Ben Stiller Biography (1965-)

Full name, Benjamin E. Stiller; born November 30, 1965, in New York, NY; sonof Jerry Stiller (a comedian, actor, and writer) and Anne Meara (a comedian,actress, and writer); brother of Amy Stiller (an actress); married ChristineTaylor (an actress), May 13, 2000; children: Ella Olivia. Addresses: Office: Red Hour Films, 193 North Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Agent: Nick Stevens, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Kelly Bush, I/D Public Relations, 3859 Cardiff Ave., Second Floor, Culver City, CA 90232.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer, director, producer
Birth Details: November 30, 1965; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Chris Honeywell, Hot Pursuit, Paramount, 1987
Dainty, Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros., 1987
Tipton, Fresh Horses, Columbia, 1988
Bruce, Elvis Stories, 1989
Lawrence Isabella, Next of Kin, Warner Bros., 1989
Chip Lane, That's Adequate, South Gate Entertainment, 1990
Jim Uptegrove, Stella, Buena Vista, 1990
Pie thrower, The Nutt House, 1992
Pluto's cook and Attila the Hun, Highway to Hell, Hemdale, 1992
Michael Grates, Reality Bites, Universal, 1994
Tony Perkis/Tony Perkis, Sr., Heavyweights, Buena Vista, 1994
For Better or Worse, Columbia, 1995
Get Shorty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
Bwick Elias, If Lucy Fell, TriStar, 1996
Mel Coplin, Flirting with Disaster, Miramax, 1996
Orderly in a nursing home, Happy Gilmore, Universal, 1996
Sam Sweet/Stan Sweet, The Cable Guy, Columbia/TriStar, 1996
Jerry, Your Friends & Neighbors (also known as Friends andNeighbors), Gramercy, 1998
Jerry Stahl, Permanent Midnight, Artisan Entertainment/LIVE Film and Mediaworks, 1998
Steve Arlo, Zero Effect, Columbia, 1998
Ted Stroehmann, There's Something about Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Nobody Knows Anything, Stargazer Entertainment, 1998
Jay Rose, The Suburbans, Columbia/TriStar, 1999
Mark Clear, Black and White, Palm Pictures, 1999
Roy (Mr. Furious), Mystery Men, Universal, 1999
Gaylord "Greg" Focker, Meet the Parents, Universal, 2000
Rabbi Jacob "Jake" Schram, Keeping the Faith, Buena Vista, 2000
Chas Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums, Buena Vista, 2001
Derek Zoolander, Zoolander, Paramount, 2001
Police officer, The Independent, Arrow Releasing, 2001
Himself, You'll Never Wiez in This Town Again, Dimension, 2002
Firefighter, Orange County, Paramount, 2002
Run, Ronnie, Run, New Line Cinema, 2002
Dave Starsky, Starsky and Hutch, Warner Bros., 2003
Gaylord "Greg" Focker, Meet the Fockers, Universal, 2003
Tim Dingman, Envy, Castle Rock, 2003
Duplex, Miramax, 2003
Film Work
Director
Elvis Stories, 1989
Reality Bites, Universal, 1994
The Cable Guy, Columbia/TriStar, 1996
Zoolander, Paramount, 2001
What Makes Sammy Run?, DreamWorks, 2003
Producer
The Suburbans, Columbia/TriStar, 1999
Zoolander, Paramount, 2001
The Guest, Miramax, 2002
Duplex, Miramax, 2003
What Makes Sammy Run?, DreamWorks, 2003
Television Appearances
Series
Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1987 and 1989
Host, The Ben Stiller Show, MTV, 1990
Host and various characters, The Ben Stiller Show, Fox, 1992-1993
The Andy Dick Show, MTV, 2001
Voice of Thomas Jefferson, Liberty's Kids (animated), PBS, 2002
Specials
Ronnie Shaughnessy, "The House of Blue Leaves," American Playhouse, PBS, 1987
Rock the Vote, Fox, 1992
Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth 3, HBO, 1993
Panelist, Directors on Film: A Conversation about Preservation, American Movie Classics, 1994
Canned Ham: The Cable Guy, Comedy Central, 1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond, UPN, 1996
AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies (also known as American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Movies), CBS, 1998

