Biography
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is the son of the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Stiller was a member of a group of comedic actors colloquially known as the Frat Pack. His films have grossed more than $2.6 billion in Canada and the United States, with an average of $79 million per film. Throughout his career, he has received various awards and honors, including an Emmy Award, multiple MTV Movie Awards, a Britannia Award and a Teen Choice Award.
While beginning his acting career, Stiller wrote several mockumentaries and was offered a variety sketch comedy series titled The Ben Stiller Show, which he produced and hosted for its 13-episode run. The series ran on MTV from 1990 to 1992, earning him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Program. He then appeared on shows such as Friends, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Arrested Development.
Having previously acted in television, he began acting in films. He made his directorial debut with Reality Bites and continued directing films and often starring in them, such as with The Cable Guy (1996), Zoolander (2001), Tropic Thunder (2008), and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). During this time he also starred in a string of successful studio comedies including There’s Something About Mary (1998), Along Came Polly (2004), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), Starsky & Hutch (2004), and Tower Heist (2011). Stiller is also widely known for multiple franchise films such as the Meet the Parents films (2000–2010), the Madagascar franchise (2005–2012), and the Night at the Museum trilogy (2006–2014).
He is known for his performances in independent films such as David O. Russell’s Flirting with Disaster (1996), Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Noah Baumbach’s’ Greenberg (2010), While We're Young (2014), and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017). In 2018 he directed the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora earning himself 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 served as 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.
Filmography
all 219
Movies 139
TV Shows 80
self 74
Producer 30
Voice 7
Director 7
Creator 1
#LoveArmy : Où es-tu Jérôme ? (2024)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023)
Krapopolis (2023)
Bleecker (2023)
High Desert (2023)
Bros (2022)
Dinner in America (2022)
Severance (2022)
Queenpins (2021)
Friends: The Reunion (2021)
Locked Down (2021)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
Friendsgiving (2020)
Hubie Halloween (2020)
Celebrity Escape Room (2020)
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020)
Beastie Boys Story (2020)
Gone Mental with Lior (2020)
Greed (2019)
Plus One (2019)
In the Dark (2019)
Desus & Mero (2019)
Escape at Dannemora (2018)
The Package (2018)
Alex Strangelove (2018)
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
Brad's Status (2017)
The Truth Is in the Stars (2017)
Why Him? (2016)
Haters Back Off (2016)
Zoolander: Super Model (2016)
Don't Think Twice (2016)
Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander (2016)
Zoolander 2 (2016)
Being Canadian (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015)
Another Period (2015)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)
While We're Young (2015)
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl (2015)
Sweet Micky for President (2015)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls (2014)
73 Questions (2014)
Harmontown (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable (2013)
The Birthday Boys (2013)
Here Comes the Night Time (2013)
He's Way More Famous Than You (2013)
Madly Madagascar (2013)
Le Débarquement (2013)
Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable (2012)
The Watch (2012)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Burning Love (2012)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (2012)
Inside Comedy (2012)
Bear's Wild Weekend with... (2011)
Tower Heist (2011)
The Big Year (2011)
30 Minutes or Less (2011)
The Trip (2011)
Submarine (2011)
John and Will's Animal Choices (2011)
Little Fockers (2010)
The Trip (2010)
Megamind (2010)
I'm Still Here (2010)
Greenberg (2010)
Merry Madagascar (2009)
The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
Funny People (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (2008)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
The Ruins (2008)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008)
The Farrelly Bros.: In the French Tradition (2007)
Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007)
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
Blades of Glory (2007)
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007)
Night at the Museum (2006)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
School for Scoundrels (2006)
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (2006)
The Henry Rollins Show (2006)
Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! (2006)
Earth to America (2005)
Romanekian (2005)
Extras (2005)
All Aboard the Crazy Train (2005)
Madagascar (2005)
Dreamworks Happy Holidays from Madagascar (2005)
Confessions of an Action Star (2005)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Envy (2004)
Stuck on You: It's Funny - The Farrelly Formula (2004)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Along Came Polly (2004)
On Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004)
Arrested Development (2003)
Duplex (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Crooked Lines (2003)
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Prehistoric Planet (2002)
American Idol (2002)
Wish Kids (2002)
Run Ronnie Run (2002)
Orange County (2002)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Zoolander (2001)
Undeclared (2001)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
Primetime Glick (2001)
Mission: Improbable (2001)
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)
The Andy Dick Show (2001)
The Independent (2000)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
The Early Show (1999)
The Suburbans (1999)
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller (1999)
Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Rove (1999)
Black and White (1999)
Mystery Men (1999)
Teen Choice Awards (1999)
TV Total (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Heat Vision and Jack (1999)
Heat Vision and Jack (1999)
The King of Queens (1998)
Permanent Midnight (1998)
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Zero Effect (1998)
Derek Zoolander University (1997)
The View (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Derek Zoolander: Male Model (1996)
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Cable Guy (1996)
Saturday Night Special (1996)
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
If Lucy Fell (1996)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995)
NewsRadio (1995)
Heavyweights (1995)
Friends (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
Duckman (1994)
Reality Bites (1994)
Frasier (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
The Ben Stiller Show (1992)
MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Highway to Hell (1991)
Working Tra$h (1990)
Stella (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Next of Kin (1989)
Elvis Stories (1989)
That's Adequate (1989)
Fresh Horses (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The House of Blue Leaves (1987)
Hot Pursuit (1987)
The Hustler of Money (1987)
Kids' Choice Awards (1987)
Shoeshine (1987)
Miami Vice (1984)
MTV Video Music Awards (1984)
Kate & Allie (1984)
Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Kate McShane (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
Today (1952)
Dodgeball 2
The Semplica-Girl Diaries
The Hardy Men
This, But Again
London
The Champions
Nutcrackers
Rat
Bag Man
Untitled Andy Samberg/Andy Siara Sci-Fi Project
Belly of the Beast
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1965-11-30 (58 years old)
Birth NameBenjamin Edward Meara Stiller
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
Height
RelationshipsChristine Taylor (2000-05-01 - 2017-05-01)
ChildrenElla Stiller, Quinn Dempsey Stiller
FatherJerry Stiller
MotherAnne Meara
SiblingsAmy Stiller
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known Asベン・スティラー
AwardsMTV Movie Award for Best Villain, Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award
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