Bob Balaban

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Birthday:

16 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name:

Robert Elmer Balaban

Height:

165 cm

Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Robert Elmer Balaban. He is an actor and director, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.

God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting, too.

Yes, I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.

When I felt unsure of my abilities and terrified of the whole enterprise, I said to myself, 'You're an actor, right? So act like a director....Show more »

When I felt unsure of my abilities and terrified of the whole enterprise, I said to myself, 'You're an actor, right? So act like a director.' Show less «

There is an aphorism, well regarded by Freudian analysts and talent agents alike, that all people are half-actors. We can only expand that w...Show more »

There is an aphorism, well regarded by Freudian analysts and talent agents alike, that all people are half-actors. We can only expand that wisdom a bit and posit the following: all actors are half-directors. Show less «

[describing his Chicago youth] I was one of those kids who'd put on neighborhood puppet shows. I was a puppet fanatic. I was always putting ...Show more »

[describing his Chicago youth] I was one of those kids who'd put on neighborhood puppet shows. I was a puppet fanatic. I was always putting on plays and enlisting my friends to help. Show less «