Ben Stiller filmography

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 television show The Ben Stiller Show, which he directed, produced, and wrote on.

Stiller filming Tower Heist, 2010

He has appeared in films since 1987, most recently 2024's Nutcrackers. He has also directed and written several films which he also appeared in as an actor.

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	Ref(s)
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
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	Uncredited	Michael Grates	Feature directorial debut
1995	Heavyweights	Yes	No	No	No	Tony Perkis / Tony Perkis Sr.
1996	Happy Gilmore	Uncredited	No	No	No	Hal L. - Orderly in Nursing Home
	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
2003	Crooked Lines	No	No	Executive	No	—
	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
2004	Along Came Polly	Yes	No	No	No	Reuben Feffer
	Starsky & Hutch	Yes	No	Executive	No	David Starsky
	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 Mendez	Cameo
	Meet the Fockers	Yes	No	No	No	Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2005	Madagascar	Yes	No	No	No	Alex	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	Executive	No	The Guitar Center Store SalesGuy	Cameo
	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	—
	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	Executive	No	—
	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	Executive	No	Himself	Documentary film
	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
	I'm Still Here	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
	Submarine	Yes	No	Executive	No	Soap Opera Star	Cameo
	Megamind	Yes	No	Executive	No	Bernard	Voice role
	Little Fockers	Yes	No	No	No	Gaylord "Greg" Focker
2011	30 Minutes or Less	No	No	Yes	No	—
	The Big Year	No	No	Executive	No	—
	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
	Penguins of Madagascar	Archived audio	No	No	No	Alex
	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Yes	No	No	No	Lawrence "Larry" Daley / Laaa
2015	Being Canadian	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Documentary
2016	Zoolander 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Derek Zoolander
	Don't Think Twice	Yes	No	No	No	Himself
	Why Him?	No	No	Yes	No	—
2017	The Polka King	No	No	Executive	No	—
	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	—
	The Package	No	No	Yes	No	—
2019	Greed	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
	Plus One	No	No	Executive	No	—
2020	Dinner in America	No	No	Yes	No	—
	Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics	Yes	No	Yes	No	Himself	Documentary film
	Hubie Halloween	Yes	No	No	No	Orderly Hal
	Friendsgiving	No	No	Yes	No	—
2021	Locked Down	Yes	No	No	No	Guy
	Queenpins	No	No	Executive	No	—
2022	Bros	Uncredited	No	No	No	Himself	Cameo
	Bleecker	Yes	No	No	No	Dr. Pots
2024	Nutcrackers	Yes	No	No	No	Mike
	Dear Santa	Uncredited	No	No	No	Lucifer
2025	The Dink	Yes	No	Yes	No		Filming
	Happy Gilmore 2	Yes	No	No	No	Hal L. - Orderly in Nursing Home	Post-production

