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Bob Balaban

1945 - Today

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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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  • 2.9M

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  • 50.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bob Balaban ranks 2,623 out of 9,996Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bob Balaban ranks 241Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Balaban ranks 4,223 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bob Balaban ranks 1,252Before 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).

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