ACTOR

Bob Balaban

1945 - Today

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Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. Aside from his acting career, Balaban has directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films, and was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in which he also appeared. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Balaban has received more than 3,144,920 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Bob Balaban is the 2,505th most popular actor (up from 2,619th in 2019), the 3,946th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,211th in 2019) and the 1,143rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bob Balaban ranks 2,505 out of 13,578. Before him are Lando Buzzanca, Lauren Holly, Marilù Tolo, Dabney Coleman, Serena Grandi, and Horst Frank. After him are Jacki Weaver, Carola Neher, David Boreanaz, Tom Ewell, Mark Rylance, and Ha Ji-won.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bob Balaban ranks 252. Before him are Mimsy Farmer, Herman van Veen, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Neophyte of Bulgaria, Tommy Franks, and Werner Schroeter. After him are Zoltán Varga, Michel Vautrot, José Luis Perales, András Arató, Andrew Birkin, and Tammi Terrell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Balaban ranks 3,946 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944), Robert Bilott (1965), Henrietta Szold (1860), Ada Blackjack (1898), Arnold Palmer (1929), and Mike Mentzer (1951). After him are Billy Sheehan (1953), Brad Bird (1957), David Boreanaz (1969), Jay Cutler (1973), Hal Ashby (1929), and Tom Ewell (1909).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bob Balaban ranks 1,143. Before him are Erik Estrada (1949), Rosalind Russell (1907), Georgia Hale (1900), Blake Clark (1946), Lauren Holly (1963), and Dabney Coleman (1932). After him are David Boreanaz (1969), Tom Ewell (1909), Jean Peters (1926), Mack Swain (1876), Frank Marshall (1946), and Larry Hankin (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

Isle of Dogs
King (voice)
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Mar 23rd 20187.853 / 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
David Laughlin
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Dec 14th 19777.358 / 10
Moonrise Kingdom
The Narrator
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
May 16th 20127.69 / 10