![]() ![]() He got original writer/director Rawson Thurber onboard to helm the short and the rest of the cast followed soon after. So it was kind of bizarre yet fun, but also weird and eerie how everything came back, like Vince’s reactions and our whole dynamic.” He outlines the competition, explaining that those who donate to the Omaze campaign are in with a chance of being able to “test your dodgeball mettle against the best baller in the biz, c’est moi (me),” but he is then interrupted by Vince and his Average Joe’s teammates, played by Justin Long and Christine Taylor, Ben’s real-life estranged wife, who suggest those who donate can pick if they play for Globo or Joe’s.īen brings out some of his teammates too, include Missi Pyle’s Fran, and they exchange a series of comedic insults such as, “nobody whips my a*s except me” and “I’m gonna drop you like third period French”.īen, 51, told People that bringing the team back together was “really strange and fun”, adding, “We were in a gym and shooting, so it was a very similar situation to when we did the movie except all these years have gone by. In the video, Ben tells the viewers as the perma-tanned White, “Hello losers, miss me? Sorry to interrupt your Internet life but for the last 13 years, while I’ve been living a sugar-free, protein-forward lifestyle, I’ve watched as all of you have got fatter and dumber with your hashtags and your baes and your Kanye’s… It’s time for a little charity dodgeball b**ches.” He also starred in such hit movies as Keeping the Faith (2000) and Meet the Parents (2000).They have now reprised the roles after a 13-year break to launch a charity campaign with Omaze. In 1998, There's Something About Mary (1998) had propelled Stiller into the mainstream spotlight. Although manyĬritics were impressed, Jim Carrey's fans were not. His first big budget directing job was Jim Carrey's The Cable Guy (1996). However, he never quite managed to catch a big break. While doing this, he saved up his cash and in the end was able to scrapeĮnough together to make Reality Bites (1994), now a cult classic which is looked upon favorably by the generation it depicted.īen continued to work steadily for a time, particularly in independent productions where he was more at ease. For a while, Stiller had to settle for guest appearance work. Of work, although he did have the satisfaction of picking up an Emmy for the show after its cancellation. Unfortunately, the show was a ratings miss. MTV ended up passing on it, but it was picked up by Fox. He recruited fellow offbeat comedians Janeane Garofalo and Andy Dick and created a bitingly The network was impressed and gave Stiller his own show, The Ben Stiller Show (1992). Demonstrating early on the multifaceted tone his career would take, he soon stepped behind the camera to direct Back to Brooklyn for MTV. Stiller made his big screen debut in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) in 1987. This led to his spending a year on the show in 1989. The short film was so funny that Lorne Michaels purchased it and aired it on Saturday Night Live (1975). While working on the play, Stiller shot a short spoof of The Color of Money (1986) starring him (in the Tom Cruise role) and his The House of Blue Leaves (1987) costar John Mahoney (in the Paul Newman role). After dropping out of UCLA, he performed in the Tony Award winner, "The House of Blue Leaves". Before he got to Hollywood, he put in several consistently solid years in the theater. He both directed and performed in the film, which co-starred Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. Reality Bites (1994) later in his career. This desire for revenge on the popular, good-looking people may have motivated his teen-angst opus The plots were always simple: someone would pick on the shy, awkward Stiller. 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. At a young age, he and his sister Amy Stiller would perform plays at home, wearing Amy's tights to perform Shakespeare. ![]() His parents made no real effort to keep their son away from the Hollywood lifestyle and he grew up among the stars, wondering His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (sheĬonverted to Judaism). Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. ![]()
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