Determining Ben Stiller's best role is no easy task, as the prolific performer has more than a few borderline iconic characters to his name. Tony Perkis in "Heavyweights," Mr. Furious in "Mystery Men," White Goodman in "Dodgeball," Chas Tenenbaum in "The Royal Tenenbaums," Tugg Speedman in "Tropic Thunder," the titular Derek "Zoolander," and Ted Stroehmann in "There's Something About Mary" are all characters that feel synonymous with Stiller, and roles that no one else but him could pull off. And then there's Greg Focker in "Meet the Parents," a role Stiller has played in three different films, the lovable everyman who can't seem to impress his overbearing father-in-law Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro). For as much as Stiller has made a name for himself with distinctive characters like Hal the Orderly Guy in "Happy Gilmore," his genuine charm allowed him to flourish in relatable roles, with Greg arguably the best example of this.
- 5/25/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
We have 2 new character panels in from Universal Pictures' eagerly anticipated "Little Fockers." They're watching you...watch them with Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. The comedy hits theaters on December 22nd and also stars Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Jessica Alba, Laura Dern, Harvey Keitel and Barbra Streisand. Paul Weitz directs from the screenplay by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey based on the characters created by Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke. Produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach and Hamburg...
- 10/26/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
If their lives were a Hollywood comedy, it might be called When Greg Met Mary.... Greg Glienna is a writer-director-actor-musician, and Mary Ruth Clarke is a writer-actor. Though Glienna is based in L.A. and Clarke resides in Chicago, they have shared a longtime friendship and have collaborated as writers a few times over the years. The two recently resumed their artistic partnership with the L.A. world premiere of a stage comedy they co-authored, Suffer the Long Night, which opened at the Meta Theatre recently and continues through Sept. 14.The first joint effort by Glienna and Clarke was a low-budget independent film comedy that should sound familiar to many: Meet the Parents (1992). It became the basis for Universal's 2000 hit film of the same name, starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, which in turn spawned the 2004 sequel Meet the Fockers and a rumored -- yet unconfirmed -- third film.
- 8/21/2008
- by Les Spindle
- backstage.com
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