Bob Balaban

Filmography

• 2018

  Can You Ever Forgive Me?

  Executive Producer

• 2018

  Isle of Dogs

  King

• 2015

  Hitchcock Truffaut

  narrator

• 2014

  The Monuments Men

  Preston Savitz

• 2014

  The Grand Budapest Hotel

  M. Martin

• 2013

  Romeo & Juliet

  With thanks to

• 2013

  Cowboys

  Melvin Schmelff / Tumbleweed Tim

• 2013

  Girl Most Likely

  Maxwell

• 2012

  Moonrise Kingdom

  the narrator

• 2011

  Un Monstre à Paris

  voice of Paté

• 2010

  Howl

  Judge Clayton Horn

• 2009

  Rage

  Bradley White

• 2008

  Bernard & Doris

  Director
  Executive Produced by

• 2008

  The Windmill Movie

  on-screen participant

• 2008

  Recount

  Ben Ginsberg

• 2007

  Dedication

  Arthur Planck

• 2007

  No Reservations

  therapist

• 2006

  For Your Consideration

  Philip Koontz

• 2006

  Lady in the Water

  Harry Farber

• 2005

  The Exonerated

  Director
  Executive Producer

• 2005

  Capote

  William Shawn

• 2003

  A Mighty Wind

  Jonathan Steinbloom

• 2003

  Marie and Bruce

  Roger

• 2002

  Gosford Park

  Producer
  Based upon an idea by
  Morris Weissman

• 2002

  The Tuxedo

  [CSA director]

• 2001

  The Majestic

  Majority Counsel Elvin Clyde

• 2001

  The Mexican

  Bernie Nayman

• 2001

  Ghost World

  Enid's dad

• 2000

  Best in Show

  Dr Theodore W. Millbank III

• 1999

  Jakob the Liar

  Kowalsky

• 1999

  Three to Tango

  Decker

• 1999

  Swing Vote

  Justice Eli MacCorckle

• 1999

  Cradle Will Rock

  Harry Hopkins

• 1998

  Great Men

  Director

• 1998

  Giving up the Ghost

  Bob

• 1997

  DIRECTORS ON DIRECTORS

  Director (BOB BALABAN MEETS ROBERT ALTMA

• 1997

  Subway Stories Tales from the Underground

  Director (THE 5:24)

• 1997

  Deconstructing Harry

  Richard

• 1997

  The Clockwatchers

  Milton Lasky

• 1996

  CONVERSATION WITH THE BEAST

  Arnold Webster

• 1996

  The Late Shift

  Warren Littlefield

• 1996

  Waiting for Guffman

  Lloyd Miller

• 1995

  Pie in the Sky

  cast member

• 1994

  The Last Good Time

  Director
  Screenplay

• 1994

  Greedy

  cast member

• 1993

  My Boyfriend's Back

  Director

• 1992

  Unnatural Pursuits Part 1 I'm the Author

  Lou Finkleberg

• 1992

  Walking the Dog

  cast member

• 1992

  For Love or Money

  Mr Drinkwater

• 1992

  With Two Lumps of Ice

  cast member

• 1992

  Unnatural Pursuits Part 2 I Don't Do Cuddles

  cast member

• 1992

  Bob Roberts

  Michael James, 'Cutting Edge' producer

• 1991

  Little Man Tate

  [quizmaster]

• 1990

  The Face of Fear

  cast member

• 1990

  Alice

  Sid Moscowitz

• 1989

  Dead Bang

  Elliot Webly

• 1988

  Parents

  Director

• 1988

  End of the Line

  Warren Gerber

• 1987

  Penn and Teller's Invisible Thread

  Director

• 1987

  Gershwin's Trunk

  cast member

• 1985

  Fine Tuning

  Director

• 1984

  2010

  Dr R. Chandra

• 1983

  Trick or Treat

  Director

• 1983

  In Our Hands

  on-screen participant

• 1982

  Spfx 1140

  Director

• 1981

  Absence of Malice

  Elliott Rosen

• 1981

  Whose Life Is It Anyway?

  Carter Hill

• 1981

  Prince of the City

  Santimassino

• 1980

  Altered States

  Arthur Rosenberg

• 1978

  Girl Friends

  Martin

• 1977

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  David Laughlin

• 1974

  The Bank Shot

  Victor Karp

• 1974

  Report to the Commissioner

  Joey Egan

• 1971

  Making It

  Wilkie

• 1970

  The Strawberry Statement

  Elliot

• 1970

  Catch-22

  Captain Orr

• 1969

  Me, Natalie

  Morris

• 1969

  Midnight Cowboy

  young student