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Movies starring Stiller, Ben
Biography: Ben Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York, New York to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. It's not surprising that Ben Stiller has followed in his family's footsteps. Ben's parents made no real effort to keep their son away from the Hollywood lifestyle and he grew up among the stars, wondering just why his parents were so popular. At a young age, he and his sister Amy S ... show all Ben Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York, New York to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. It's not surprising that Ben Stiller has followed in his family's footsteps. Ben's parents made no real effort to keep their son away from the Hollywood lifestyle and he grew up among the stars, wondering just why his parents were so popular. At a young age, he and his sister Amy Stiller would perform plays at home, wearing Amy's tights to perform Shakespeare. Ben also picked up an interest in being on the other side of the camera and, at age 10, began shooting films on his Super 8 camera. The plots were always simple: someone would pick on the shy, awkward Stiller...and then he would always get his revenge. This desire for revenge on the popular, good-looking people may have motivated his teen-angst opus "Reality Bites (1994)" later in his career. He both directed and performed in the film, which costarred Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke.
Before he even got his start in Hollywood, Ben put in several consistently solid years in the theater. After dropping out of UCLA, he performed in the Tony Award winner, "The House of Blue Leaves". While working on the play, Stiller shot a short spoof of "The Color of Money (1986)" starring him (in the Tom Cruise role) and his "House of Blue Leaves, The (1987) (TV)" costar John Mahoney (in the Paul Newman role). The short film was so funny that Lorne Michaels purchased it and aired it on "Saturday Night Live" (1975)". This led to Ben spending a year on the show in 1989.
Ben made his big screen debut in Steven Spielberg 's "Empire of the Sun (1987)" in 1987. Demonstrating early on the multifaceted tone his career would take, he soon stepped behind the camera to direct Back to Brooklyn for MTV. The network was impressed and gave Stiller his own show, "Ben Stiller Show, The" (1992)". He recruited fellow offbeat comedians Janeane Garofalo and Andy Dick and created a bitingly satirical show. MTV ended up passing on it, but it was picked up by Fox. Unfortunately, the show was a ratings miss. Stiller was soon out of work, although he did have the satisfaction of picking up an Emmy for the show after its cancellation.
For a while, Ben had to settle for guest appearance work. While he was doing this, he saved up his cash and in the end was able to scrape enough together to make "The Reality Bites (1994)", now a cult classic which is looked upon favorably by the generation it depicted. Ben continued to work steadily for a time, particularly in independent productions where he was more at ease. However, he never quite managed to catch a big break. His first big budget directing job was Jim Carrey's "Cable Guy (1996)". Although many critics were impressed, Jim Carrey's fans were not.
In 1998, "There's Something About Mary (1998)" had propelled Ben into the mainstream spotlight. With his wince-inducing turn in the Farrelly brothers' gross-out film, Ben really "struck a nerve" with mainstream America. In recent years, Ben has starred in such hit movies as "Keeping the Faith (2000)" and "Meet the Parents (2000)". Ben excels at cerebral comedy, but he knows how to get down and lowbrow when he needs to, making him one of America's currently most popular performers. hide |
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Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family |
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Almendarez, Herman | Baron Cohen, Sacha | Cedric the Entertainer | Gordon, Zachary | Holcomb, Bryceson | Lister, Tommy 'Tiny' | Mac, Bernie | McGrath, Tom | Richter, Andy | Rock, Chris | Schwimmer, David | Stanley, Thomas | Stiller, Ben | Vernon, Conrad | (person unknown) |
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Darnell, Eric |
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The sequel of the first movie, the New York Zoo Animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, still stranded on Madagascar, started to leave the island. All of a sudden, they landed in the wilderness of Africa. There, Alex soon meet the rest of his family and starting to have trouble communicating with them after much of his time at the Central Park Zoo.
