Ben Stiller is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Thanks American born on 30 november 1965 at New York City (USA)
Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller participated to
87 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
20 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
, 1h25
Directed by Tom McGrath,
Eric Darnell,
Conrad VernonOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Films about animals,
Circus films,
Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal,
Mise en scène d'une girafe,
Films about lions,
Films about birds,
Films about apes,
Films about penguins,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Ben Stiller,
Chris Rock,
David Schwimmer,
Jada Pinkett Smith,
Sacha Baron Cohen,
Andy RichterRoles Alex (voice)
Rating67%
Many days after bidding the penguins goodbye, Alex has a nightmare about himself and his friends still being stranded in Africa and finding that they have all gotten old. He then wakes up from his nightmare on his birthday and the animals present him with a miniature model of New York City made out of mud. Alex suggests to his friends and the lemurs that they should go to Monte Carlo to get the penguins and the chimpanzees and fly back to New York City, which they agree to do., 1h29
Directed by Tom McGrath,
Eric DarnellOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about animals,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal,
Mise en scène d'une girafe,
Films about lions,
Films about birds,
Films about apes,
Films about penguins,
Buddy films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Ben Stiller,
Chris Rock,
David Schwimmer,
Jada Pinkett Smith,
Sacha Baron Cohen,
Cedric the EntertainerRoles Alex (voice)
Rating65%
As a cub, Alex the Lion was called Alakay and was the son of Zuba, the alpha lion. Though Zuba tries to teach Alakay to be a hunter, the cub is more interested in dancing, and is captured by poachers when Makunga, Zuba's rival, challenges Zuba to a fight for the position of alpha lion. Alakay is forced into a crate, and taken away despite Zuba's attempts to rescue him. The crate falls into the ocean where it drifts to New York. There, Alakay is renamed Alex and sent to the Central Park Zoo where he grew up, meeting Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippopotamus. Most of the events of the first film are then described through a series of news flashes., 1h48
Directed by Shawn LevyOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Politique,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Ben Stiller,
Carla Gugino,
Dick Van Dyke,
Mickey Rooney,
Bill Cobbs,
Jake CherryRoles Larry Daley
Rating65%
Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is divorced, unable to keep a stable job, and has failed at many business ventures. His ex-wife (Kim Raver) believes that he is a bad example to their ten-year-old son Nick (Jake Cherry), and Larry fears that Nick respects his future stepfather, bond trader Don (Paul Rudd), more than him., 1h26
Directed by Tom McGrath,
Eric DarnellOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about animals,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal,
Mise en scène d'une girafe,
Films about lions,
Films about birds,
Films about apes,
Films about penguins,
Buddy films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Ben Stiller,
Chris Rock,
David Schwimmer,
Jada Pinkett Smith,
Sacha Baron Cohen,
Cedric the EntertainerRoles Alex (voice)
Rating69%
At the Central Park Zoo, Marty the zebra is celebrating his tenth birthday, but longs to see the rest of the world from outside his pampered life at the zoo, believing that he can find wide-open spaces to run around in, like in Connecticut. Marty's best friend, Alex the lion, attempts to cheer up his friend by singing Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" with him. Still unsatisfied, Marty gets some tips from the zoo's penguins: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private. The penguins are similarly trying to escape the zoo. Marty's friends — Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe, and Gloria the hippopotamus — realize Marty's folly and try to follow him. The four, along with the penguins and the chimpanzees Mason and his silent friend Phil, eventually find themselves at Grand Central Station, but are quickly sedated by tranquilizer darts when Alex's attempt to communicate with humans is mistaken for aggression. The zoo, under pressure from animal-rights activists, is forced to ship the animals, by sea, to a Kenyan wildlife preserve. During their travels, the penguins escape from their enclosure and take over the ship, intent on taking it to Antarctica. Their antics on the bridge cause the crates containing Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria to fall off the boat and wash ashore on Madagascar., 1h50
Directed by Jay RoachOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about familiesActors Robert De Niro,
Ben Stiller,
Dustin Hoffman,
Barbra Streisand,
Blythe Danner,
Theresa PoloRoles Greg Focker
Rating62%
