Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller, rođen 30. novembra 1965., je američki komičar, glumac, scenarista, reditelj i producent. On je sin veterana komedije i glumaca Jerry-ja Stiller-a i Anne Meara.
Stiller je rođen u Njujorku od oca Jevreja Jerry-ja Stiller-a i majke Anne Meara-e koja je irska katolikinja, koja je prešla u judaizam kada se udala. Sam Ben priznaje da je delom Jevrej, a delom irski katolik. Roditelji su ga često vodili na snimanja, već od njegove 6-te godine. Svoje detinjstvo smatra neobičnim, to je uzgajanje uz šoubiznis – puno je putovanja, kasnog spavanja i svega što se ne može nazvati tradicionalnim. Njegova sestra Amy Stiller se već pojavljivala u mnogim ostvarenjima, uključujući i Reality Bites, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story i Zoolander.
Još kao mali je pokazao dosta interesovanja za snimanje filmova. Sa 10 godina je imao glumački debi kao gost svoje majke na televiziji. Odabran je za ulogu na Brodveju u ostvarenju The House of Blue Leaves, zajedno sa John-om Mahoney-jem. 1989. godine se pojavio u “Saturday Night Live” kao gost – izvođač.
Nakon nekoliko manjih filmskih uloga tokom 90-tih godina: Stella, Highway to Hell i The Nutt House, Stiller se posvetio pisanju scenarija, kastingom glumaca, glumom i režijom “Reality Bites”. Film je producirao Danny DeVito.
1998 Stiller je odložio svoje rediteljske ambicije da bi glumio u “There's Something About Mary”, sa Cameron Diaz, što je imalo dosta uticaja na njegovu glumačku karijeru. Iste godine je glumio i u nekoliko drama: Zero Effect, Your Friends & Neighbors, i Permanent Midnight.
2001. godine je režirao svoje treće ostvarenje, “Zoolander”. U filmu su gostovali: Donald Trump, Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, Heidi Klum i David Bowie, a film je zabranjen u Maleziji, zato što je scenario govorio i o pokušaju ubistva Premijera Malezije.
Stiller je prihvaćen kao vođa grupe “Frat Pack”, koju čine glumci koji su zajedničkim snagama radili na nekoliko filmova. Grupa uključuje, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Steve Carell i Paul Rudd.
Stiller se viđao sa nekoliko glumica, kao što su: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Calista Flockhart i Amanda Peet. 2000. godine se venčao sa Christine Taylor. On podržava demokratsku partiju. I Stiller i njegova supruga su vegetarijanci.
Filmografija:
1987 Empire of the Sun Dainty
1987 Hot Pursuit Chris Honeywell
1987 Shoeshine
1988 Fresh Horses Tipton
1989 Next of Kin Lawrence Isabella
1989 Elvis Stories Bruce
1989 That's Adequate Chip Lane
1990 Stella Jim Uptegrove
1992 The Nutt House Pie Thrower
1992 Highway to Hell Pluto's Cook/Attila the Hun
1994 Reality Bites Michael Grates
1995 Heavyweights Tony Perkis/Tony Perkis Sr.
1996 The Cable Guy Sam Sweet/Stan Sweet
1996 Flirting with Disaster Mel
1996 If Lucy Fell Bwick Elias
1996 Happy Gilmore Hal L. (Nursing Home Orderly)
1998 Permanent Midnight Jerry Stahl
1998 Your Friends & Neighbors Jerry
1998 There's Something About Mary Ted Stroehmann
1998 Zero Effect Steve Arlo
1999 Black and White Mark Clear
1999 Mystery Men Mr. Furious
1999 The Suburbans Jay Rose
2000 Meet the Parents Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2000 Keeping the Faith Rabbi Jake Schram
2000 The Independent Cop
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Chas Tenenbaum
2001 Zoolander Derek Zoolander
2002 Orange County The Firefighter
2002 Run Ronnie Run
2003 Nobody Knows Anything!
2003 Duplex Alex Rose
2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead
2004 Meet the Fockers Greg Focker
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Arturo Mendes
2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story White Goodman
2004 Envy Tim Dingman
2004 Starsky & Hutch David Starsky
2004 Along Came Polly Reuben Feffer
2005 Danny Roane: First Time Director
2005 Madagascar Alex
2005 Sledge: The Untold Story
2006 Night at the Museum Larry Daley
2006 In Search of Ted Demme
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Guitar Center Guy
2006 School for Scoundrels Lonnie
2007 The Heartbreak Kid Eddie Cantrow
2008 Tropic Thunder Tugg Speedman
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Alex
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Larry Daley
2009 The Marc Pease Experience Jon Gribble
2010 Greenberg Roger Greenberg
2010 Megamind Bernard
2010 Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff: The
2010 Little Fockers Greg Focker
2010 The Trip Ben Stiller
2011 Tower Heist Josh Kovacs
2012 The Watch Evan Trautwig
2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Alex
2012 He's Way More Famous Than You
2012 While We're Young
2012 The Mountain
2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Walter Mitty
2014 Zoolander 2 Derek Zoolander
2014 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2 TBA
Reditelj i producent:
1989 Elvis Stories
1994 Reality Bites
1996 The Cable Guy
2001 Zoolander
2003 Duplex
2003 Crooked Lines
2004 Starsky & Hutch
2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2007 Blades of Glory
2008 Date School
2008 Tropic Thunder
2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story Executive Producer
2010 Megamind
2010 Submarine
2011 30 Minutes or Less
Televizijski rad:
1987 Miami Vice Fast Eddie Felcher
1989 Saturday Night Live
1990 The Ben Stiller Show
1990 Working Trash Freddy Novak
1992–93 The Ben Stiller Show
1995 Duckman Harry Medfly
1995 2 Stupid Dogs Tony Robbins-style character
1996 NewsRadio Vic
1997 Friends Tommy
1997 The Larry Sanders Show
1998 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1999 Heat Vision and Jack Strip Club DJ
1999 WWF Raw Is War
2000 Freaks and Geeks
2001 Undeclared Rex
2002 The Simpsons Garth Motherloving
2002 Prehistoric Planet
2002 The King of Queens Jerry
2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself
2004–06 Arrested Development Tony Wonder
2005 Extras
2007 Family Guy
2008 Sesame Street
2010 Phineas and Ferb Khaka Peu Peu
2010 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2010 The Trip
2011 Onion News Network
2011 Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2012 Eagleheart Silly Sammy
Muzički spotovi:
1999 "All Star" Smash Mouth Mr. Furious
2000 "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" Limp Bizkit
2000 "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" Limp Bizkit
2001 "Bad Boy for Life" Sean Combs P. Diddy's Neighbor
2002 "Tribute" Tenacious D
2004 "Taylor" Jack Johnson
2006 "Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!" Beastie Boys
2007 "Closer" Travis Supermarket Manager
Web ostvarenja:
2012 Burning Love Joe Rutherford