Key

†	Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Actor	Director	Producer	Writer	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1986	Kate & Allie	Yes	No	No	No	Peter	Episode: "Too Late the Rebel"
1987	Miami Vice	Yes	No	No	No	Fast Eddie Felcher	Episode: "Amen... Send Money"
	American Playhouse	Yes	No	No	No	Ronnie Shaughnessy	Episode: "The House of Blue Leaves"
1989	Saturday Night Live	Yes	No	No	Yes	Various	4 episodes
1990	Working Tra$h	Yes	No	No	No	Freddy Novak
1990–1995	The Ben Stiller Show	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Himself
1993	Frasier	Yes	No	No	No	Barry	Episode: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street"
1995	Duckman	Yes	No	No	No	Harry Medfly	Voice role; episode: "Clip Job"
	2 Stupid Dogs	Yes	No	No	No	Tony Robbins-style character	Voice role
1996	NewsRadio	Yes	No	No	No	Vic	Episode: "The Trainer"
1997	Friends	Yes	No	No	No	Tommy	Episode: "The One with the Screamer"
	The Larry Sanders Show	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Episode: "Make a Wish"
1998	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Yes	No	No	No		Episode: "Rio Ghosto"
	1998 MTV Video Music Awards	Yes	No	No	Yes	Himself (host)	Television special
	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Voice; episode: "Ticket"
1998–2011	Saturday Night Live	Yes	No	No	No	Himself (host)	2 episodes
1999	Heat Vision and Jack	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Strip Club DJ	Executive producer
	Freaks and Geeks	Yes	No	No	No	Secret Service Agent	Episode: "The Little Things"
2000	Sesame Street	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Episode #31.1
2001	Undeclared	Yes	No	No	No	Rex	Episode: "Eric's POV"
2002	The Simpsons	Yes	No	No	No	Garth Motherloving	Voice role; episode: "Sweets and Sour Marge"
	Prehistoric Planet	Yes	No	No	No	Narrator	Season 1
	The King of Queens	Yes	No	No	No	Jerry	Episode: "Shrink Wrap"
	Hooves of Fire	Yes	No	No	No	Robbie	Voice role (U.S. redub)
	Legend of the Lost Tribe	Yes	No	No	No
2002–2003	Liberty's Kids	Yes	No	No	No	Thomas Jefferson	Voice role; episodes: "The First Fourth of July", "Conflict in the South"
2004	King of the Hill	Yes	No	No	No	Rich	Voice role; episode: "That's What She Said"
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	3 episodes
2004–2006, 2013, 2018–2019	Arrested Development	Yes	No	No	No	Tony Wonder	8 episodes
2005	Extras	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Episode: "Ben Stiller"
2007	Family Guy	Yes	No	No	No		Voice role; episode: "No Meals on Wheels"
	Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary	Yes	No	No	No		Documentary
2009	Merry Madagascar	Yes	No	No	No	Alex	Voice role; television special
2010	Phineas and Ferb	Yes	No	No	No	Khaka Peu Peu	Voice role; episode: "The Beak"
	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Episode: "Man Milk"
	The Trip	Uncredited	No	No	No		Cameo
2011	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb	Yes	No	No	No		Episode: "Ben Stiller"
2012	Eagleheart	Yes	No	No	No	Silly Sammy	Episode: "Silly Sammy"
2013	Madly Madagascar	Yes	No	No	No	Alex	Voice role; television special
	The Birthday Boys	Yes	No	Yes	No	Roger / Mr. Turner	Episode: "Rock and Roll"; executive producer
2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	Yes	No	No	No	Himself	Episode 1.2
2014–2016	The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail	No	No	Yes	No	—
2015	Workaholics	Yes	No	No	No	Del Jacobson	Episode: "Front Yard Wrestling"
	Another Period	Yes	No	Yes	No	Charles Ponzi	Episode: "Lillian's Birthday"; executive producer
	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Yes	No	Yes	No	Jimmy Staats	Episode: "Severance"; executive producer
2016	Zoolander: Super Model	Yes	No	Yes	No	Derek Zoolander	Voice role; television film
	Maya & Marty	Yes	No	No	No	Dr. Reginald Stone	Episode: "John Cena, Nick Jonas, Eva Longoria and Ben Stiller"
	Haters Back Off	Yes	No	No	No	Bob Hamburg's nephew	Episode: "Netwerking at the Nursing Home"
2018	Escape at Dannemora	No	Yes	Yes	No	—	Executive producer
2018–2019	Saturday Night Live	Yes	No	No	No	Michael Cohen	Cameo role; 6 episodes
2019–2022	In The Dark	No	No	Yes	No	—	Executive producer
2020	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	Yes	No	No	No	8008s	Television special
	La Flamme	No	No	Yes	No	—	French adaptation of Burning Love; executive producer
2022–present	Severance	Uncredited	Yes	Yes	No	—	Executive producer
2022	Le Flambeau: Les Aventuriers de Chupacabra	No	No	Yes	No	—
2023	Krapopolis	Yes	No	No	No	Prometheus	Voice role; episode: "Prometheus"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: The Video Game	Lawrence "Larry" Daley	Voice role

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Album	Role	Ref(s)
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	The Saga Continues...	P. Diddy's Neighbor
2002	"Tribute"	Tenacious D	Tenacious D	Himself
2004	"Taylor"	Jack Johnson	On and On
2007	"Closer"	Travis	The Boy with No Name	Supermarket Manager
2024	"Drive"	SZA	Lana	Himself

Web series

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

External links

• Ben Stiller at IMDb