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Bob Balaban: movies and TV shows

Bob Balaban has 181 credits in the archive: 125 films and 56 TV series, from 1961 to 2026. Highest rated: Severance (8.4/10).

Career timeline

1961 – 2026 · busiest year: 1999 (11 credits)

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Full filmography

YearTitleRoleTypeRatingAge then
2026Fantasy LifeLennyFilm6.280
2024Bad ActorsFilm—78
2024Brooklyn, MinnesotaFilm8.078
2023Asteroid CityLarkings ExecutiveFilm6.577
202380 for BradyMarkFilm6.277
2023Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight CowboySelfFilm5.077
2022SeveranceMark WilkinsTV8.476
2022How Dare You Want More: The Short FilmFilm—76
2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunUncle NickFilm7.075
2021The ChairElliot RentzTV6.575
2021How MovingUncle AaronFilm—75
2020Space ForceRon (voice)TV6.574
2019The PoliticianKeaton HobartTV7.073
2019Carl LaemmleHimselfFilm4.073
2018Summer Camp IslandGerald (voice)TV7.872
2018CondorReuel AbbottTV7.172
2018Isle of DogsKing (voice)Film7.872
2018James Cameron's Story of Science FictionSelfTV6.972
2018Can You Ever Forgive Me?Film6.872
2018An L.A. MinuteShelleyFilm2.072
2017SpielbergSelfFilm7.571
2017WormwoodDr. Harold A. AbramsonTV6.171
2016GravesSecretary BurnsTV5.070
2016GravesTV5.070
2016I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the HouseMr. WaxcapFilm4.670
2016Mike Nichols: An American MasterSelfFilm6.370
2016MascotsSol LumpkinFilm5.470
2016Starring Austin PendletonSelfFilm6.770
2016Eva HesseWilhelm Hesse (voice)Film6.570
2015Show Me a HeroLeonard B. SandTV7.069
2015Everything Is CopySelfFilm7.469
2015Hitchcock/TruffautNarrator (voice)Film7.269
2015Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'Self / The NarratorFilm6.169
2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverSelfTV7.868
2014The Grand Budapest HotelM. MartinFilm8.068
2014Broad CityArthur WexlerTV7.168
2014The Monuments MenPvt. Preston SavitzFilm6.168
2014We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to MissFilm7.068
2013Alpha HouseSenator Elliot RobesonTV7.267
2013Alpha HouseTV7.267
2013Fading GigoloSolFilm5.867
2013Family TreeMelvin Schmelff / Tumbleweed TimTV6.467
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightLawyer (uncredited)Film6.467
2012GirlsTherapistTV6.466
2012Moonrise KingdomThe NarratorFilm7.766
2012Thin IceLeonard DahlFilm6.566
2012Girl Most LikelyMaxwellFilm5.666
2012Do You Like to Read?The NarratorFilm6.466
2011China, IL(voice)TV6.865
2011Web TherapyTed MitchellTV6.665
2011The Five Stages of GriefVoice of Daniel's fatherFilm7.065
2010Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelfTV5.464
2010F--kBobFilm5.864
2010HowlJudge Clayton HornFilm6.464
2009The Good WifeGordon HiggsTV7.663
2009Nurse JackieTV7.163
2009Georgia O'KeeffeFilm4.963
2009The Windmill MovieSelfFilm7.063
2009RageMr. WhiteFilm3.563
2008Web TherapyTed MitchellTV7.562
2008SwingtownTV5.562
2008RecountBen GinsbergFilm6.862
2007No ReservationsTherapistFilm6.761
2007License to WedJewelry Store Clerk (uncredited)Film5.761
2007DedicationArthur PlanckFilm6.461
2007Prince of the City: The Real StorySelf / SantimassinoFilm—61
2006Lady in the WaterHarry FarberFilm5.660
2006For Your ConsiderationPhilip KoontzFilm5.860
2006The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie WoodmanTV5.860
2006The ExoneratedFilm7.660
2006The ExoneratedFilm7.660
2006Bernard and DorisFilm6.160
2006Bernard and DorisFilm6.160
2006Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking FilmSelfFilm—60
2005American Dad!Glen Hanover (voice)TV7.059
2005CapoteWilliam ShawnFilm7.059
2005Hopeless PicturesTV6.859
2005Trust the ManTobey's TherapistFilm5.259
2004EntourageDoctorTV7.458
2004Tom Goes to the MayorWalt Pickle (voice)TV6.958
2004Scene StealersJonathan Crouch Esq.Film7.058
2004Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to CosmoSelfFilm7.058
