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Ben Stiller
Highest Rated: 97% Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023)
Lowest Rated: 0% Fresh Horses (1988)
Birthday: Nov 30, 1965
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on Nov. 30, 1965 in New York City. Stiller was effectively born into a life of show business and comedy; both his parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, were successful actors, stand-up comics, and sketch performers known for their double act, Stiller and Meara. Like his older sister Amy Stiller, Ben took to this lifestyle, performing in theatrical productions and landing occasional television gigs as a child and teenager and dropping out of college at the University of California, Los Angeles, to make it as an actor in New York. After costarring in the 1986 Broadway production of "The House of Blue Leaves," Stiller attracted the attention of "Saturday Night Live" (NBC 1975-) producers, earning an extremely brief position as a writer and performer in 1989. In the wake of his stint on the series, Stiller moved on to MTV, where he developed a number of video projects that ultimately led to the development of "The Ben Stiller Show" (Fox 1992-93, 1995) on the Fox Network. The series launched Stiller's career proper (not to mention the careers of performers like Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, and Andy Dick), leading to his feature directorial debut, "Reality Bites" (1994), and Jim Carrey-led follow-up, "The Cable Guy" (1996). Stiller became better known as a comic actor than as a filmmaker, however, thanks to starring parts in popular movies like "There's Something About Mary" (1998), "Meet the Parents" (2000), and "Zoolander" (2001). It was on the latter, which he directed, that Stiller first worked with Christine Taylor, whom he married in 2000. The decade saw Stiller maintain stature as a comic star, what with films like "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" (2004) and "Tropic Thunder" (2007), as well as a series of cameos in films starring the likes of Will Ferrell and Jack Black. Though Stiller maintained this association with comedy, he would go on to try his hand at more dramatic fare, namely Noah Baumbach's "Greenberg" (2010), "While We're Young" (2014) and "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)" (2017). Stiller and wife Taylor separated in 2017. Stiller's first go at dramatic directing came with the miniseries "Escape at Dannemora" (Showtime 2018), which detailed the true story of the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility jailbreak.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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97% |
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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | - | 2023 |
41% |
|
Locked Down | Guy (Character) | - | 2021 |
91% |
|
Dinner in America | Producer | - | 2020 |
19% |
|
Friendsgiving | Producer | - | 2020 |
81% |
|
Alex Strangelove | Producer | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madagascar 4 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
67% |
|
The Polka King | Executive Producer | - | 2017 |
92% |
|
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Matthew (Character) | - | 2017 |
79% |
|
Brad's Status | Brad Sloan (Character) | $2.1M | 2017 |
39% |
|
Why Him? | Producer | $60.2M | 2016 |
22% |
|
Zoolander No. 2 |
Derek Zoolander (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$28.8M | 2016 |
67% |
|
Sweet Micky for President | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
33% |
|
Being Canadian | Self | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
|
Burning Love 2 | Producer | - | 2014 |
84% |
|
While We're Young | Josh Srebnick (Character) | $7.6M | 2014 |
48% |
|
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb |
Larry Daley/ |
$113.6M | 2014 |
52% |
|
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
Walter Mitty (Character), Director, Producer |
$58.2M | 2013 |
16% |
|
The Watch | Evan Troutwig (Character) | $34.4M | 2012 |
78% |
|
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Alex (Voice) | - | 2012 |
67% |
|
Tower Heist | Josh Kovaks (Character) | $78.0M | 2011 |
42% |
|
The Big Year | Executive Producer | $7.2M | 2011 |
45% |
|
30 Minutes or Less | Producer | $37.1M | 2011 |
9% |
|
Little Fockers | Greg Focker (Character) | $148.4M | 2010 |
73% |
|
Megamind |
Bernard (Voice), Executive Producer |
$148.3M | 2010 |
77% |
|
Greenberg | Roger Greenberg (Character) | $4.2M | 2010 |
18% |
|
The Marc Pease Experience | Jon Gribble (Character) | $2.6K | 2009 |
91% |
|
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story | Executive Producer | $54.9K | 2009 |
44% |
|
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Larry Daley (Character) | $177.2M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
|
Merry Madagascar | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
|
Nick Nolte: No Exit | Self | - | 2008 |
64% |
|
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Alex (Voice) | - | 2008 |
82% |
|
Tropic Thunder |
Tugg Speedman (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$110.4M | 2008 |
50% |
|
The Ruins | Executive Producer | $17.4M | 2008 |
29% |
|
The Heartbreak Kid | Eddie (Character) | $36.8M | 2007 |
70% |
|
Blades of Glory | Producer | - | 2007 |
76% |
|
Awesome; I F... Shot That! | Unknown (Character) | $161.4K | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
|
Danny Roane: First Time Director | Self | - | 2006 |
42% |
|
Night at the Museum | Larry Daley (Character) | $113.7M | 2006 |
52% |
|
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny |
Guitar Store Dude (Character), Executive Producer |
$8.3M | 2006 |
27% |
|
School for Scoundrels | Lonnie (Character) | $17.8M | 2006 |
55% |
|
Madagascar | Alex the Lion (Voice) | $193.1M | 2005 |
8% |
|
Envy | Tim Dingman (Character) | $12.2M | 2004 |
54% |
|
Pauly Shore Is Dead | Ben Stiller (uncredited) (Character) | - | 2004 |
39% |
|
Meet the Fockers | Greg Focker (Character) | $279.2M | 2004 |
71% |
|
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |
White Goodman (Character), Producer |
$114.3M | 2004 |
63% |
|
Starsky & Hutch |
Dave Starsky (Character), Executive Producer |
$88.2M | 2004 |
27% |
|
Along Came Polly | Reuben Feffer (Character) | $87.9M | 2004 |
35% |
|
Duplex | Alex (Character) | $9.7M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our House | Alex Rose (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
|
Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire and the Legend of the Lost Tribe | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
81% |
|
The Royal Tenenbaums | Chas Tenenbaum (Character) | $52.4M | 2001 |
65% |
|
Zoolander |
Derek Zoolander (Character), Director, Writer, Producer |
$45.2M | 2001 |
60% |
|
The Independent | Cop (Character) | $238.4K | 2000 |
85% |
|
Meet the Parents | Greg Focker (Character) | $166.2M | 2000 |
69% |
|
Keeping the Faith | Rabbi Jacob "Jake" Schram (Character) | $37.0M | 2000 |
39% |
|
Black and White | Mark Clear (Character) | $5.2M | 1999 |
0% |
|
The Suburbans | Jay Rose (Character) | $5.8K | 1999 |
60% |
|
Mystery Men | Mr. Furious (Character) | $29.8M | 1999 |
59% |
|
Permanent Midnight | Jerry Stahl (Character) | $1.2M | 1998 |
77% |
|
Your Friends & Neighbors | Jerry (Character) | $4.7M | 1998 |
84% |
|
There's Something About Mary | Ted Stroehmann (Character) | $176.5M | 1998 |
66% |
|
Zero Effect | Steve Arlo (Character) | $2.0M | 1998 |
88% |
|
Flirting With Disaster | Mel Coplin (Character) | $14.8M | 1996 |
55% |
|
The Cable Guy |
Sam Sweet/ Director |
$60.2M | 1996 |
18% |
|
If Lucy Fell | Bwick Elias (Character) | $2.2M | 1996 |
38% |
|
Heavyweights |
Tony Perkis Jr./ |
$17.7M | 1995 |
62% |
|
Reality Bites |
Michael Grates (Character), Director |
$20.0M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
|
Highway to Hell |
Pluto's Cook/ |
$12.3K | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
|
Working Trash | Freddy Novak (Character) | - | 1990 |
29% |
|
Stella | Jim Uptegrove (Character) | $20.1M | 1990 |
50% |
|
Next of Kin | Lawrence Isabella (Character) | $15.4M | 1989 |
0% |
|
Fresh Horses | Tipton (Character) | $6.4M | 1988 |
77% |
|
Empire of the Sun | Dainty (Character) | $22.0M | 1987 |
0% |
|
Hot Pursuit | Chris Honeywell (Character) | $2.9M | 1987 |
TV
Credit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
97% | 87% | Severance |
Executive Producer, Director |
2022 2025 |
56% | 64% | Krapopolis | Prometheus (Guest Voice) | 2023 |
69% | 79% | High Desert | Executive Producer | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008-2009 2012 2018-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 49% | In the Dark | Executive Producer | 2019-2022 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 2018 2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 2022 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014-2017 2019-2020 2022 |
78% | No Score Yet | Gone Mental With Lior | Unknown (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2013 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desus & Mero | Guest | 2019 |
88% | 90% | Escape at Dannemora | Director | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2018 |
75% | 85% | Arrested Development |
Tony Wonder (Voice), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2005 2013 2018 |
75% | 89% | Another Period | Executive Producer | 2015-2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Meltdown With Jonah and Kumail | Executive Producer | 2015-2016 |
38% | 76% | Maya & Marty | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star), Host |
1989 1998 2010-2011 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2013-2014 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrated | Self | 2015 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2013-2015 |
86% | 83% | Workaholics | Del Jacobson (Guest Star) | 2015 |
100% | 85% | The Birthday Boys | Executive Producer | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Running Wild With Bear Grylls | Self | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Burning Love | Executive Producer | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside Comedy | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010 2012 |
100% | No Score Yet | Funny or Die Presents | Ben (Character) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2006 2008 2010 |
92% | 91% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself (Guest Star) | 2004 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street |
Unknown (Character), Music Performer |
2000 2007 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Himself (Guest Voice) | 2007 |
88% | 93% | Extras | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Rich (Guest Voice) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 82% | The King of Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Garth Motherloving (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
100% | 96% | Freaks and Geeks | Agent Meara (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Space Ghost: Coast to Coast | Guest | 1998 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Tommy (Guest Star) | 1997 |
95% | 79% | NewsRadio | Vic (Guest Star) | 1996 |
91% | 86% | The Ben Stiller Show | Unknown (Character) | 1992-1993 1995 |
95% | 94% | Frasier | Barry (Guest Voice) | 1993 |
71% | 88% | Miami Vice | Fast Eddie Felcher (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate & Allie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |