Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians 杰瑞·斯蒂勒 and 安妮·米拉. His father is of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).His parents made no real effort to keep their son away from the Hollywood lifestyle and he grew up among the stars, wondering just why his parents were so popular. At a young age, he and his sister 艾米·斯蒂勒 would perform plays at home, wearing Amy's tights to perform Shakespeare. Ben also picked up an interest in being on the other side of the camera and, at age 10, began shooting films on his Super 8 camera. The plots were always simple: someone would pick on the shy, awkward Stiller ... and then he would always get his revenge. This desire for revenge on the popular, good-looking people may have motivated his teen-angst opus 四个毕业生 (1994) later in his career. He both directed and performed in the film, which co-starred 薇诺娜·瑞德 and 伊桑·霍克.Before he got to Hollywood, he put in several consistently solid years in the theater. After dropping out of UCLA, he performed in the Tony Award winner, "The House of Blue Leaves". While working on the play, Stiller shot a short spoof of 金钱本色 (1986) starring him (in the 汤姆·克鲁斯 role) and his American Playhouse: The House of Blue Leaves (1987) costar John Mahoney (in the 保罗·纽曼 role). The short film was so funny that 洛恩·迈克尔斯 purchased it and aired it on Saturday Night Live (1975). This led to his spending a year on the show in 1989.Stiller made his big screen debut in 史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格's 太阳帝国 (1987) in 1987. Demonstrating early on the multifaceted tone his career would take, he soon stepped behind the camera to direct Back to Brooklyn for MTV. The network was impressed and gave Stiller his own show, The Ben Stiller Show (1992). He recruited fellow offbeat comedians 詹妮安·加罗法洛 and 安迪·迪克 and created a bitingly satirical show. MTV ended up passing on it, but it was picked up by Fox. Unfortunately, the show was a ratings miss. Stiller was soon out of work, although he did have the satisfaction of picking up an Emmy for the show after its cancellation.For a while, Stiller had to settle for guest appearance work. While doing this, he saved up his cash and in the end was able to scrape enough together to make 四个毕业生 (1994), now a cult classic which is looked upon favorably by the generation it depicted. Ben continued to work steadily for a time, particularly in independent productions where he was more at ease. However, he never quite managed to catch a big break. His first big budget directing job was 金·凯瑞's 王牌特派员 (1996). Although many critics were impressed, 金·凯瑞's fans were not. In 1998, 我为玛丽狂 (1998) had propelled Stiller into the mainstream spotlight. He also starred in such hit movies as 一如既往 (2000) and 拜见岳父大人 (2000).
早年经历Produced a short film parody of 金钱本色 (1986) entitled "The Hustler of Money" which got him noticed by Saturday Night Live (1975) who eventually offered him employment there.大众印象His characters are often arrogant and short tempered
