Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Bob Balaban
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Elmer "Bob" Balaban, Robert Elmer Balaban
American actor, director and producer
OverviewAI-generated
Bob Balaban is an American actor, film director, and film producer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1945, he began his work period in 1965. He is educated at Colgate University and HB Studio. Balaban has worked in the United States and speaks, writes, and signs in English.
He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. His notable works include Sink or Swim, The creature from the seventh grade, and Beware of Dog Display. He is also an author with 35 works listed in the Open Library.
Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 35
Top works
- Sink or Swim
- Sink or Swim (Creature from the 7th Grade Book 2)
- The creature from the seventh grade
- Beware of dog
- Beware of Dog Display
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 the Christopher Guest mockumentary comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006), as well as his roles in the films Midnight Cowboy…
Known for
- Fantasy Life — Lenny2026
- Bad Actors2024
- 80 for Brady — Mark2023
- Asteroid City — Larkings Executive2023
- Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy — Self2023
- How Dare You Want More: The Short Film2022
- Severance — Mark Wilkins2022
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun — Uncle Nick2021
- How Moving — Uncle Aaron2021
- The Chair — Elliot Rentz2021
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bob
- Family name
- Balaban
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Educated at
- HB Studio
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Bob Balaban 2012 Shankbone.JPG
- Work location
- United States
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Bob Balaban
- date of birth
- 1945-08-16
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0