This is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter Ben Stiller.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Britannia Awards | ||||
2011 | Charlie Chaplin Award for Excellence in Comedy | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Directors Guild of America Awards | ||||
2018 | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or TV Movie | Escape at Dannemora | Won | |
2023 | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | Severance | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1993 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | The Ben Stiller Show | Won | |
2006 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Extras | Nominated | |
2015 | Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Program | Burning Love | Nominated | |
2019 | Outstanding Limited Series (as Executive Producer) | Escape at Dannemora | Nominated | |
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series | Nominated | |||
2022 | Outstanding Drama Series (as Executive Producer) | Severance | Nominated | |
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Nominated | |||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Best Male Lead | Greenberg | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | There's Something About Mary | Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) | Nominated | |
2001 | Meet the Parents | Won |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | There's Something About Mary | Favorite Actor – Comedy | Nominated | |
2001 | Meet the Parents | Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance | Nominated |
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2010 | Greenberg | Best Leading Actor | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Greenberg | Best Actor | Nominated |
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2005 | Along Came Polly , Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy , DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story , Envy , Starsky & Hutch | Worst Actor | Nominated | |
2017 | Zoolander 2 | Nominated | ||
Worst Director | Nominated | |||
Worst Screen Combo | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | Tropic Thunder | Comedy of the Year | Won |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | There's Something About Mary | Best Fight (For the fight against Puffy the Dog) | Won | |
Best Comedic Performance | Nominated | |||
Best Kiss (shared with Cameron Diaz) | Nominated | |||
Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Cameron Diaz) | Nominated | |||
2001 | Meet the Parents | Best Comedic Performance | Won | |
Best On-Screen Team (shared with Robert De Niro) | Nominated | |||
2002 | Zoolander | Best Dressed | Nominated | |
Best Line ("There's more to life than just being really, really, ridiculously good looking.") | Nominated | |||
Best On-Screen Team (shared with Owen Wilson) | Nominated | |||
2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Nominated | ||
Along Came Polly | Best Dance Sequence (shared with Jennifer Aniston for the hot salsa dance) | Nominated | ||
2005 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Best Villain | Won | |
Best Comedic Performance | Nominated | |||
2007 | Night at the Museum | Nominated | ||
2009 | Tropic Thunder | Best WTF Moment | Nominated | |
2010 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Best Comedic Performance | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Best Film | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Madagascar | Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Nominated | |
2009 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Nominated | ||
2013 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Nominated | ||
2015 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Favorite Movie Actor | Won |
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Severance | Won | [1] |
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2005 | Starsky & Hutch | Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (shared with Owen Wilson) | Nominated | |
2013 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Favorite Comedic Movie Actor | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Best Cast | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Zoolander | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominated | |
The Royal Tenenbaums | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Nominated |
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2014 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Best Actor | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | "width:5em;”|Result | Ref. |
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2004 | Along Came Polly , DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story , Envy , Meet the Fockers , Starsky & Hutch | Worst Actor | Nominated |
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | There's Something About Mary | Choice Movie: Actor | Nominated | |
2000 | Mystery Men | Choice Movie: Hissy Fit | Nominated | |
2001 | Meet the Parents | Choice Movie: Actor | Nominated | |
2002 | Zoolander | Choice Movie: Hissy Fit | Won | |
Choice Movie Actor: Comedy | Nominated | |||
2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Nominated | ||
Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Owen Wilson) | Nominated | |||
Along Came Polly | Choice Movie: Blush Scene | Nominated | ||
Choice Movie: Hissy Fit | Nominated | |||
2005 | Meet the Fockers | Choice Movie Actor: Comedy | Nominated | |
Choice Movie: Blush Scene (Greg's engagement party speech) | Nominated | |||
Choice Movie: Liar | Nominated | |||
2007 | Night at the Museum | Choice Movie Actor: Comedy | Nominated | |
2009 | Tropic Thunder | Nominated | ||
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Nominated | |||
2015 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Nominated |
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