Bob Balaban

Full filmography

• Fantasy Life (2026) as Lenny
• Bad Actors (2024)
• Brooklyn, Minnesota (2024) Producer
• Asteroid City (2023) as Larkings Executive
• 80 for Brady (2023) as Mark
• Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023) as Self
• Severance (2022) as Mark Wilkins
• How Dare You Want More: The Short Film (2022)
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) as Uncle Nick
• The Chair (2021) as Elliot Rentz
• How Moving (2021) as Uncle Aaron
• Space Force (2020) as Ron (voice)
• The Politician (2019) as Keaton Hobart
• Carl Laemmle (2019) as Himself
• Summer Camp Island (2018) as Gerald (voice)
• Condor (2018) as Reuel Abbott
• Isle of Dogs (2018) as King (voice)
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018) as Self
• Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) Executive Producer
• An L.A. Minute (2018) as Shelley
• Spielberg (2017) as Self
• Wormwood (2017) as Dr. Harold A. Abramson
• Graves (2016) as Secretary Burns
• Graves (2016) Director
• I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) as Mr. Waxcap
• Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016) as Self
• Mascots (2016) as Sol Lumpkin
• Starring Austin Pendleton (2016) as Self
• Eva Hesse (2016) as Wilhelm Hesse (voice)
• Show Me a Hero (2015) as Leonard B. Sand
• Everything Is Copy (2015) as Self
• Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) as Narrator (voice)
• Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2015) as Self / The Narrator
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) as Self
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as M. Martin
• Broad City (2014) as Arthur Wexler
• The Monuments Men (2014) as Pvt. Preston Savitz
• We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014) Director
• Alpha House (2013) as Senator Elliot Robeson
• Alpha House (2013) Director
• Fading Gigolo (2013) as Sol
• Family Tree (2013) as Melvin Schmelff / Tumbleweed Tim
• Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) as Lawyer (uncredited)
• Girls (2012) as Therapist
• Moonrise Kingdom (2012) as The Narrator
• Thin Ice (2012) as Leonard Dahl
• Girl Most Likely (2012) as Maxwell
• Do You Like to Read? (2012) as The Narrator
• China, IL (2011) as (voice)
• Web Therapy (2011) as Ted Mitchell
• The Five Stages of Grief (2011) as Voice of Daniel's father
• Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010) as Self
• F--k (2010) as Bob
• Howl (2010) as Judge Clayton Horn
• The Good Wife (2009) as Gordon Higgs
• Nurse Jackie (2009) Director
• Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) Director
• The Windmill Movie (2009) as Self
• Rage (2009) as Mr. White
• Web Therapy (2008) as Ted Mitchell
• Swingtown (2008) Director
• Recount (2008) as Ben Ginsberg
• No Reservations (2007) as Therapist
• License to Wed (2007) as Jewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)
• Dedication (2007) as Arthur Planck
• Prince of the City: The Real Story (2007) as Self / Santimassino
• Lady in the Water (2006) as Harry Farber
• For Your Consideration (2006) as Philip Koontz
• The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006) Producer
• The Exonerated (2006) Director
• The Exonerated (2006) Executive Producer
• Bernard and Doris (2006) Director
• Bernard and Doris (2006) Executive Producer
• Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film (2006) as Self
• American Dad! (2005) as Glen Hanover (voice)
• Capote (2005) as William Shawn
• Hopeless Pictures (2005)
• Trust the Man (2005) as Tobey's Therapist
• Entourage (2004) as Doctor
• Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004) as Walt Pickle (voice)
• Scene Stealers (2004) as Jonathan Crouch Esq.
• Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo (2004) as Self
• Marie and Bruce (2004) as Roger
• A Mighty Wind (2003) as Jonathan Steinbloom
• The Twilight Zone (2002) Director
• The Tuxedo (2002) as Winton Chalmers (uncredited)
• The Making of Gosford Park (2002) as Self
• Plan B (2002) as James Foster
• Gosford Park (2001) as Morris Weissman
• Gosford Park (2001) Producer
• Gosford Park (2001) Idea
• The Mexican (2001) as Bernie Nayman
• The Majestic (2001) as Elvin Glyde
• Ghost World (2001) as Enid's Dad
• The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001) as Self
• Best in Show (2000) as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III
• Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger (2000) as Tex
• The West Wing (1999) as Ted Marcus
• Strangers with Candy (1999) Director
• Now and Again (1999)
• Now and Again (1999) Director
• Cradle Will Rock (1999) as Harry Hopkins
• Jakob the Liar (1999) as Kowalsky
• Three to Tango (1999) as Decker
• The Monster Hunter (1999) as Dr. William Powell
• Swing Vote (1999) as Justice Eli MacCorckle
• The Wedding Toast (1999) Director
• The Wedding Toast (1999) Producer
• Giving Up the Ghost (1998) as Bob
• Oz (1997) Director
• Deconstructing Harry (1997) as Richard
• Conversation with the Beast (1997) as Mr. Webster
• Waiting for Guffman (1997) as Lloyd Miller
• Subway Stories (1997) Director
• Clockwatchers (1997) as Milton Lasky
• The Definite Maybe (1997) as Wolfe Rollins
• The Late Shift (1996) as Warren Littlefield
• Pie in the Sky (1996) as Paul Entamen
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995) as Bob (voice)
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995) Additional Writing
• Legend (1995)
• Legend (1995) Director
• George Romero's Golden Tales 2 (1995)
• George Romero's Golden Tales 2 (1995) Writer
• George Romero's Golden Tales 3 (1995) Director
• Friends (1994) as Frank Sr.
• Greedy (1994) as Ed
• The Last Good Time (1994) Director
• The Last Good Time (1994) Screenplay
• The Last Good Time (1994) Producer
• City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994) as Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)
• For Love or Money (1993) as Ed Drinkwater
• Amos & Andrew (1993) as Dr. R. A. (Roy) Fink
• My Boyfriend's Back (1993) Director
• Stephen King's Golden Tales (1993) Writer
• Bob Roberts (1992) as Cutting Edge Producer
• Unnatural Pursuits (1992) as Lou Finkleberg
• Eerie, Indiana (1991) Director
• Little Man Tate (1991) as Quizmaster
• Alice (1990) as Sid Moscowitz
• Tales from the Darkside (1990) Director
• The Face of Fear (1990) as Ira Preduski
• The Simpsons (1989) as Narrator (voice)
• Seinfeld (1989) as Russell Dalrymple
• Dead Bang (1989) as Elliott Webley
• Parents (1989) Director
• Monsters (1988) Writer
• Funny (1988) as Self
• End of the Line (1987) as Warren Gerber
• Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987) Director
• Amazing Stories (1985) as Jo-Jo Gillespie
• Amazing Stories (1985) Director
• Miami Vice (1984) as Ira Stone
• Tales from the Darkside (1984) Writer
• 2010 (1984) as Dr. R. Chandra
• 2010 : The Odyssey Continues (1984) as Himself
• Nothing Lasts Forever (1984) as Guy with Sunglasses in Espresso Bar
• The Brass Ring (1983) Director
• Trick or Treat (1983) Director
• Absence of Malice (1981) as Elliott Rosen
• Prince of the City (1981) as Santimassino
• Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) as Carter Hill
• Fridays (1980) as Self
• 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
• The Bank Shot (1974) as Victor Karp
• Maude (1972) as Ambrose Riley
• Maude (1972) Director
• Marriage: Year One (1971) as Bernie
• Making It (1971) as Wilkie
• Catch-22 (1970) as Capt. Orr
• The Strawberry Statement (1970) as Elliot
• Love, American Style (1969) as Nick
• Room 222 (1969)
• Midnight Cowboy (1969) as The Young Student
• Me, Natalie (1969) as Morris
• The Mod Squad (1968)
• Hank (1965)
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self