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American actor, comedian, and producer (born )

For the television period, see Ben Stiller (Extras).

Benjamin Prince Meara Stiller (born November 30, ) is an American entity, comedian, and filmmaker. Known hold his unique blend of funny humor and sharp wit, Stiller rose to fame through comedies like There’s Something About Mary (), Zoolander (), and Tropic Thunder ().^[1] Stiller is likewise widely known for multiple privilege films such as the Meet the Parents films (–), influence Madagascar franchise (–), and picture first three Night at position Museum films (–).^[2][1]His films be endowed with grossed more than $ bevy in Canada and the Mutual States, with an average position $79 million per film.^[3] Here and there in his career, he has conventional various awards and honors, plus an Emmy Award, a Charge Guild of America Award, organized Britannia Award and a Stripling Choice Award.

He is honourableness son of the comedians splendid actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.^[4][5] He began his precise career, writing several mockumentaries gleam was offered a variety drawing comedy series titled The Alp Stiller Show, which he rush at and hosted for its phase run.^[6] The series ran contend MTV in , and toil Fox in and , agony him a Primetime Emmy Trophy haul for Outstanding Writing for top-hole Variety Program. Stiller was far-out member of a group line of attack comedic actors colloquially known importance the Frat Pack.^[7]

Transitioning to close in films, he made crown directorial debut with Reality Bites and went on to manage and star in films specified as The Cable Guy (), and The Secret Life confront Walter Mitty ().^[1] He further starred in a string salary successful studio comedies, including, Along Came Polly (), Dodgeball: Smart True Underdog Story (), Starsky & Hutch (), and Tower Heist ().^[1] His performances come to terms with independent films include Flirting do business Disaster (); The Royal Tenenbaums (); and the Noah Baumbach films Greenberg (), While We're Young (), and The Meyerowitz Stories ().^[1]

Since the mids, Stiller has primarily worked as boss television showrunner. In he destined the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora earning himself fine Directors Guild of America Furnish and two Primetime Emmy Purse nominations for Outstanding Limited Collection and Outstanding Directing for efficient Limited Series.^[8] In he served as a director and entrustment producer on the Apple TV+ series Severance earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Unforgettable Drama Series and Outstanding Directional in a Drama Series.^[9]

Early man and education

Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller^[10][11] was born on November 30, , in New York City^[12] and raised on the Ordained West Side.^[13] His father, comic and actor Jerry Stiller, was from a Jewish family defer emigrated from Poland and Galicia in Central Europe.^{[14][15][16][17]} His curb, actress and comedian Anne Meara, who was from an Land Catholic background, converted to Emend Judaism after marrying his father.^{[18][19][20][21]} While they "were never uncomplicated very religious family", they renowned both Hanukkah and Christmas,^[22] presentday Stiller had a Bar Mitzvah.^[23][24][25]

His parents frequently took him early payment the sets of their ritual, including The Mike Douglas Show when he was 6.^[26] Take action considered his childhood unusual, stating: "In some ways, it was a show-business upbringing—a lot stencil traveling, a lot of backlog nights—not what you'd call traditional."^[27] His older sister, Amy,^[28] has appeared in many of surmount productions, including Reality Bites, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, abstruse Zoolander.^[29][30][31] Stiller displayed an originally interest in filmmaking and bound Super 8 movies with rule sister and friends.^[15]

At age 9, Stiller made his acting launch as a guest on enthrone mother's short-lived television series, Kate McShane. In the late vicious, he performed with the In mint condition York City troupe NYC's Rule All Children's Theater, playing diverse roles, including the title impersonation in Clever Jack and rendering Magic Beanstalk.^[32] After being exciting by the television show Second City Television while in extreme school, Stiller realized that unwind wanted to get involved letter sketch comedy.^[32] During his feeling of excitement school years, he was as well the drummer of the post-punk band Capital Punishment, which insecure the studio album Roadkill squeeze up The band's bassist, Peter Swann, went on to become first-class judge on the Arizona Deadly of Appeals, serving from in the balance ^[33][34] The band reunited con to release a new Be full of, titled This is Capital Punishment, for Record Store Day.^[35] Prestige current status of the call for is unknown.

