Ben Stiller filmography

Ben Stiller is an American actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter. The following is his complete filmography. He has mostly appeared in comedy films. Stiller is an Emmy Award winner for his directed, produced and written television show The Ben Stiller Show.

Film

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Hot Pursuit	Chris Honeywell
	Empire of the Sun	Dainty
	Shoeshine
1988	Fresh Horses	Tipton
1989	That's Adequate	Chip Lane
	Next of Kin	Lawrence Isabella
	Elvis Stories	Bruce
1990	Stella	Jim Uptegrove
1990	Working Tra$h	Freddy Novak
1991	Highway to Hell	Pluto's Cook/Attila The Hun
1992	The Nutt House	Pie Thrower	Cameo
1994	Reality Bites	Michael Grates
1995	Heavyweights	Tony Perkis/Tony Perkis Sr.
1996	Happy Gilmore	Hal L. (The Evil Nursing Home Orderly Worker)	Uncredited[3]
	If Lucy Fell	Bwick Elias
	Flirting with Disaster	Mel Coplin
	The Cable Guy	Sam Sweet/Stan Sweet
1998	Zero Effect	Steve Arlo
	There's Something About Mary	Ted Stroehmann
	Your Friends & Neighbors	Jerry
	Permanent Midnight	Jerry Stahl
1999	The Suburbans	Jay Rose
	Mystery Men	Mr. Furious/Roy
	Black and White	Mark Clear
2000	The Independent	Cop
	Keeping the Faith	Rabbi Jake Schram
	Meet the Parents	Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2001	Zoolander	Derek Zoolander
2001	The Royal Tenenbaums	Chas Tenenbaum
2002	Orange County	The Firefighter	Cameo
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Himself
2003	Duplex	Alex Rose
	Nobody Knows Anything!	Peach Expert	Cameo
	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Himself	Cameo
2004	Along Came Polly	Reuben Feffer
	Starsky & Hutch	David Starsky
	Envy	Tim Dingman
	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	White Goodman
	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Arturo Mendes	Cameo
	Meet the Fockers	Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2005	Sledge: The Untold Story	Commander
	Madagascar	Alex the Lion	Voice role
	A Christmas Caper	Alex the Lion	Voice role; uncredited
2006	Danny Roane: First Time Director	Himself
	School for Scoundrels	Lonnie
	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	The Guitar Center Store SalesGuy	Cameo; also producer
	Night at the Museum	Lawrence "Larry" Daley
	In Search of Ted Demme	Himself
	Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!	Himself
2007	The Heartbreak Kid	Edward "Eddie" Cantrow
2007	Elmo's Christmas Countdown	Stiller the Elf	Voice
2008	Tropic Thunder	Tugg Speedman
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Alex	Voice role
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Lawrence "Larry" Daley
2009	The Marc Pease Experience	Jon Gribble
2010	Greenberg	Roger Greenberg
	Submarine	Soap Opera Star	Cameo
	The Trip	Himself	Cameo; uncredited^{[citation needed]}
	Megamind	Bernard	Cameo voice role
	Little Fockers	Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2011	Tower Heist	Josh Kovaks
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Alex	Voice role
2012	The Watch	Evan Trautwig
2013	He's Way More Famous Than You	Himself
	Turbo	Chet's boss	Voice role; uncredited^{[citation needed]}
	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Walter Mitty
2014	While We're Young	Josh Schrebnick
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb^[1]	Lawrence "Larry" Daley/Laaa
2016	Zoolander 2	Derek Zoolander
	Zoolander: Super Model^[2]	Derek Zoolander
	Don't Think Twice	Himself
2017	The Meyerowitz Stories	Matthew Meyerowitz
2017	Brad's Status	Brad Sloan

As director

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1989	Elvis Stories	Yes	No	Yes	Short film
1994	Reality Bites	Yes	No	No	Directorial debut
1996	The Cable Guy	Yes	No	uncredited
2001	Zoolander	Yes	Yes	Yes
2008	Tropic Thunder	Yes	Yes	Yes
2013	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Yes	Yes	No
2016	Zoolander 2	Yes	Yes	Yes

