1945 - Today
Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, comedian, director and producer. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in which he also appeared. Balaban is most known for his appearances in the Christopher Guest comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006) and in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018) and The French Dispatch (2021). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Balaban has received more than 2,923,023 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Bob Balaban is the 2,623rd most popular actor (up from 2,659th in 2019), the 4,223rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,341st in 2019) and the 1,252nd most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Bob Balaban ranks 2,623 out of 9,996. Before him are Leonid Bykov, Casper Van Dien, Ona Munson, Carol Lynley, Joanne Dru, and Nathan Fillion. After him are Terrence Howard, Margaret Sullavan, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Inna Churikova, Faye Wong, and Özcan Deniz.
1928 - 1979
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2,617
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2,618
1903 - 1955
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 2,619
1942 - 2019
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 2,620
1922 - 1996
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 2,621
1971 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 2,622
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 2,623
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 2,624
1909 - 1960
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 2,625
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 2,626
1943 - 2023
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 2,627
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 2,628
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 2,629
Among people born in 1945, Bob Balaban ranks 241. Before him are Michael Nouri, Bob Klose, John Perkins, Larry Tesler, Doug Clifford, and Al Stewart. After him are Brian Connolly, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Leif G. W. Persson, Faina Melnik, Carrie Snodgress, and Polad Bülbüloğlu.
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 235
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 236
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 237
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 238
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 239
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 240
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 241
1945 - 1997
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 242
1945 - 2007
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 243
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 244
1945 - 2016
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 245
1945 - 2004
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 246
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 247
Among people born in United States, Bob Balaban ranks 4,223 out of 18,182. Before him are Bruce Sterling (1954), Floyd Westerman (1936), Joanne Dru (1922), William Hoyt (1875), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), and Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892). After him are Terrence Howard (1969), Margaret Sullavan (1909), Fernando J. Corbató (1926), Charles Dvorak (1878), Edward S. Curtis (1868), and Robert Lansing (1864).
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,217
1936 - 2007
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,218
1922 - 1996
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,219
1875 - 1954
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,220
1972 - 1972
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,221
1892 - 1950
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,222
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,223
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,224
1909 - 1960
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,225
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,226
1878 - 1969
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4,227
1868 - 1952
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 4,228
1864 - 1928
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 4,229
Among actors born in United States, Bob Balaban ranks 1,252. Before him are Harry Carey Jr. (1921), Matt Bomer (1977), Casper Van Dien (1968), Ona Munson (1903), Carol Lynley (1942), and Joanne Dru (1922). After him are Terrence Howard (1969), Margaret Sullavan (1909), Valerie Perrine (1943), Charles Coburn (1877), Chester Conklin (1886), and Jonah Hill (1983).
1921 - 2012
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 1,246
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 1,247
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 1,248
1903 - 1955
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 1,249
1942 - 2019
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 1,250
1922 - 1996
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 1,251
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 1,252
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 1,253
1909 - 1960
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 1,254
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1,255
1877 - 1961
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1,256
1886 - 1971
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1,257
1983 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1,258