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Robert Elmer Balaban
Robert Balaban
鮑勃・巴拉班
Bob Balaban
Acting
Biography
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 (1969), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Altered States (1980), 2010 (1984), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Capote (2005). Balaban has also directed three feature films, in addition to nume…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Fantasy Life
as Lenny
Bad Actors
Asteroid City
as Larkings Executive
80 for Brady
as Mark
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
as Self
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Uncle Nick
How Moving
as Uncle Aaron
Carl Laemmle
as Himself
Isle of Dogs
as King (voice)
TV Shows
Severance
as Mark Wilkins · 2 ep.
The Chair
as Elliot Rentz · 6 ep.
Space Force
as Ron (voice) · 1 ep.
The Politician
as Keaton Hobart · 8 ep.
Summer Camp Island
as Gerald (voice) · 1 ep.
Condor
as Reuel Abbott · 20 ep.
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self · 1 ep.
Wormwood
as Dr. Harold A. Abramson · 3 ep.
Graves
as Secretary Burns · 1 ep.
Show Me a Hero
as Leonard B. Sand · 6 ep.