Ben Stiller is a world famous American actor, director, and comedian who is best known for his roles in the films Zoolander and There’s Something About Mary. He regularly plays neurotic characters with great intensity and frequent use of physical comedy.
Other notable Ben Stiller credits include Heavyweights, Reality Bites, Empire of the Sun, The Ben Stiller Show,
Saturday Night Live,
Arrested Development,
Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Cable Guy, Flirting with Disaster, If Lucy Fell, Happy Gilmore, Permanent Midnight, Your Friends & Neighbors, Zero Effect, Black and White, Mystery Men, The Suburbans,
Meet the Parents, Keeping the Faith, The Independent, The Royal Tenenbaums, Orange County, Duplex, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Envy, Starsky & Hutch, Along Came Polly,
Madagascar,
Night at the Museum, Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny, School for Scoundrels, The Heartbreak Kid, and
Tropic Thunder.
He has also been successful as a director, directing such films as Reality Bites, The Cable Guy, Heat Vision and Jack, Zoolander, and
Tropic Thunder.
In his personal life, he has been connected to many famous women including Calista Flockhart,
Jeanne Tripplehorn, Rhea Durham, Janeane Garofalo, Amanda Peet, Claire Forlani, and Christine Taylor. He met Taylor in 1999 while filming the failed
Jack Black television pilot Heat Vision and Jack. The couple has been dating since. They have two children together, a girl named Ella Olivia and a boy named Quinlin Dempsey. He is also the son of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
