Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is a American comedian, actor, writer, producer and film director. He is the child of veteran comedian and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. After beginning his acting careers with a play, Stiller wrote many mockumentaries, and was offered two of his own shows, both entitled The Ben Stiller Show. He begins act in films, and had his directorial debut with Reality Bites. Throughout his career he has since written, starred in, directed, and produced over fifty films with Heavyweights, There's Something about Mary, Meet the Parent, Zoolander, Dodgeball, and Tropic Thunder. In addition he has had many cameos in music videos, television shows, and films.
Stiller is an associated of the comedic acting brotherhood colloquially known as the Frat Pack. His films have grosseds more than $2.1 billion domestically, with an average of $73 million per film. Throughout his careers, he has got many awards and honors including an Emmy Award, several MTV Movie Awards, and a Teen Choice Award. Stiller has some upcoming film in 2010, Stiller will again portray Gaylord 'Greg' Focker in Little Fockers, a sequel to both Meet the Parents & meetthe Fockers. Stiller will produced a Yahoo! web series starring his parent, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. The show will be launch by the end of this year.