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.

Stiller filming Tower Heist, 2010

Film

Year	Title	Functioned as					Notes	Ref(s)
		Actor	Director	Producer	Writer	Role
1987	Hot Pursuit	Yes	No	No	No	Chris Honeywell
	Empire of the Sun	Yes	No	No	No	Dainty
	Shoeshine	Yes	No	No	No	Investment banker
1988	Fresh Horses	Yes	No	No	No	Tipton
1989	That's Adequate	Yes	No	No	No	Chip Lane
	Next of Kin	Yes	No	No	No	Lawrence Isabella
	Elvis Stories	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Bruce	Short film
1990	Stella	Yes	No	No	No	Jim Uptegrove
	Working Tra$h	Yes	No	No	No	Freddy Novak
1991	Highway to Hell	Yes	No	No	No	Pluto's Cook / Attila The Hun
1992	The Nutt House	Yes	No	No	No	Pie Thrower
1994	Reality Bites	Yes	Yes	No	No	Michael Grates
1995	Heavyweights	Yes	No	No	No	Tony Perkis / Tony Perkis Sr.
1996	Happy Gilmore	Uncredited	No	No	No	Hal L.		[1]
	If Lucy Fell	Yes	No	No	No	Bwick Elias
	Flirting with Disaster	Yes	No	No	No	Mel Coplin
	The Cable Guy	Yes	Yes	No	Uncredited	Sam Sweet / Stan Sweet
1998	Zero Effect	Yes	No	No	No	Steve Arlo
	There's Something About Mary	Yes	No	No	No	Ted Stroehmann
	Your Friends & Neighbors	Yes	No	No	No	Jerry
	Permanent Midnight	Yes	No	No	No	Jerry Stahl
1999	The Suburbans	Yes	No	No	No	Jay Rose
	Mystery Men	Yes	No	No	No	Mr. Furious / Roy
	Black and White	Yes	No	No	No	Mark Clear
2000	The Independent	Yes	No	No	No	Cop	Cameo
	Keeping the Faith	Yes	No	No	No	Rabbi Jake Schram
	Meet the Parents	Yes	No	No	No	Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2001	Zoolander	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Derek Zoolander
	The Royal Tenenbaums	Yes	No	No	No	Chas Tenenbaum
2002	Orange County	Yes	No	No	No	The Firefighter	Cameo
	Run Ronnie Run	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
2003	Crooked Lines	No	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer
	Duplex	Yes	No	Yes	No	Alex Rose
	Nobody Knows Anything!	Yes	No	No	No	Peach Expert	Cameo
	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
2004	Along Came Polly	Yes	No	No	No	Reuben Feffer
	Starsky & Hutch	Yes	No	Yes	No	David Starsky	Executive producer
	Envy	Yes	No	No	No	Tim Dingman
	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Yes	No	Yes	No	White Goodman
	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Yes	No	No	No	Arturo Mendes	Cameo
	Meet the Fockers	Yes	No	No	No	Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2005	Madagascar	Yes	No	No	No	Alex the Lion	Voice role
2006	Danny Roane: First Time Director	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
	School for Scoundrels	Yes	No	No	No	Lonnie
	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	Yes	No	Yes	No	The Guitar Center Store SalesGuy	Cameo; executive producer
	Night at the Museum	Yes	No	No	No	Lawrence "Larry" Daley
	Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Concert film
2007	Blades of Glory	No	No	Yes	No	N/A
	The Heartbreak Kid	Yes	No	No	No	Edward "Eddie" Cantrow
	Elmo's Christmas Countdown	Yes	No	No	No	Stiller the Elf	Voice role
2008	The Ruins	No	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer
	Tropic Thunder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Tugg Speedman
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Yes	No	No	No	Alex	Voice role
2009	The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story	Yes	No	Yes	No	Himself	Documentary film; executive producer
	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Yes	No	No	No	Lawrence "Larry" Daley
	The Marc Pease Experience	Yes	No	No	No	Jon Gribble
2010	Greenberg	Yes	No	No	No	Roger Greenberg
	Submarine	Yes	No	Yes	No	Soap Opera Star	Cameo; executive producer
	Megamind	Yes	No	Yes	No	Bernard	Voice role; executive producer
	Little Fockers	Yes	No	No	No	Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2011	30 Minutes or Less	No	No	Yes	No	N/A
	The Big Year	No	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer
	Tower Heist	Yes	No	No	No	Josh Kovaks
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Yes	No	No	No	Alex	Voice role
	The Watch	Yes	No	No	No	Evan Trautwig
2013	He's Way More Famous Than You	Yes	No	No	No	Himself
	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Walter Mitty
2014	While We're Young	Yes	No	No	No	Josh Schrebnick
	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Yes	No	No	No	Lawrence "Larry" Daley / Laaa		[2]
2016	Zoolander 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Derek Zoolander
	Don't Think Twice	Yes	No	No	No	Himself
	Why Him	No	No	Yes	No	N/A
2017	The Polka King	No	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer
	Brad's Status	Yes	No	No	No	Brad Sloan
	The Meyerowitz Stories	Yes	No	No	No	Matthew Meyerowitz
2018	Alex Strangelove	No	No	Yes	No	N/A
	The Package	No	No	Yes	No	N/A
2019	Greed	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
	Plus One	No	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer
2020	Dinner in America	No	No	Yes	No	N/A
	Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics	Yes	No	Yes	No	Himself	Documentary film
	Hubie Halloween	Yes	No	No	No	Hal L.
	Friendsgiving	No	No	Yes	No	N/A
2021	Locked Down	Yes	No	No	No	Jack
TBA	Queenpins	No	No	Yes	No	N/A	Post-production; executive producer

Key

Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Kate & Allie	Peter	Episode: "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	4 episodes; also writer
1990	The Ben Stiller Show	Himself	Also director, writer, and producer
1990	Working Trash	Freddy Novak	Television film
1992–1993	The Ben Stiller Show	Himself	Also director, writer, and producer
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	Also 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"
2002–2003	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
2004–2006, 2013, 2018–2019	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
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
2013	The Birthday Boys	Roger / Mr. Turner	Episode: "Rock and Roll"; also executive producer
2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	Himself	Episode 1.2
2015	Workaholics	Del Jacobson	Episode: "Front Yard Wrestling"
2015	Another Period	Charles Ponzi	Episode: "Lillian's Birthday"; also executive producer
2015	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Jimmy Staats	Episode: "Severance"; also executive producer
2016	Zoolander: Super Model	Derek Zoolander	Voice role; also executive producer
2016	Maya & Marty	Dr. Reginald Stone	Episode: "John Cena, Nick Jonas, Eva Longoria and Ben Stiller"
2016	Haters Back Off	Bob Hamburg's nephew	Episode: "Netwerking at the Nursing Home"
2018–2019	Saturday Night Live	Michael Cohen	Cameo role; 6 episodes
2020	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	8008s	Television special

As producer/director only

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer
2014–2016	The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail	No	Yes
2018	Escape at Dannemora	Yes	Yes
2019–present	In The Dark	No	Yes
2020–present	La Flamme	No	Yes
TBA	Severance[3]	Yes	Yes

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

1. Happy Gilmore (1996) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-06-09
2. 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.
3. White, Peter (November 8, 2019). "Apple Signs 'Severance', Workplace Thriller Series From Adam Scott & Ben Stiller". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

External links

• Ben Stiller at IMDb