Bob Balaban

1945-08-16

Bob Balaban (American actor, director and producer), born 1945. filmtheque lists 57 credits: 53 movies and 4 series, from 1969 to 2025. Best-known work includes Fantasy Life, 80 for Brady, The Chair.

Roles: Actor (51) · Director (5) · Producer (1)

Known for

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

2016

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Fantasy Life	Actor
2023	80 for Brady	Actor
2021	The Chair	Actor
2018	Condor	Actor
2016	I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House	Actor
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Actor
2014	Monuments Men	Actor
2013	Fading Gigolo	Actor
2012	Moonrise Kingdom	Actor
2010	Howl	Actor
2009	Rage	Actor
2009	The Good Wife	Actor
2007	Dedication	Actor
2007	No Reservations	Actor
2007	Bernard and Doris	Director
2007	Bernard and Doris	Producer
2006	Trust the Man	Actor
2006	Lady in the Water	Actor
2005	Capote	Actor
2005	The Exonerated	Director
2004	Marie and Bruce	Actor
2003	A Mighty Wind	Actor
2002	The Tuxedo	Actor
2001	Ghost World	Actor
2001	Plan B	Actor
2001	The Mexican	Actor
2001	The Majestic	Actor
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Actor
1999	Swing Vote	Actor
1998	Clockwatchers	Actor
1997	Waiting for Guffman	Actor
1997	Subway Stories	Director
1996	Pie in the Sky	Actor
1994	Greedy	Actor
1994	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Actor
1993	Amos & Andrew	Actor
1993	My Boyfriend's Back	Director
1992	Bob Roberts	Actor
1991	Little Man Tate	Actor
1990	Alice	Actor
1989	Dead Bang	Actor
1987	End of the Line	Actor
1984	2010: The Year We Make Contact	Actor
1981	Whose Life Is It Anyway?	Actor
1980	Altered States	Actor
1978	Girlfriends	Actor
1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Actor
1975	Report to the Commissioner	Actor
1974	Bank Shot	Actor
1971	Making It	Actor
1970	Catch-22	Actor
1970	The Strawberry Statement	Actor
1969	Midnight Cowboy	Actor
1969	Me, Natalie	Actor
0	The Definite Maybe	Actor
0	Mascots	Actor
0	Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread	Director