Bob Balaban
☼ Born on 16 December 1945, in Chicago, Illinois, USA
BiographyBob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), A Mighty Wind (2003) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.


In the role of actor

Isle of Dogs (25/03/2018)

Wes Anderson returns with the stop motion Japanese adventure Isle of Dogs. 20 years in the future, all the dogs of Japan are afflicted by a virus and Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura) of Megasaki City decrees that all dogs be deported to nearby trash island. One day, the five alpha dogs of Chief (Bryan Cranston), Rex […]

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (16/09/2016)

A young hospice nurse encounters ghostly activity at the house of an elderly author in I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. It is said that a house with a death in it can no longer be bought by the living, only borrowed from the ghosts that live there. 28 year old […]

Moonrise Kingdom (06/06/2012)

For better or worse, Moonrise Kingdom is probably the best film Wes Anderson has made.  He’s turned himself into quite an auteur over the years creating films that have a very distinct visual style. Moonrise Kingdom looks and feels like it was made in the 1960s setting of the film.  The film is a coming of age […]