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Bob Balaban

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Filmography

80 for Brady

2023
as Mark

The Chair (2021)

2021
as Elliot Rentz

The French Dispatch

2021
as Uncle Nick

Carl Laemmle

2019
as Bob Balaban

Condor

2018
as Reuel Abbott

Isle of Dogs

2018
as King

Wormwood (2017)

2017

Spielberg

2017
as Himself

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

2016
as Mr. Waxcap

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016

Mascots

2016
as Sol Lumpkin

Eva Hesse

2016
as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)

Everything Is Copy

2015

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015
as Narrator

Show Me a Hero

2015
as Judge Leonard B. Sand

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014
as Monsieur Martin

The Monuments Men

2014
as Pvt. Preston Savitz

Fading Gigolo

2013
as Sol

Girl Most Likely

2012
as Maxwell

Moonrise Kingdom

2012
as Narrator

Do You Like to Read?

2012
as The Narrator

Thin Ice

2011
as Leonard Dahl

Web Therapy (2011)

2011
as Ted Mitchell

The Five Stages of Grief

2011
as Daniel's Father

Howl

2010
as Judge Clayton Horn

Rage

2009
as Mr. White

Recount

2008
as Ben Ginsberg

The Windmill Movie

2008
as Bob Balaban

No Reservations

2007
as Therapist

Dedication

2007
as Arthur Planck

For Your Consideration

2006
as Philip Koontz

Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

2006
as Bob Balaban

Lady in the Water

2006
as Harry Farber

Capote

2005
as William Shawn

Trust the Man

2005
as Tobey's Therapist

Marie and Bruce

2004
as Roger

A Mighty Wind

2003
as Jonathan Steinbloom

Gosford Park

2001
as Morris Weissman

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001
as Bob Balaban

The Mexican

2001
as Bernie Nayman

The Majestic

2001
as Elvin Glyde

Ghost World

2001
as Enid's Dad

Plan B

2001
as James Foster

Best in Show

2000
as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III

The Monster Hunter

1999
as Dr. William Powell

Three to Tango

1999
as Decker

Swing Vote

1999
as Justice Eli MacCorckle

Jakob the Liar

1999
as Kowalsky

Cradle Will Rock

1999
as Harry Hopkins

Giving Up the Ghost

1998
as Bob

Clockwatchers

1997
as Milton Lasky

Conversation with the Beast

1997
as Mr. Webster

The Definite Maybe

1997
as Wolfe Rollins

Deconstructing Harry

1997
as Richard

Waiting for Guffman

1996
as Lloyd Miller

The Late Shift

1996
as Warren Littlefield

Pie in the Sky

1996
as Paul Entamen

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994
as Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn

Greedy

1994
as Ed

Amos & Andrew

1993
as Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink

For Love or Money

1993
as Ed Drinkwater

Bob Roberts

1992
as Michael Janes

Little Man Tate

1991
as Quizmaster

The Face of Fear

1990
as Ira Preduski

Dead Bang

1989
as Elliott Webley

End of the Line

1987
as Warren Gerber

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

1984
as Bob Balaban

2010: The Year We Make Contact

1984
as Dr. R. Chandra

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981
as Carter Hill

Prince of the City

1981
as Santimassino

Absence of Malice

1981
as Elliott Rosen

Altered States

1980
as Arthur Rosenberg

Girlfriends

1978
as Martin

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977
as David Laughlin

Report to the Commissioner

1975
as Joey Egan

Bank Shot

1974
as Victor Karp

Marriage: Year One

1971
as Bernie

Making It

1971
as Wilkie

Catch-22

1970
as Capt. Orr

The Strawberry Statement

1970
as Elliot - Organizer

Midnight Cowboy

1969
as The Young Student

Me, Natalie

1969
as Morris

Director

Episode Alpha House
Bugged 		2014
Episode Alpha House
Zingers 		2013
Episode Alpha House
Prayer Brunch 		2013
Episode Swingtown
Go Your Own Way 		2009
Movie Georgia O'Keeffe 2009
Movie The Exonerated 2006
Movie Bernard and Doris 2006
Episode The Twilight Zone (2002)
The Pharaoh's Curse 		2003
Episode The Twilight Zone (2002)
Future Trade 		2002
Episode Now and Again
Lizzard's Tale 		2000
Episode Strangers with Candy
Jerri is Only Skin Deep 		1999
Episode OZ
Great Men 		1998
Movie Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground 1997
Episode Legend
Revenge of the Herd 		1995
Episode Legend
Fall of a Legend 		1995
Movie The Last Good Time 1994
Movie My Boyfriend's Back 1993
Episode Eerie, Indiana
Zombies in P.J.s 		1992
Episode Eerie, Indiana
Marshall's Theory of Believability 		1992
Episode Eerie, Indiana
The Lost Hour 		1991
Movie Parents 1989
Movie Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread 1987
Episode Amazing Stories (1985)
Fine Tuning 		1985
Movie The Brass Ring 1983
Episode Tales from the Darkside
Pilot: Trick or Treat 		1983
Episode Maude
Phillip's Birthday Party 		1977

Writer

Movie Gosford Park 2001
Movie The Last Good Time 1994

Producer

Movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2018
Movie Bernard and Doris 2006
Movie Gosford Park 2001
Movie The Definite Maybe 1997
Movie The Last Good Time 1994

Guest Star

Episode James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Alien Life 		2018
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Episode 80 		2016
Episode Broad City
Knockoffs 		2015
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Episode 37 		2015
Episode Alpha House
The Civility Zone 		2014
Episode Alpha House
The Contest 		2014
Episode The Good Wife
Bitcoin for Dummies 		2012
Episode Entourage
The Dream Team 		2007
Episode The Education of Max Bickford
I Never Schlunged My Father 		2002
Episode Now and Again
Lizzard's Tale 		2000
Episode The West Wing
20 Hours in L.A. 		2000
Episode Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Expert Witness 		1999
Episode Friends
The One with Joey's Bag 		1999
Episode Legend
Revenge of the Herd 		1995
Episode Seinfeld
The Pilot (2) 		1993
Episode Seinfeld
The Shoes 		1993
Episode Seinfeld
The Pilot (1) 		1993
Episode Seinfeld
The Watch 		1992
Episode Seinfeld
The Ticket 		1992
Episode Seinfeld
The Pitch 		1992
Episode Amazing Stories (1985)
Gershwin's Trunk 		1987
Episode Miami Vice
Stone's War 		1986
Episode Miami Vice
Back in the World 		1985
Episode Maude
Maude's Ex-Convict 		1976
Episode Room 222
Fathers and Sons 		1969