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Benjamin Edward Stiller was born in 1965, to comedian parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Ben considers his childhood as one a of kind since, his parents always involved him in their work. He is said to have appeared in many TV shows that were hosted by his parents. Ben attended the University of California and dropped out in nine months to take up acting classes and opportunities in New York City.
Ben started his career as a Stand up comedian who later started doing short funny skits for popular music TV stations like MTV and VH1. He also was featured in the Saturday night Live shows and similar TV shows which gained him enough recognition to make the ‘Ben Stiller Show’ on Fox. This show lasted for 12 episodes, for which he won the Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program".
Having made some efforts with directing short films and parodies, Ben started doing more commercial comedy roles during the late 90s. In 1998 he starred with Cameron Diaz in ‘There’s Something about Mary’ which uplifted his career and opened the eyes of many other comedy creators. He also directed his third movie ‘The Cable guy’ with Jim Carey playing the main role. Jim was paid $20 million to do this role and the movie went off to become a huge flop in the box office.
In 2004, Ben invested his time and effort doing six movies for that year. They include ‘Starsky & Hutch’, ‘Envy’, ‘Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story’, ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’, ‘Along Came Polly’, and ‘Meet the Fockers’. Although ‘Envy’ only grossed $14.5 million worldwide, his most successful film of the year was Meet the Fockers, which grossed over $516.5 million worldwide. Ben started his voice over skills in the 2005 animation ‘Madagascar’. He is also scheduled to do the same for the sequel that is planned to be released in 2008.
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