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Bob Balaban

ActorBorn 1945On stage 1967 to 20146 productions on this page

Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor and filmmaker. Aside from his acting career, Balaban has directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films, and was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in which he also appeared. He is also an author of children's novels. Balaban has appeared in the Christopher Guest comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006) and in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023…

On stage

6 productions, 47 years

1967

You're a Good Man, Charlie BrownOff-Broadway Theatre 80 St. Marks. Original. Directed by Joseph Hardy

1,597 performances

1977

Some of My Best FriendsBroadway Longacre Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince

7 performances

1978

The Inspector GeneralBroadway Circle In The Square Theatre. Revival. Directed by Liviu Ciulei

69 performances

1988

Speed-the-PlowBroadway Royale Theatre. Original. Directed by Gregory Mosher

279 performances

2011

8Broadway Eugene Oneill Theatre. Original. Directed by Joe Mantello

1 performance

2014

A Delicate BalanceBroadway John Golden Theatre. Revival. Directed by Pam MacKinnon

108 performances

Worked with more than once

1 names

John Lithgow 2 productions

Also credited on

2 works

The Producers
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

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