To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th, CBS, 1998
Canned Ham: Mystery Man, Comedy Central, 1999
The Comedy Central Presents the New York Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller, Comedy Central, 1999
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
Greatest TV Moments: Sesame Street Music A-Z, VH1, 2000
Himself, The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 2001
Tim Swackhammer, "The Super Bowl Halftime Film," Super Bowl XXXV,CBS, 2001
America: A Tribute to Heroes, multiple networks, 2001
Making the Super Bowl Halftime Special, MTV, 2001
Episodic
Kate McShane, CBS, 1975
Peter, "Too Late the Rebel," Kate & Allie, CBS, 1986
"Fast Eddie" Felcher, "Amen ... Send Money," Miami Vice, NBC, 1987
Wince, "The Hustler of Money" (short film), Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1988
Voice of Barry, "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street," Frasier, NBC,1993
Voice of Harry Medfly, "Clip Job," Duckman (animated), USA Network, 1995
Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 1995
Jimmy, "If You're Going to Write a Comedy Scene, You're Going to Have Some Rat Feces in There," Mr. Show, HBO, 1996
Vic, "The Trainer," NewsRadio, NBC, 1996
Himself, "Make a Wish," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1997
Himself, Politically Incorrect, Comedy Central, 1997
Himself, Viva Variety, Comedy Central, 1997
Tommy, "The One with the Screamer," Friends, NBC, 1997
Himself, "Rio Ghosto," Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, The Cartoon Network, 1998
Himself, Intimate Portrait: Mary Tyler Moore, Lifetime, 1998
Himself, Raw Is War, USA Network, 1999
Agent Meara, "The Little Things," Freaks and Geeks, NBC, 2000
"Celebrity Millionaire 3," Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, ABC, 2001
"There's Something about Ben Stiller," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001
The Isaac Mizrahi Show, Oxygen, 2001
Primetime Glick, Comedy Central, 2001
Rove Live, Ten Network, 2001
TV Total, [Germany], 2001
Rex, "Eric's POV," Undeclared, Fox, 2002
Seamus Spooner, "Shrink Wrap," The King of Queens, CBS, 2002
Voice of Garth Motherloving, "Sweet and Sour Marge," The Simpsons(animated), Fox, 2002
Appeared as special guest host, The Anti Gravity Room; also appeared in The Mike Douglas Show, syndicated; and Sesame Street, PBS.
Awards Presentations
Host, The 1996 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1996
Host, MTV Video Music Awards 1998, MTV, 1998
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, UPN, 1998
The 1998 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1998
The 1998 VH1 Fashion Awards, VH1, 1998
Presenter, The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1999
Presenter, The 53rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1999
The 1999 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1999
Presenter, MTV Video Music Awards 2000, MTV, 2000
Tom Crooze, "Mission Improbable" (short film; also known as "Being Tom Cruise"), 2000 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2000
Himself, 2001 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2001
Presenter, MTV Video Music Awards 2001, MTV, 2001
Presenter, The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001
Presenter, 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV, 2001
Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002
Other
Freddy Novak, Working Tra$h (movie), Fox, 1990
Derek Zoolander, Derek Zoolander: Male Model, 1996
Derek Zoolander, Derek Zoolander University, 1997
Backstreet Boyz, 1998
Heat Vision and Jack (unaired pilot), 1999
Television Work
Series
(Director) The Ben Stiller Show, MTV, 1990
(Creator, executive producer, and segment director) The Ben Stiller Show, Fox, 1992-1993
Pilots
(Director and executive producer) Heat Vision and Jack (unaired),1999
Executive producer of an unaired pilot for ABC and producer of an unairedpilot featuring Andy Dick.
Other
(Producer) "The Hustler of Money" (short film), Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1988
(Codirector) Colin Quinn Back in Brooklyn (special), MTV, 1989
Stage Appearances
Ronnie Shaughnessy, The House of Blue Leaves, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1986-1987
RECORDINGS
Audiobooks
(With Janeane Garofalo) Feel This Audio Book: Instant Therapy Only a Crazy Person Would Ignore, HarperAudio, 1999
Videos
Tom Crooze, Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies, NBC Studios,1998
Music Videos
"Rollin'," by Limp Bizkit, 2000
Also appeared in "All Star," by Smash Mouth; "Bad Boy for Life," by P. Diddy and the Bad Boy Family; and "Tribute," by Tenacious D.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Zoolander, Paramount, 2001
What Makes Sammy Run?, DreamWorks, 2003
Teleplays
Series
(With others) Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's SaturdayNight, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live, and SNL), 1987 and 1989
(With others) The Ben Stiller Show, MTV, 1990
(With others) The Ben Stiller Show, Fox, 1992-1993
Saturday Night Special, Fox, 1996
Specials
(With others) Colin Quinn Back in Brooklyn, MTV, 1989
"The Super Bowl Halftime Film," Super Bowl XXXV, CBS, 2001
Other
"The Hustler of Money" (short film), Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1988
Derek Zoolander: Male Model, 1996
Derek Zoolander University, 1997
Humor
(With Janeane Garofalo) Feel This Book: An Essential Guide to Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual Satisfaction, Ballantine Books(New York City), 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers 1999, Issue 1, Gale, 1999

Periodicals

Empire, Issue 91, 1997, p. 9; October, 1998, pp. 56-57
Entertainment Weekly, March 4, 1994, p. 30; April 19, 1996, p. 50;June 26, 1998, p. 24; July 13, 1998, p. 54; June 11, 1999, p. 60
Gentleman's Quarterly, September, 2001
Indie, September, 1998, pp. 34-35
Interview, April, 1996, p. 40
Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2001
Los Angeles Times Magazine, August 1, 1999, pp. 10-13, 33-34
Movieline, March, 1994
New York, April 3, 1989, p. 26
New York Times, September 20, 1998
New York Times Magazine, December 28, 1997
Parade, September 23, 2001, pp. 4-5
People Weekly, February 12, 1990, p. 60; August 18, 1997, p. 43; February 9, 1998, p. 154; November 22, 1999, p. 184; December 25, 2000, p. 85
Premiere, November, 1998, pp. 118-23; April, 2001, p. 112
Rolling Stone, November 12, 1998
Shoot, November 18, 1994, p. 12
Times (London), November 25, 2001
TV Guide, September 5, 1998, pp. 3-4; May 18, 2002, p. 6

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