Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller got his start acting in the Tony Award-winning play House of Blue Leaves (1986). He wrote and appeared on Saturday Night Live in 1989 before being offered his own show by MTV. Stiller hosted and produced the comedy series The Ben Stiller Show on MTV from 1990 to 1992, earning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Program. He went on to appear on Friends, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development and Extras, the latter of which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

Stiller made his directorial debut with Reality Bites (1994) and continued to act and direct films including The Cable Guy (1996), Zoolander (2001), Tropic Thunder (2008) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). He also appeared in comedies There’s Something About Mary (1998), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and Tower Heist (2011). Stiller is widely known for the film franchises Meet the Parents, Madagascar and Night at the Museum.

The actor was linked to actresses Jeanne Tripplehorn, Calista Flockhart and Amanda Peet before marrying Christine Taylor in 2000. The couple welcomed daughter Ella in 2002 and son Quinlin in 2005. Stiller and Taylor separated in 2017 but reconciled after living together during the COVID-19 lockdown.