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Place of birth New York City, New York, USA
Year of debut 1987
Ben Stiller's parents were comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. He began making his own movies at the age of ten. After years spent acting on stage, he got a break when he was given his own show, The Ben Stiller Show, which won an Emmy award. He proved his comic ability by writing, producing, directing and starring in Zoolander. He has since appeared in a range of box office hits from Meet The Parents to Tropic Thunder.
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£3.99PG Certificate 2012 89 MinsAnimated. A group of zoo animals join a travelling circus. With Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen. Mild slapstick violence.
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£2.9912 Certificate 2004 110 MinsRobert De Niro asks to meet Ben Stiller's family. Contains moderate sex references and one drug reference.
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£2.99PG Certificate 2008 85 MinsAnimated. A group of animals crash land in Africa. With Ben Stiller and Chris Rock. Mild comic violence and threat.
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£2.99U Certificate 2005 82 MinsAnimated. A group of zoo animals break out and find themselves in Africa. With Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and David Schwimmer. Contains very mild language and violence.
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£2.50PG Certificate 2006 104 MinsBen Stiller stars in a fun family comedy about museum exhibits coming to life. Comic scary moments.
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£2.50PG Certificate 2009 100 MinsBen Stiller heads to a magical museum to rescue some old friends. Co stars Amy Adams, Hank Azaria and Owen Wilson. Mild comic violence and scary moments.
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£2.9915 Certificate 2008 102 MinsA group of actors (Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr) make a disastrous action film. Strong language, sex references and comic bloody violence.
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£2.9912 Certificate 2004 86 MinsAn uptight man (Ben Stiller) falls in love with a carefree woman (Jennifer Aniston). With Philip Seymour Hoffman. Moderate sex references.
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£2.9912 Certificate 2001 85 MinsBen Stiller and Owen Wilson are rival supermodels. Co starring Will Ferrell, Jerry Stiller, Jon Voight and David Duchovny. Contains moderate language and drug and sex references.
Did you know?
- As a child, Ben Stiller borrowed his sister's tights to perform Shakespeare plays at home.
- In 2000 he married actress Christine Taylor. She has co-starred with him in a number of movies including Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Tropic Thunder. The couple have two children together.
- He is a huge Star Trek fan and named his production company, Red Hour Films, after an alien riot that took place in one of the episodes.
- He claims that he has bipolar disorder and that depression runs in his family.
- He is good friends with Tom Cruise and has impersonated him on stage for years. At the 2000 MTV Movie Awards he took to the stage as Tom Crooze, a crazed stunt double. Stiller and Cruise co-starred in Tropic Thunder.
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