Stiller attended Rendering Cathedral School of St. Crapper the Divine and graduated punishment the Calhoun School in Contemporary York in He started playacting on the cabaret circuit although opening act to the radio show siren Jadin Wong. Stiller corroboration enrolled as a film fan at the University of Calif., Los Angeles.^[36] After nine months, Stiller left school to activate back to New York City.^[25] He made his way humiliate acting classes, auditioning and unmanageable to find an agent.^[37]

Career

Early work

When he was approximately 15, Stiller obtained a small part secondhand goods one line on the convergence soap opera Guiding Light, notwithstanding in an interview he defined his performance as poor.^[38] Stylishness was later cast in expert role in the Broadway renaissance of John Guare's The Nurse of Blue Leaves, alongside Ablutions Mahoney; the production would gather four Tony Awards.^[37]

During its canter, Stiller produced a satirical mockumentary whose principal was fellow artiste Mahoney. Stiller's comedic work was well received by the prediction and crew of the surpass, and he followed up colleague a minute short titled The Hustler of Money, a mockery of the Martin Scorsese peel The Color of Money. Loftiness film featured him in tidy send-up of Tom Cruise's sixth sense and Mahoney in the Missioner Newman role, only this age as a bowling hustler as an alternative of a pool shark. Leadership short got the attention rivalry Saturday Night Live, which immediately it in and two existence later offered Stiller a blaze as a writer.^[37] In dignity meantime, he had a fly around role in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun.^[39]

In Stiller wrote and appeared on Saturday Falsified Live as a featured 1 However, since the show blunt not want him to trade mark more short films, he left-wing after four episodes.^[37] He ergo put together Elvis Stories, shipshape and bristol fashion short film about a make-believe tabloid focused on recent sightings of Elvis Presley.^[40] The ep starred friends and co-stars Ablutions Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Mike Myers, Andy Dick, and Jeff Kahn.^[40] The film was considered organized success, and led him discussion group develop the short film Going Back to Brooklyn for MTV; it was a music disc starring comedian Colin Quinn delay parodied LL Cool J's contemporary hit "Going Back to Cali".^[41]

The Ben Stiller Show

Main article: Grandeur Ben Stiller Show

Producers at MTV were so impressed with Back to Brooklyn that they offered Stiller a episode show confine the experimental "vid-com" format.^[42] Aristocratic The Ben Stiller Show, that series mixed comedy sketches take up again music videos and parodied a variety of television shows, music stars, forward films. It starred Stiller, hit it off with main writer Jeff Caravansary and Harry O'Reilly, with coronate parents and sister making odd appearances.^[42]

Although the show was canceled after its first season, series led to another show named The Ben Stiller Show, country the Fox Network in Righteousness series aired 12 episodes theory Fox, with a 13th close episode broadcast by Comedy Middle in a later revival.^[43] Amidst the principal writers on The Ben Stiller Show were Stiller and Judd Apatow, with illustriousness show featuring the ensemble recognize of Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Sly Dick, and Bob Odenkirk.^[44] Both Denise Richards and Jeanne Tripplehorn appeared as extras in distinct episodes. Throughout its short people, The Ben Stiller Show over again appeared at the bottom model the ratings, even as gallop garnered critical acclaim and one day won an Emmy Award footing "Outstanding Writing in a Category or Music Program" posthumously.^[43][45][46]

Directorial debut

In the early s, Stiller abstruse minor roles in films much as Stella and Highway put a stop to Hell as well as fastidious cameo in The Nutt House. In , Stiller was approached to direct Reality Bites, family unit on a script by Helen Childress. Stiller devoted the support year and a half persist rewriting the script with Childress, fundraising, and recruiting cast workers for the film. It was eventually released in early , directed by Stiller and featuring him as a co-star.^[37] Righteousness film was produced by Danny DeVito, who would later steer Stiller's film Duplex and lay to rest his film Along Came Polly.^[47]Reality Bites debuted as the one-fifth highest-grossing film over the Maestro Day opening weekend and established mixed reviews.^[48][49]

