Ben Stiller
Born 11/30/1965
(58 years old)
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Ben Stiller is an actor, writer, director and producer, he received rave reviews for his lead role in Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg, for which he earned a 2011 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead. He starred in the Broadway revival of John Guare’s award-winning play The House of Blue Leaves, alongside Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Stiller made his Broadway debut in the 1986 production of the play.
In 2008, Stiller starred in Tropic Thunder, which he also co-wrote and directed under his Red Hour Films banner. The film also starred Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise. For his performance as Kirk Lazarus, Downey earned nominations for an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and for his performance as Les Grossman, Cruise received a Golden Globe nomination. Tropic Thunder won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Comedy and the Hollywood Film Award for Comedy of the Year.
Stiller’s other features as a director include Reality Bites, The Cable Guy and Zoolander, which he co-wrote and in which he played the title role. Stiller won an Emmy Award as one of the writers of The Ben Stiller Show, which he also directed and produced.
For many years, Stiller has been involved with and supported numerous charities and foundations, including Project A.L.S., Artists for Peace and Justice, the Center for Environmental Education, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Oxfam, the Red Cross and the Starlight Children’s Foundation, among others.
Following his first visit to Haiti with Save the Children in 2009, Stiller has been committed to raising money for schools in the country through his StillerStrong campaign and, more recently, with The Stiller Foundation. In 2010, Time magazine recognized Stiller for his philanthropic work by naming him as one of the Time 100, a list of the most influential people in the world.
Imagine Entertainment
Actor
Music videos | |
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2021 |
NYCNext: New York State of Mind |
2013 |
Arcade Fire - Here Comes The Night Time |
2007 |
Travis - Closer |
2004 |
Jack Johnson - Taylor |
2003 |
Tenacious D - Tribute |
2001 |
P. Diddy feat. Black Rob & Mark Curry - Bad Boy for Life |
2000 |
Limp Bizkit: Rollin' |
1999 |
Smash Mouth - All Star |
Video compilation | |
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2005 |
Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz |
The Work of Director Mark Romanek |
Concerts | |
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2010 |
Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief |
2007 |
Concert for Diana |
Theatrical recording | |
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2012 |
The Secret Policeman's Ball |
Short | |
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2017 |
Play Dodgeball with Ben Stiller |
2013 |
Madly Madagascar |
Rides Dirty with Jerry |
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2009 |
Merry Madagascar (TV movie) |
2008 |
Rain of Madness |
2000 |
Mission Improbable (TV movie) |
1999 |
Heat Vision and Jack (TV movie) |
Hooves of Fire (TV movie) |
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1998 |
Backstreet Boyz (TV movie) |
1997 |
Derek Zoolander University (TV movie) |
1996 |
Derek Zoolander: Male Model (TV movie) |
1989 |
Elvis Stories |
1988 |
The Hustler of Money (TV movie) |
Producer
Movies | |
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2024 |
London |
2020 |
Dinner in America |
Friendsgiving |
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2018 |
Alex Strangelove |
The Package |
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2016 |
Why Him? |
Zoolander No. 2 |
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2013 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
2011 |
30 Minutes or Less |
2008 |
Tropic Thunder |
2007 |
Blades of Glory |
2004 |
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |
2003 |
Duplex |
2001 |
Zoolander |
Series | |
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2010 |
Stiller & Meara |
Documentaries | |
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2007 |
The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' |
Shows | |
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1992 |
The Ben Stiller Show |
Short | |
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2017 |
Play Dodgeball with Ben Stiller |
1988 |
The Hustler of Money (TV movie) |
Director
Movies | |
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2024 |
London |
2016 |
Zoolander No. 2 |
2013 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
2009 |
The Station (TV movie) |
2008 |
Tropic Thunder |
2001 |
Zoolander |
1996 |
The Cable Guy |
1994 |
Reality Bites |
Series | ||
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2024 |
Severance |
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Episode 1 (S02E01) |
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2022 |
Severance |
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The We We Are (S01E09) |
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What's for Dinner? (S01E08) |
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Defiant Jazz (S01E07) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2018 |
Escape at Dannemora |
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Part 7 (E07) |
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Part 6 (E06) |
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Part 5 (E05) |
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more episodes (4) | ||
2010 |
Stiller & Meara |
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1990 |
The Ben Stiller Show |
Shows | |
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1992 |
The Ben Stiller Show |
1975 |
Saturday Night Live |
Music videos | |
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1994 |
Juliana Hatfield Three - Spin the Bottle |
Short | |
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1999 |
Heat Vision and Jack (TV movie) |
1989 |
Elvis Stories |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2016 |
Zoolander No. 2 |
2008 |
Tropic Thunder |
2001 |
Zoolander |
Series | |
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1990 |
The Ben Stiller Show |
Shows | |
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1996 |
Saturday Night Special |
1992 |
The Ben Stiller Show |
1975 |
Saturday Night Live |
Short | |
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1997 |
Derek Zoolander University (TV movie) |
1996 |
Derek Zoolander: Male Model (TV movie) |
1989 |
Elvis Stories |
1988 |
The Hustler of Money (TV movie) |