Bob Balaban
Acting • AGE 80
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 t...
Acting
Fantasy Life
Lenny
2026
Brooklyn, Minnesota
Producer
2024
Bad Actors
2024
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Self
2023
Asteroid City
Larkings Executive
2023
80 for Brady
Mark
2023
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film
2022
Severance
Mark Wilkins
2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Uncle Nick
2021
The Chair
Elliot Rentz
2021
How Moving
Uncle Aaron
2021
Space Force
Ron (voice)
2020
The Politician
Keaton Hobart
2019
Carl Laemmle
Himself
2019
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Executive Producer
2018
An L.A. Minute
Shelley
2018
Summer Camp Island
Gerald (voice)
2018
Condor
Reuel Abbott
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018
Isle of Dogs
King (voice)
2018
Wormwood
Dr. Harold A. Abramson
2017
Spielberg
Self
2017
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
2016
Graves
Secretary Burns
2016
Mascots
Sol Lumpkin
2016
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Mr. Waxcap
2016
Eva Hesse
Wilhelm Hesse (voice)
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
2016
Everything Is Copy
Self
2015
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Self / The Narrator
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Narrator (voice)
2015
Show Me a Hero
Leonard B. Sand
2015
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
Director
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
M. Martin
2014
The Monuments Men
Pvt. Preston Savitz
2014
Broad City
Arthur Wexler
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Lawyer (uncredited)
2013
Fading Gigolo
Sol
2013
Family Tree
Melvin Schmelff / Tumbleweed Tim
2013
Alpha House
Senator Elliot Robeson
2013
Girl Most Likely
Maxwell
2012
Do You Like to Read?
The Narrator
2012
Moonrise Kingdom
The Narrator
2012
Girls
Therapist
2012
Thin Ice
Leonard Dahl
2012
China, IL
(voice)
2011
Web Therapy
Ted Mitchell
2011
The Five Stages of Grief
Voice of Daniel's father
2011
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
2010
Howl
Judge Clayton Horn
2010
F--k
Bob
2010
Rage
Mr. White
2009
The Good Wife
Gordon Higgs
2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
Director
2009
The Windmill Movie
Self
2009
Nurse Jackie
Director
2009
Web Therapy
Ted Mitchell
2008
Swingtown
Director
2008
Recount
Ben Ginsberg
2008
Dedication
Arthur Planck
2007
License to Wed
Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)
2007
No Reservations
Therapist
2007
Prince of the City: The Real Story
Self / Santimassino
2007
For Your Consideration
Philip Koontz
2006
Bernard and Doris
Director
2006
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
Producer
2006
Lady in the Water
Harry Farber
2006
The Exonerated
Director
2006
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Self
2006
Capote
William Shawn
2005
Trust the Man
Tobey's Therapist
2005
Hopeless Pictures
2005
American Dad!
Glen Hanover (voice)
2005
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
Self
2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Walt Pickle (voice)
2004
Entourage
Doctor
2004
Scene Stealers
Jonathan Crouch Esq.
2004
Marie and Bruce
Roger
2004
A Mighty Wind
Jonathan Steinbloom
2003
The Tuxedo
Winton Chalmers (uncredited)
2002
The Twilight Zone
Director
2002
The Making of Gosford Park
Self
2002
Plan B
James Foster
2002
Gosford Park
Morris Weissman
2001
The Majestic
Elvin Glyde
2001
Ghost World
Enid's Dad
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001
The Mexican
Bernie Nayman
2001
Best in Show
Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
2000
Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger
Tex
2000
Cradle Will Rock
Harry Hopkins
1999
Three to Tango
Decker
1999
Now and Again
1999
The West Wing
Ted Marcus
1999
Jakob the Liar
Kowalsky
1999
Swing Vote
Justice Eli MacCorckle
1999
Strangers with Candy
Director
1999
The Monster Hunter
Dr. William Powell
1999
Giving Up the Ghost
Bob
1998
Deconstructing Harry
Richard
1997
Subway Stories
Director
1997
Oz
Director
1997
The Definite Maybe
Wolfe Rollins
1997
Clockwatchers
Milton Lasky
1997
Conversation with the Beast
Mr. Webster
1997
Waiting for Guffman
Lloyd Miller
1997
The Late Shift
Warren Littlefield
1996
Pie in the Sky
Paul Entamen
1996
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Bob (voice)
1995
Legend
1995
George Romero's Golden Tales 2
1995
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
Director
1995
The Last Good Time
Director
1994
Friends
Frank Sr.
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)
1994
Greedy
Ed
1994
For Love or Money
Ed Drinkwater
1993
My Boyfriend's Back
Director
1993
Amos & Andrew
Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink
1993
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Writer
1993
Bob Roberts
Cutting Edge Producer
1992
Unnatural Pursuits
Lou Finkleberg
1992
Eerie, Indiana
Director
1991
Little Man Tate
Quizmaster
1991
Alice
Sid Moscowitz
1990
Tales from the Darkside
Director
1990
The Face of Fear
Ira Preduski
1990
The Simpsons
Narrator (voice)
1989
Seinfeld
Russell Dalrymple
1989
Dead Bang
Elliott Webley
1989
Parents
Director
1989
Monsters
Writer
1988
Funny
Self
1988
End of the Line
Warren Gerber
1987
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Director
1987
Amazing Stories
Jo-Jo Gillespie
1985
2010
Dr. R. Chandra
1984
Tales from the Darkside
Writer
1984
Miami Vice
Ira Stone
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever
Guy with Sunglasses in Espresso Bar
1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
1984
Trick or Treat
Director
1983
The Brass Ring
Director
1983
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Carter Hill
1981
Absence of Malice
Elliott Rosen
1981
Prince of the City
Santimassino
1981
Altered States
Arthur Rosenberg
1980
Fridays
Self
1980
Girlfriends
Martin
1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
David Laughlin
1977
Report to the Commissioner
Joey Egan
1975
The Bank Shot
Victor Karp
1974
Maude
Ambrose Riley
1972
Marriage: Year One
Bernie
1971
Making It
Wilkie
1971
The Strawberry Statement
Elliot
1970
Catch-22
Capt. Orr
1970
Love, American Style
Nick
1969
Room 222
1969
Me, Natalie
Morris
1969
Midnight Cowboy
The Young Student
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
Hank
1965
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961