Bob Balaban

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.

There is an aphorism, well regarded by Freudian analysts and talent agents alike, that all people ar...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 «

When I felt unsure of my abilities and terrified of the whole enterprise, I said to myself, 'You're ...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 «

[describing his Chicago youth] I was one of those kids who'd put on neighborhood puppet shows. I was...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 «

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

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

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

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