Bob Balaban

Join Mr. Media for a live interview with Bob Balaban, director of the upcoming film "Bernard and Doris" on Friday, Jan. 18 at 9 a.m. The film, starring Susan Sarandon as tobacco heiress Doris Duke and Ralph Fiennes as her Irish butler Bernard Lafferty, debuts on Feb. 9 on HBO.Balaban produced and co-starred in the Oscar-winning film Gosford Park. As an actor, he has appeared in more than 50 movies, including Midnight Cowboy, Catch-22, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Altered States, 2010...Read Full Story

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Bob Balaban Bio Sketch:   Name Bob Balaban Date Of Birth 16-Aug-45 Place Of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA Height 5′ 5" Weight Be the first to add this Nationality American Celebrity Status actor, author and director Update this Bio Share and Enjoy:Read Full Story

(Mr. Media is on vacation this week, so we're rewinding to some of the podcast's earlier, most popular interviews to catch up new listeners!)No matter what role he’s in, Bob Balaban always makes an impression, from Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind to playing the President of NBC on “Seinfeld.” And the same is now true of his work as a director, in Bernard and Doris, starring Susan Sarandon and Ralph Fiennes, now showing on HBO. He's also in another new HBO film, Recount...Read Full Story