Bob Balaban

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Bob Balaban
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Balaban in 2014
Born
Robert Elmer Balaban

(1945-08-16) August 16, 1945 (age 79)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education Colgate University, New York University, B.A.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • author
Years active1965–present
Spouse
Lynn Grossman
​
(m. 1977)​
Children2
Parents
Family

Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. [1] Aside from his acting career, Balaban has directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films, and was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in which he also appeared. He is also an author of children's novels.

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Balaban has appeared in the Christopher Guest comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006) and in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018) and The French Dispatch (2021). Balaban's other film roles include the drama Midnight Cowboy (1969); the science fiction films Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Altered States (1980), 2010 (1984), the comedy Deconstructing Harry (1997), and the historical drama Capote (2005).

Early life and education

Balaban was born to a Jewish family [2] on August 16, 1945, in Chicago, the son of Eleanor (née Pottasch) and Elmer Balaban, who owned several movie theatres and later was a pioneer in cable television. [3] [4] His mother acted under the name Eleanor Barry. [5] His paternal grandparents emigrated from Moldova and Ukraine to Chicago, while his mother's family was from Germany, Russia, and Romania. [4]

His uncles were dominant forces in the theatre business; they founded the Balaban and Katz Theatre circuit in Chicago, a chain which included the Chicago and Uptown Theatres. [6] Balaban's father, Elmer, and uncle, Harry, founded the H & E Balaban Corporation in Chicago, which operated its own movie palaces, including the Esquire Theatre in Chicago. They later owned a powerful group of television stations and cable television franchises. His uncle Barney Balaban was president of Paramount Pictures for nearly 30 years from 1936 to 1964. [7] His maternal grandmother's second husband, Sam Katz, was a vice president at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer beginning in 1936. Sam had been an early partner of Bob's uncles Abe, Barney, John, and Max in forming Balaban and Katz. Sam served as president of the Publix theatre division of Paramount Pictures. [8]

Balaban began his college career at Colgate University where he joined Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and then transferred to New York University. He studied acting at HB Studio under Uta Hagen. [9]

Career

Balaban's first notable role was on stage; he created the role of Linus in the original off-Broadway production of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown in 1967. [10]

One of his earliest appearances in film was in Midnight Cowboy (1969). In the 1970s, he appeared as Grady Garrett on an episode of Room 222 , Orr in Catch-22 , Elliot the Organizer in The Strawberry Statement , [11] and the interpreter David Laughlin in the 1977 Steven Spielberg science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind . In 1979, he received a Tony Award nomination for his role in The Inspector General . During the 1980s he appeared in films including Ken Russell's Altered States (1980) and the 1984 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel 2010 (as Dr. Chandra, the creator of HAL 9000). He also directed the Randy Quaid horror comedy film Parents , and the Armin Mueller-Stahl drama film The Last Good Time (1994).

Balaban had supporting roles in films such as Absence of Malice , Bob Roberts , Deconstructing Harry , Ghost World , The Majestic , Lady in the Water , and Christopher Guest's Waiting for Guffman , Best in Show , A Mighty Wind , and For Your Consideration .

Balaban appeared on television in Miami Vice as reporter Ira Stone. In the 1990s, he had a recurring role on the fourth season of Seinfeld as Russell Dalrymple, the fictional president of NBC. He played Warren Littlefield, a real-world NBC executive, in The Late Shift , a 1996 television movie about the battle between Jay Leno and David Letterman for NBC's The Tonight Show . In 1999, Balaban made a guest appearance in the sitcom Friends as Phoebe Buffay's father Frank in "The One with Joey's Bag".

Balaban co-produced Gosford Park (2001), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. He also appeared in the movie as Morris Weissman, a Hollywood producer. In 2006, he directed the film Bernard and Doris , starring Susan Sarandon. The following year, he made a guest appearance in an episode of Entourage as a doctor known for writing prescriptions for medical marijuana. Balaban directed the 2009 biopic Georgia O'Keeffe , starring Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons. In 2010, he appeared as Judge Clayton Horn, the real-life judge who presided over the obscenity trial of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Bookstore in the movie Howl .

