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Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Robert Elmer Balaban. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Capote (2005). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children. See full bio


Bob Balaban movies and series available to watch on Amazon, Netflix, Hulu : 1st ratings based on IMDB, 2nd rating - Netflix / Rotten Tomatos users:
* Movie Title (sort) Year Genres (sort) Director / CreatorsLeading Actors Netflix
7.8 Recount 2008 Drama History Jay Roach Kevin Spacey Bob Balaban Denis Leary * 3.6/5
7.1 The Exonerated 2005 Drama Bob Balaban Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo * 3.0/5
6.6 Bernard and Doris 2006 Biography Comedy Drama Drama Romance Bob Balaban Susan Sarandon Ralph Fiennes Peter Asher * 3.2/5
6.3 Parents 1989 Comedy Horror Mystery Bob Balaban Randy Quaid Mary Beth Hurt Sandy Dennis - 6.2/10
6.0 Mike Nichols American Masters 2016 Biography Documentary Elaine May Bob Balaban Alec Baldwin Matthew Broderick
4.2 I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House 2016 Horror Mystery Thriller Canada Oz Perkins Ruth Wilson Paula Prentiss Bob Balaban * 2.8/5
7.3 Altered States 1980 Horror Sci-Fi Thriller Ken Russell William Hurt Blair Brown Bob Balaban * 3.3/5
7.3 The Majestic 2001 Drama Romance Frank Darabont Jim Carrey Martin Landau Bob Balaban * 3.4/5
7.2 Absence of Malice 1981 Drama Romance Thriller Sydney Pollack Paul Newman Sally Field Bob Balaban * 3.6/5
6.1 Eva Hesse 2016 Biography Documentary History Marcie Begleiter Selma Blair Bob Balaban Patrick Kennedy * 1.8/5
8.3 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Adventure Comedy Crime Wes Anderson Ralph Fiennes F. Murray Abraham Mathieu Amalric
8.2 Midnight Cowboy 1969 Drama John Schlesinger Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight Sylvia Miles * 3.6/5
8.1 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Comedy Drama Romance Wes Anderson Jared Gilman Kara Hayward Bruce Willis * 4/5
8.1 Waiting for Guffman 1996 Comedy Christopher Guest Christopher Guest Fred Willard Catherine O'Hara * 3.7/5
8.1 Isle of Dogs 2018 Adventure Animation Comedy Comedy Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi Wes Anderson Bryan Cranston Koyu Rankin Edward Norton * 3.5/5
8.0 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Drama Sci-Fi Steven Spielberg Richard Dreyfuss Francois Truffaut Teri Garr * 4.4/5
8.0 Best in Show 2000 Comedy Christopher Guest Fred Willard Eugene Levy Catherine O'Hara * 3.7/5
7.7 Capote 2005 Biography Crime Drama Drama History Bennett Miller Philip Seymour Hoffman Clifton Collins Jr. Catherine Keener * 3.6/5
7.6 Catch 22 1970 Comedy Drama War Mike Nichols Alan Arkin Martin Balsam Richard Benjamin * 3.5/5
7.6 Gosford Park 2001 Comedy Drama Mystery Robert Altman Maggie Smith Ryan Phillippe Michael Gambon * 3.5/5
7.6 A Mighty Wind 2003 Comedy Music Christopher Guest Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean * 3.5/5
7.6 v Spielberg 2017 Biography Documentary Susan Lacy Steven Spielberg Martin Scorsese Richard Dreyfuss - 8.2/10
7.5 Bob Roberts 1992 Comedy Drama Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Giancarlo Esposito Alan Rickman * 3.7/5
7.5 v Prince of the City 1981 Crime Drama Sidney Lumet Treat Williams Jerry Orbach Richard Foronjy * 3.3/5
7.4 Whose Life is It Anyway 1981 Drama John Badham Richard Dreyfuss John Cassavetes Christine Lahti * 3.5/5
7.3 A Monster in Paris 2011 Adventure Animation Comedy Comedy Family Fantasy Music Romance France Bibo Bergeron Matthieu Chedid Vanessa Paradis Gad Elmaleh * 3.9/5
7.3 Hitchcock Truffaut 2015 Documentary Kent Jones Mathieu Amalric Wes Anderson Peter Bogdanovich * 3.4/5
7.2 Can You Ever Forgive Me 2018 Biography Comedy Crime Crime Drama Marielle Heller Melissa McCarthy Richard E. Grant Dolly Wells * 3.5/5
7.0 v The Cradle Will Rock 1999 Drama Tim Robbins Hank Azaria Ruben Blades Joan Cusack * 4.2/5
7.0 Little Man Tate 1991 Drama Jodie Foster Jodie Foster Dianne Wiest Adam Hann-Byrd * 3.5/5
7.0 Little Man 1991 Drama Jodie Foster Jodie Foster Dianne Wiest Adam Hann-Byrd * 3.5/5
7.0 ALICE 1990 Comedy Romance Woody Allen Mia Farrow William Hurt Joe Mantegna * 3.0/5
7.0 Muhammad Ali s Greatest Fight 2013 Biography Drama Stephen Frears Christopher Plummer Frank Langella Ed Begley Jr.
6.9 Leaves of Grass 2009 Comedy Crime Drama Drama Thriller Tim Blake Nelson Edward Norton Keri Russell Henry Max Nelson * 3.8/5
6.9 Jakob the Liar 1999 Drama War Peter Kassovitz Robin Williams Hannah Taylor Gordon Eva Igo * 3.6/5
6.9 The Strawberry Statement 1970 Drama Romance Stuart Hagmann Bruce Davison Kim Darby Bud Cort * 7/10
6.7 No Reservations 2007 Comedy Drama Romance Scott Hicks Catherine Zeta-Jones Aaron Eckhart Abigail Breslin * 3.8/5
6.6 Three to Tango 1999 Comedy Romance Damon Santostefano Neve Campbell Matthew Perry Dylan McDermott * 3.1/5
6.5 Greedy 1994 Comedy Jonathan Lynn Michael J. Fox Kirk Douglas Nancy Travis * 3.6/5
6.4 v For Love or Money 1993 Comedy Drama Romance Barry Sonnenfeld Michael J. Fox Gabrielle Anwar Anthony Higgins * 3.2/5
6.2 The Mexican 2001 Adventure Comedy Crime Crime Romance Gore Verbinski Brad Pitt Julia Roberts James Gandolfini * 3.1/5
6.2 Report to the Commissioner 1975 Action Crime Drama Milton Katselas Michael Moriarty Yaphet Kotto Susan Blakely - 5.8/10
6.1 Thin Ice 2011 Comedy Crime Drama Jill Sprecher Greg Kinnear Billy Crudup Alan Arkin * 3.0/5
6.1 Dead Bang 1989 Action Crime Drama Drama Thriller John Frankenheimer Don Johnson Penelope Ann Miller William Forsythe - 5.8/10
7.8 Ghost World 2001 Comedy Drama Terry Zwigoff Steve Buscemi Thora Birch Scarlett Johansson * 3.4/5
7.8 Deconstructing Harry 1997 Comedy Woody Allen Woody Allen Judy Davis Julia Louis-Dreyfus - 7.2/10
7.3 Everything is Copy 2015 Biography Documentary Jacob Bernstein Tom Hanks Reese Witherspoon Meryl Streep - 7.4/10
7.2 2010 the Year We Make Contact 1984 Adventure Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller Peter Hyams Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren * 3.5/5
6.2 Gosford Park 2002 Documentary Short Danny Miller Robert Altman Julian Fellowes Emily Watson

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