Ben Stiller Bio | Wiki
Ben Stiller is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is the son of the comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Ben was a member of a group of comedic actors colloquially known as the Frat Pack.
His films have grossed more than $2.6 billion in Canada and the United States, with an average of $79 million per film. Throughout his career, he has received various awards and honors, including an Emmy Award, multiple MTV Movie Awards, a Britannia Award, and a Teen Choice Award.
Ben Stiller Age
Ben was born on November 30, 1965, in New York, New York, United States. He is 56 years old.
Ben Stiller Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx. 1.75 m).
Ben Stiller Family
He was born in New York City and raised on the Upper West Side, by his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Ben’s father comedian and actor, was from a Jewish family that emigrated from Poland and Galicia in Central Europe.
His mother, an actress, and comedian from an Irish Catholic background converted to Reform Judaism after marrying his father. While they “were never a very religious family”, they celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas, and Ben had a Bar Mitzvah. He has an older sister, named Amy.
Ben Stiller Wife | Christine Taylor
In May 2000, Ben married actress Christine Taylor at an oceanfront ceremony in Kauai, Hawaii. The couple met in 1999 while filming a never-broadcast television pilot for the Fox Broadcasting network called Heat Vision and Jack.
Taylor and Ben appeared together in the films Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Tropic Thunder, and Zoolander 2. Both adopted a vegetarian diet for health reasons. After 17 years of marriage, the couple separated in 2017.
They later reconciled after living together during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The family lives in quiet Westchester County, New York, and Manhattan. Ben and Taylor have a daughter Ella Olivia born in 2002 and a son Quinlin Dempsey “Quinn” born in 2005.
Ben Stiller Education
He attended The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine and graduated from the Calhoun School in New York in 1983. Ben started performing on the cabaret circuit as the opening act to the cabaret siren Jadin Wong. He then enrolled as a film student at the University of California, Los Angeles. After nine months, Ben left school to move back to New York City. He made his way through acting classes, auditioning and trying to find an agent.
Ben Stiller Dodgeball
In 2004, he appeared in six different films, all of which were comedies. They include some of his highest-grossing films: Starsky & Hutch, Envy, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Along Came Polly, and Meet the Fockers.
Dodgeball is a 2004 American sports comedy film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn and Ben. The plot follows a group of misfits entering a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
Ben Stiller In Happy Gilmore
In 1996, Ben had a small role as Hal L., the sadistic orderly running the nursing home in the movie Happy Gilmore. Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds. It stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a newfound talent for golf.
Ben Stiller Severance
In 2022 Ben served as a director and executive producer on the Apple TV+ series Severance earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series.
Ben Stiller Show
Producers at MTV offered Ben a 13-episode show in the experimental “vid-com” format. Titled The Ben Stiller Show, this series mixed comedy sketches with music videos and parodied various television shows, music stars, and films. It starred Ben, along with the main writer Jeff Khan and Harry O’Reilly, with his parents and sister making occasional appearances.
Although the show was canceled after its first season, it led to another show titled The Ben Stiller Show, on the Fox Network in 1992. Throughout its short run, The Ben Stiller Show frequently appeared at the bottom of the ratings, even as it garnered critical acclaim and eventually won an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program” posthumously.
Ben Stiller Tropic Thunder
In 2008, Ben directed, co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in the film Tropic Thunder, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black. He had originally conceived of the film’s premise while filming Empire of the Sun in 1987.
Ben Stiller Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Ben’s estimated net worth is $200 million.
How Tall Ben Stiller
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx. 1.75 m).