

Capt. Orr

6.7

1970

Love, American Style

Love, American Style

Nick · (1 episode)

5.8

1969

Room 222

Room 222

(1 episode)

5.7

1969

Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie

Morris

5.6

1969

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

The Young Student

7.5

1969

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

(2 episodes)

6.5

1968

Hank

Hank

(1 episode)

3.5

1965