Jerry Stiller is an American actor and a comedian known best as one half of the comedy group Stiller and Meara, his wife. Jerry started his acting career with television in the 50’s with small roles in ‘The Big Story’ and ‘Armstrong Circle Theatre’. The partnership he started with his wife Anne Meara, then made appearances on many shows throughout the 60’s and 70’s with the best praised stint of them being ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’. Jerry’s stardom eventually translated into some film roles, albeit small ones. He appeared in some notable films such as ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’, ‘The Ritz’, ‘Nadine’, ‘Hairspray’, ‘Stag’, ‘Highway to Hell’ and ‘The Heartbreak Kid’.
His filmography is filled with some successful TV stints, mostly in the comedy genre, such as ‘Joe and Sons’, ‘Tattingers’, ‘Seinfeld’, ‘Teacher’s Pet’ and ‘Fish Hooks’, which are also considered to be the best roles of his career. While his film career took a downward spiral after the turn of the century, he still managed to tickle the funny bones of the audiences with quirky roles in films like ‘Zoolander 2’, ‘Planes: Fire and Rescue’ and ‘Snakes and Arrows Live’.
Some of his career failures are ‘Hairspray’, ‘Serving Sara’, ‘Zoolander’ and ‘The Suburbans’.
In New York City, four armed men hijack a subway car and hold all the passengers hostage. They demand a ransom amount of $ 1 million and threaten to kill one passenger for every minute it is late.
As Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson prepare for their marriage, their close family members gather together with their own relationship issues. Susan's father is secretly seeing her spinster aunt and her sister is trying to revive passion in her marriage, while Mike's devout parents are struggling to accept that his brother Richie is heading for a divorce.
In 1970s San Diego, Ron Burgundy is a highly successful news anchorman in male-dominated Channel 4. However, the arrival of Veronica Corningstone, an ambitious woman aspiring to be a newswoman, changes the entire scenario. Ron becomes increasingly resentful of Veronica’s success beginning a fierce rivalry between the two.
Star-struck medical student Artie Shoemaker takes up summer job as props man in a theatrical company, but is about to be fired for his incompetence. However, he is saved by the theater’s star Harry Crystal, who takes a liking for Artie, and guides him along. When Artie is besotted with dancer Ramona, Harry plays a matchmaker, turning the summer a memorable one for Artie.
This musical comedy drama film revolves around the story of an overweight teen who manages to win a spot on a popular teen dance show, after an audition.
In this ‘Watergate Scandal’ satire, the Abbess of wealthy Abbey of Philadelphia dies before nominating Sister Alexandra as her successor. Alexandra, with two other Sisters, uses illegal conspiracies against rival, Sister Felicity, who is romantically involved with Father Thomas. When the continuing war between the Sisters creates public scandal, Holy See rules that the Order has no official connection to Roman Catholic Church.
Sixteen years old plump Tracy Turnblad loves watching a teen dance TV show The Corny Collins Show. When she gets an opportunity to dance in the show, she quickly emerges as a popular performer. However, the manager of the TV station, Velma, is not happy with Tracy’s success. Meanwhile, Tracy encourages the idea of white and Negro kids dancing together on the show every day.
Heavyweights is a comedy drama film which revolves around the lives of a few fat kids who are lured into joining a camp with the promise of quick weight loss. However, they soon find out that the former owners have declared bankruptcy and the new owner is a fitness fanatic. He turns the lives of the kids into a nightmare.
Dimwitted Derek Zoolander is devastated after he fails to win the top male fashion model honor and is disowned by his family for being unable to assist his father and brothers in the coal mines. Fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu gives him a new lease of life, but is actually planning to brainwash him into assassinating Malaysia's Prime Minister.
Airport is an action drama thriller film which tells the story of Nancy, an air hostess serving in a Boeing 747 aircraft. Things take an ugly turn when the pilot suffers a heart attack shortly after a takeoff and the flight slams into another plane. When the other pilot loses consciousness as well, it is up to Nancy alone to save the lives of the passengers.
Eddie Cantrow marries Lila after dating only for a few months, without getting to know her properly. But Lila soon turns out to be a nightmare and he starts finding her beyond annoying during their honeymoon in Los Cabos. He also falls in love with another vacationer, Miranda. Disaster awaits as Eddie tries to get rid of Lila.
Serving Sara is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young woman Sara, who receives divorce papers from her husband, while in New York. In order to avoid losing her fortune, she makes an offer to her process server, Joe, and sets out on a wild trip across the country.
After leading reclusive lives away from modeling world for long time, models Derek and Hansel are enlisted by Interpol to investigate a series of murders of celebrities who died with a Zoolander-special ‘Blue Steel’ look. As they meet special agent Valentina Valencia at Rome fashion event, they uncover a sinister plot designed by fashion-magnate Mugatu, who is after the ‘Fountain of Youth.’
Dusty Crophopper is a celebrity racer who is doing great in his career. When he comes to know that due to his damaged engine, he might never be able to race again, he soon starts training to be a firefighter.
When Lady X, the evil icon of Brand X, tries to take over the world, Dex Dogtective along with Daredevil Dan and Sunshine Goodness and other residents of a supermarket city, band together to stop her.
