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Ben Stiller is an American actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter. He has mostly appeared in comedy films. Stiller is an Emmy Award winner for his directed, produced and written television show The Ben Stiller Show .
He has appeared in films since 1987, most recently 2022's Bros . He has also directed and written several films which he appeared in himself.
In television, he has played multiple roles, starting in 1986. He has also played roles in music videos, video game, and web series.
Year | Title | Actor | Director | Producer | Writer | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1987 | Hot Pursuit | Yes | No | No | No | Chris Honeywell | ||
Empire of the Sun | Yes | No | No | No | Dainty | |||
Shoeshine | Yes | No | No | No | Investment Banker | |||
1988 | Fresh Horses | Yes | No | No | No | Tipton | ||
1989 | That's Adequate | Yes | No | No | No | Chip Lane | ||
Next of Kin | Yes | No | No | No | Lawrence Isabella | |||
Elvis Stories | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Bruce | Short film | ||
1990 | Stella | Yes | No | No | No | Jim Uptegrove | ||
1991 | Highway to Hell | Yes | No | No | No | Pluto's Cook / Attila The Hun | ||
1992 | The Nutt House | Yes | No | No | No | Pie Thrower | ||
1994 | Reality Bites | Yes | Yes | No | Uncredited | Michael Grates | Feature directorial debut | |
1995 | Heavyweights | Yes | No | No | No | Tony Perkis / Tony Perkis Sr. | ||
1996 | Happy Gilmore | Uncredited | No | No | No | Hal L. - Orderly in Nursing Home | [1] | |
If Lucy Fell | Yes | No | No | No | Bwick Elias | |||
Flirting with Disaster | Yes | No | No | No | Mel Coplin | |||
The Cable Guy | Yes | Yes | No | Uncredited | Sam Sweet / Stan Sweet | |||
1998 | Zero Effect | Yes | No | No | No | Steve Arlo | ||
There's Something About Mary | Yes | No | No | No | Ted Stroehmann | |||
Your Friends & Neighbors | Yes | No | No | No | Jerry | |||
Permanent Midnight | Yes | No | No | No | Jerry Stahl | |||
1999 | The Suburbans | Yes | No | No | No | Jay Rose | ||
Mystery Men | Yes | No | No | No | Mr. Furious / Roy | |||
Black and White | Yes | No | No | No | Mark Clear | |||
2000 | The Independent | Yes | No | No | No | Cop | Cameo | |
Keeping the Faith | Yes | No | No | No | Rabbi Jake Schram | |||
Meet the Parents | Yes | No | No | No | Gaylord "Greg" Focker | |||
2001 | Zoolander | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Derek Zoolander | ||
The Royal Tenenbaums | Yes | No | No | No | Chas Tenenbaum | |||
2002 | Orange County | Yes | No | No | No | The Firefighter | Cameo | |
Run Ronnie Run | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | |||
2003 | Crooked Lines | No | No | Executive | No | — | ||
Duplex | Yes | No | Yes | No | Alex Rose | |||
Nobody Knows Anything! | Yes | No | No | No | Peach Expert | Cameo | ||
Pauly Shore Is Dead | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | |||
2004 | Along Came Polly | Yes | No | No | No | Reuben Feffer | ||
Starsky & Hutch | Yes | No | Executive | No | David Starsky | |||
Envy | Yes | No | No | No | Tim Dingman | |||
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Yes | No | Yes | No | White Goodman | |||
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Yes | No | No | No | Arturo Mendez | Cameo | ||
Meet the Fockers | Yes | No | No | No | Gaylord "Greg" Focker | |||
2005 | Madagascar | Yes | No | No | No | Alex | Voice role | |
2006 | Danny Roane: First Time Director | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Cameo | |
School for Scoundrels | Yes | No | No | No | Lonnie | |||
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Yes | No | Executive | No | The Guitar Center Store SalesGuy | Cameo | ||
Night at the Museum | Yes | No | No | No | Lawrence "Larry" Daley | |||
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Concert film | ||
2007 | Blades of Glory | No | No | Yes | No | — | ||
The Heartbreak Kid | Yes | No | No | No | Edward "Eddie" Cantrow | |||
Elmo's Christmas Countdown | Yes | No | No | No | Stiller the Elf | Voice role | ||
2008 | The Ruins | No | No | Executive | No | — | ||
Tropic Thunder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tugg Speedman | |||
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Yes | No | No | No | Alex | Voice role | ||