Gaylord "Greg" Focker (Ben Stiller) and his fiancée Pam Byrnes (Polo) decide to introduce their parents to each other. They first fly to Oyster Bay, New York, on Long Island, to pick up Pam's father, retired CIA operative Jack Byrnes (De Niro), her mother Dina (Danner) and one-year-old nephew Little Jack. But rather than going to the airport as planned, Jack decides to drive the family to Miami to meet the Fockers in his new RV., 1h45
Directed by Shawn LevyOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about animals,
Films about immigration,
Mafia films,
Seafaring films,
Politique,
La préhistoire,
Transport films,
Animaux préhistoriques,
Political films,
Children's films,
Gangster films,
White House in fictionActors Ben Stiller,
Amy Adams,
Owen Wilson,
Hank Azaria,
Matthew McConaughey,
Christopher GuestRoles Larry Daley
Rating60%
Two years after the events of the previous film, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is now CEO of Daley Devices, a direct response television company that sells inventions inspired by his experiences as a night security guard at the American Museum of Natural History. While wealthy and successful, he has not had the time to see his museum exhibit friends in several months., 1h33
Directed by Tom McGrath,
Eric Darnell,
Simon J. SmithOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Adventure,
AnimationThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about animals,
Spy films,
Films about lions,
Films about birds,
Films about penguins,
Children's filmsActors Tom McGrath,
Ben Stiller,
Peter Stormare,
Chris Miller,
Christopher Knights,
Jada Pinkett SmithRating65%
In Antarctica, three young penguins – Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico – defy the laws of nature to save an egg the other penguins believe to be doomed. After saving it from a pack of leopard seals and accidentally setting themselves adrift on an iceberg, the egg hatches into Private., 1h59
Directed by Frères Farrelly,
Bobby Farrelly,
Peter FarrellyOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Children's filmsActors Cameron Diaz,
Matt Dillon,
Ben Stiller,
Chris Elliott,
Lee Evans,
Jeffrey TamborRoles Ted Stroehmann
Rating70%
In 1985, awkward and shy 16-year-old high-schooler Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) lands a prom date with his dream girl Mary Jensen (Cameron Diaz), only to have it cut short by a painful and embarrassing zipper accident. After the ordeal garners the attention of numerous members of the household and community, Ted is finally carted off to a hospital, subsequently losing contact with Mary., 1h37
Directed by Shawn LevyOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
AdventureThemes Children's filmsActors Ben Stiller,
Rami Malek,
Rebel Wilson,
Robin Williams,
Ben Kingsley,
Dan StevensRoles Larry Daley / Laaa
Rating61%
In 1938, in Egypt a team of archaeologists is searching for a tomb and its treasure. A young boy falls into it, calling to his father and the team; they discover a significant artifact, the tablet of Ahkmenrah. The locals tell them that if they remove the tablet, "the end will come"., 1h48
Directed by Jay RoachOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Films about religionActors Robert De Niro,
Ben Stiller,
Blythe Danner,
Theresa Polo,
James Rebhorn,
Jon AbrahamsRoles Greg Focker
Rating69%
Gaylord "Greg" Focker (Ben Stiller) is a nurse living in Chicago, who intends to propose to his girlfriend Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), a schoolteacher. His plan is disrupted when Pam's sister Debbie becomes engaged and he finds out that Debbie's fiance, Dr. Robert "Bob" Banks had asked Pam's father for permission before proposing. Greg and Pam travel to Pam's parents' house in Oyster Bay, Long Island to attend the wedding. Greg hopes to propose to Pam in front of her family after receiving her father's permission, but this plan is put on hold when the airline loses his luggage, including the engagement ring.Producer
, 1h36
Directed by Tom McGrathOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Action,
AnimationThemes Comedy science fiction films,
Superhero films,
Children's filmsActors Will Ferrell,
Tina Fey,
Jonah Hill,
David Cross,
Brad Pitt,
Justin LongRoles Executive Producer
Rating72%
Megamind is a super intelligent alien who was evacuated from his homeworld as a baby, as was Metro Man; the two fall into paths of super villainy and superheroism respectively and grow up as rivals fighting for control of Metro City. Megamind is consistently defeated by Metroman and is in prison. After using a holographic watch to escape with the aid of Minion, a talking fish with the robotic body of a gorilla, he kidnaps Metro Man's supposed love interest, reporter Roxanne Ritchi and holds her hostage to lure him into a trap. Finding that copper is Metro Man's one weakness, Megamind's plan to obliterate him with a death ray powered by the sun succeeds, and Megamind finally takes over the city. His joy is short lived though, as without a hero to fight, he finds his life has become meaningless. He goes to the Metroman Museum, which was dedicated to him on the day of his death and nearly runs into Roxanne. He uses his holographic watch to disguise himself as the museum's curator Bernard, and she innocently gives him the idea of creating a new superhero to take Metro Man's place. After creating a formula from Metroman's DNA, Roxanne intervenes in his plans and he accidentally injects the serum into Hal Stewart, Roxanne's dimwitted cameraman, who has an unrequited crush on her. Under the guise of his "Space Dad", Megamind tries to mold Hal into a superhero named Titan (misheard by Hal as "Tighten"), as it was the only name he could trademark. Unfortunately, Hal's ambitions are crushed when he sees Roxanne and Megamind as Bernard on a date. However, Megamind's disguise falters during dinner and she rejects him, causing him to lose track of his invisible car which contains the gun capable of removing Hal's powers.Actor
, 1h38
Directed by Paul WeitzOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about familiesActors Robert De Niro,
Ben Stiller,
Owen Wilson,
Blythe Danner,
Theresa Polo,
Jessica AlbaRoles Greg Focker
Rating55%
Gaylord "Greg" Focker (Stiller) is preparing to celebrate his twins' fifth birthday party. Things seem to go awry when Greg's father-in-law Jack Byrnes (De Niro) visits. Recently, Jack has been diagnosed with a heart condition and become embittered by his daughter Debbie's divorce from her husband, Bob (whose marriage was the social event in the first film and how Jack and Greg met), for cheating on her with a nurse. Jack's plan was originally to name Bob as his successor as head of the Byrnes family, but decides to pass the role to Greg, naming him "The Godfocker." Despite Greg reluctantly accepting the role, Jack begins to suspect Greg of infidelity when he sees him with a drug representative, Andi Garcia (Alba), who openly flirts with him, and the presence of Sustengo erection pills in Greg's house, which prompts Jack to think Greg is no longer sexually attracted to his wife, Pam (Polo). Furthermore, Jack starts to doubt Greg's ability to provide for his family when he appears reluctant to send his children to a private school., 1h46
Directed by Ben StillerOrigin USAGenres War,
Comedy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Military humor in film,
Films about filmsActors Robert Downey Jr.,
Ben Stiller,
Jack Black,
Brandon T. Jackson,
Jay Baruchel,
Nick NolteRoles Tugg Speedman
Rating70%
Hook-handed Vietnam veteran Staff Sergeant John "Four Leaf" Tayback's (Nick Nolte) memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film. With the exception of newcomer supporting actor Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), the cast—fading action hero Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), five-time Academy Award-winning Australian method actor Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey, Jr.), rapper Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), and drug-addicted comedian Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black)—behave unreasonably. Rookie director Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) cannot control them during filming of a large war scene, and production is reported to be one month behind schedule a mere week into production. Studio executive Les Grossman (Tom Cruise) orders Damien to resume filming as planned, or risk its cancellation., 1h54
Directed by Ben StillerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Fantasy,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Children's filmsActors Ben Stiller,
Kristen Wiig,
Patton Oswalt,
Shirley MacLaine,
Adam Scott,
Kathryn HahnRoles Walter Mitty
Rating72%
Walter Mitty is a negative assets manager at Life magazine who daydreams of adventures and has a crush on a coworker named Cheryl. Mitty works with photojournalist Sean O'Connell, whose images are highly regarded. O'Connell has sent Mitty his latest negatives and a wallet as a gift in appreciation of Mitty's work. O'Connell believes negative #25 captures the "quintessence" of Life and that it should be used for the cover of the magazine's final print issue as it converts to online status. The negative is missing, however, and Walter is forced to stall for time with corporate transition manager Ted Hendricks, who is handling the downsizing. While viewing the other negatives outside Life's offices, Cheryl approaches Mitty and suggests that he think of the negatives as clues to Sean's location. They look at three of them, including one of a person's thumb with a unique ring on it, and another of a curved piece of wood. A third picture of a boat leads Mitty to determine that O'Connell is in Greenland. Mitty promptly flies there to find him., 1h26
Directed by John HamburgOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
RomanceActors Ben Stiller,
Jennifer Aniston,
Debra Messing,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Hank Azaria,
Bryan BrownRoles Reuben Feffer
Rating60%
Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller), an insurance actuary, is celebrating his honeymoon with newlywed wife, Lisa Kramer (Debra Messing), on the island of St. Barts but catches her having sex with Claude (Hank Azaria), a French scuba instructor. Returning home to New York alone, he attempts to piece his life back together. Reuben goes to an art gallery with his friend, Sandy Lyle (Philip Seymour Hoffman), where he runs into former junior high school classmate Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston).