Ben Stiller
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: بَن ستِلَر , ベン·スティラー
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 84
TV Involvements: 27
Most Famous Work
Biography
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Known for his blend of slapstick humor and sharp wit, Stiller rose to fame through comedies such as There's Something About Mary (1998), Zoolander (2001), and Tropic Thunder (2008). Stiller is also known for his work in franchises such as the Meet the Parents films (2000–2010), the Madagascar franchise (2005–2012), and the Night at the Museum films (2006–2014). His films have grossed over $2.6 billion in Canada and the United States, with an average of $79 million per film. His awards and honors include an Emmy Award, a Directors Guild of America Award, a Britannia Award and a Teen Choice Award. Stiller is the son of the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. He began his career writing mockumentaries and was offered a variety sketch series, The Ben Stiller Show, which he produced and hosted for its 13-episode run. The series ran on MTV in 1990 and Fox in 1992 and 1993, earning him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Program. Stiller was a member of a group of comedic actors colloquially known as the Frat Pack. Transitioning to acting in films, Stiller made his directorial debut with Reality Bites (1994) and went on to direct and star in films such as The Cable Guy (1996) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). He also starred in a string of successful studio comedies, including Along Came Polly (2004), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), Starsky & Hutch (2004), and Tower Heist (2011). His performances in independent films include Flirting with Disaster (1996), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and the Noah Baumbach films Greenberg (2010), While We're Young (2014), and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017). Since the mid-2010s, Stiller has primarily worked as a television director and showrunner. In 2018, he directed the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora, earning a Directors Guild of America Award and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. In 2022, he was a director and executive producer on the Apple TV+ series Severance, earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series.
Most Famous Work
Severance
(2022) Director
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
(1995) Additional Writing
Another Period
(2015) Executive Producer
In the Dark
(2019) Executive Producer
The Ben Stiller Show
(1992) Creator
Burning Love
(2012) Executive Producer
Escape at Dannemora
(2018) Director
High Desert
(2023) Executive ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Greg Focker | |
| 2025 | Hal L. | |
| Alex the Lion | ||
| Self - Actor and Director | ||
| Self - Guest (video link) | ||
| 2024 | Lucifer (uncredited) | |
| Mike Maxwell | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| Prometheus (voice) | ||
| Dr. Pots | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2022 | Ben Stiller (uncredited) | |
| Kier Eagan (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| 2021 | Guy | |
| 2020 | 8008s | |
| Orderly Hal | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| Self - Illustrious Guest | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| Matthew Meyerowitz | ||
| Brad Sloan | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2016 | Himself | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Derek Zoolander (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Derek Zoolander | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Charles Ponzi | ||
| Self | ||
| Josh Schrebnick | ||
| Jimmy Staats | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Larry Daley / Laaa | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Walter Mitty | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Fake Arcade Fire Bandmember | ||
| Ben Stiller | ||
| Alex (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - host | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self - Panelist | ||
| Evan | ||
| Alex (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2011 | Josh Kovacs | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Ben Stiller | ||
| Soap Opera Star (uncredited) | ||
| Silly Sammy | ||
| 2010 | Greg Focker | |
| Ben Stiller | ||
| Bernard (voice) | ||
| Ben Stiller | ||
| Roger Greenberg | ||
| 2009 | Alex (voice) | |
| Jon Gribble | ||
| Friend in video (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Larry Daley | ||
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Alex (voice) | |
| Tugg Speedman | ||
| Tugg Speedman | ||
| Self | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Stiller the Elf (voice) | ||
| Eddie Cantrow | ||
| Khaka Peü Peü (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Larry Daley | |
| Guitar Center Guy | ||
| Lonnie Ratcliff | ||
| Self - Filmed Roaster | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Self | |
| Himself | ||
| Ben Stiller | ||
| Self - Special Appearance | ||
| Alex (voice) | ||
| Commander | ||
| 2004 | Greg Focker | |
| Peach Expert (uncredited) | ||
| Arturo Mendes | ||
| White Goodman | ||
| Tim Dingman | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| David Starsky | ||
| Reuben Feffer | ||
| Self | ||
| 2003 | Tony Wonder | |
| Alex Rose | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Ben Stiller (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Firefighter (uncredited) | ||
| 2001 | Chas Tenenbaum | |
| Derek Zoolander | ||
| Rex | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tom Crooze | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2000 | Cop | |
| Ben Stiller | ||
| Greg Focker | ||
| Rabbi Jake Schram | ||
| 1999 | Self | |
| Jay Rose | ||
| Self | ||
| Agent Meara | ||
| Self | ||
| Mark Clear | ||
| Mr. Furious / Roy | ||
| Self - Nominee | ||
| Self | ||
| Ben Stiller (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Self / Strip Club DJ (uncredited) | ||
| 1998 | Jerry - Arthur Spooner’s Father | |
| Jerry Stahl | ||
| Jerry | ||
| Ted Stroehmann | ||
| Steve Arlo | ||
| 1997 | Derek Zoolander | |
| Self | ||
| Rich (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Derek Zoolander | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Sam Sweet | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mel Coplin | ||
| Bwick Elias | ||
| Hal L. - Orderly in Nursing Home (uncredited) | ||
| 1995 | N/A | |
| Ben (voice) | ||
| Vic | ||
| Tony Perkis / Tony Perkis Sr. | ||
| 1994 | Tommy | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Michael Grates | ||
| 1993 | Barry (voice) | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1992 | Various Characters | |
| Pie Thrower (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
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| 1991 | Pluto's Cook / Attila the Hun | |
| 1990 | Freddy Novak | |
| Jim Uptegrove | ||
| 1989 | Garth Motherloving (voice) | |
| Lawrence Isabella | ||
| Chip Lane | ||
| Bruce | ||
| 1988 | Tipton | |
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Dainty | |
| Ronnie Shaughnessy | ||
| Chris Honeywell | ||
| Wince | ||
| Host | ||
| Son | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Self - Host | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | Self | |
| 1981 | Self | |
| 1975 | Self - Various Characters | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Self - Cameo (uncredited) | ||
| Nickie | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| 1952 | Self | |
| Drew Larson | ||
| Norman Mailer | ||
| N/A | ||
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2026 | Producer | |
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | Producer | |
| 2020 | Producer | |
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| Executive Producer | ||
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2018 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2016 | Producer | |
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| 2015 | Producer | |
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| 2013 | Producer | |
| 2012 | Executive Producer | |
| 2011 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2010 | Executive Producer | |
| 2008 | Producer | |
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| 2007 | Producer | |
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| 2006 | Executive Producer | |
| 2004 | Producer | |
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| 2003 | Producer | |
| 2001 | Producer | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2008 | Director | |
| 2001 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1996 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| 1992 | Director | |
| 1989 | Director | |
| 1987 | Director | |
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| Director | ||
| Director | ||
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| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Characters | |
| Writer | ||
| 2008 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| 2001 | Characters | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1997 | Writer | |
| 1996 | Writer | |
| 1992 | Writer | |
| 1987 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Creator | |
| 1992 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Thanks | |
| 2003 | Presenter | |
| 1995 | Additional Writing | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
