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Acting

Bob Balaban

Career: Active from 1969 to 2026, busiest in 1999 with 6 main titles.

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Eerie, Indiana
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 114 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bob Balaban Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.5, average 4.8
Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Crime
2.9, average 3.6
Warfare
0.5, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Character Study 6
Social Commentary 6
Quirky Characters 5
Ensemble Cast 4
Dark Comedy 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Biographical Drama 3
Strong Performances 3
Mockumentary 3
Feel-Good 3
Witty Dialogue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

135

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 70

Fantasy Life

70

as Lenny

Brooklyn, Minnesota

Producer

Asteroid City

69

as Larkings Executive

80 for Brady

58

as Mark

Severance

86

TV show · as Mark Wilkins

The Chair

74

TV show · as Elliot Rentz

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

73

as Uncle Nick

How Moving

as Uncle Aaron

Space Force

60

TV show · as Ron (voice)

2010s

31 titles · average score 68

The Politician

64

TV show · as Keaton Hobart

Isle of Dogs

83

as King (voice)

An L.A. Minute

as Shelley

Graves

61

TV show · as Secretary Burns

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

53

as Mr. Waxcap

Mascots

50

as Sol Lumpkin

Eva Hesse

62

as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)

Hitchcock/Truffaut

81

as Narrator (voice)

Show Me a Hero

82

TV show · as Leonard B. Sand

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss

Director

Alpha House

70

TV show · as Senator Elliot Robeson

Do You Like to Read?

68

as The Narrator

2000s

29 titles · average score 60

Georgia O'Keeffe

51

Director

Recount

76

as Ben Ginsberg

No Reservations

55

as Therapist

Bernard and Doris

60

Director, Executive Producer

Lady in the Water

41

as Harry Farber

Capote

81

as William Shawn

Marie and Bruce

38

as Roger

A Mighty Wind

77

as Jonathan Steinbloom

The Mexican

53

as Nayman

The Majestic

50

as Elvin Glyde

Ghost World

83

as Enid's Dad

Best in Show

81

as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III

1990s

35 titles · average score 60

Now and Again

74

TV show · Director

Jakob the Liar

50

as Kowalsky

Three to Tango

46

as Decker

Deconstructing Harry

71

as Richard

Conversation with the Beast

as Mr. Webster

Subway Stories

60

Director

Legend

53

TV show · Director

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

81

TV show · as Bob (voice)

Friends

79

TV show · as Frank Sr.

My Boyfriend's Back

32

Director

Stephen King's Golden Tales

Writer

Tales from the Darkside

66

Director

1980s

16 titles · average score 68

Parents

63

Director

Seinfeld

87

TV show · as Russell Dalrymple

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Dead Bang

47

as Elliott Webley

End of the Line

55

as Warren Gerber

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

Director

Amazing Stories

54

TV show · as Jo-Jo Gillespie

2010

63

as Dr. R. Chandra

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Ira Stone

Trick or Treat

70

Director

Absence of Malice

70

as Elliott Rosen

Altered States

70

as Arthur Rosenberg

1970s

9 titles · average score 65

Girlfriends

82

as Martin

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

84

as David Laughlin

Report to the Commissioner

60

as Joey Egan

The Bank Shot

44

as Victor Karp

Maude

47

TV show · as Ambrose Riley

Making It

as Wilkie

Marriage: Year One

as Bernie

The Strawberry Statement

66

as Elliot

Catch-22

73

as Capt. Orr

1960s

6 titles · average score 60

Me, Natalie

64

as Morris

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Nick

Midnight Cowboy

82

as The Young Student

Room 222

69

TV show

The Mod Squad

43

TV show

Hank

TV show