2009 | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story | Yes | No | Executive | No | Himself | Documentary film | |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Yes | No | No | No | Lawrence "Larry" Daley | |||
The Marc Pease Experience | Yes | No | No | No | Jon Gribble | |||
2010 | Greenberg | Yes | No | No | No | Roger Greenberg | ||
I'm Still Here | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Cameo | ||
Submarine | Yes | No | Executive | No | Soap Opera Star | Cameo | ||
Megamind | Yes | No | Executive | No | Bernard | Voice role | ||
Little Fockers | Yes | No | No | No | Gaylord "Greg" Focker | |||
2011 | 30 Minutes or Less | No | No | Yes | No | — | ||
The Big Year | No | No | Executive | No | — | |||
Tower Heist | Yes | No | No | No | Josh Kovaks | |||
2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Yes | No | No | No | Alex | Voice role | |
The Watch | Yes | No | No | No | Evan Trautwig | |||
2013 | He's Way More Famous Than You | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | ||
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Walter Mitty | |||
2014 | While We're Young | Yes | No | No | No | Josh Schrebnick | ||
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Yes | No | No | No | Lawrence "Larry" Daley / Laaa | [2] | ||
2015 | Being Canadian | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Documentary | |
2016 | Zoolander 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Derek Zoolander | ||
Don't Think Twice | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | |||
Why Him? | No | No | Yes | No | — | |||
2017 | The Polka King | No | No | Executive | No | — | ||
Brad's Status | Yes | No | No | No | Brad Sloan | |||
The Meyerowitz Stories | Yes | No | No | No | Matthew Meyerowitz | |||
2018 | Alex Strangelove | No | No | Yes | No | — | ||
The Package | No | No | Yes | No | — | |||
2019 | Greed | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Cameo | |
Plus One | No | No | Executive | No | — | |||
2020 | Dinner in America | No | No | Yes | No | — | ||
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics | Yes | No | Yes | No | Himself | Documentary film | ||
Hubie Halloween | Yes | No | No | No | Orderly Hal | |||
Friendsgiving | No | No | Yes | No | — | |||
2021 | Locked Down | Yes | No | No | No | Guy | ||
Queenpins | No | No | Executive | No | — | |||
2022 | Bros | Uncredited | No | No | No | Himself | Cameo | |
Bleecker | Yes | No | No | No | Dr. Pots | |||
2024 | Nutcrackers | Yes | No | No | No | Mike | [3] |
† | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Actor | Director | Producer | Writer | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1986 | Kate & Allie | Yes | No | No | No | Peter | Episode: "Too Late the Rebel" | |
1987 | Miami Vice | Yes | No | No | No | Fast Eddie Felcher | Episode: "Amen... Send Money" | |
American Playhouse | Yes | No | No | No | Ronnie Shaughnessy | Episode: "The House of Blue Leaves" | ||
1989 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | No | No | Yes | Various | 4 episodes | |
1990 | Working Tra$h | Yes | No | No | No | Freddy Novak | ||
1990–1995 | The Ben Stiller Show | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | ||
1993 | Frasier | Yes | No | No | No | Barry | Episode: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street" | |
1995 | Duckman | Yes | No | No | No | Harry Medfly | Voice role; episode: "Clip Job" | |
2 Stupid Dogs | Yes | No | No | No | Tony Robbins-style character | Voice role | ||
1996 | NewsRadio | Yes | No | No | No | Vic | Episode: "The Trainer" | |
1997 | Friends | Yes | No | No | No | Tommy | Episode: "The One with the Screamer" | |
The Larry Sanders Show | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Episode: "Make a Wish" | ||
1998 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Yes | No | No | No | Episode: "Rio Ghosto" | ||
1998 MTV Video Music Awards | Yes | No | No | Yes | Himself (host) | Television special | ||
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Voice; episode: "Ticket" | ||
1998–2011 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | No | No | No | Himself (host) | 2 episodes | |
1999 | Heat Vision and Jack | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Strip Club DJ | Executive producer | |
Freaks and Geeks | Yes | No | No | No | Secret Service Agent | Episode: "The Little Things" | ||
2000 | Sesame Street | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Episode #31.1 | |