Alongside Morgan Freeman and John Lithgow, Balaban appeared onstage in September 2011 as Judge Vaughn Walker in the Broadway debut of the play 8 , which depicts the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage. [12] The production was held at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights. [13] [14]

In 2012, Balaban directed four episodes of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie , [15] and voiced the audiobook version of Warren Littlefield's autobiography, Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV. [16]

Balaban performed in the short radio play Milton Bradley by Peter Sagal in January 2016, for Playing on Air, a non-profit organization that "records short plays [for public radio and podcast] written by top playwrights and performed by outstanding actors." [17] [18]

In early 2021, Balaban provided the voice of the narrator in The Simpsons episode "The Dad-Feelings Limited".

Writing

Balaban wrote a series of six children's novels featuring a bionic dog named McGrowl. [19] He also co-authored Spielberg, Truffaut & Me: An Actor's Diary with Steven Spielberg [20] and The Creature from the Seventh Grade: Sink or Swim (Creature from the Seventh Grade, #2) which Andy Rash illustrated. [21] He also wrote the book, Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary.

Personal life

Balaban is married to Lynn Grossman; they have two daughters. [22] He resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. [23] He is a member of the board of the Exoneration Initiative, a charity dedicated to exonerating wrongfully-convicted people in New York. [24]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 Midnight Cowboy The Young Student – New York
Me, Natalie Morris
1970 The Strawberry Statement Elliot
Catch-22 Capt. Orr
1971 Making It Wilkie
1974 Bank Shot Victor Karpcredited as Robert Balaban
1975 Report to the Commissioner Joey Egan
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind David Laughlin
1978 Girlfriends Martin
1980 Altered States Arthur Rosenberg
1981 Prince of the City Santimassino
Absence of Malice Elliott Rosen
Whose Life Is It Anyway? Carter Hill
1984 2010: The Year We Make Contact Dr. Chandra
1987 End of the Line Warren Gerber
1989 Dead Bang Elliot Webly
1990 Alice Sid Moscowitz
1991 Little Man Tate QuizmasterUncredited
1992 Bob Roberts Michael Janes
1993 Amos & Andrew Dr. R.A. 'Roy' Fink
For Love or Money Ed Drinkwater
1994 Greedy Edward "Eddie" Ault
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold Dr. Jeffrey SanbornUncredited
1995 Pie in the Sky Paul Entamen
1996 Waiting for Guffman Lloyd Miller
Conversation with the Beast Webster
1997 Clockwatchers Milton Lasky
Deconstructing Harry Richard
1999 Cradle Will Rock Harry Hopkins
Jakob the Liar Kowalsky
Three to Tango Decker
2000 Best in Show Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
2001 The Mexican Bernie Nayman
Ghost World Mr. Coleslaw
Gosford Park Morris WeissmanAlso producer/writer
The Majestic Elvin Clyde
2002 The Tuxedo Winton ChalmersUncredited
2003 A Mighty Wind Jonathan Steinbloom
2004 Marie and Bruce Roger
2005 Capote William Shawn
Trust the Man Tobey's TherapistUncredited
2006 Lady in the Water Harry Farber
For Your Consideration Philip Koontz
2007 Dedication Arthur Planck
License to Wed Jewelry Store ClerkUncredited
No Reservations Therapist
2009 Rage Mr. White
2010 Howl Judge Clayton Horn
2011 Thin Ice Leonard Dahl
A Monster in Paris Inspector PâtéVoice only
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Narrator
Girl Most Likely Mr. Duncan
2013 Fading Gigolo Sol
2014 The Monuments Men Pvt. Preston Savitz
The Grand Budapest Hotel M. Martin
2015 Hitchcock/Truffaut Narrator
2016 Mascots Sol Lumpkin
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Mr. Waxcap
2018 Isle of Dogs KingVoice only
An L.A. Minute Shelly
2021 The French Dispatch Uncle Nick
2023 80 for Brady Mark
Asteroid City Larkings Executive

