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  • Ben Stiller's films have grossed more than $2.6 billion in Canada and the United States, an average of $79 million per film. Behind that figure stands Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller, an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for a mix of slapstick and sharp wit. Since the mid-2010s, though, his main work has been directing and running television series rather than starring in big comedies. How did a New York childhood shape a career built on parody? What did he make before the hits arrived? And why does he dismiss the label attached to his circle of collaborators?

  • Ben Stiller was born on the 30th of November 1965 in New York City and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. His father, the comedian and actor Jerry Stiller, was the son of Ashkenazi Jewish parents who had emigrated from Galicia in Poland. His mother, the actress and comedian Anne Meara, came from an Irish Catholic background and converted to Reform Judaism after her marriage. The household was never very religious, yet the family celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas, and Ben had a bar mitzvah.

    When Ben was 6, his parents took him along to the set of The Mike Douglas Show, one of many appearances he tagged along to. He later called his childhood unusual, full of travel and late nights, a show-business upbringing rather than a traditional one. His older sister, Amy, would appear in many of his productions, including Reality Bites, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, and Zoolander. As kids, the two made Super 8 movies with friends.

    At age 9, Stiller made his acting debut as a guest on Kate McShane, his mother's short-lived television series. In the late 1970s he joined a New York troupe, NYC's First All Children's Theater, and played several roles, including the title part in Clever Jack and the Magic Beanstalk. Around age 15 he won a one-line part on the soap opera Guiding Light, though he later called his own performance poor. Watching Second City Television in high school showed him what he wanted next, which was sketch comedy.

    Capital Punishment, a post-punk band with Stiller on drums, released the studio album Roadkill in 1982. Its bassist, Peter Swann, later served as a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals from 2008 until 2022. The band reunited in 2018 for an EP called This is Capital Punishment, issued for Record Store Day. Stiller attended The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine and graduated from the Calhoun School in New York in 1983.

    After school he opened for the cabaret performer Jadin Wong, then enrolled as a film student at the University of California, Los Angeles. Nine months later he left and returned to New York City. There he worked through acting classes and auditions while hunting for an agent. The next opportunity came on a Broadway stage in 1986.

  • John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves returned to Broadway in 1986 with Stiller in the cast beside John Mahoney, and the revival earned four Tony Awards. During the run, Stiller produced a satirical mockumentary about Mahoney, and the cast and crew enjoyed it. He followed with a 10-minute short called The Hustler of Money, a parody of Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money. Stiller sent up Tom Cruise's character, while Mahoney took the Paul Newman role as a bowling hustler instead of a pool shark.

    Saturday Night Live noticed the short and aired it in 1987. Two years later the show offered Stiller a job as a writer. In the meantime he had landed a bit part in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. In 1989 he wrote for the show and performed as a featured player. The show did not want him making more short films, so he left after four episodes.

    Elvis Stories came next, a short film about a fictitious tabloid obsessed with recent sightings of Elvis Presley. Friends and co-stars filled the cast: John Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Mike Myers, Andy Dick, and Jeff Kahn. The film was considered a success. It led Stiller to make Going Back to Brooklyn for MTV, a music video starring the comedian Colin Quinn that parodied LL Cool J's hit "Going Back to Cali."

    MTV producers liked that video enough to offer Stiller a 13-episode series in an experimental format they called "vid-com." Titled The Ben Stiller Show, the 1990 series mixed comedy sketches with music videos and parodied television shows, music stars, and films. Harry O'Reilly joined Stiller on screen, and his parents and sister made occasional appearances. MTV cancelled it after one season.

    That was not the end. A second show with the same name arrived on the Fox network in 1992 and aired 12 episodes. A 13th episode never aired on Fox and was broadcast later by Comedy Central in a revival. Stiller and Judd Apatow were among the principal writers, and the ensemble cast included Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick, and Bob Odenkirk. Denise Richards and Jeanne Tripplehorn each turned up as extras in various episodes.

    Throughout its short run the Fox show often sat at the bottom of the ratings, even as it drew critical acclaim. After it was gone, it won an Emmy Award for writing. Also in 1992, a different kind of offer reached Stiller: a request to direct a feature film.

  • Helen Childress wrote the script for Reality Bites, and Stiller spent the next year and a half rewriting it with her, raising money, and recruiting cast members. Before that he had played minor roles in Stella and Highway to Hell and had a cameo in The Nutt House. Reality Bites reached theaters in early 1994 with Stiller directing and co-starring. Danny DeVito produced it, and he would later direct Stiller's 2003 film Duplex and produce Along Came Polly in 2004. The film opened as the fifth highest-grossing release over the Presidents Day weekend and drew mixed reviews.

    The Cable Guy followed in 1996, starring Jim Carrey, with Stiller once again appearing in his own film, this time as twins. Reviews were mixed. The film was noted, however, for the biggest actor's salary up to that point: Carrey received $20 million. It also introduced Stiller to two future Frat Pack colleagues, Jack Black and Owen Wilson.

    That same year MTV invited Stiller to host the VH1 Fashion Awards. With the Saturday Night Live writer Drake Sather, he built a short film about a male model named Derek Zoolander. Audiences liked it so much that he made a second short for the 1997 awards. Eventually he remade the character's story as a feature. Zoolander, released in 2001, was his third film as director, and he starred in it too.

    The film packed in cameos from Donald Trump, Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, Heidi Klum, and David Bowie, among others. Malaysia banned it because the plot centered on an assassination attempt against a Malaysian prime minister. After the September 11 attacks, shots of the World Trade Center were digitally removed and hidden for the release.

    Tropic Thunder began as an idea Stiller had in 1987, while he was filming his small part in Empire of the Sun. In 2008 he directed it, co-wrote it, co-produced it, and starred alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black. He produced, directed, and starred in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, released in 2013. Zoolander 2 followed in 2016, with Stiller again directing and starring, and it was a critical failure.

    Television became his main stage after that. In 2018 he directed the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora. It earned him a Directors Guild of America Award on the 2nd of February 2019, along with two Primetime Emmy nominations, for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. Since 2022 he has directed many episodes of the Apple TV+ series Severance and served as an executive producer, earning four Primetime Emmy nominations.

    In 2021 Stiller signed on to co-write and direct Bag Man, a Focus Features adaptation of a 2018 podcast. The podcast covered the kickback scandal that ended in the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew. As of October 2023 the movie was still in pre-production, with filming scheduled to begin in Washington, DC and Budapest in November 2025.

  • Cameron Diaz played opposite Stiller in the Farrelly Brothers' There's Something About Mary in 1998. It was a surprise hit with a long-lasting cult following, and Stiller had set aside his directing plans to make it. That year he also starred in the dramas Zero Effect, Your Friends & Neighbors, and Permanent Midnight. He hosted part of the MTV Video Music Awards, too, with a Backstreet Boys parody and a sketch with his father about his current career.

    Mystery Men, one of three films he starred in during 1999, cast him as a superhero wannabe called Mr. Furious. To promote it, he appeared on an episode of WWF's RAW is WAR on the 26th of July. There he ended up in Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett's Figure-4 Leg Lock.

    In 2000 came one of his most recognizable roles, Gaylord "Greg" Focker, a male nurse meeting his girlfriend's father in Meet the Parents. Robert De Niro played that father. Critics received the film well, it grossed over $330 million worldwide, and it spawned two sequels. That year MTV also invited him to make another short, Mission: Improbable, a spoof of Tom Cruise's role in Mission: Impossible II and other films.

    Two years of supporting work followed, including a starring role in Duplex and cameos in Orange County and Nobody Knows Anything! He also guest-starred on The King of Queens, in a flashback as the father of a character played by Jerry Stiller. He appeared on WWE Raw as well.

    In 2004 Stiller appeared in six comedies, among them some of his highest-grossing films. They were Starsky & Hutch, Envy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Along Came Polly, and Meet the Fockers. Envy, co-starring Jack Black, was a critical flop that earned only $14.5 million. Meet the Fockers was the biggest winner, grossing over $516.6 million worldwide. Anchorman gave him only an uncredited cameo. That year he also made extended guest appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development. A turn on Extras brought a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

    Madagascar, in 2005, was his first job as a voice actor in an animated film. It became a massive worldwide hit, with sequels in 2008 and 2012. In December 2006 he led Night at the Museum, which was not a critical favorite but earned over $115 million in ten days. In 2007 he starred with Malin Åkerman in the romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid, which earned over $100 million worldwide despite mostly negative reviews.