2004Marie and BruceRogerFilm4.458
2003A Mighty WindJonathan SteinbloomFilm6.857
2002The Twilight ZoneTV7.256
2002The TuxedoWinton Chalmers (uncredited)Film5.756
2002The Making of Gosford ParkSelfFilm5.356
2002Plan BJames FosterFilm4.556
2001Gosford ParkMorris WeissmanFilm6.855
2001Gosford ParkFilm6.855
2001Gosford ParkFilm6.855
2001The MexicanBernie NaymanFilm6.055
2001The MajesticElvin GlydeFilm6.855
2001Ghost WorldEnid's DadFilm7.155
2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'SelfFilm7.155
2000Best in ShowDr. Theodore W. Millbank, IIIFilm6.954
2000Tex, the Passive/Aggressive GunslingerTexFilm8.054
1999The West WingTed MarcusTV8.353
1999Strangers with CandyTV7.653
1999Now and AgainTV6.853
1999Now and AgainTV6.853
1999Cradle Will RockHarry HopkinsFilm6.553
1999Jakob the LiarKowalskyFilm6.753
1999Three to TangoDeckerFilm5.753
1999The Monster HunterDr. William PowellFilm5.053
1999Swing VoteJustice Eli MacCorckleFilm5.853
1999The Wedding ToastFilm—53
1999The Wedding ToastFilm—53
1998Giving Up the GhostBobFilm6.352
1997OzTV8.051
1997Deconstructing HarryRichardFilm7.351
1997Conversation with the BeastMr. WebsterFilm10.051
1997Waiting for GuffmanLloyd MillerFilm7.051
1997Subway StoriesFilm5.651
1997ClockwatchersMilton LaskyFilm6.251
1997The Definite MaybeWolfe RollinsFilm4.551
1996The Late ShiftWarren LittlefieldFilm6.450
1996Pie in the SkyPaul EntamenFilm6.650
1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistBob (voice)TV7.949
1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistTV7.949
1995LegendTV6.449
1995LegendTV6.449
1995George Romero's Golden Tales 2Film—49
1995George Romero's Golden Tales 2Film—49
1995George Romero's Golden Tales 3Film3.049
1994FriendsFrank Sr.TV8.448
1994GreedyEdFilm6.248
1994The Last Good TimeFilm5.548
1994The Last Good TimeFilm5.548
1994The Last Good TimeFilm5.548
1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's GoldDr. Jeffrey Sanborn (uncredited)Film5.348
1993For Love or MoneyEd DrinkwaterFilm6.247
1993Amos & AndrewDr. R. A. (Roy) FinkFilm5.547
1993My Boyfriend's BackFilm5.747
1993Stephen King's Golden TalesFilm4.047
1992Bob RobertsCutting Edge ProducerFilm6.546
1992Unnatural PursuitsLou FinklebergFilm—46
1991Eerie, IndianaTV7.645
1991Little Man TateQuizmasterFilm6.645
1990AliceSid MoscowitzFilm6.444
1990Tales from the DarksideFilm5.944
1990The Face of FearIra PreduskiFilm6.944
1989The SimpsonsNarrator (voice)TV8.043
1989SeinfeldRussell DalrympleTV8.343
1989Dead BangElliott WebleyFilm6.443
1989ParentsFilm5.943
1988MonstersTV7.142
1988FunnySelfFilm8.042
1987End of the LineWarren GerberFilm5.341
1987Penn & Teller's Invisible ThreadFilm6.541
1985Amazing StoriesJo-Jo GillespieTV7.539
1985Amazing StoriesTV7.539
1984Miami ViceIra StoneTV7.438
1984Tales from the DarksideTV7.238
19842010Dr. R. ChandraFilm6.738
19842010 : The Odyssey ContinuesHimselfFilm10.038
1984Nothing Lasts ForeverGuy with Sunglasses in Espresso BarFilm6.338
1983The Brass RingFilm7.037
1983Trick or TreatFilm—37
1981Absence of MaliceElliott RosenFilm6.635
1981Prince of the CitySantimassinoFilm7.035
1981Whose Life Is It Anyway?Carter HillFilm7.035
1980FridaysSelfTV6.034
1980Altered StatesArthur RosenbergFilm6.734
1978GirlfriendsMartinFilm6.732
1977Close Encounters of the Third KindDavid LaughlinFilm7.431
1975Report to the CommissionerJoey EganFilm6.629
1974The Bank ShotVictor KarpFilm5.428
1972MaudeAmbrose RileyTV6.926
1972MaudeTV6.926
1971Marriage: Year OneBernieFilm6.025
1971Making ItWilkieFilm4.225
1970Catch-22Capt. OrrFilm6.724
1970The Strawberry StatementElliotFilm5.924
1969Love, American StyleNickTV6.223
1969Room 222TV6.123
1969Midnight CowboyThe Young StudentFilm7.523
1969Me, NatalieMorrisFilm5.623
1968The Mod SquadTV6.122
1965HankTV4.719
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfTV5.815

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