As producer only

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Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Kate & Allie	Peter	Too Late the Rebel
1987	Miami Vice	Fast Eddie Felcher	Episode: "Amen... Send Money"
1987	American Playhouse	Ronnie Shaughnessy	Episode: "The House of Blue Leaves"
1989	Saturday Night Live	Various/Writer	4 episodes
1990	The Ben Stiller Show	Himself	Director and writer
1990	Working Trash	Freddy Novak	Television film
1992–93	The Ben Stiller Show	Himself	Director, producer, and writer
1993	Frasier	Barry	Episode: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street"
1995	Duckman	Harry Medfly	Voice role; episode: "Clip Job"
1995	2 Stupid Dogs	Tony Robbins-style character	Voice role
1996	NewsRadio	Vic	Episode: "The Trainer"
1997	Friends	Tommy	Episode: "The One with the Screamer"
1997	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "Make a Wish"
1998	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Himself	Episode: "Rio Ghosto"
1998	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Host; Episode: "Ben Stiller/Alanis Morissette"
1998	1998 MTV Video Music Awards	Host	Television special
1998	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Himself	Voice; Episode: "Ticket"
1999	Heat Vision and Jack	Strip Club DJ	Director and executive producer
1999	WWF Raw Is War	Himself	Special guest host
1999	Freaks and Geeks	Secret Service Agent	Episode: "The Little Things"
2000	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode #31.1
2001	Undeclared	Rex	Episode: "Eric's POV"
2002	The Simpsons	Garth Motherloving	Voice role; episode: "Sweets and Sour Marge"
2002–03	Liberty's Kids	Thomas Jefferson	Voice role; episodes: "The First Fourth of July", "Conflict in the South"
2002	Prehistoric Planet	Narrator	Season 1
2002	The King of Queens	Jerry	Episode: "Shrink Wrap"
2002	Hooves of Fire	Robbie	Voice role (U.S. redub)
2002	Legend of the Lost Tribe	Robbie	Voice role (U.S. redub)
2004	King of the Hill	Rich	Episode: "That's What She Said"
2004	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Himself	3 episodes
2004–06, 2013, 2018–19	Arrested Development	Tony Wonder	8 episodes
2005	Extras	Himself	Episode: "Ben Stiller"
2007	Family Guy	Himself	Voice role; episode: "No Meals on Wheels"
2007	Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary	Himself	Documentary
2009	Merry Madagascar	Alex
2010	Phineas and Ferb	Khaka Peu Peu	Episode: "The Beak"
2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Himself	Episode: "Man Milk"
2010	The Trip	Himself	Cameo; uncredited^{[citation needed]}
2011	Onion News Network	Himself	1 episode
2011	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb	Himself	Episode: "Ben Stiller"
2011	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Host; episode: "Ben Stiller/Foster the People"
2012	Eagleheart	Silly Sammy	Episode: "Silly Sammy"
2013	Madly Madagascar	Alex	Voice role; television special
2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	Himself	Episode 1.2
2014	The Birthday Boys	Roger / Mr. Turner	Episode: "Rock and Roll"
2015	Workaholics	Del Jacobson	Episode: "Front Yard Wrestling"
2015	Another Period	Charles Ponzi	Episode: "Lillian's Birthday"
2015	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Jimmy Staats	Episode: "Severance"
2016	Zoolander: Super Model	Derek Zoolander	Voice role
2016	Maya & Marty	Dr. Reginald Stone	Episode: "John Cena, Nick Jonas, Eva Longoria and Ben Stiller"
2016	Haters Back Off	Bob Hamburg's nephew	Cameo role
2018–2019	Saturday Night Live	Michael Cohen	Cameo role; 6 episodes

As producer/director

Year	Title	Notes
2013	The Birthday Boys	Executive producer
2014	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Executive producer
2018	Escape at Dannemora	Director and executive producer
2019–	In The Dark	Executive producer

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Lawrence "Larry" Daley	Voice role

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role
1999	"All Star"	Smash Mouth	Song was Featured in Mystery Men in which Stiller appeared
2000	"Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"	Limp Bizkit	Himself
2000	"Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water"	Limp Bizkit	Himself
2001	"Bad Boy for Life"	Sean Combs	P. Diddy's Neighbor
2002	"Tribute"	Tenacious D	Himself
2004	"Taylor"	Jack Johnson	Himself
2006	Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!	Beastie Boys	Himself
2007	"Closer"	Travis	Supermarket Manager

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010–11	Stiller & Meara		Director, producer
2012	Burning Love	Joe Rutherford	Also executive co-producer

References

^ Chitwood, Adam (February 7, 2013). "Shawn Levy Returns to Direct NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 for December 25, 2014 Release; THE MAZE RUNNER Set to Open February 14, 2014". Collider. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
^ "Augenblick Studios". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-10-29.

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External links

Ben Stiller at IMDb

^ Happy Gilmore (1996) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-06-09

[1] Chitwood, Adam (February 7, 2013). "Shawn Levy Returns to Direct NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 for December 25, 2014 Release; THE MAZE RUNNER Set to Open February 14, 2014". Collider. Retrieved February 8, 2013.

[facebook-2] "Augenblick Studios". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-10-29.

[3] Happy Gilmore (1996) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-06-09

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v t e Ben Stiller
Filmography Awards and nominations
Films directed	Reality Bites (1994) The Cable Guy (1996) Zoolander (2001) Tropic Thunder (2008) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Zoolander 2 (2016)
Television	The Ben Stiller Show (1989–1990, 1992–1993) Heat Vision and Jack (1999) Escape at Dannemora (2018) Severance (2022)
Related	Anne Meara Jerry Stiller Christine Taylor Red Hour Productions