This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Ben Stiller.
Ben Stiller is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He has received a Directors Guild of America Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, three MTV Movie Awards, a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, and a Teen Choice Award as well as nominations for an Independent Spirit Award, two People's Choice Awards, and a Saturn Award. In 2011, he won the Charlie Chaplin Award for Excellence in Comedy.
Stiller, the son of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, started his career an actor on the NBC sketch series Saturday Night Live in 1989 before he created his own MTV variety series The Ben Stiller Show (1990–1993), where he earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He then established himself as a comedy film star alongside the Frat Pack where he acted in films such as There's Something About Mary (1998), the Meet the Parents trilogy (2000–2010), Zoolander (2001), Along Came Polly (2004), Dodgeball (2004), and Tropic Thunder (2008), the later of which he also directed. He also acted in the Night at the Museum trilogy (2006–2014) and Madagascar film franchise (2005–2012).
Also known for his work in independent films, he made his directorial debut with the romance Reality Bites (1994). He then took roles in the David O. Russell black comedy film Flirting with Disaster (1996), the Wes Anderson family dramedy The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and three Noah Baumbach independent dramedies starting with Greenberg (2010) which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead followed by While We're Young (2014), and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017). He directed his fifth film, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013).
He then established himself as a television director and show runner. In 2018 he directed the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora, earning a Directors Guild of America Award and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. Since 2022, he has directed and executive produced the Apple TV+ psychological thriller series Severance, earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series.
Major associations BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Britannia Awards 2011Charlie Chaplin Award for Excellence in Comedy
Directors Guild of America Year Category Nominated work Result Directors Guild of America Awards2018 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or TV Movie Escape at Dannemora 2023 Outstanding Directing – Drama Series Severance
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1993 Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program The Ben Stiller Show 2006 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Extras 2015 Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Program Burning Love 2019 Outstanding Limited Series (as Executive Producer) Escape at Dannemora Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series 2022 Outstanding Drama Series (as executive producer) Severance (season one) Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Severance (for “The We We Are”) 2025 Outstanding Drama Series (as executive producer) Severance (season two) Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Severance (for “Cold Harbor”)
Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2010 Best Male Lead Greenberg
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result American Comedy Awards 1999 Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) There's Something About Mary 2001 Meet the Parents Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 Favorite Actor – Comedy There's Something About Mary 2001 Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance Meet the Parents Comedy Film Awards 2010 Best Leading Actor Greenberg Dublin Film Critics' Circle 2010 Best Actor Greenberg Golden Raspberry Awards 2005 Worst Actor Along Came Polly / Anchorman / Dodgeball Envy / Starsky & Hutch 2017 Zoolander 2 Worst Director Worst Screen Combo Hollywood Film Festival 2008 Comedy of the Year Tropic Thunder MTV Movie & TV Awards 1999 Best Fight (For the fight against Puffy the Dog) There's Something About Mary Best Comedic Performance Best Kiss (shared with Cameron Diaz) Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Cameron Diaz) 2001 Best Comedic Performance Meet the Parents Best On-Screen Team (shared with Robert De Niro) 2002 Best Dressed Zoolander Best Line Best On-Screen Team (shared with Owen Wilson) 2004 Starsky & Hutch Best Dance Sequence (shared with Jennifer Aniston) Along Came Polly 2005 Best Villain DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story Best Comedic Performance 2007 Night at the Museum 2009 Best WTF Moment Tropic Thunder 2010 Best Comedic Performance Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian New York Film Festival 2013 Best Film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2006 Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Madagascar 2009 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2013 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 2015 Favorite Movie Actor Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Peabody Awards 2022 Entertainment Severance People's Choice Awards 2005 Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (shared with Owen Wilson) Starsky & Hutch 2013 Favorite Comedic Movie Actor Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Phoenix Film Critics Society 2002 Best Cast The Royal Tenenbaums Satellite Awards 2002 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Zoolander Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy The Royal Tenenbaums Saturn Award 2014 Best Actor The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Seoul International Drama Awards 2025 Golden Bird Prize Severance Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2004 Worst Actor Along Came Polly / Dodgeball / Envy Meet the Fockers / Starsky & Hutch Teen Choice Awards 1999 Choice Movie: Actor There's Something About Mary 2000 Choice Movie: Hissy Fit Mystery Men 2001 Choice Movie: Actor Meet the Parents 2002 Choice Movie: Hissy Fit Zoolander Choice Movie Actor: Comedy 2004 Starsky & Hutch Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Owen Wilson) Choice Movie: Blush Scene Along Came Polly Choice Movie: Hissy Fit 2005 Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Meet the Fockers Choice Movie: Blush Scene Choice Movie: Liar 2007 Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Night at the Museum 2009 Tropic Thunder Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 2015 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
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