    Amy Adams joined him for Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian in 2009. In 2010 he made a brief cameo in Joaquin Phoenix's mockumentary I'm Still Here and led the comedy-drama Greenberg. He also returned as Greg Focker in Little Fockers, critically panned but financially successful. He had planned to voice the title role in Megamind with Robert Downey Jr. but dropped out, and Will Ferrell replaced him. Stiller stayed on as an executive producer and voiced a museum curator named Bernard. In 2011 he starred with Eddie Murphy and Alan Alda in Tower Heist, about maintenance workers planning a heist in a residential skyscraper.

    Independent films filled the gaps. He starred in Flirting with Disaster, appeared in The Royal Tenenbaums, and worked with the director Noah Baumbach on While We're Young and The Meyerowitz Stories. In 1995 he had joined his parents for the family film Heavyweights, playing two roles. A year later he took an uncredited part in Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore as Hal L., the sadistic orderly running a nursing home.

    In 2018 and 2019 he played Michael Cohen on Saturday Night Live for six episodes. Then, in 2024, he returned to acting after seven years with the holiday films Nutcrackers and Dear Santa. In Dear Santa, which also featured Jack Black, he played an uncredited role. While promoting the films he appeared on the interview show Hot Ones. That year it was announced that he and De Niro were in talks for a fourth Meet the Parents film. In December 2024 he sang the song "Drive" in a music video trailer for the singer SZA's album Lana.

    He reprised Hal L. in Happy Gilmore 2, which premiered on the 25th of July 2025. He also was confirmed for The Dink, a 2025 comedy about pickleball directed by Josh Greenbaum and co-produced with Stiller.

  • Of the 35 primary films considered Frat Pack films, Stiller has been involved with 20 in some capacity. The group includes Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Steve Carell, and Paul Rudd. Stiller is described as its acknowledged leader because of his many cameos and his steady habit of casting the others in films he produces and directs. He has appeared most often with Owen Wilson, in 12 films.

    Fresh Horses sets him apart from the rest of the group. It was a Brat Pack film, and Stiller is the only Frat Pack member to have appeared in one. He still rejects the Frat Pack label. In a 2008 interview he called the concept "completely fabricated."

    Bono, Tom Cruise, Bruce Springsteen, and David Blaine are among the performers Stiller impersonates. In an interview with Parade he named Robert Klein, George Carlin, and Jimmie Walker as inspirations for his own comedy career. He is also a self-professed Trekkie. He appeared in the television special Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond to express his love of the show, and in a comedy roast for William Shatner. His production company, Red Hour Productions, takes its name from a time of day in the original series episode "The Return of the Archons."

    In 1999 he co-wrote a New York Times bestseller with Janeane Garofalo, Feel This Book: An Essential Guide to Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual Satisfaction. It spoofed the self-help books that were everywhere at the time. He is a New York Knicks fan, and he is often seen at Madison Square Garden watching games. In September 2025 he launched a soda brand, Stiller's Soda, which is available in New York City.

  • Before his marriage, Stiller dated several actresses, including Jeanne Tripplehorn between 1990 and 1996, Calista Flockhart, and Amanda Peet. In May 2000 he married the actress Christine Taylor at an oceanfront ceremony in Kauai, Hawaii. They had met in 1999 while filming Heat Vision and Jack, a spoof series starring Jack Black that Fox never picked up after its pilot. Taylor later appeared with him in Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Tropic Thunder, Zoolander 2, Arrested Development, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

    Both adopted a vegetarian diet for health reasons. After 17 years of marriage, the couple separated in 2017. They later reconciled after living together during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. They live in Westchester County, New York, and in Manhattan. They have two children, a daughter, Ella Olivia, born in 2002, and a son, Quinlin "Quinn" Dempsey, born in 2005. Ella graduated from the Juilliard School with a degree in acting on the 24th of May 2024.

    In June 2014 Stiller was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Surgeons removed his prostate, and by September 2014 he was declared cancer-free.

    A different health story was false. A joke he made in a 1999 GQ interview fed reports about his mental health. In interviews with The Hollywood Reporter in 2011 and The Times in 2018, he clarified that he does not have bipolar disorder. He said the original comment was taken out of context and mistakenly presented as fact by the reporter. Within months of that second clarification, in July 2018, he took on a new public role.

  • On the 2nd of July 2018, Stiller was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR. In June 2022 he traveled to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom he calls his "hero." On the same trip he visited Lviv, Irpin, and Makariv to draw attention to the humanitarian needs of refugees in Poland and Ukraine. Russia sanctioned him over his support for Ukraine.