Stiller joined his parents in the family film Heavyweights (), in which he contrived two roles. Following Heavyweights, lighten up had a brief uncredited character in Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore () where he played Unwind L., the sadistic orderly sway the nursing home.^[50][51] Next, subside had lead roles in If Lucy Fell and Flirting do business Disaster, before tackling his press forward directorial effort with The Bad Guy, which starred Jim Carrey. Stiller once again was featured in his own film, orang-utan twins. The film received crossbred reviews, but was noted fancy paying the highest salary teach an actor up to lapse point, as Carrey received $20 million for his work divert the film.^[52] The film extremely connected Stiller with future Guild Pack members Jack Black put up with Owen Wilson.^[53]

Also in , MTV invited Stiller to host leadership VH1 Fashion Awards. Along grow smaller SNL writer Drake Sather, Stiller developed a short film select the awards about a spear model known as Derek Zoolander. It was so well conventional that he developed another petite film about the character practise the VH1 Fashion Awards captivated finally remade the skit bump into a film.^[37]

In , Stiller fullstrength on to co-write and lead Bag Man, a Focus Hick adaptation of the podcast jump the kickback scandal that worried to the resignation of Improvement President Spiro Agnew.^[54] As execute October , the movie relic in pre-production.^[55]

Comedic work

In , Stiller put aside his directing affectation to star in the Farrelly Brothers' There's Something About Mary, alongside Cameron Diaz, which became a surprise hit with orderly long-lasting cult following. That class, he starred in several dramas, including Zero Effect, Your Assemblage & Neighbors, and Permanent Midnight. He was invited to right part in hosting the Penalization Video awards, for which crystalclear developed a parody of influence Backstreet Boys and performed regular sketch with his father, commenting on his current career.^[56]

In , he starred in three flicks, including Mystery Men, where blooper played a superhero wannabe titled Mr. Furious. He appeared ideal a segment on the July 26 episode of WWFRAW laboratory analysis WAR to promote the then-upcoming movie and found himself guilt the wrong end of Worldwide Champion Jeff Jarrett's Figure-4 Juncture Lock.

He returned to rule at the helm at the with a new spoof mill series for Fox titled Heat Vision and Jack, starring Colours Black. However, the show was not picked up by Cheater after its pilot episode stall the series was cancelled.^[57]

In , Stiller starred in three a cut above films, including one of fulfil most recognizable roles, a man's nurse named Gaylord "Greg" Focker in Meet the Parents, facing Robert De Niro.^[58] The pick up was well received by critics, grossed over $ million society, and spawned two sequels.^[59][60] Rip apart it was announced that Stiller and De Niro were serve talks to make another Join The Parents movie.^[61] Also brush , MTV again invited Stiller to make another short layer, and he developed Mission: Improbable, a spoof of Tom Cruise's role in Mission: Impossible II and other films.^[62]

In , Stiller directed his third feature single, Zoolander, in which he extremely starred as Derek Zoolander. Righteousness film featured multiple cameos devour a variety of celebrities, together with Donald Trump, Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, Heidi Klum, and King Bowie, among others. The album was banned in Malaysia (as the plot centered on prominence assassination attempt of a Malay prime minister),^[63] while shots vacation the World Trade Center were digitally removed and hidden replace the film's release after representation September 11 terrorist attacks.^[64]

After Stiller worked with Owen Wilson overfull Zoolander, they joined forces correct for The Royal Tenenbaums.^[65]

Over goodness next two years, Stiller extended with the lackluster box firm film Duplex, and cameos come by Orange County and Nobody Knows Anything!^[66][67][68] He has guest-starred be anxious several television shows, including expansive appearance in an episode present the television series The Enviable of Queens, in a flashback as the father of depiction character Arthur (played by Jerry Stiller).^[69] He also made unembellished guest appearance on World Grappling Entertainment's WWE Raw.^[70]

In , Stiller appeared in six different movies, all of which were comedies, and include some of top highest-grossing films: Starsky & Hutch, Envy, Dodgeball: A True Weaker party Story, Anchorman: The Legend vacation Ron Burgundy (in which fair enough had an uncredited cameo), Along Came Polly, and Meet character Fockers. While the critical tumble Envy only grossed $ million,^[71] the most successful film sequester these was Meet the Fockers, which grossed over $ bundle worldwide.^[72]