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Comedy | Drama | Romance |
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USA |
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Stiller, Ben | Elfman, Jenna | Bancroft, Anne | Wallach, Eli | Rifkin, Ron | Forman, Milos | Taylor, Holland | Edelstein, Lisa | Sofer, Rena | Leung, Ken | George, Brian | Burns, Catherine Lloyd | Essman, Susie | Blumberg, Stuart |
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Norton, Edward |
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A love triangle between three friends. Rabbi Jake Schram and Father Brian Finn, two friends, are out to update their religions and draw in more worshipers. With the arrival of Anna Reilly, an old childhood friend of the two, the men’s lives are thrown a curve ball. Anna has become a stunning beauty with a lot of spunk and ambition, and both of them want her. A major road block to Anna for both men is their religion. Jake is up for a head position at his synagogue and taking on a non-Jewish partner is frowned upon, besides the fact that his mother disowned his brother for marrying a non-Jewish woman. Brian has given a vow of celibacy to become a priest.
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Comedy |
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USA |
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Stiller, Ben | Arquette, Patricia | Leoni, Téa | Alda, Alan | Moore, Mary Tyler | Segal, George | Tomlin, Lily | Brolin, Josh | Jenkins, Richard | Weston, Celia | Fitzgerald, Glenn | Ostrosky, Beth | Lamontagne, Cynthia | Kelly, David Patrick | Noonan, John Ford |
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Russell, David O. |
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Five months after the birth of his son, Mel Coplin remains unable to name the child until he has met his own biological parents and discovered who he “really is.” He, his wife Nancy, and his social-worker-in-training Tina Kalb jet off to California to meet his birth mother—who turns out not to be his mother, due to an error with the agency’s adoption records. The quartet sets out in search of Mel’s real parents, with tensions growing because of the sexual chemistry lacking between Mel and Nancy and growing between Mel and Tina.
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Action | Comedy | Fantasy |
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USA |
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Azaria, Hank | Stiller, Ben | Macy, William H. | Rush, Geoffrey | Garofalo, Janeane | Kinnear, Greg | Waits, Tom | Reubens, Paul | Forlani, Claire | Izzard, Eddie | Mitchell, Kel | Studi, Wes | Olin, Lena | Jay, Ricky | Lasser, Louise |
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Usher, Kinka |
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In Champion City, would be superheroes like The Shoveler, The Blue Raja and Mr. Furious can’t seem to make a difference and impress either the city or its greatest superhero, Captain Amazing. However, when Captain Amazing is captured by his greatest enemy, Cassanova Frankenstein, these stumblebum heroes must join with other superhero hopefuls to save the Captain and the city.
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Comedy | Romance |
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USA |
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Stiller, Ben | Monaghan, Michelle | Stiller, Jerry | Akerman, Malin | Mencia, Carlos | Corddry, Rob | Courtney, Stephanie | Hillis, Ali | Lamkin, Kathy | Paone, Nicol | Bryant, Joel | Bell, E.E. | Bredt, Jeff | Hodges, David | Jenkins, Roy |
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Farrelly, Bobby |
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The story centers on a man who is convinced that he has finally met the right girl and marries too quickly. While on his honeymoon and in the process of discovering that his new bride is a nightmare, he meets the girl of his dreams.
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Comedy | Mystery | Thriller |
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USA |
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Pullman, Bill | Stiller, Ben | Ryan O'Neal | Dickens, Kim | Featherstone, Angela | Ross, Hugh | DeVincentis, Sarah | O'Toole, Matt | Mariana, Michele | Katims, Robert | Henry, Tyrone | Barthell, Aleta | Watkins, Tapp | Westerwelle, Wendy | Hasson, Lauren |
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Jake Kasdan |
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Shifty timber tycoon Gregory Stark (’Ryan O’Neal’ (qv)) is being systematically blackmailed and the use of regular private detectives have proved ineffective. Stark decides to call upon the services of the renowned, reclusive Daryl Zero (’Bill Pullman (qv)), supposedly the world’s greatest detective. Stark is very surprised to find himself discussing the intimate details of the case with Zero’s amiable associate Steve Arlo (’Stiller, Ben’ (qv)) who explains Zero’s propensity for never meeting with clients. Zero, using his two ‘obs’ of objectivity and observation, quickly discovers the identity of the blackmailer but continues the case in order to discover exactly why the seemingly ordinary Gloria Sullivan (’Kim Dickens’ (qv)) is attacking Stark in this fashion. As Zero becomes more engrossed in the case and, even worse for him, becomes personally involved with Gloria he is forced to decide between the blackmailer and his client!
