Bob Balaban

Published: May 7, 2021, 3:54 p.m.

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Bob Balaban\\u2019s resum\\xe9 is filled with milestones: he shares an unforgettable scene with Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy, plays Francois Truffaut\\u2019s interpreter in Steven Spielberg\\u2019s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and is part of the Christopher Guest ensemble (Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show) and the Wes Anderson repertory group (Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel). He writes, directs, and shares an Oscar nomination as a producer of Robert Altman\\u2019s Gosford Park. That doesn\\u2019t even scratch the surface of a fascinating life and career, which Jessie and Leonard were happy to explore.

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