    Earlier charity work had a more playful setting. In 2001 he appeared as a celebrity contestant on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and won $32,000 for his charity, Project ALS. He missed his $250,000 question while trying to match the $250,000 that Edie Falco had won. He also supports Declare Yourself, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.

    In 2024 Stiller wrote about the Gaza war in a Time magazine article. He spoke about his Polish and Jewish heritage and argued for a two-state solution. He expressed solidarity with both Israeli and Palestinian citizens and criticized both the Israeli government and Hamas.

    Stiller supports the Democratic Party and donated to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. In February 2007 he attended a fundraiser for Barack Obama. He later gave to the 2008 campaigns of Obama, John Edwards, and Hillary Clinton. In the 2024 election he supported Vice President Kamala Harris.

    The Teen Choice Awards nominated him twelve times, and he won once, for "Choice Hissy Fit" in Zoolander. The MTV Movie Awards nominated him thirteen times. He won three: "Best Fight" for There's Something About Mary, "Best Comedic Performance" for Meet the Parents, and "Best Villain" for DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story. In 2009 the ceremony gave him its top honor, the MTV Generation Award.

    On the 31st of March 2007 he received the "Wannabe Award" at the Kids' Choice Awards, given to a celebrity whom children want to be like. Princeton University's Class of 2005 made him an honorary member during Senior Week in April 2005. On the 23rd of February 2007, Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals named him Man of the Year. In 2011 BAFTA Los Angeles gave him the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. In 2014 he was nominated for Best Actor at the 40th Saturn Awards for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

    His most unusual trophy came on the 6th of February 2016, at the world premiere of Zoolander 2. There he set a Guinness World Record for the longest selfie stick, at 8.56 meters.

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Who is Ben Stiller?

Ben Stiller is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker, born Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller on the 30th of November 1965 in New York City. He is known for blending slapstick humor with sharp wit and has worked in recent years as a television director and showrunner.

What movies has Ben Stiller directed?

Ben Stiller directed Reality Bites in 1994, The Cable Guy in 1996, Zoolander in 2001, Tropic Thunder in 2008, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in 2013, and Zoolander 2 in 2016. He also directed the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora and many episodes of Severance.

Who are Ben Stiller's parents?

Ben Stiller's parents are the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father came from an Ashkenazi Jewish family that emigrated from Galicia in Poland, and his mother came from an Irish Catholic background and converted to Reform Judaism.

How did Ben Stiller start his career?

Ben Stiller started with satirical short films made during the 1986 Broadway revival of The House of Blue Leaves. His short The Hustler of Money aired on Saturday Night Live in 1987, which led to work as a writer and later to The Ben Stiller Show on MTV in 1990.

What is the Frat Pack and was Ben Stiller its leader?

The Frat Pack is a group of comedy actors that includes Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Steve Carell, and Paul Rudd. Ben Stiller is described as its acknowledged leader, though he called the idea "completely fabricated" in a 2008 interview.

How is Ben Stiller involved in the TV series Severance?

Ben Stiller has directed many episodes of the Apple TV+ series Severance and served as an executive producer since it began in 2022. His work on the series has earned four Primetime Emmy nominations.

Who is Ben Stiller married to?

Ben Stiller is married to the actress Christine Taylor, whom he wed in May 2000 in Kauai, Hawaii. They separated in 2017 after 17 years of marriage and later reconciled, and they have a daughter, Ella Olivia, and a son, Quinlin Dempsey.

What charity work has Ben Stiller done?

Ben Stiller was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR on the 2nd of July 2018 and visited Kyiv, Lviv, Irpin, and Makariv in June 2022. He won $32,000 for his charity Project ALS on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2001.

