Robert Elmer Balaban is an American actor, author, producer, and director. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in which he also appeared. Balaban's other film roles include the drama Midnight Cowboy (1969); the science fiction films Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Altered States (1980), and 2010 (1984); the Christopher Guest comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006); the dark fantasy film Lady in the Water (2006); and the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Isle of Dogs (2018).
Bob Balaban
Active - 1969 - Present |
Birth - Aug 16, 1945 |
Genres - Drama, Comedy, Comedy Drama, Romance, Action-Adventure
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Subgenres - Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, LGBT-Related Film, Biographical Film, Black Comedy Film
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Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, LGBT-Related Film, Biographical Film, Black Comedy Film, Mockumentary, Satire, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Teen Film, Tragicomedy, Buddy Film, Comedy Horror, Courtroom, Political Drama, Trial Film, Animated Film, Arthouse Science Fiction Film, Boxing Film, Christmas Film, Docudrama, Female Buddy Film, Heist Film, Historical Film, Horror Fiction, Legal Drama, Monster Film, Neo-Noir, Parody Film, Propaganda Film, Sport Film, Treasure Hunt Film, Western Film, Zombie Comedy