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Comedy | Music |
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USA |
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Black, Jack | Gass, Kyle | Reed, Jason | Dio, Ronnie James | Tompkins, Paul F. | Gentile, Troy | Bellamy, Ned | Armisen, Fred | Ward, Kelly | Poehler, Amy | Robbins, Tim | Grohl, David | Stiller, Ben | Everly, Lara | Eldridge, Brittany |
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Lynch, Liam |
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This is the story of a friendship that changes the course of rock history forever, of the fateful collision of minds between JB and KG that led to the creation of the precedent-shattering band Tenacious D, and of the two heroes’ quest to find the fabled Guitar Pick Of Destiny…
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Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy |
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UK | USA |
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Stiller, Ben | Gugino, Carla | Van Dyke, Dick | Rooney, Mickey | Cobbs, Bill | Cherry, Jake | Gervais, Ricky | Williams, Robin | Raver, Kim | Gallagher, Patrick | Malek, Rami | Favino, Pierfrancesco | Murphy, Charles Q. | Coogan, Steve | Peck, Mizuo |
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Levy, Shawn |
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In New York, the unemployed divorced Larry Daley is a complete loser. His son Nick is very disappointed with his father that is gong to be evicted, and Larry accepts the job of night watchman in the Museum of Natural History as the substituted for three old security guards that have just retired to raise some money and pay his bills. In his first nightshift, Larry realizes that everything at the museum comes to life at night. The Museum transforms in a complete chaos with the inexperienced Larry, and he learns that since an old Egyptian stone came to the Museum in 1950, the was statues comes to life until dawn. When Larry brings his son to spend a night with him, the three old guards break in the Museum to stole the magic stone. Larry organizes the historic characters to help him to arrest the criminals and save the museum.
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Comedy |
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Germany | USA |
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Stiller, Ben | Barrymore, Drew | Essell, Eileen | Fierstein, Harvey | Theroux, Justin | Remar, James | Wisdom, Robert | Kurtz, Swoosie | Shawn, Wallace | Rudolph, Maya | Valletta, Amber | Klein, Cheryl | Maculan, Tim | Titone, Jackie | Lazarev, Yevgeni |
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DeVito, Danny |
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Alex Rose (Stiller) and Nancy Kendricks (Barrymore) are a young, professional, New York couple in search of their dream home. When they finally find the perfect Brooklyn brownstone they are giddy with anticipation. The duplex is a dream come true, complete with multiple fireplaces, except for one thing: Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essel), the cranky old lady who lives on the rent-controlled top floor. Assuming she is elderly and ill, they take the apartment but their hopes are quickly dashed when they realize that Mrs. Connelly is an energetic senior who enjoys watching her television at top volume day in and day out and rehearsing in a brass band. A writer, Alex is attempting to finish his novel against a looming deadline. However, each day as he begins to write, he is interrupted by Mrs. Connelly’s numerous demands and requests and what begins as a nuisance quickly escalates into an all-out war. When Nancy loses her job and the pair are trapped at home together with Mrs. Connelly, their rage turns to homicidal fantasy as they plot ways to get rid of their no-good neighbour…
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Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family |
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USA |
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Stiller, Ben | Rock, Chris | Schwimmer, David | Pinkett Smith, Jada | Baron Cohen, Sacha | Cedric the Entertainer | Richter, Andy | Tom McGrath | Knights, Christopher | Miller, Chris | Vernon, Conrad | Darnell, Eric | Cowgill, David | Apostolina, Stephen | Gabrielli, Elisa |
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At New York’s Central Park Zoo, a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer), and a hippo (Smith) are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited … on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.
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