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Acting

Ben Stiller

Career: Active from 1975 to 2026, with a break from 1976 to 1986, busiest in 2004 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 55
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Severance
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 135 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ben Stiller Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Mystery
2.0, average 4.0
Tension
4.2, average 6.0
Melancholy
3.1, average 4.7
Violence
2.5, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Pop Culture References 6
Character-Driven 6
Absurdist Humor 5
Visual Spectacle 5
Absurdist Comedy 4
Hollywood Satire 4
Cringe Comedy 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Pop Culture Parody 3
Darkly Humorous 3
Slapstick Humor 3
Safe for All Ages 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

165

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

12 titles

Belly of the Beast

as Norman Mailer

TV show · as Gus Adler

Protective Custody

TV show · Executive Producer

This, But Again

Director, Producer

Director, Producer

Writer, Director

Producer

Slaying the Badger

Producer, Co-Writer

London

Director, Producer

Untitled New York Knicks Documentary

Director

Producer, Director

Producer

2020s

19 titles · average score 58

The Dink

63

as Dr. Stone

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

77

Director, Producer

Happy Gilmore 2

58

as Hal L

Nutcrackers

51

as Mike Maxwell

Severance

86

TV show · as Kier Eagan (voice) (uncredited)

Locked Down

44

as Guy

Queenpins

53

Producer

Dinner in America

83

Producer

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

58

as 8008s

Friendsgiving

25

Producer

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

60

Producer

Hubie Halloween

52

as Orderly Hal

2010s

37 titles · average score 61

Brad's Status

68

as Brad Sloan

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

78

as Matthew Meyerowitz

Zoolander 2

34

as Derek Zoolander

While We're Young

70

as Josh Schrebnick

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

53

as Larry Daley / Laaa

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

63

as Walter Mitty

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

68

as Alex (voice)

The Watch

38

as Evan

Tower Heist

60

as Josh Kovacs

Little Fockers

33

as Greg Focker

Greenberg

66

as Roger Greenberg

Megamind

70

as Bernard (voice)

2000s

45 titles · average score 61

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

49

as Larry Daley

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

63

as Alex (voice)

Tropic Thunder

74

as Tugg Speedman

Night at the Museum

55

as Larry Daley

Madagascar

63

as Alex (voice)

Meet the Fockers

50

as Greg Focker

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

65

as White Goodman

Along Came Polly

45

as Reuben Feffer

Duplex

49

as Alex Rose

The Royal Tenenbaums

79

as Chas Tenenbaum

Zoolander

65

as Derek Zoolander

Meet the Parents

75

as Greg Focker

1990s

37 titles · average score 64

Mystery Men

61

as Mr. Furious / Roy

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Ben Stiller (voice) (uncredited)

There's Something About Mary

71

as Ted Stroehmann

Your Friends & Neighbors

65

as Jerry

Zero Effect

67

as Steve Arlo

Permanent Midnight

60

as Jerry Stahl

The Cable Guy

58

as Sam Sweet

Flirting with Disaster

76

as Mel Coplin

If Lucy Fell

32

as Bwick Elias

Reality Bites

67

as Michael Grates

Friends

79

TV show · as Tommy

The Ben Stiller Show

67

TV show · as Various Characters

1980s

13 titles · average score 56

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Garth Motherloving (voice)

Elvis Stories

61

as Bruce

Next of Kin

48

as Lawrence Isabella

Fresh Horses

22

as Tipton

The Hustler of Money

as Wince

Shoeshine

as Son

The House of Blue Leaves

as Ronnie Shaughnessy

Empire of the Sun

73

as Dainty

Hot Pursuit

36

as Chris Honeywell

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Fast Eddie Felcher

Kate & Allie

43

TV show

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Ronnie Shaughnessy

1970s

2 titles · average score 69

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Self - Various Characters / Wes (uncredited)

Kate McShane

TV show · as Nickie