Bob Balaban
Biography
Movies 101
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Martin
2014
Isle of Dogs
as King (voice)
2018
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as David Laughlin
1977
Asteroid City
as Larkings Executive
2023
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Uncle Nick
2021
Moonrise Kingdom
as The Narrator
2012
2010
as Dr. R. Chandra
1984
The Mexican
as Nayman
2001
The Tuxedo
as Winton Chalmers (uncredited)
2002
Midnight Cowboy
as The Young Student
1969
Altered States
as Arthur Rosenberg
1980
Gosford Park
as Morris Weissman
2001
The Monuments Men
as Pvt. Preston Savitz
2014
No Reservations
as Therapist
2007
For Love or Money
as Ed Drinkwater
1993
Capote
as William Shawn
2005
Little Man Tate
as Quizmaster
1991
Absence of Malice
as Elliott Rosen
1981
Lady in the Water
as Harry Farber
2006
Best in Show
as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
2000
The Majestic
as Elvin Glyde
2001
80 for Brady
as Mark
2023
Ghost World
as Enid's Dad
2001
Deconstructing Harry
as Richard
1997
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)
1994
Greedy
as Ed
1994
Catch-22
as Capt. Orr
1970
Girl Most Likely
as Maxwell
2013
Alice
as Sid Moscowitz
1990
Prince of the City
as Santimassino
1981
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
as Mr. Waxcap
2016
Jakob the Liar
as Kowalsky
1999
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Lawyer (uncredited)
2013
License to Wed
as Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)
2007
A Mighty Wind
as Jonathan Steinbloom
2003
Fading Gigolo
as Sol
2014
Howl
as Judge Clayton Horn
2010
Spielberg
as Self
2017
For Your Consideration
as Philip Koontz
2006
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
as Carter Hill
1981
Three to Tango
as Decker
1999
Waiting for Guffman
as Lloyd Miller
1997
Cradle Will Rock
as Harry Hopkins
1999
Amos & Andrew
as Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink
1993
Thin Ice
as Leonard Dahl
2012
Clockwatchers
as Milton Lasky
1997
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Report to the Commissioner
as Joey Egan
1975
End of the Line
as Warren Gerber
1987
Trust the Man
as Tobey's Therapist
2005
Girlfriends
as Martin
1978
Dead Bang
as Elliott Webley
1989
Recount
as Ben Ginsberg
2008
Me, Natalie
as Morris
1969
The Late Shift
as Warren Littlefield
1996
Bob Roberts
as Cutting Edge Producer
1992
Dedication
as Arthur Planck
2007
Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
as Self
2006
Plan B
as James Foster
2002
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
as Self
2023
Everything Is Copy
as Self
2015
The Bank Shot
as Victor Karp
1974
Golden Tales 2
1995
Conversation with the Beast
as Mr. Webster
1997
Pie in the Sky
as Paul Entamen
1996
Mascots
as Sol Lumpkin
2016
Fantasy Life
as Lenny
2026
Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Self
2016
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
2002
Marie and Bruce
as Roger
2004
The Strawberry Statement
as Elliot
1970
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
as Self / The Narrator
2015
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self
2001
Making It
as Wilkie
1971
Do You Like to Read?
as The Narrator
2012
Scene Stealers
as Jonathan Crouch Esq.
2004
Marriage: Year One
as Bernie
1971
Bad Actors
2024
Rage
as Mr. White
2009
How Dare You Want More: The Short Film
2022
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
as Self
2004
The Face of Fear
as Ira Preduski
1990
F--k
as Bob
2010
An L.A. Minute
as Shelley
2018
Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger
as Tex
2000
The Definite Maybe
as Wolfe Rollins
1997
The Monster Hunter
as Dr. William Powell
1999
Swing Vote
as Justice Eli MacCorckle
1999
Giving Up the Ghost
as Bob
1998
Prince of the City: The Real Story
as Self / Santimassino
2007
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Guy with Sunglasses in Espresso Bar
1984
Unnatural Pursuits
as Lou Finkleberg
1992
Funny
as Self
1988
Handle with Care
The Five Stages of Grief
as Voice of Daniel's father
2011
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Himself
1984
Carl Laemmle
as Himself
2019
How Moving
as Uncle Aaron
2021
The Windmill Movie
as Self
2009
Eva Hesse
as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)
2016TV Shows 41
The Simpsons
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Seinfeld
as Russell Dalrymple
1989
Friends
as Frank Sr.
1994
American Dad!
as Glen Hanover (voice)
2005
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
The West Wing
as Ted Marcus
1999
The Good Wife
as Gordon Higgs
2009
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014
Entourage
as Doctor
2004
Love, American Style
as Nick
1969
Miami Vice
as Ira Stone
1984
Severance
as Mark Wilkins
2022
Summer Camp Island
as Gerald (voice)
2018
Girls
as Therapist
2012
Broad City
as Arthur Wexler
2014
Amazing Stories
as Jo-Jo Gillespie
1985
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Bob (voice)
1995
Web Therapy
as Ted Mitchell
2008
Maude
as Ambrose Riley
1972
Room 222
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
Space Force
as Ron (voice)
2020
Condor
as Reuel Abbott
2018
Fridays
as Self
1980
Tom Goes to the Mayor
as Walt Pickle (voice)
2004
China, IL
as (voice)
2011
Web Therapy
as Ted Mitchell
2011
Alpha House
as Senator Elliot Robeson
2013
Graves
as Secretary Burns
2016
The Politician
as Keaton Hobart
2019
Now and Again
1999
Show Me a Hero
as Leonard B. Sand
2015
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
2018
Hank
1965
The Chair
as Elliot Rentz
2021
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
as Self
2010
Family Tree
as Melvin Schmelff / Tumbleweed Tim
2013
Legend
1995
Wormwood
as Dr. Harold A. Abramson
2017