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  Bob BalabanAKA:
Robert Balaban
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Robert Elmer Balaban
Rob Balaban
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08/16/1945 Birthplace:
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biography
Born into a family of showmen (studio executives and movie theater owners), Bob Balaban pursued instead his passion for creativity, first as an actor on stage (including a 1979 Tony-nominated turn in "The Inspector General") and screen and later as a director of quirky genre TV and features. The diminutive supporting player began working with Chicago's celebrated Second City comedy troupe while still in high school, originated the role of Linus in "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" (1967) off-Broadway, and made a memorable film debut as a nervous student who has a bathroom encounter with Jon
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milestones
Year
Milestone
Began working with the Second City troupe in Chicago while still in high school
1967
Off-Broadway debut, as Linus in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
1969
Broadway debut (while a student at NYU) as bellhop in Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite"
1969
Film acting debut in "Midnight Cowboy"
1970
Portrayed Captain Orr in "Catch 22"
1971
Played the title role in New York Shakespeare Festival presentation of "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel"
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