Stiller acted in the Tony award-winning play House of Blue Leaves until Saturday Night Live saw one of his satirical side projects and offered him the chance to be a writer. Stiller appeared on SNL in 1989 though left when MTV offered him his own show. The MTV project led Fox to create The Ben Stiller Show in 1992, which costarred Andy Dick and Janeane Garofalo. The show earned Stiller an Emmy even though it was canceled after twelve episodes. Stiller directed and acted in Reality Bites, The Cable Guy, and Zoolander. Stiller’s breakthrough performance was in There’s Something About Mary opposite Cameron Diaz and he has made numerous guest appearances on sitcoms. Stiller will direct and act in an upcoming single-camera series for CBS starring his wife, Christine Taylor. Ben most recently starred in Night at the Museum and will star in 2007’s romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid. He will also star in the sequel Madagascar 2 and Little Fockers .