Bob Balaban
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Birth Name: Robert Elmer Balaban
Age: 78, born 16 August 1945
Country of origin: United States
Height: 5' 5"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Lynn Grossman
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Directed by Steven Spielberg
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Directed by Robert Altman
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Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Robert Elmer Balaban. He is an actor and director, known for Encuentros en la tercera fase (1977), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and Ghost World (2001). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.
Cousin of director Burt Balaban and Judy Balaban. Nephew of Barney Balaban.
Played the head of NBC in both Seinfeld (1989) and Los reyes de la noche (1996).
Son of Elmer Balaban (1909-2001), who was last surviving of seven Balaban brothers who dominated the theater business in Chicago and much of the Midwest. The Balaban boys,
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1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Rating: | 1832 Watched |
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2. Ghost World (2001)
Rating: | 1460 Watched |
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3. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Rating: | 1564 Watched |
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5. The Mexican (2001)
Rating: | 1442 Watched |
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1. The Simpsons (1989)
Rating: | 5813 Watched |
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2. Friends (1994)
Rating: | 5378 Watched |
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3. Seinfeld
Rating: | 2385 Watched |
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4. Entourage (2004)
Rating: | 775 Watched |
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5. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Rating: | 671 Watched |
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1. Oz (1997)
Rating: | 676 Watched |
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2. Nurse Jackie (2009)
Rating: | 185 Watched |
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3. Eerie, Indiana (1991)
Rating: | 159 Watched |
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4. Strangers with Candy (1999)
Rating: | 95 Watched |
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5. The Twilight Zone (2002)
Rating: | 73 Watched |
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1. Parents (1989)
Rating: | 102 Watched |
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2. My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Rating: | 47 Watched |
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5. The Last Good Time (1994)
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