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Bob Balaban

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58 %
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Movies Counted: 31
Fresh: 18  Rotten:13
Average Rating: 6.3/10
How does the celebrity Tomatometer work?
RT's celebrity Tomatometer measures the percentage of all the rated movies in a celebrity's filmography that are "fresh." [-]
Range of Movie T-meters: 11% - 100%
Number of Movies: 48
Box Office Since 2001: $294.9M
Bio: Bob Balaban (born August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor and director. His family was a dominant force in the theatre business. His father Elmer Balaban and his uncles built some of the largest cinemas in Chicago in the 1920's. [More...]
 
 

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My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
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28% 28%

Three to Tango

Actor

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1999

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Oz - The Complete Second Season

Director

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N/A

1998

69% 69%

Deconstructing Harry

Actor

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0

N/A

1997

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Oz - The Complete First Season

Director

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1997

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Subway Stories

Director

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N/A

1997

91% 91%

Waiting for Guffman

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1997

89% 89%

The Last Good Time

Director, Screenwriter

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0

N/A

1994

38% 38%

For Love or Money

Actor

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0

N/A

1993

11% 11%

My Boyfriend's Back

Director

0

0

N/A

1993

100% 100%

Bob Roberts

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1

N/A

1992

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Amazing Stories - Book Five

Director

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1991

30% 30%

Dead Bang

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N/A

1989

45% 45%

Parents

Director

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N/A

1989

60% 60%

End of the Line

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1988

67% 67%

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Actor

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0

N/A

1984

82% 82%

Absence of Malice

Actor

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N/A

1981

80% 80%

Whose Life is It Anyway?

Actor

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N/A

1981

87% 87%

Altered States

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0

N/A

1980

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Girlfriends

Actor

0

0

N/A

1978

95% 95%

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Actor

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0

N/A

1977

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Bank Shot

Actor

0

0

N/A

1974

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The Strawberry Statement

Actor

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0

N/A

1970

90% 90%

Midnight Cowboy

Actor

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1969

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