• Bob Balaban is an American stage, film and television actor, as well as a television and motion picture director and producer.

• Fast Facts

  1. Given Name: Robert Elmer Balaban
  2. Birthdate: August 16, 1945
  3. Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
  4. Father: Elmer Balaban
  5. Mother: Eleanor Pottasch
  6. Education: Colgate University
  7. 1. Avignon Film Festival Prix Tournage (1995)
  8. 1. BAFTA Award (2002)
  9. 1. Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002)

• A Famous Family

  Bob Balaban isn't the first Balaban to dabble in the entertainment industry.

  1. His uncle, Barney Balaban, was president of Paramount Pictures for 30 years, and his family helped run the Balaban and Katz chain of movie palaces in the first part of the twentieth century.

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