Ben Stiller Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Ben Stiller filmography covers 83 movie titles and 34 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Ben Stiller movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Empire of the Sun (1987) as Dainty
• Hot Pursuit (1987) as Chris Honeywell
• Fresh Horses (1988) as Tipton
• Next of Kin (1989) as Lawrence Isabella
• Stella (1990) as Jim Uptegrove
• Highway to Hell (1991) as Pluto's Cook / Attila the Hun
• Reality Bites (1994) as Michael Grates
• Heavyweights (1995) as Tony Perkis / Tony Perkis Sr.
• Flirting with Disaster (1996) as Mel Coplin
• Happy Gilmore (1996) as Hal L. (uncredited)
• If Lucy Fell (1996) as Bwick Elias
• The Cable Guy (1996) as Sam Sweet
• Permanent Midnight (1998) as Jerry Stahl
• There's Something About Mary (1998) as Ted Stroehmann
• Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) as Jerry
• Zero Effect (1998) as Steve Arlo
• Black and White (1999) as Mark Clear
• Heat Vision and Jack (1999) as Self / Strip Club DJ (uncredited)
• Mystery Men (1999) as Mr. Furious / Roy
• The Suburbans (1999) as Jay Rose
• Keeping the Faith (2000) as Rabbi Jake Schram
• Meet the Parents (2000) as Greg Focker
• Mission: Improbable (2001) as Tom Crooze
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) as Chas Tenenbaum
• Zoolander (2001) as Derek Zoolander
• Orange County (2002) as Firefighter (uncredited)
• Run Ronnie Run (2002) as Self
• Duplex (2003) as Alex Rose
• Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) as Ben Stiller (uncredited)
• Along Came Polly (2004) as Reuben Feffer
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) as Arturo Mendes
• DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) as White Goodman
• Envy (2004) as Tim Dingman
• Meet the Fockers (2004) as Greg Focker
• Nobody Knows Anything! (2004) as Peach Expert (uncredited)
• Starsky & Hutch (2004) as David Starsky
• Madagascar (2005) as Alex (voice)
• Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (2006) as Self
• Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (2006) as Self - Filmed Roaster
• Night at the Museum (2006) as Larry Daley
• School for Scoundrels (2006) as Lonnie Ratcliff
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006) as Guitar Center Guy
• The Heartbreak Kid (2007) as Eddie Cantrow
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) as Alex (voice)
• Rain of Madness (2008) as Tugg Speedman
• Tropic Thunder (2008) as Tugg Speedman
• Funny People (2009) as Friend in video (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Merry Madagascar (2009) as Alex (voice)
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) as Larry Daley
• The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009) as Self
• The Marc Pease Experience (2009) as Jon Gribble
• Greenberg (2010) as Roger Greenberg
• I'm Still Here (2010) as Ben Stiller
• Little Fockers (2010) as Greg Focker
• Megamind (2010) as Bernard (voice)
• Submarine (2011) as Soap Opera Star (uncredited)
• The Trip (2011) as Ben Stiller (uncredited)
• Tower Heist (2011) as Josh Kovacs
• Dreamworks: Holiday Classics (2012) as Alex (voice)
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) as Alex (voice)
• The Watch (2012) as Evan
• Madly Madagascar (2013) as Alex (voice)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) as Walter Mitty
• Harmontown (2014) as Self
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) as Larry Daley / Laaa
• Being Canadian (2015) as Self
• While We're Young (2015) as Josh Schrebnick
• Don't Think Twice (2016) as Self
• Zoolander 2 (2016) as Derek Zoolander
• Brad's Status (2017) as Brad Sloan
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) as Matthew Meyerowitz
• Greed (2019) as Self
• Beastie Boys Story (2020) as Self
• Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020) as Self
• Hubie Halloween (2020) as Orderly Hal
• Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020) as 8008s
• Locked Down (2021) as Guy
• Bros (2022) as Ben Stiller (uncredited)
• Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023) as Self
• Dear Santa (2024) as Lucifer (uncredited)
• Nutcrackers (2024) as Mike Maxwell
• Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) as Hal L
• Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (2025) as Self

Ben Stiller television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Ben Stiller; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• American Idol as Self
• Another Period as Charles Ponzi
• Arrested Development as Tony Wonder
• Curb Your Enthusiasm as Ben Stiller
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist as Ben (voice)
• Duckman as Harry Medfly (voice)
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Eagleheart as Silly Sammy
• Extras as Ben Stiller
• Family Guy as Ben Stiller (voice) (uncredited)
• Frasier as Barry (voice)
• Freaks and Geeks as Agent Meara
• Friends as Tommy
• Haters Back Off as Himself
• Kate & Allie
• King of the Hill as Rich (voice)
• Krapopolis as Prometheus (voice)
• Miami Vice as Fast Eddie Felcher
• Mr. Show with Bob and David as Jerry
• MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Host
• NewsRadio as Vic
• Phineas and Ferb as Khaka Peü Peü (voice)
• Raw as Himself
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
• Severance as Kier Eagan (voice) (uncredited)
• The Ben Stiller Show as Various Characters
• The King of Queens as Jerry - Arthur Spooner’s Father
• The Larry Sanders Show as Ben Stiller
• The Oscars as Self; Self - Presenter
• The Simpsons as Garth Motherloving (voice)
• The Trip as Ben Stiller
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self
• Undeclared as Rex
• Workaholics as Del Jacobson

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Ben Stiller's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.