Ben Stiller filmography explained

Ben Stiller is an American actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter. 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.

He has appeared in films since 1987, most recently 2022's Bros. He has also directed and written several films which he appeared in himself.

In television, he has played multiple roles, starting in 1986. He has also played roles in music videos, video game, and web series.

Film

Year	Title	Actor	Director	Producer	Writer	Role	Notes
1987	Hot Pursuit					Chris Honeywell
	Empire of the Sun					Dainty
	Shoeshine					Investment Banker
1988	Fresh Horses					Tipton
1989	That's Adequate					Chip Lane
	Next of Kin					Lawrence Isabella
	Elvis Stories					Bruce	Short film
1990	Stella					Jim Uptegrove
1991	Highway to Hell					Pluto's Cook / Attila The Hun
1992	The Nutt House					Pie Thrower
1994	Reality Bites					Michael Grates	Feature directorial debut
1995	Heavyweights					Tony Perkis / Tony Perkis Sr.
1996	Happy Gilmore					Hal L.
	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	Cameo
	Keeping the Faith					Rabbi Jake Schram
	Meet the Parents					Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2001	Zoolander					Derek Zoolander
	The Royal Tenenbaums					Chas Tenenbaum
2002	Orange County					The Firefighter	Cameo
	Run Ronnie Run					Himself
2003	Crooked Lines
	Duplex					Alex Rose
	Nobody Knows Anything!					Peach Expert	Cameo
	Pauly Shore Is Dead					Himself
2004	Along Came Polly					Reuben Feffer
	Starsky & Hutch					David Starsky
	Envy					Tim Dingman
						White Goodman
						Arturo Mendez	Cameo
	Meet the Fockers					Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2005	Madagascar					Alex	Voice role
2006						Himself	Cameo
	School for Scoundrels					Lonnie
	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny					The Guitar Center Store SalesGuy	Cameo
	Night at the Museum					Lawrence "Larry" Daley
	Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!					Himself	Concert film
2007	Blades of Glory
	The Heartbreak Kid					Edward "Eddie" Cantrow
	Elmo's Christmas Countdown					Stiller the Elf	Voice role
2008	The Ruins
	Tropic Thunder					Tugg Speedman
						Alex	Voice role
2009						Himself	Documentary film
						Lawrence "Larry" Daley
	The Marc Pease Experience					Jon Gribble
2010	Greenberg					Roger Greenberg
	I'm Still Here					Himself	Cameo
	Submarine					Soap Opera Star	Cameo
	Megamind					Bernard	Voice role
	Little Fockers					Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2011	30 Minutes or Less
	The Big Year
	Tower Heist					Josh Kovaks
2012						Alex	Voice role
	The Watch					Evan Trautwig
2013	He's Way More Famous Than You					Himself
						Walter Mitty
2014	While We're Young					Josh Schrebnick
						Lawrence "Larry" Daley / Laaa		^[1]
2015	Being Canadian					Himself	Documentary
2016	Zoolander 2					Derek Zoolander
	Don't Think Twice					Himself
	Why Him?
2017	The Polka King
	Brad's Status					Brad Sloan
	The Meyerowitz Stories					Matthew Meyerowitz
2018	Alex Strangelove
	The Package
2019	Greed					Himself	Cameo
	Plus One
2020	Dinner in America
						Himself	Documentary film
	Hubie Halloween					Hal L.
	Friendsgiving
2021	Locked Down					Guy
	Queenpins
2022	Bros					Himself	Cameo
	Bleecker					Dr. Pots
2024	Nutcrackers					Mike	Post-production	^[2]

