Ben Stiller

Born: 30 November 1965 Birthplace: New York, New York Best Known As: Star of There's Something About Mary and Zoolander The son of the New York comedy team Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller went from making short comedy films in the early 1990s to lead roles in box office hits such as There's Something About Mary (1998) and Meet the Parents (2000, opposite Robert DeNiro). Stiller started out in the movies in a bit part in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1988). He had a short-lived stint on MTV in 1990, and in 1992 landed his own comedy sketch show on the Fox network. A critical success, the show was nonetheless cancelled after 12 episodes. Stiller directed Reality Bites in 1994 (with Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke), and that film's success led to directing Jim Carrey in The Cable Guy (1996). Stiller has appeared in Permanent Midnight (1998) and Mystery Men (1999), and starred in and directed Zoolander (2001, with frequent co-star Owen Wilson). For Mystery Men Stiller reunited with former TV co-star and writing partner Janeane Garofalo (the film also featured Hank Azaria and Paul Reubens)... Stiller is married to actress Christine Taylor, who played Marcia in The Brady Bunch Movie (1995).