Ben Stiller

His characters are often arrogant and short tempered
Sarcastic deadpan disposition
Often plays characters who frequently find themselves in very embarrassing, awkward situations
Short but muscular frame
Judaism is an often theme in his movies.

Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Robert Downey Jr. in Una guerra de película (2008).
Was considered for the role of "Willy Wonka" in Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate (2005), before Johnny Depp was cast.
His favorite actress of all time is Diane Keaton. He even wrote an article about her for Premiere magazine in 1997.
Is a member of, what the media refers to as, "The Frat Pack," along with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Vince Vaughn, Steve Carell, Owen Wilson, and Luke Wilson. The "Frat Pack" name is a reference to the film, Aquellos viejos tiempos (2003), featuring Vaughn, Ferrell and Luke Wilson, due to the wide number of films featuring the seven actors. Stiller's "Frat Pack" films include Zoolander (2001), La Envidia Mata (2004), Los excéntricos Tenenbaums (2001) and El periodista: la leyenda de Ron Burgundy (2004)..
Stiller's famous parents, Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller, and his sister Amy Stiller often made cameo appearances in his movies.

[on advice he receives from his father, Jerry Stiller] My father is always telling me to take care of myself and get a lot of rest. He's always saying, "Sleep will fix anything. Go take a nap". I think he's right. I find when I get frazzled, if I get a good night's sleep, I feel much better about things.
If my parents were, like, plumbers, who knows what I would be doing?
There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.
I have no problem with straight actors playing gay, but I always feel like I can tell. Does that sound horrible?
I pay a huge chunk of money to my agent and publicity people to shield me from my fan mail. I don't even want to know how many letters I get. I don't see fan mail as a good thing. It always makes me think of stalkers.