Ben Stiller

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q47100: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Tropic Thunder (2008). Count them as director (5 films), actor (7 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Empire of the Sun (1987): 1 line

lineage (inspiration) · through Tropic Thunder (2008), which they wrote: Empire of the Sun ⇒ Tropic Thunder (the host's read). Ben Stiller, on the Empire set as a young actor, was inspired by actors playing at suffering to make Tropic Thunder two decades later.
“Which, of course, this is one of this movie's greatest, like, lasting legacies is that this, this is what inspires Tropic Thunder.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:49:05 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (6) everyone in directing

director, Tropic Thunder (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri)
director, Reality Bites (The Rewatchables, ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan)
director (transcribed Siller), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Blank Check — Patreon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
director, Escape at Dannemora (TV) (Blank Check — Patreon, Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman)
co-writer/director (directing half), Tropic Thunder (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 2)
director, Heat Vision and Jack (Blank Check — Patreon, Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))

Acting (8) everyone in acting

actor / on set, Empire of the Sun (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri)
actor / target of joke, I'm Still Here (Blank Check with Griffin & David, As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard)
actor, There's Something About Mary (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
actor (Chas), The Royal Tenenbaums (The Rewatchables, ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald)
actor, The Meyerowitz Stories (The Rewatchables, ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald)
actor (Michael), Reality Bites (The Rewatchables, ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan)
actor (Chas), The Royal Tenenbaums (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’)
actor (rabbi), Keeping the Faith (Blank Check — Patreon, The Incredible Hulk)

Writing (1) everyone in writing

co-writer/director, Tropic Thunder (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 2)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Ben Stiller → The Cable Guy. After Reality Bites, Stiller's career took off and he became the biggest star of the five.
“Then he ended up, I think he did cable guy, and then his own career took off, and he ended up becoming the biggest star of the 5 of them.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:32:01 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

people (1)

people (performance-lineage): Ben Stiller → The Meyerowitz Stories. Stiller built on Chas in later dramatic work like Meyerowitz.
“in the Meyerwitz Chronicles or something, you can see traces of Chaz.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:01:02 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Ben Stiller: The whole movie exists for 'I've had a rough year, Dad' and Royal's 'I know you have, Chaz'; Andy calls it one of the most devastating line readings of his adult film life.
“the entire movie exists for the moment when Ben Stiller says, I've had a tough year, dad.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:00:03 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Ben Stiller: Vincent Hanna overacting award goes to Stiller, pitched at a different frequency than everyone else; Paltrow floated too.
“He's pitched at a different frequency than everyone else in this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:10:49 · Andy Greenwald (0.50 sure it was them)