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  2. 2Ben Stiller – Actor
  3. 3Ellen DeGeneres, Mandy Moore and Ben Stiller Among Stars Mourning Pittsburgh Synagogue ShootingOctober 29, 2018
  4. 4All About Ben Stiller's Late Parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara
  5. 5How The Ben Stiller Show Influenced a Generation of Sketch-Comedy WritersWill Harris — 2019-11-18
  6. 6Every Ben Stiller Movie Performance, RankedSean Malin — 2024-12-02
  7. 7Ben Stiller Originally Envisioned 'Severance' as a ComedyChristy Piña — 2024-12-05
  8. 8MagazineFunny Is Money: Ben Stiller and the dilemma of modern stardomTad Friend — June 25, 2012
  9. 9NewsEdward J. Meara, Former Resident, Dies In BostonDecember 23, 1966
  10. 10Ben Stiller Biography: Film ActorBiography.com (FYI/A&E Television Networks)
  11. 11WHY JERRY STILLER LIVES ON THE UPPER WEST SIDEJanuary 26, 2016
  12. 12BookMarried to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara - Jerry StillerJerry Stiller — Simon and Schuster — August 8, 2000
  13. 13NewsNEW AGAIN: BEN STILLERMarch 11, 2015
  14. 14NewsBen Stiller relieved he is not singleDecember 23, 2013
  15. 15NewsStiller 'softy' in real lifeDebra Wallace — November 19, 1999
  16. 16NewsFinding an Afterlife as a PlaywrightElaine Dutka — Mar 1, 1998
  17. 17NewsBen Stiller:'Doing comedy is scary'Lesley O'Toole — December 22, 2006
  18. 18MagazineThe Evolution of Ben StillerChris Mundy — November 12, 1998
  19. 19NewsWhat I know about womenSteve Dow — April 27, 2014
  20. 20NewsBen Stiller Measures UpApril 18, 2000
  21. 21NewsChristine Taylor: Sweet for the holidaysAmy Longsdorf — December 3, 2010
  22. 22Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2001.
  23. 23Monday, May 30, 2005, Show #2366 recapMichael Z. McIntee
  24. 24NewsWhat makes Ben Stiller funny?Robert Masello — November 28, 2006
  25. 25NewsLadies and Gentlemen, Give It Up for, er ... Ben Stiller's Sister!Corey Kilgannon — 2018-10-19
  26. 26NewsGeneration-X man Mercurial Ben Stiller gets raves for twentysomething flickFrank Bruni — February 22, 1994
  27. 27NewsKeeping it in the family is Ben's wayJohn Millar — August 28, 2004
  28. 28NewsA Lost Boy in a Plot to Keep The Fashion Industry AfloatElvis Mitchell — September 28, 2001
  29. 29NewsThe geek who stole HollywoodGaby Wood — March 14, 2004
  30. 30NewsBen Stiller Isn't Funny. Or So He Says...Ellen McCarthy — December 22, 2006
  31. 31Ben Stiller's Teenage Punk Band, Capital Punishment, Reissued by Captured TracksGordon, Jeremy and Amy Phillips — March 27, 2015
  32. 32Captured Tracks to reissue album by Ben Stiller's teenage 'no wave/retardo' punk band – listenPostigo, Cheyenne — March 27, 2015
  33. 33Ben Stiller’s high school punk band, Capital Punishment, is releasing an EP of new music Consequence of Sound. October 9, 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  34. 34NOTABLE ALUMNI ACTORSUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
  35. 35Ben Stiller BiographyDominic Wills
  36. 36Something Something Japanese
  37. 37MagazineOur Son the ComedianBenjamin Svetkey — October 16, 1992
  38. 38NewsThe King Lives in 'Elvis Stories'Andy Wickstrom — January 5, 1990
  39. 39NewsStiller gets seriousSeptember 28, 2001
  40. 40Ben Stiller – BiographyDominic Wills — Tiscali
  41. 41News'Stiller' Gonna Make Sat. Night LivelierDavid Bianculli — August 24, 1995
  42. 42MagazineJokers MildDavid Kushner — March 26, 1999
  43. 43MagazineStiller StandingJosh Wolk — December 5, 2003
  44. 44NewsBen Stiller – Actor/ComedianKimberly Read et al. — About.com — August 4, 2007
  45. 45NewsBen Stiller Finds 'Reality' is in the GenesFebruary 15, 1994
  46. 46Reality Bites (1993)February 18, 1994
  47. 47February 18-21, 1994 - Presidents' Day weekend (US)
  48. 48NewsSpoofing the TV Gurus of FitnessStephen Holden — February 17, 1995
  49. 49NewsHappy GilmoreBrian Lowry — February 19, 1996
