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Bob Balaban

Star

📊 View Filmography Tier List 🔄 View as Director

📈 Top Grossing Movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind $306,088,635

📉 Lowest Grossing Movie Rage $411,967

🎬 First Film Debut Midnight Cowboy 1969

🌟 Latest Film Release Fantasy Life 2025

Filmography

Released in 2025

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Fantasy Life

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2025

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Released in 2023

80 For Brady

Bob Balaban plays Mark | Released: 2023

🇺🇸 US Box Office $39,290,066

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £315,000

🌐 Global Gross $38,768,363

Asteroid City

Bob Balaban plays Larkings Executive | Released: 2023

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £4,923,619

🌐 Global Gross $32,501,909

Released in 2021

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Bob Balaban plays Uncle Nick | Released: 2021

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £4,171,009

🌐 Global Gross $26,318,679

Released in 2018

Isle of Dogs

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2018

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £6,024,613

🌐 Global Gross $64,337,744

Released in 2016

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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives In the House

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2016

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Mascots

Bob Balaban plays Sol Lumpkin | Released: 2016

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Released in 2014

The Monuments Men

Bob Balaban plays Preston Savitz | Released: 2014

🇺🇸 US Box Office $78,031,620

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £6,132,299

🌐 Global Gross $156,706,638

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Bob Balaban plays M. Martin | Released: 2014

🇺🇸 US Box Office $59,301,324

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £10,577,014

🌐 Global Gross $172,945,750

Fading Gigolo

Bob Balaban plays Sol | Released: 2014

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £374,897

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Released in 2013

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Girl Most Likely

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2013

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £90,810

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Released in 2012

Moonrise Kingdom

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2012

🇺🇸 US Box Office $45,512,466

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,378,748

🌐 Global Gross $68,264,022

Released in 2011

A Monster In Paris

Bob Balaban plays Pate | Released: 2011

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £3,311,574

🌐 Global Gross $17,861,116

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Howl

Bob Balaban plays Judge Clayton Horn | Released: 2011

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £34,097

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Thin Ice

Bob Balaban plays Leonard Dahl | Released: 2011

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Released in 2009

Rage

Bob Balaban plays Mr. White | Released: 2009

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🌐 Global Gross $411,967

Released in 2008

Recount

Bob Balaban plays Ben Ginsberg | Released: 2008

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Released in 2007

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Dedication

Bob Balaban plays Arthur Planck | Released: 2007

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No Reservations

Bob Balaban plays Therapist | Released: 2007

🇺🇸 US Box Office $43,107,979

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £925,558

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License to Wed

Bob Balaban plays Jewelry Store Clerk | Released: 2007

🇺🇸 US Box Office $43,799,818

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £895,745

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Released in 2006

Capote

Bob Balaban plays William Shawn | Released: 2006

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,239,599

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Lady In the Water

Bob Balaban plays Harry Farber | Released: 2006

🇺🇸 US Box Office $42,285,169

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £452,744

🌐 Global Gross $72,785,169

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For Your Consideration

Bob Balaban plays Philip Koontz | Released: 2006

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Trust the Man

Bob Balaban plays Tobey's Therapist | Released: 2006

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £533,024

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Released in 2004

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Marie and Bruce

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2004

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Released in 2003

The Tuxedo

Bob Balaban plays Winton Chalmers | Released: 2003

🇺🇸 US Box Office $50,547,998

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £3,283,769

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A Mighty Wind

Bob Balaban plays Jonathan Steinbloom | Released: 2003

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £62,657

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Released in 2002

Gosford Park

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2002

🇺🇸 US Box Office $41,308,615

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £12,311,330

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Released in 2001

The Majestic

Bob Balaban plays Elvin Clyde | Released: 2001

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The Mexican

Bob Balaban plays Bernie Nayman | Released: 2001

🇺🇸 US Box Office $66,845,033

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £3,562,289

🌐 Global Gross $147,845,033

Ghost World

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2001

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £413,371

🌐 Global Gross $8,764,007

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Plan B

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2001

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Released in 2000

Three to Tango

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 2000

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,794,693

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Best In Show

Bob Balaban plays Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III | Released: 2000

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £306,380

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Released in 1999

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Jakob the Liar

Bob Balaban plays Kowalsky | Released: 1999

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Released in 1998

Deconstructing Harry

Bob Balaban plays Richard | Released: 1998

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £466,249

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Released in 1997

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Clockwatchers

Bob Balaban plays Milton Lasky | Released: 1997

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Released in 1996

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Pie In the Sky

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 1996

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The Late Shift

Bob Balaban plays Warren Littlefield | Released: 1996

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Waiting For Guffman

Bob Balaban plays Lloyd Miller | Released: 1996

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Released in 1994

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Greedy

Bob Balaban plays Ed | Released: 1994

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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curlys Gold

Bob Balaban plays Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn | Released: 1994

🇺🇸 US Box Office $43,622,150

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,740,824

🌐 Global Gross $45,041,410

Released in 1993

The Concierge

Bob Balaban plays Ed Drinkwater | Released: 1993

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £927,921

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Released in 1992

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Bob Roberts

Bob Balaban plays Michael Janes | Released: 1992

🇺🇸 US Box Office —

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £583,786

🌐 Global Gross $5,158,286

Little Man Tate

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 1992

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £949,709

🌐 Global Gross $26,117,799

Released in 1991

Alice

Bob Balaban plays Sid Moscowitz | Released: 1991

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £210,894

🌐 Global Gross $7,592,653

Released in 1990

The Face of Fear

Bob Balaban plays Ira Preduski | Released: 1990

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Released in 1987

End of the Line

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 1987

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Released in 1985

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Bob Balaban plays Dr. R. Chandra | Released: 1985

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £1,322,937

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Released in 1981

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Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Bob Balaban plays Carter Hill | Released: 1981

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Absence of Malice

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 1981

🇺🇸 US Box Office $40,716,963

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Released in 1980

Altered States

Bob Balaban plays Arthur Rosenberg | Released: 1980

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🇬🇧 UK Box Office £787,924

🌐 Global Gross $20,862,176

Released in 1978

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Bob Balaban plays David Laughlin | Released: 1978

🇺🇸 US Box Office $135,189,114

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £12,846,301

🌐 Global Gross $306,088,635

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Girlfriends

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 1978

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Released in 1975

Report to the Commissioner

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 1975

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Released in 1969

Midnight Cowboy

Bob Balaban plays The Young Student - New York | Released: 1969

🇺🇸 US Box Office $44,785,053

🇬🇧 UK Box Office £315,503

🌐 Global Gross $45,088,405

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Me Natalie

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: 1969

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