Job Actor, author, producer, director
Years active 1965-present
Top Roles Morris, The Young Student, Santimassino, Jonathan Steinbloom, Elvin Clyde
Top GenresDrama, Comedy, Film Adaptation, Romance
Top TopicsRomance (Comic), Coming of Age, Period Piece
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Bob Balaban Overview:

Actor, Bob Balaban, was born Robert Elmer Balaban on Aug 16, 1945 in Chicago, IL. As of December 2023, Bob Balaban was 78 years old.

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Although Balaban was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
2001Best PictureGosford Park (2001)N/ANominated
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Bob Balaban Facts
His first cousin, Judith Balaban Quine, is author of "The Bridemaids", a book about her friend, Grace Kelly.
Uncle Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964, was one of the movie magnates who attended the Waldorf Conference in 1946, in which the blacklist against communists was implemented. A deeply religious man, when asked by his daughter about his complicity with the blacklist, Balaban told her, "I don't think it's okay. There's something about it that's okay, but there's something about it that's terrible, and I don't quite understand it all yet".
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, sons of immigrant Jewish grocery-store owners in Chicago, built city's first "supercolossal" theaters, the 700-seat Circle and the 2,000-seat Central Park. Bob's Uncle Barney Balaban became chairman of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood and wanted to pass the torch to Elmer, but he declined. Elmer has been credited with devising an early version of pay-TV, based on a set-top box that would show first-run movies at home by accepting quarters.
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