  50. 50NewsStiller StandingSharon Waxman — July 23, 1996
  51. 5118 celebrity BFFs who have worked togetherGabbi Shaw
  52. 52NewsMadonna Rules at Routine MTV Video Music AwardsSeptember 12, 1998
  53. 53NewsBen Stiller behaving badlyWill Lawrence — September 28, 2007
  54. 54NewsMeet the ParentsKenneth Turan — October 6, 2000
  55. 55Meet the ParentsOctober 6, 2000
  56. 56Meet the Parents
  57. 57NewsBride of BenNancy Mills — October 3, 2007
  58. 58NewsZoolander faces Malaysian censorship controversyMarch 5, 2002
  59. 59NewsBack with a bangKevin Maher — June 30, 2002
  60. 60NewsThe Royal TenenbaumsPeter Bradshaw — March 15, 2002
  61. 61NewsBen there, done thatSean Macaulay — January 20, 2004
  62. 62NewsStrange FruitJohn Patterson — January 14, 2002
  63. 63NewsNobody Knows Anything (2003)Duncan J. Watts — 2012
  64. 64News'Museum' Exhibits Funny Pals; Ben Stiller's Key to Success: One For All, All For OneAnthony Breznican — December 12, 2006
  65. 65NewsPPV's Cure for the Summertime BluesTim Clark — Cable World — July 31, 2000
  66. 66Envy
  67. 67Meet the Fockers
  68. 68NewsD'Works will rely on animal instinctBen Fritz — September 14, 2005
  69. 69Night at the Museum – Daily Box Office
  70. 70The Heartbreak Kid
  71. 71The Heartbreak KidOctober 5, 2007
  72. 72MagazineFirst Look: 'Tropic Thunder'Adam B. Vary — March 3, 2008
  73. 73NewsEd Helms mans 'Manure'Tatiana Siegel — June 2, 2008
  74. 74Independent Spirit Nominations: Winter’s Bone, Black Swan, The Kids Are All Right Head for Oscars
  75. 75NewsDreamWorks Animation Acquires Superhero SpoofVFX World — April 3, 2007
  76. 76NewsEddie Murphy to Star in 'Tower Heist'Borys Kit — October 13, 2010
  77. 77Ben Stiller to direct and star in The Secret Life of Walter MittyHenry Barnes — July 20, 2011
  78. 78NewsNational Board of Review Chooses 'Her' as Best Film, Will Forte and Octavia Spencer Land WinsDecember 4, 2013
  79. 79‘While We’re Young’: Toronto Review
  80. 80JournalFilm Review: 'Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb'Scott Foundas — December 12, 2014
  81. 81Ben Stiller: Watching 'Zoolander 2' Flop Around the World Was 'Not a Great Experience'Zack Sharf — 2022-02-22
  82. 82The Meyerowitz Stories review: Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler up their game in entertaining daddy-issues comedy
  83. 83Brad's Status movie review
  84. 842019 Primetime Emmy Awards
  85. 85Ben Stiller Reveals How He Started Playing Michael Cohen on 'SNL'March 22, 2019
  86. 86NewsBen Stiller to Direct Adaptation of Rachel Maddow's 'Bag Man' PodcastRebecca Rubin — 5 February 2021
  87. 87Bag Man Official Web Site Trailers and Release Dates Focus Features
  88. 88Ben Stiller's 'Bag Man' Starts Filming in Washington, DC and Budapest in November Budapest in NovemberShubhabrata Dutta — September 11, 2025
  89. 89NewsBen Stiller On The Emmys And Where 'Severance' Goes In Season 3, 'Happy Gilmore 2' And Reuniting With De Niro For 'Focker In-Law' – Behind The LensPete Hammond — Penske Media Corporation — August 18, 2025
  90. 90Ben Stiller Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins
  91. 91Ben Stiller Stars In TWO Of 2024's Most Offbeat Christmas ComediesCece Montemayor — 2024-12-03
  92. 92Ben Stiller thought his sweet Hulu movie 'Nutcrackers' might be a 'parody'Marco della Cava
  93. 93Ben Stiller takes on 'Hot Ones', gets reduced to a giggling, streaming messSam Haysom — 2024-12-06
  94. 94Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro in talks to star in 4th 'Meet the Parents' movieMason Leib — December 10, 2024
  95. 95SZA Drops 'Lana' Teaser Video Starring Ben Stiller, Long-Delayed Album Will Be Released on FridayJem Aswad, Thania Garcia — 2024-12-17
  96. 96MagazineSZA Taps Ben Stiller to Announce Long-Awaited 'Lana' LPEmily Zemler — 2024-12-17
  97. 97Happy Gilmore Is Back! Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller Spotted Filming Long-Awaited Sequel in New JerseyBailey Richards
