# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-balaban
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:12:57.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-balaban"
name: "Bob Balaban"
slug: "bob-balaban"
description: "Robert Elmer Balaban is an American actor and filmmaker. 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. He is also an author of children's novels."
tagline: "American actor, director and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Balaban_2012_Shankbone.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump