Bob Balaban(I)
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
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Bob Balaban was born on 16 August 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), A Mighty Wind (2003) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since 1 April 1977. They have two children.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 20 nominations total
Actor
Director
- 2016
- 2016
- 2013–2014
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- Director (segment Globalization... Who Cares?... You Do)
- 2014
- 2011–2012
- 2009
- 2008
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2002–2003
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000
Producer
- Brooklyn, Minnesota
- executive producer
- 2024
- 2018
- 2008
- 2006
- 2006–2007
- 2005
- 2005
- 2002
- 2001
- 1999
- 1997
- 1994
- Alternative name
- Robert Balaban
- Height
- 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Born
- Spouse
- Lynn GrossmanApril 1, 1977 - present (2 children)
- Parents
- Other worksStage: Appeared (as "Linus") in the original off-Broadway production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". He is also on the original cast album
- Publicity listings
- TriviaFor his part in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Balaban auditioned in French.
- QuotesGod, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting, too.
- TrademarksFrequently cast by Wes Anderson
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