Benjamin Stiller (born November 30, 1965 in New York City) is an American comedian, actor, and film director of Jewish and Irish descent.

Biography

Stiller is even better known for his roles in the films Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, and ''There's Something About Mary.

Stiller wrote & appeared in Saturday Night Live as a featured performer within 1990. He went inside to persons & perform in the self-titled comedy sketch indicate in MTV and then The Ben Stiller Show on the Fox Network in 1992. A indicate lasted Xii episodes, however is considered by numbers of to become one of a finest (in case briefest) sketch comedy vehicles in television. A indicate likewise starred (& launched a careers of) his frequent collaborators Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo, and Bob Odenkirk.

Stiller directed two Reality Bites and The Cable Guy'', to generally mixed reviews. An additional directorial effort, 2001's Zoolander wbesides-received, showing he can be a bankable star two behind the camera when well as ahead of it.

In the parody self-serve book it co-authored, Sense This Book, he & frequent co-star Janeane Garofalo claimed they briefly dated, however this is considered to become artistic license. When you took tremendously of the 1990s, he was involved by owning actress Jeanne Tripplehorn.

Marriage

Inside Will 2000, Stiller married Christine Taylor, whom he met while filming the never-broadcast television pilot for Hound known as Heat Vision and Jack, starring Jack Black. He & Taylor have a girl, Ella Olivia, born April 10, 2002, and the boy, Quinlin Dempsey, born July 10, 2005.

Personal

Stiller is the boy of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, both of whom come seasoned comedians & actors. Amy Stiller, his older sister, also is an actress.

Princeton University's Class of 2005 inducted Mr. Stiller as an honorary member of the class when you took its "Senior Week" inside April, 2005.

Filmography (actor)

Madagascar (2005, voice) Meet the Fockers (2004) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) Starsky & Hutch (2004) Envy (2004) Along Came Polly (2004) Cipher Knows Anything (2003) Duplex (2003) Legend of the Wasted Tribe (2002, voice) ''Liberty's Kids, TV Series (2002, voice) Orange County (2002, uncredited) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Zoolander (2001) Meet the Parents (2000) Keeping the Faith (2000) A Independent (2000) Black and White (1999) Mystery Men (1999) A Suburbans (1999) Nonentity Knows Anything (1998) Permanent Midnight (1998) The Friends & Neighbors (1998) There's Something About Mary (1998) Zero Symptom (1998) The Cable Guy (1996) Flirting with Disaster (1996) In case Lucy Fell (1996) Happy Gilmore (1996) Heavyweights (1995) Reality Bites (1994) A Nutt Home (1992, uncredited) Main road to Hell (1992) Stella (1990) That's Adequate (1990) Elvis Stories (1989) Next of Kin (1989) Fresh Horses (1988) Empire of the Sun (1987) Hot Pursuit'' (1987)

Trivia

Stiller has played the fictionalised version of himself in the tv program The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Extras.