  98. 98Pickleball Comedy 'The Dink' Adds Chloe Fineman, Patton Oswalt & Five OthersNovember 4, 2024
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  100. 100News'Frat Pack' splitsSusan Wloszczyna — July 13, 2006
  101. 101NewsThese guys would be great to hang out withSusan Wloszczyna — June 17, 2004
  102. 102Stiller tired of 'Frat Pack' labelBen Stiller dot Net — September 23, 2006
  103. 103Ben StillerYahoo!
  104. 104NewsBen Stiller's funny charmsMonsters and Critics — December 16, 2006
  105. 105NewsBen Stiller Hitched!Marcus Errico — E! — May 16, 2000
  106. 106Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller Embrace Plant-Based LifestyleKarin Yates — May 18, 2012
  107. 107Living Green with Christine TaylorJarrod Denson — 2013-01-09
  108. 108NewsBen Stiller, Christine Taylor separate after 17 years of marriageJayme Deerwester — May 26, 2017
  109. 109Ben Stiller Sees the World Differently NowRyan D'Agostino — February 22, 2022
  110. 110NewsBen Stiller in the momentLee Tulloch — November 16, 2013
  111. 111Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor's 22-Year-Old Daughter Ella Stiller Graduates From Juilliard27 May 2024
  112. 112Knicks Fans Have a New Rally Cry, Courtesy of Ben StillerRachel Dillin — May 12, 2025
  113. 113Ben Stiller Is Launching a Soda — and We Got a First TasteMerlyn Miller — People Inc. — September 23, 2025
  114. 114Edie Falco & Ben Stiller Play HouseVoss Brandon — Philip S. Birsh — May 18, 2011
  115. 115Ben Stiller Charity Information
  116. 116Press releaseBen Stiller appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee AgencyUnited Nations High Commission for Refugees
  117. 117Holy Shat! Insults Fly at Comedy Central RoastAugust 15, 2006
  118. 118Stiller: 'J.J. Abrams did great job'Adam Silverstein — April 19, 2009
  119. 119NewsBen Stiller tells Zelensky in Ukraine: 'You're my hero'Bryan Pietsch — June 21, 2022
  120. 120Russia sanctions Ben Stiller and Sean Penn over Ukraine support2022-09-06
  121. 121NewsBen Stiller: Why I Can't Stay Silent About the Suffering in Israel and GazaBen Stiller
  122. 122Ben Stiller's Federal Campaign Contribution Report
  123. 123NewsWill Smith, Ben Stiller, Even Paulie Walnuts Open Wallets for Presidential CandidatesGil Kaufman — MTV — July 17, 2007
  124. 124Kamala Harris Celebrity Endorsements: A List Of Celebrities Supporting The VPDessi Gomez et al. — 2024-11-05
  125. 125Why Is Funnyman Ben Stiller Not Laughing?Stephen Galloway — 2011-10-26
  126. 126Ben Stiller, cinema's king of goof, on how he was liberated by Escape at DannemoraEd Potton — 2018-12-29
  127. 127NewsBen Stiller speaks about diagnosis with prostate cancerShoard, Catherine — October 4, 2016
  128. 128NewsBen Stiller Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Prostate CancerHautman, Nicholas — October 4, 2016
  129. 129NewsHollywood actor Ben Stiller reveals he had prostate cancer but is now cancer-freeOctober 4, 2016
  130. 130Ben Stiller
  131. 131Awards for Ben StillerIMDb
  132. 132NewsBen Stiller to receive MTV honourBBC — May 23, 2009
  133. 133NewsBen Stiller wins top Kids Choice prize – the WannabeJohn Rogers — April 1, 2007
  134. 134NewsComedian Stiller performs at Class of 2005 eventTom Senn — April 19, 2005
  135. 135NewsBen Stiller, Scarlett Johansson to receive Hasty Pudding awards at HarvardJanuary 29, 2007
  136. 136NewsBAFTA/L.A. award to Ben StillerDave McNary — Reed Elsevier Inc. — August 23, 2011
  137. 137The 40th Annual Aturn Awards Nominations
  138. 13871st Annual DGA Awards
  139. 139Zoolander 2 premiere: Ben Stiller snaps up Guinness World Records title for longest selfie stickRachel Swatman — February 5, 2016
  140. 140BookBen Stiller: Real-Life Reader BiographyBankston, John — Mitchell Lane Publishers — 2002
  141. 141BookBen Stiller: People in the NewsDougherty, Terri — Lucent Books — 2006

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