Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban's biography

Robert Elmer Balaban is 77 years old actor born at Chicago. Bob was born on Thursday 16th of August 1945. According to year of birth 1945 Bob belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 16th of August means Bob is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.

He is native english speaker. He is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. Bob is jewish. Bob´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as film director, film producer, film actor, television actor, screenwriter. Bob is recently known as stage actor.

Bob Balaban's dad

Bob Balaban's father's name is Elmer Balaban.

Bob Balaban's schools

We found 3 schools Bob attended. Complete list of schools: Colgate University, Latin School of Chicago, HB Studio.

Detailed informations about his schools

Bob studied university - Colgate University, New York University.

Bob Balaban's career

His main focus is to be actor. Bob is famous thanks to Entourage.

Is Bob Balaban gay ?

He is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Bob Balaban's Awards

• Was nominated for Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "The Inspector General."
• Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2007 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film Lady in the Water (2006), he failed to receive a nomination however.

Bob Balaban's Nominations

• Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2007 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film Lady in the Water (2006), he failed to receive a nomination however.

What else you don't know about Bob Balaban ?

Bob´s middle name is Elmer.

What Bob Balaban has done for a first time

• His first cousin, Judith Balaban Quine, is author of "The Bridemaids", a book about her friend, Grace Kelly.

Bob Balaban's quotes

• God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting, too.
• Yes, I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.
• When I felt unsure of my abilities and terrified of the whole enterprise, I said to myself, 'You're an actor, right? So act like a director.'
• There is an aphorism, well regarded by Freudian analysts and talent agents alike, that all people are half-actors. We can only expand that wisdom a bit and posit the following: all actors are half-directors.
• [describing his Chicago youth] I was one of those kids who'd put on neighborhood puppet shows. I was a puppet fanatic. I was always putting on plays and enlisting my friends to help.
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Bob Balaban's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Bob Balaban looks. We will focus on Bob´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. Bob is tall as 5' 5" (165 cm). Body build is average. His eyes are tinted brown - dark. His hair is shade of bald.