Bob Balaban

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author film actor film director film producer human stage actor television actor

Bob Balaban is an American actor, director, and producer known for his character roles in films by directors like Steven Spielberg and Wes Anderson, as well as for his work in television and theater.

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Label Occurrences
Bob Balaban canonical 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
awardReceived Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Gosford Park ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-08-16 ⓘ
directed Bernard and Doris ⓘ
Parents (1989 film) ⓘ
The Last Good Time ⓘ
educatedAt Colgate University ⓘ
New York University ⓘ
familyName Balaban ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasRelative Barney Balaban ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Bob Balaban self-link ⓘ
notableRole David Laughlin in Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⓘ
Morris Weissman in Gosford Park ⓘ
Russell Dalrymple in Seinfeld ⓘ
notableWork A Mighty Wind ⓘ
Best in Show ⓘ
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) ⓘ
surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Friends ⓘ
Gosford Park ⓘ
Gosford Park ⓘ
surface form: Gosford Park (as producer)

Moonrise Kingdom ⓘ
Seinfeld ⓘ
The Grand Budapest Hotel ⓘ
The West Wing (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: The West Wing

Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
relativeType Barney Balaban – grandfather ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Lynn Grossman ⓘ
workedWith Christopher Guest ⓘ
Steven Spielberg ⓘ
Wes Anderson ⓘ

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) → castMember → Bob Balaban ⓘ
subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Gosford Park → producer → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Gosford Park → starring → Bob Balaban ⓘ
The Chair → starring → Bob Balaban ⓘ
The Monuments Men → stars → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Lady in the Water → castMember → Bob Balaban ⓘ
2010: The Year We Make Contact → stars → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Moonrise Kingdom → castMember → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Moonrise Kingdom → narrator → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Bob Balaban → name → Bob Balaban self-link ⓘ
Prince of the City → starring → Bob Balaban ⓘ
No Reservations → castMember → Bob Balaban ⓘ
The Mexican → starring → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Best in Show → hasCastMember → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Waiting for Guffman → hasCastMember → Bob Balaban ⓘ
For Your Consideration → stars → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Show Me a Hero → stars → Bob Balaban ⓘ
Jacob the Liar → starring → Bob Balaban ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob the Liar (1999 film)
Altered States → starring → Bob Balaban ⓘ