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 Hank HarveyEpisode: "Will The Real Harvey Wheatley Please Stand Up?"
1969 Room 222 Grady GarrettEpisode: "Father & Sons"
1971–1972 The Mod Squad Walter / Tony2 episodes
1971 Love, American Style NickEpisode: "Love and the Fuzz"
1976 Maude Ambrose RileyEpisode: "Maude's Ex-Convict"
1985–1986 Miami Vice Ira Stone2 episodes
1987 Amazing Stories Jo-Jo GillespieEpisode: "Gershwin's Trunk"
1990 The Face of Fear Ira PreduskiTelevision movie
1992–1993 Seinfeld Russell Dalrymple5 episodes
1995 Legend Harry Parver2 episodes
1996 The Late Shift Warren Littlefield Television movie
1998 Friends Frank Buffay Sr.Episode: "The One with Joey's Bag"
1999 Swing Vote Justice Eli MacCorckleTelevision movie
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Himself (voice)Episode: "Expert Witness"
2000 The West Wing Ted MarcusEpisode: "20 Hours in L.A."
Now and Again Frederick LizzardEpisode: "Lizzard's Tale"
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Dr. Lowell ShermanEpisode: "I Never Schlunged My Father"
2006 Tom Goes to the Mayor Walt Pickle (voice)Episode: "The Layover"
2007 Entourage DoctorEpisode: "The Dream Team"
2008 Recount Ben Ginsberg Television movie
2011 Web Therapy Ted MitchellEpisode: "Shrink Rap"
2011–2012 The Good Wife Gordon Higgs2 episodes
2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight LawyerTelevision movie
Family Tree Melvin Schmelff / Tumbleweed TimEpisode: "Cowboys"
2013–2015 Girls Mr. Rice3 episodes
2014 Alpha House Senator Elliot Robeson2 episodes
2015–2019 Broad City Arthur Wexler3 episodes
2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Himself (as mascot of the ATF)Episode: "Paid Family Leave"
Show Me a Hero Judge Leonard Burke Sand 4 episodes [25]
2016 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Crazy WalterEpisode: "Auto Lending"
Pitch Frank Reid3 episodes
Graves Secretary BurnsEpisode: "Nothing Can Come From Nothing"
2017 Wormwood Dr. Harold A. Abramson 4 episodes
2018–2020 Condor Reuel Abbott [26] Main cast, 20 episodes
2018 Animals Himself (voice)2 episodes
2019 The Politician Keaton HobartMain role
2021 The Simpsons Narrator (voice)Episode: "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
Summer Camp Island Gerald (voice)Episode: "Hark the Gerald Sings"
The Chair Elliot Rentz6 episodes
The Harper House Buck Mastiff / Frederick (voice)Episode: "Destination Funeral/Making the Lie Real"
2022 Space Force Ron (voice)Episode: "Mad (Buff) Confidence"
2025 Severance Mark W.Season 2

Director

YearTitleNotes
1983 Tales from the Darkside Episode: "Trick or Treat (Pilot)"
1983The Brass RingTelevision movie
1985 Amazing Stories Episode: "Fine Tuning"
1987Invisible ThreadTelevision movie
1989 Parents
1991–1992 Eerie, Indiana 3 episodes
1993 My Boyfriend's Back
1994 The Last Good Time
1995 Legend Episode: "Revenge of the Herd"
1997 Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground Television movie; segment: "The 5:24"
1998 Oz Episode: "Great Men"
1999 Strangers with Candy Episode: "Jerri Is Only Skin Deep"
2000 Now and Again Episode: "Lizzard's Tale"
Deadline Episode: "Perception"
2001 Dead Last 2 episodes
2002–2003 The Twilight Zone 2 episodes
2005 The Exonerated Television movie
2008 Bernard and Doris
Swingtown Episode: "Go Your Own Way"
2009 Georgia O'Keeffe Television movie
2011–2012 Nurse Jackie 4 episodes
2013–2014 Alpha House 3 episodes
2016 Graves 2 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
1967 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Linus van Pelt Theatre 80, Off-Broadway
1968 Plaza Suite Borden Eisler/Bellhop Plymouth Theatre, Broadway [27]
1977 Some of My Best Friends Lawrence Mumford Longacre Theatre, Broadway [28]
1978 The Inspector General Óssip Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway [29]
1988 Speed-the-Plow Charlie Fox Royale Theatre, Broadway [30]
2011 8 Judge Vaughn Walker Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway [31]
2014 A Delicate Balance Henry John Golden Theatre, Broadway [32]

Podcasts

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Wolverine: The Long Night Joseph Langrock

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryProjectResult
2001 Academy Awards Best Picture Gosford Park Nominated
2001 British Academy Film Awards Outstanding British Film Won
2009 Golden Globe Awards Best Miniseries or Television Film Bernard and Doris Nominated
2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Recount Nominated
Outstanding Television Movie Bernard and Doris Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie Nominated
2010 Georgia O'Keeffe Nominated
1979 Tony Awards Best Featured Actor in a Play The Inspector General Nominated
2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Gosford Park Won
2005 Capote Nominated

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