Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian. He is the son of the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.[1] 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.[2] Throughout his career, he has received various awards and honors, including an Emmy Award, a Directors Guild of America Award, 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, Arrested Development, and Extras, the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series nomination.
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 first three Night at the Museum films (2006–2014).[3] 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 showrunner. 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.
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Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian. He is the son of the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne...
BenStiller is an American actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter. He has mostly appeared in comedy films. Stiller is an Emmy Award winner...
Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American comedian and actor. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with...
The BenStiller Show is an American sketch comedy series starring BenStiller that aired in two iterations, the first series airing six episodes on MTV...
2000, Taylor married BenStiller, whom she first met in 1999 while they were both filming Heat Vision and Jack. Taylor and Stiller appeared together in...
Anne Meara Stiller (September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015) was an American comedian and actress. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of...
created and written by Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin and directed by BenStiller. It stars Benicio del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano, Bonnie Hunt...
received by American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter BenStiller. Voyles, Blake (19 September 2023). "83rd Peabody Award Winners". Retrieved...
action comedy film directed by BenStiller, who wrote the screenplay with Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey...
Stiller and Meara were a husband-and-wife comedy team made up of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara that was popular primarily in the 1960s and 1970s. The duo...
films since the mid-1990s. The group is usually considered to include BenStiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Jack Black, and...
worked on the BenStiller Show and Mad TV. Pepper won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program for The BenStiller Show in 1993...
Series Order; BenStiller to EP and Direct". TVLine. Retrieved 2022-02-27. Travers, Ben (2022-02-16). "'Severance' Review: BenStiller Directs a Brilliant...
Helen Childress and directed by BenStiller in his feature directorial debut. It stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, and Stiller, with supporting roles by Janeane...
Productions is an American film production company operated by actor BenStiller and formerly with producer Stuart Cornfeld. In the past, Red Hour has...
by Croatian illustrator Milan Trenc. The film had an ensemble cast of BenStiller in the lead role, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs...
began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on The BenStiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and Saturday Night Live, then appeared...
directed and written by Noah Baumbach. The film stars Adam Sandler, BenStiller, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel and Emma Thompson, and follows a group...
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