Ben Stiller biography and movies
Ben Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York, New York to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. It's not surprising that Ben Stiller has followed in his family's footsteps. Ben's parents made no real effort to keep their son away from the Hollywood lifestyle and he grew up among the stars, wondering just why his parents were so popular. At a young age, he and his sister Amy Stiller would perform plays at home, wearing Amy's tights to perform Shakespeare. Ben also picked up an interest in being on the other side of the camera and, at age 10, began shooting films on his Super 8 camera. The plots were always simple: someone would pick on the shy, awkward Stiller...and then he would always get his revenge. This desire for revenge on the popular, good-looking people may have motivated his teen-angst opus Reality Bites (1994) later in his career. He both directed and performed in the film, which costarred Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke.Before he even got his start in Hollywood, Ben put in several consistently solid years in the theater. After dropping out of UCLA, he performed in the Tony Award winner, 'The House of Blue Leaves'. While working on the play, Stiller shot a short spoof of The Color of Money (1986) starring him (in the Tom Cruise role) and his The House of Blue Leaves (1987) (TV) costar John Mahoney (in the Paul Newman role). The short film was so funny that Lorne Michaels purchased it and aired it on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). This led to Ben spending a year on the show in 1989.Ben made his big screen debut in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) in 1987. Demonstrating early on the multifaceted tone his career would take, he soon stepped behind the camera to direct Back to Brooklyn for MTV. The network was impressed and gave Stiller his own show, "The Ben Stiller Show" (1992). He recruited fellow offbeat comedians Janeane Garofalo and Andy Dick and created a bitingly satirical show. MTV ended up passing on it, but it was picked up by Fox. Unfortunately, the show was a ratings miss. Stiller was soon out of work, although he did have the satisfaction of picking up an Emmy for the show after its cancellation.For a while, Ben had to settle for guest appearance work. While he was doing this, he saved up his cash and in the end was able to scrape enough together to make Reality Bites (1994), now a cult classic which is looked upon favorably by the generation it depicted. Ben continued to work steadily for a time, particularly in independent productions where he was more at ease. However, he never quite managed to catch a big break. His first big budget directing job was Jim Carrey's The Cable Guy (1996). Although many critics were impressed, Jim Carrey's fans were not.In 1998, There's Something About Mary (1998) had propelled Ben into the mainstream spotlight. With his wince-inducing turn in the Farrelly brothers' gross-out film, Ben really 'struck a nerve' with mainstream America. In recent years, Ben has starred in such hit movies as Keeping the Faith (2000) and Meet the Parents (2000). Ben excels at cerebral comedy, but he knows how to get down and lowbrow when he needs to, making him one of America's currently most popular performers.

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Rate: 9.7 Tropic Thunder

Year: 2008

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Ben Stiller

Artists: Jay Baruchel, Jack Black, Anthony Ruivivar, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kahn


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Rate: 6 Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian

Year: 2009

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Director: Shawn Levy

Artists: Bill Hader, Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams


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Rate: 9.7 Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian

Year: 2009

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Director: Shawn Levy

Artists: Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams, Ben Stiller


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Rate: 9.7 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Year: 2008

Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation, Action

Director: Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell

Artists: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Baldwin, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ben Stiller, Cedric the Entertainer


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Rate: 9.7 Tropic Thunder

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Action, War, Adventure

Artists: Jay Baruchel, Jack Black, Anthony Ruivivar, Jeff Kahn, Ben Stiller


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Rate: 9.7 Tropic Thunder

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Action, War, Adventure

Artists: Ben Stiller, Jeff Kahn, Anthony Ruivivar, Jack Black, Jay Baruchel


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Rate: 7.2 Tropic Thunder

Year: 2008

Genres: Adventure, War, Action, Comedy

Artists: Jay Baruchel, Jack Black, Anthony Ruivivar, Jeff Kahn, Ben Stiller


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Rate: 7.2 Tropic Thunder

Year: 2008

Genres: Adventure, War, Action, Comedy

Artists: Jay Baruchel, Jack Black, Anthony Ruivivar, Jeff Kahn, Ben Stiller


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Rate: 9.7 Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

Year: 2008

Genres: Animation, Adventure, Action

Director: Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell

Artists: Ben Stiller, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Chris Rock


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Rate: 9.7 Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

Year: 2008

Genres: Biography

Director: Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell

Artists: Sacha Baron Cohen, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller


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Rate: 6.8 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Action, Animation, Family

Director: Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell

Artists: Cedric the Entertainer, Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Alec Baldwin, Sacha Baron Cohen


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Rate: 5.9 The Heartbreak Kid

Year: 2007

Genres: Romance, Comedy

Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Artists: Scott Wilson, Roy Jenkins, Michelle Monaghan, Ben Stiller, Rob Corddry


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Rate: 6.8 Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny

Year: 2006

Genres: Music, Comedy

Director: Liam Lynch

Artists: Fred Armisen, Tim Robbins, Kyle Gass, Jack Black, Ben Stiller


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Rate: 9.7 Night At The Museum

Year: 2006

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Shawn Levy

Artists: Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cobbs, Carla Gugino, Mickey Rooney


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Rate: 7.5 Family Guy S05E03: Hell Comes To Quahog

Year: 2006

Genres: Animation, Comedy

Director: Dan Povenmire

Artists: Seth MacFarlane, Mila Kunis, Seth Green, Patrick Warburton, Ben Stiller


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Rate: 7.5 Family Guy S05E03: Hell Comes To Quahog

Year: 2006

Genres: Animation, Comedy

Director: Dan Povenmire

Artists: Seth MacFarlane, Ben Stiller, Mila Kunis, Seth Green, Patrick Warburton


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Rate: 6.6 Madagascar

Year: 2005

Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation, Comedy

Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

Artists: Chris Miller, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ben Stiller, Cedric the Entertainer


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Rate: 5.8 Along Came Polly

Year: 2004

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: John Hamburg

Artists: Kevin Hart, Judah Friedlander, Missi Pyle, Bob Dishy, Kym Whitley, Michele Lee, Masi Oka, Jsu Garcia, Bryan Brown, Hank Azaria, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin


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Rate: 6.6 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Year: 2004

Genres: Sport, Comedy

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Artists: Hank Azaria, Justin Long, Ben Stiller, Rip Torn, Vince Vaughn


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Rate: 9.7 Dodgeball

Year: 2004

Genres: Comedy, Sport

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Artists: Justin Long, Rip Torn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn


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Rate: 6.4 Zoolander

Year: 2001

Genres: Comedy

Artists: Donald Trump, Milla Jovovich, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Asio Highsmith, Christian Slater, Nathan Lee Graham, Meekus, Jon Voight, Alexandre Manning, David Duchovny, Jerry Stiller, Judah Friedlander, Todd


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Rate: 8.3 Friends S03E22 The One With The Screamer

Year: 1997

Genres: Romance, Comedy

Director: Peter Bonerz

Artists: Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Jon Favreau, David Schwimmer, Ben Stiller


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Rate: 7.3 Duckman S02E09

Year: 1994

Genres: Animation, Drama, Comedy

Director: Jeff McGrath

Artists: Jason Alexander, Dweezil Zappa, Gregg Berger, Jim Cummings, Ben Stiller


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