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The 50 Smartest People In Hollywood

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20. BEN STILLER

AGE 42
JOB TITLE Actor/director/producer
SMART BECAUSE He cracked the code for making comedy bankable overseas. Stiller folds broad slapstick into universal situations and creates movies that are hilarious no matter where you live. The Heartbreak Kid was a rare miss, but the Meet the Parentsfilms grossed $847 million worldwide, and Night at the Museum made $574 million. He's extended his reach off screen, too, producing this year's Blades of Glory and the thriller The Ruins, scheduled for 2008.
NEXT His Apocalypse Now parody, Tropic Thunder.
DYNAMIC DUO Suggested to Tom Cruise that they make Hardy Men, playing grown-up Hardy Boys who hate each other. Cruise said yes.

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