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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