2001 | Undeclared | Yes | No | No | No | Rex | Episode: "Eric's POV" | |
2002 | The Simpsons | Yes | No | No | No | Garth Motherloving | Voice role; episode: "Sweets and Sour Marge" | |
Prehistoric Planet | Yes | No | No | No | Narrator | Season 1 | ||
The King of Queens | Yes | No | No | No | Jerry | Episode: "Shrink Wrap" | ||
Hooves of Fire | Yes | No | No | No | Robbie | Voice role (U.S. redub) | ||
Legend of the Lost Tribe | Yes | No | No | No | ||||
2002–2003 | Liberty's Kids | Yes | No | No | No | Thomas Jefferson | Voice role; episodes: "The First Fourth of July", "Conflict in the South" | |
2004 | King of the Hill | Yes | No | No | No | Rich | Voice role; episode: "That's What She Said" | |
Curb Your Enthusiasm | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | 3 episodes | ||
2004–2006, 2013, 2018–2019 | Arrested Development | Yes | No | No | No | Tony Wonder | 8 episodes | |
2005 | Extras | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Episode: "Ben Stiller" | |
2007 | Family Guy | Yes | No | No | No | Voice role; episode: "No Meals on Wheels" | ||
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary | Yes | No | No | No | Documentary | |||
2009 | Merry Madagascar | Yes | No | No | No | Alex | Voice role; television special | |
2010 | Phineas and Ferb | Yes | No | No | No | Khaka Peu Peu | Voice role; episode: "The Beak" | |
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Episode: "Man Milk" | ||
The Trip | Uncredited | No | No | No | Cameo | |||
2011 | Take Two with Phineas and Ferb | Yes | No | No | No | Episode: "Ben Stiller" | ||
2012 | Eagleheart | Yes | No | No | No | Silly Sammy | Episode: "Silly Sammy" | |
2013 | Madly Madagascar | Yes | No | No | No | Alex | Voice role; television special | |
The Birthday Boys | Yes | No | Yes | No | Roger / Mr. Turner | Episode: "Rock and Roll"; executive producer | ||
2014 | Running Wild with Bear Grylls | Yes | No | No | No | Himself | Episode 1.2 | |
2014–2016 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail | No | No | Yes | No | — | ||
2015 | Workaholics | Yes | No | No | No | Del Jacobson | Episode: "Front Yard Wrestling" | |
Another Period | Yes | No | Yes | No | Charles Ponzi | Episode: "Lillian's Birthday"; executive producer | ||
Big Time in Hollywood, FL | Yes | No | Yes | No | Jimmy Staats | Episode: "Severance"; executive producer | ||
2016 | Zoolander: Super Model | Yes | No | Yes | No | Derek Zoolander | Voice role; television film | |
Maya & Marty | Yes | No | No | No | Dr. Reginald Stone | Episode: "John Cena, Nick Jonas, Eva Longoria and Ben Stiller" | ||
Haters Back Off | Yes | No | No | No | Bob Hamburg's nephew | Episode: "Netwerking at the Nursing Home" | ||
2018 | Escape at Dannemora | No | Yes | Yes | No | — | Executive producer | |
2018–2019 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | No | No | No | Michael Cohen | Cameo role; 6 episodes | |
2019–2022 | In The Dark | No | No | Yes | No | — | Executive producer | |
2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Yes | No | No | No | 8008s | Television special | |
La Flamme | No | No | Yes | No | — | French adaptation of Burning Love ; executive producer | [4] | |
2022–present | Severance | Uncredited | Yes | Yes | No | — | Executive producer | [5] |
2022 | Le Flambeau : Les aventuriers de Chupacabra | No | No | Yes | No | — | ||
2023 | Krapopolis | Yes | No | No | No | Prometheus | Voice role; episode: "Prometheus" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: The Video Game | Lawrence "Larry" Daley | Voice role | |
Year | Title | Artist | Album | Role | Ref(s) |
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1999 | "All Star" | Smash Mouth | Astro Lounge | Song was featured in Mystery Men, in which Stiller appeared, this song also appeared in Shrek | |
2000 | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | Limp Bizkit | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | Himself | |
2001 | "Bad Boy for Life" | Sean Combs | The Saga Continues... | P. Diddy's Neighbor | |
2002 | "Tribute" | Tenacious D | Tenacious D | Himself | |
2004 | "Taylor" | Jack Johnson | On and On | ||
2007 | "Closer" | Travis | The Boy with No Name | Supermarket Manager | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010–11 | Stiller & Meara | Himself | Also director and producer | |
2012–13 | Burning Love | Joe Rutherford | Also executive producer | |
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