Ben Stiller was born towards the legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara on November 30,

1965 as Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller. He is America's well known comedian, actor, writer, film director and producer. He has written numerous mockumentaries, created a number of cameo appearances in music movies, tv exhibits and films. He attended the Cathedral School and later graduated from Calhoun School in New York in 1983. He picked up the interest behind the camera with the age of 10. He employed to shoot films with his Super 8 camera, the plots of which were how he got his revenge on people who employed to choose up on him. He enrolled as being a film student in the University of California, Los Angeles but he quit moving to New York. Before entering Hollywood he put in lot of effort inside the theaters. He carried out in the play "The House of Blue Leaves" after dropping from UCLA. It was for the duration of this period he came up having a spoof of "The Colour of Money" starring his The house of Blue Leaves costar John Mahoney and himself. It caught the interest of Lorne Michaels, who purchased and aired it on "Saturday Evening Live" a late night American sketch comedy and range display. Ben made his debut on huge screen with Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" in 1987. He soon was interested to function behind the camera and directed "Back to Brooklyn" for MTV. In 1992 MTV gave Stiller his very own display "The Ben Stiller Show" which was later took up by Fox. However the display failed to choose up on the ratings and was at some point canceled. Even so, the display won the Emmy for Outstanding Person Achievement in Writing in a Assortment or Music Plan. Stiller went on to direct and act in "Realty Bites" which turned out to become the highest grossing film in its opening weekend. sketching. It's now considered as being a cult traditional. In 1998 he starred as well as Cameron Diaz in "There's Something About Mary" which boosted his acting career. After two years came his up coming greatest venture "Meet the Parents", which became a single of his most recognizable roles. The film grossed more than $330 million throughout the world. He also lends his voice for the popular animation series Madagascar in 2005. Stiller's films have grossed greater than $2.1 billion domestically. He was awarded several honors such as an Emmy Award, numerous MTV Movie Awards, as well as a Teen Alternative Award. Stiller is also the member of the comedic acting brotherhood nicknamed "Frat Pack". Frat Pack can be a group of male Hollywood comedy actors because the 90s who've appeared with each other in many of the highest grossing comedy movies.