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Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Actor	Director	Producer	Role	Notes
1986	Kate & Allie				Peter	Episode: "Too Late the Rebel"
1987	Miami Vice				Fast Eddie Felcher	Episode: "Amen... Send Money"
	American Playhouse				Ronnie Shaughnessy	Episode: "The House of Blue Leaves"
1989	Saturday Night Live				Various	4 episodes; also writer
1990	Working Tra$h					Freddy Novak
1990–1995	The Ben Stiller Show				Himself	Also writer
1993	Frasier				Barry	Episode: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street"
1995	Duckman				Harry Medfly	Voice role; episode: "Clip Job"
	2 Stupid Dogs				Tony Robbins-style character	Voice role
1996	NewsRadio				Vic	Episode: "The Trainer"
1997	Friends				Tommy	Episode: "The One with the Screamer"
	The Larry Sanders Show				Himself	Episode: "Make a Wish"
1998	Space Ghost Coast to Coast					Episode: "Rio Ghosto"
	Saturday Night Live				Himself (host)	Episode: "Ben Stiller/Alanis Morissette"
	1998 MTV Video Music Awards				Host	Television special
	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist				Himself	Voice; episode: "Ticket"
1999	Heat Vision and Jack				Strip Club DJ	Executive producer
	WWF Raw Is War				Himself	Special guest host
	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"
	Prehistoric Planet				Narrator	Season 1
	The King of Queens				Jerry	Episode: "Shrink Wrap"
	Hooves of Fire				Robbie	Voice role (U.S. redub)
	Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002–2003	Liberty's Kids				Thomas Jefferson	Voice role; episodes: "The First Fourth of July", "Conflict in the South"
2004	King of the Hill				Rich	Episode: "That's What She Said"
	Curb Your Enthusiasm				Himself	3 episodes
2004–2006, 2013, 2018–2019	Arrested Development				Tony Wonder	8 episodes
2005	Extras				Himself	Episode: "Ben Stiller"
2007	Family Guy					Voice role; episode: "No Meals on Wheels"
	Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary					Documentary
2009	Merry Madagascar				Alex
2010	Phineas and Ferb				Khaka Peu Peu	Episode: "The Beak"
	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!				Himself	Episode: "Man Milk"
	The Trip					Cameo
2011	Onion News Network					1 episode
	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb					Episode: "Ben Stiller"
	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
	The Birthday Boys				Roger / Mr. Turner	Episode: "Rock and Roll"; executive producer
2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls				Himself	Episode 1.2
2014–2016	The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
2015	Workaholics				Del Jacobson	Episode: "Front Yard Wrestling"
	Another Period				Charles Ponzi	Episode: "Lillian's Birthday"; executive producer
	Big Time in Hollywood, FL				Jimmy Staats	Episode: "Severance"; executive producer
2016					Derek Zoolander	Voice role; executive producer
	Maya & Marty				Dr. Reginald Stone	Episode: "John Cena, Nick Jonas, Eva Longoria and Ben Stiller"
	Haters Back Off				Bob Hamburg's nephew	Episode: "Netwerking at the Nursing Home"
2018	Escape at Dannemora					Executive producer
2018–2019	Saturday Night Live				Michael Cohen	Cameo role; 6 episodes
2019–2022	In The Dark					Executive producer
2020					8008s	Television special
	La Flamme					French adaptation of Burning Love; executive producer	^[3]
2022–present	Severance					Executive producer	^[4]
2022	Le Flambeau : Les aventuriers de Chupacabra
2023	Krapopolis				Prometheus	Episode: "Prometheus"

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Album	Role
1999	"All Star"	Smash Mouth	Astro Lounge	Song was featured in Mystery Men, in which Stiller appeared, this song also appeared in Shrek
2000	"Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"	Limp Bizkit	Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water	Himself
2001	"Bad Boy for Life"	Sean Combs		P. Diddy's Neighbor
2002	"Tribute"	Tenacious D	Tenacious D	Himself
2004	"Taylor"	Jack Johnson	On and On
2007	"Closer"	Travis		Supermarket Manager

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010–11	Stiller & Meara	Himself	Also director and producer
2012–13	Burning Love	Joe Rutherford	Also executive producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shawn Levy Returns to Direct NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 for December 25, 2014 Release; THE MAZE RUNNER Set to Open February 14, 2014. Adam. Chitwood. Collider. February 7, 2013. February 8, 2013.
2. Web site: Ben Stiller To Star In 'Nutcrackers' For David Gordon Green, Will Also Produce Through Red Hour. Deadline Hollywood. 20 December 2023. Matt. Grobar. December 20, 2023.
3. Web site: Gazzano. Christophe. October 12, 2020. "La flamme" : La nouvelle création originale de Canal+ avec Jonathan Cohen débarque dès ce soir. April 8, 2021. OZap.
4. Web site: White . Peter . November 8, 2019 . Apple Signs 'Severance', Workplace Thriller Series From Adam Scott & Ben Stiller . November 2, 2020 . Deadline Hollywood.