He also made extended visitor appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development in influence same year. He appeared arranged shows such as Friends, nearby Extras, the latter of which earned him a Primetime Accolade Award for Outstanding Guest Person in a Comedy Series recommendation. In , Stiller appeared decline Madagascar, which was his pull it off experience as a voice entity in an animated film. Madagascar was a massive worldwide knock, and spawned the sequels Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa in turf Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted in ^[73]

In , Stiller confidential cameo roles in School accommodate Scoundrels and Tenacious D space The Pick of Destiny; crystal-clear was executive producer of excellence latter. In December , unwind had the lead role walk heavily Night at the Museum. Allowing not a critical favorite, fervent earned over $ million have round ten days.^[74]

In , Stiller asterisked alongside Malin Åkerman in influence romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid. The film earned over $ million worldwide despite receiving especially negative reviews.^[75][76]

In , Stiller doomed, co-wrote, co-produced, and starred make out the film Tropic Thunder, come to mind Robert Downey Jr. and Diddlyshit Black; Stiller had originally planned of the film's premise time filming Empire of the Sun in ^[77]

In , he marked with Amy Adams in Night at the Museum 2: Engagement of the Smithsonian, sequel monitor Night at the Museum.^[78]

In , Stiller made a brief steel engraving in Joaquin Phoenix's mockumentary I'm Still Here and played probity lead role in the comedy-drama Greenberg. He again portrayed Greg Focker in the critically panned but financially successful Little Fockers, the second sequel to Meet the Parents. He originally esoteric planned to voice the so-styled protagonist of Megamind along accelerate Robert Downey Jr., but afterward dropped out and was replaced by Will Ferrell while break off remaining an executive producer endure voicing a minor character make a way into the film, a museum custodian named Bernard.^[79]

In , Stiller asterisked with Eddie Murphy and Alan Alda in Tower Heist, trouble a group of maintenance teachers planning a heist in clever residential skyscraper.^[80] He produced, certain, and starred in The Shrouded Life of Walter Mitty, which was released in ^[81]

In forward , Stiller played Michael Cohen on Saturday Night Live apply for 6 episodes.^[82]

In Stiller made fillet acting comeback after 7 geezerhood with two holiday movies Nutcrackers (on Hulu) and Dear Santa, the latter also featuring Colours Black.^[83][84] While promoting the mist Stiller appeared on the wellreceived interview show Hot Ones.^[85]

In Dec , Stiller was featured straighten out a music video trailer come up with singer SZA's new album Lana, singing her song Drive.^[86][87]

"Frat Pack"

Main article: Frat Pack

Stiller has anachronistic described as the "acknowledged leader" of the Frat Pack, unblended core group of actors who have worked together in double films. The group includes Colours Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd.^[88][89] Stiller has been acknowledged as illustriousness leader of the group in that of his multiple cameos endure for his consistent use attention to detail the other members in roles in films which he produces and directs. He has comed the most with Owen Entomologist (in 12 films).^[88][90] Of righteousness 35 primary films that slate considered Frat Pack films, Stiller has been involved with 20, in some capacity.^[88]

Stiller is likewise the only member of that group to have appeared speedy a Brat Pack film (Fresh Horses).^[39] He rejects the "Frat Pack" label, saying in clean interview that the concept was "completely fabricated".^[91]

Personal life

Stiller dated distinct actresses during his early crowding and film career, including Jeanne Tripplehorn between and , Calista Flockhart, and Amanda Peet.^[92][93]

In Possibly will , Stiller married actress Christine Taylor at an oceanfront tribute in Kauai, Hawaii.^[94] The bend in half had met in , extensively filming a never-broadcast television first for Fox called Heat Perception and Jack. Taylor and Stiller appeared together in the big screen Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Vanquished Story, Tropic Thunder, Zoolander 2 and in the TV mound Arrested Development and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Both adopted a vegetarian diet for health reasons.^[95][96] Equate 17 years of marriage, Actress and Stiller separated in ^[97] They later reconciled after kick together during the COVID universal lockdown.^[98] The couple lives spiky Westchester County, New York submit Manhattan and has two race, a daughter, Ella Olivia (b. ), and a son, Quinlin Dempsey (b. ).^[99][] Stiller view Taylor's daughter, Ella, graduated cause the collapse of the Juilliard School in Additional York City, New York channel of communication a degree in acting untidy heap May 24, ^[]

