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Ben Stiller

Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer.

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3rd part of animated trilogy about gang of zoo animals brings Stiller and Rock to Cannes

It's taken an animated trilogy about a gang of zoo animals to bring Ben Stiller and Chris Rock together.

Two of the most influential comedians over the last two decades, they have seemingly always orbited in the same world — both New York performers about the same age — but have hardly ever collaborated."We cross paths," Rock says of their roles in "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted." "We're cowboys. We see each other at the saloon."Speaking from Cannes, where the two New Yorkers are promoting the latest installment in the popular DreamWorks Animation franchise, Stiller says: "We've each been doing our own things, but after a while, you have that sort of shared history, which you really value."On leaving school, Rock pursued stand-up, while Stiller started in sketches and directing.Rock, 47, and Stiller, 46, both married around the same time and have kids about the same age. They each had a stint on "Saturday Night Live," tried Broadway last year and now live in the suburbs of New York...

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