Bob Balaban

Known for acting

63 credits in the catalog. Only top-billed cast and key crew are tracked.

Directing 11

2016GravesTV · 2 ep5.026 votes

2013Alpha HouseTV · 2 ep7.263 votes

2009Georgia O'Keeffe4.816 votes

2008SwingtownTV · 1 ep5.514 votes

2006Bernard and Doris6.1101 votes

1999Strangers with CandyTV · 1 ep7.547 votes

1997Subway Stories5.617 votes

1993My Boyfriend's Back5.795 votes

1991Eerie, IndianaTV · 3 ep7.585 votes

1989Parents5.9199 votes

1972MaudeTV · 1 ep6.939 votes

Acting 52

2021The ChairTV as Elliot Rentz · 6 ep6.5164 votes

2018CondorTV as Reuel Abbott · 20 ep7.0297 votes

2018Isle of Dogs as King (voice)7.95.6K votes

2017WormwoodTV as Dr. Harold A. Abramson · 3 ep6.136 votes

2016I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House as Mr. Waxcap4.6642 votes

2015Everything Is Copy as Self7.435 votes

2015Hitchcock/Truffaut as Narrator (voice)7.2259 votes

2015Show Me a HeroTV as Leonard B. Sand · 6 ep7.0200 votes

2014The Monuments Men as Pvt. Preston Savitz6.13.9K votes

2013Fading Gigolo as Sol5.8636 votes

2012Girl Most Likely as Maxwell5.6276 votes

2012Moonrise Kingdom as The Narrator7.76.5K votes

2012Thin Ice as Leonard Dahl6.5185 votes

2010Howl as Judge Clayton Horn6.5201 votes

2009Rage as Mr. White3.526 votes

2008Recount as Ben Ginsberg6.8190 votes

2008Web TherapyTV as Ted Mitchell · 3 ep7.518 votes

2007Dedication as Arthur Planck6.4110 votes

2007No Reservations as Therapist6.71.6K votes

2006Lady in the Water as Harry Farber5.61.6K votes

2005Capote as William Shawn7.01.7K votes

2004Marie and Bruce as Roger4.420 votes

2003A Mighty Wind as Jonathan Steinbloom6.8286 votes

2001Ghost World as Enid's Dad7.11.7K votes

2001Gosford Park as Morris Weissman6.81.3K votes

2001The Majestic as Elvin Glyde6.8873 votes

2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self7.112 votes

2001The Mexican as Nayman6.01.7K votes

2000Best in Show as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III6.9709 votes

1999Jakob the Liar as Kowalsky6.7423 votes

1999Swing Vote as Justice Eli MacCorckle5.812 votes

1999The Monster Hunter as Dr. William Powell5.010 votes

1999Three to Tango as Decker5.7291 votes

1997Deconstructing Harry as Richard7.21.1K votes

1997Waiting for Guffman as Lloyd Miller7.0292 votes

1996Pie in the Sky as Paul Entamen6.518 votes

1996The Late Shift as Warren Littlefield6.467 votes

1994Greedy as Ed6.2295 votes

1990The Face of Fear as Ira Preduski6.312 votes

1989Dead Bang as Elliott Webley6.4119 votes

1987End of the Line as Warren Gerber5.217 votes

19842010 as Dr. R. Chandra6.71.1K votes

1981Absence of Malice as Elliott Rosen6.6263 votes

1981Prince of the City as Santimassino7.0193 votes

1981Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Carter Hill7.052 votes

1980Altered States as Arthur Rosenberg6.7818 votes

1978Girlfriends as Martin6.789 votes

1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind as David Laughlin7.44.9K votes

1975Report to the Commissioner as Joey Egan6.630 votes

1974The Bank Shot as Victor Karp5.433 votes

1970The Strawberry Statement as Elliot5.943 votes

1969Me, Natalie as Morris5.623 votes