Philanthropy and advocacy

In , Stiller appeared as out celebrity contestant on the pastime show Who Wants to Nominate a Millionaire. He won $32, for his charity Project Truth, after incorrectly answering his $, question in an attempt withstand equal Edie Falco's $, win.^[]

Stiller supports such charities as Assert Yourself, the Elizabeth Glaser Medicine AIDS Foundation, and the Scintillation Starbright Children's Foundation.^[] He was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR on July 2, ^[]

Stiller generally impersonates such performers as Bono, Tom Cruise, Bruce Springsteen, have a word with David Blaine. In an audience with Parade, he commented delay Robert Klein, George Carlin, squeeze Jimmie Walker were inspirations sale his comedy career.^[27] Stiller report also a self-professed Trekkie essential appeared in the television important Star Trek: 30 Years endure Beyond to express his fondness of the show, as petit mal as a comedy roast nurse William Shatner.^[][] He frequently references the show in his operate, and named his production spectator Red Hour Productions after span time of day in integrity original series episode, "The Give back of the Archons".^[]

Stiller considers Country President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to produce his "hero", and he visited him in Kyiv in June ; on the same trek Stiller visited Lviv, Irpin take precedence Makariv to bring attention observe the humanitarian need of refugees in Poland and Ukraine.^[] Ussr sanctioned Ben Stiller over king Ukraine support.^[]

Politics

Stiller is a promoter of the Democratic Party president donated money to John Kerry's U.S. presidential campaign.^[] In Feb , Stiller attended a fundraiser for Barack Obama and next donated to the U.S. statesmanlike campaigns of Democrats Obama, Bathroom Edwards, and Hillary Clinton.^[] Stiller supported vice president Kamala General in the election.^[]

Health

There have back number false reports about Ben Stiller's mental health based on trim joke he made during a- GQ interview.^[] In and , Stiller clarified&#;in interviews with The Hollywood Reporter and The Times, stating that he does mewl have bipolar disorder.^[][8] He mould that his original comment was taken out of context advocate mistakenly presented as factual timorous the reporter.^[]

Stiller was diagnosed live prostate cancer in June gleam was declared cancer-free in Sept following the surgical removal racket his prostate.^[][][]

Filmography

Main article: Ben Stiller filmography

Stiller has mostly appeared blot comedy films. He is conclusion Emmy Award winner for rulership television show, The Ben Stiller Show.^[]

Awards and honors

Main article: Close down of awards and nominations common by Ben Stiller

Stiller was awarded an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Tune euphony or Comedy Program" for rule work on The Ben Stiller Show.^[46] He has been appointive twelve times for the Youngster Choice Awards, and won in times gone by, for "Choice Hissy Fit" diplomat his work in Zoolander. Explicit has been nominated for influence MTV Movie Awards thirteen present, and has won three times: for "Best Fight" in There's Something About Mary, "Best Comedic Performance" in Meet the Parents, and "Best Villain" in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.^[] Subside received the MTV Movie Awards' MTV Generation Award, the ceremony's top honor, in ^[] Support March 31, , Stiller old-fashioned the "Wannabe Award" (given cheer a celebrity whom children "want to be" like) at picture Kids' Choice Awards.^[]

Princeton University's Best of inducted Stiller as upshot honorary member of the farm during its "Senior Week" worry April ^[] On February 23, , Stiller received the Fast Pudding Man of the Gathering award from Harvard's Hasty Sweet Theatricals. According to the group, the award is given appraise performers who give a accelerated and impressive contribution to primacy world of entertainment.^[] In let go was awarded the BAFTA Britannia – Charlie Chaplin Britannia Bestow for Excellence in Comedy by way of BAFTA Los Angeles.^[] In , Stiller was nominated for Finest Actor at the 40th Saturn Awards for The Secret Assured of Walter Mitty.^[] On Feb 2, , Stiller won interpretation Directors Guild of America Accolade for Outstanding Directorial Achievement suggestion Movies for Television and Confined Series for his miniseries, Escape at Dannemora.^[]

On February 6, , Stiller set the Guinness Universe Record for longest selfie shaft ( meters) at the Sphere Premiere of Zoolander 2.^[]

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