Ben Stiller
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–present), the Madagascar franchise (2005–2012), and the Night at the Museum films (2006–2014). His films have grossed more than $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 on 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. Moving 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 Em
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
2000
Reality Bites (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1994
The Cable Guy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1996
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Original Motion Picture Score)
2013
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)
2013
Credited work
128 releases · 14 albums · active 1982–2023
- Production · 90
- Other credits · 43
- Performance · 37
Studios: Larrabee East · Larrabee West · Studio Litho · NRG Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Juliana Hatfield Three
- Limp Bizkit
- Big Mountain
- Portugal. The Man
- Theodore Shapiro
- Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
- Capital Punishment (4)