In case you didn’t know, Ben Stiller has some very famous parents. His dad is none other than the late Jerry Stiller, who you may recognize from his roles in “The King of Queens” and “Seinfeld.” He also appeared alongside his son in several movies, including “Zoolander” and “Hot Pursuit.” As for Ben’s mom, she’s the late Anne Meara, who enjoyed a very impressive career of her own in big TV and movie projects. You may recognize Meara from “Sex and the City” or “All My Children,” while she also starred alongside her husband in several episodes of “The King of Queens.” Jerry and Meara worked so well together, they even formed their own comedy duo.
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Ben has been very open about how much his parents, and particularly his dad, supported his dreams to become an actor just like them. “He came to everything. He was a very, very supportive dad,” Ben shared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in May 2020, shortly after Jerry’s death. “The first job I had was a play in New York, ‘The House of Blue Leaves’ and it ran for a while on Broadway and I had a small part in it. He would do what they call second acting, which is, you know, you come in with the second act,” he continued. “He’d do that all the time because he just wanted to watch and enjoy it.”
