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11 unusual facts about Ben Stiller


Arc of the United States

In the summer of 2008, The Arc was highly critical of the movie Tropic Thunder, in which Ben Stiller portrays "Simple Jack", a man with an intellectual disability.

Billy Frolick

Madagascar stars the voice talents of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith, and grossed over a half a billion dollars worldwide during its 2005 theatrical release.

Bob Burden

Burden's Mystery Men was the subject of a 1999 film adaptation, directed by Kinka Usher and starring Ben Stiller and Geoffrey Rush.

Dirty Paws

The song can be heard in the trailer for the 2013 Ben Stiller remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Doruk Çetin

He also shows activities in Hollywood with participation of make-up artist Jason Lotfi who had worked with such artists like Madonna and Ben Stiller.

Matt Cedeño

Matt played a young boxer in the feature film Price of Glory (Jimmy Smits plays the same character years later) and also appeared in the movie The Suburbans with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ben Stiller.

Me Phi Me

In 1993, Me Phi Me's song "Revival!" was featured on the multiplatinum soundtrack to Ben Stiller's debut film about Generation X called Reality Bites.

Minuteman Project

In the film The Heartbreak Kid, Minutemen are depicted halting Ben Stiller's character's illegal entry into the United States

The Anti-Gravity Room

It featured interviews with international comic creators, coverage of comic events, reviews of video games, and guest hosts such as Ben Stiller and Kevin Smith.

Tim Leaton

From 2007 to 2008 he worked with Ben Stiller at DreamWorks Pictures on the Academy Award-nominated film Tropic Thunder in the editing department, and received a letter of recommendation from Ben Stiller.

Uzi and Ari

The band takes its name from the children of Ben Stiller's character in the movie The Royal Tenenbaums, and does not refer to any members of the band (Uzi and Ari was never a duo, as is sometimes mistakenly assumed).


Bad Boy for Life

The music video for "Bad Boy for Life" was directed by Chris Robinson, filmed in June 2001 and released in early July, and features a number of cameo appearances including guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Travis Barker, actor Ben Stiller, actor Richard Dunn, rappers Xzibit, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, boxer Mike Tyson, basketball player Shaquille O'Neal and rap rock band Crazy Town.

Bill Finnegan

Finnegan and his company also produced or co-produced feature films including Support Your Local Gunfighter in 1971; North Shore in 1987; The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989; White Palace in 1990; The Babe in 1992; CrissCross in 1992; Reality Bites, starring Ben Stiller, in 1994; and Ed, starring Matt LeBlanc, in 1996.

Kim Dickens

She has appeared in several indie movies including Palookaville; Voice from the Grave; Truth or Consequences, N.M.; Heart Full of Rain; Zero Effect with Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, and Ryan O'Neal; and Great Expectations.

Nick Scoullar

During the mid-1990s he starred in a popular television show (which aired in the US on the Sci Fi Channel and internationally on other stations) called The Anti-Gravity Room, where he discussed comic books and interviewed several famous people, including Kevin Smith (of Clerks fame), Howard Stern and Ben Stiller.