Ben Stiller now and then

Ben Stiller at the premiere of the film "Zoolander 2" in London on Feb. 4, 2016.

Ben Stiller, left, plays Derek Zoolander, Owen Wilson plays Hansel and Penélope Cruz plays Valentina Valencia in "Zoolander 2" from Paramount Pictures.

Ben Stiller Visits "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" at Rockefeller Center on March 19, 2015, in Manhattan.

Actors Ben Stiller, left, and Owen Wilson wear creations for Valentino's fall-winter 2015-2016 ready to wear fashion collection, presented at Paris Fashion Week, on March 10, 2015.

Mizuo Peck, left, Robin Williams, Ben Stiller, Rami Malek and Patrick Gallagher appear in a scene from "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb," released in 2014.

Ben Stiller places his hands and feet in cement as his children Quin, left, and Ella sit next to him at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on Dec. 3, 2013.

Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor attend the game between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden in New York on Feb. 10, 2012.

Cast member Ben Stiller arrives for the premiere of "The Watch," on July 23, 2012, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Clockwise, Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Michael Peña, Casey Affleck and Eddie Murphy in "Tower Heist," a comedy caper released in 2011 about working stiffs who seek revenge on the Wall Street swindler who stiffed them.

Ben Stiller as Artie Shaughnessy and Edie Falco as Bananas Shaughnessy star in the Broadway revival of John Guare's comedic masterpiece "The House of Blue Leaves," directed by David Cromer. "The House of Blue Leaves," a strictly limited 16-week engagement, opened on April 25, 2011, at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Actor Ben Stiller presents at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010, in Hollywood, California.

From left, Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller and Harvey Keitel in the third installment of the blockbuster comedy series "Little Fockers" in 2010.

From left, actors Anne Meara, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor and Jerry Stiller attend the 11th Annual Project A.L.S. "Tomorrow is Tonight" benefit gala in Manhattan on Oct. 7, 2008.

Eddie played by Ben Stiller, finally takes the plunge with Lila played by Malin Ackerman, a woman he hardly knows, in "The Heartbreak Kid," released in 2007.

Larry Daly, played by Ben Stiller, left, and Teddy Roosevelt, played by Robin Williams, explore the incredible events taking place all around them in a natural history museum in "Night At the Museum," released in 2006.

Ben Stiller guest stars as the magician Tony Wonder in the "Arrested Development" episode "Sword of Destiny" released on April 10, 2005.

From left, Dustin Hoffman as Bernie Focker, Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes, Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes and Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes in " Meet the Fockers," the 2004 follow-up to the runaway comedy hit of 2000, "Meet the Parents."

Snoop Dogg, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in 2004's "Starsky & Hutch."

Jack Black as Nick Vanderpark and Ben Stiller as Tim Dingman play neighbors, best friends and co-workers until their equal footing is tripped up when Nick strikes it rich in DreamWorks Pictures' and Columbia Pictures' 2004 comedy, "Envy."

Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore in Danny DeVito's 2003 film, "Duplex."

Ben Stiller is Reuben Feffer and Jennifer Aniston is Polly Prince in the 2003 romantic comedy from writer/director John Hamburg, "Along Came Polly."

Ben Stiller, seen on Aug. 17, 2001, has come a long way from comedian on variety shows and sitcoms to star and direct tor of feature comedy films. Stiller wrote, directed and starred in a movie about Derek Zoolander, a male model character he created.

Ben Stiller portrays Derek Zoolander in "Zoolander," from Paramount Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures (2001).

Cast members of Touchstone Pictures' "The Royal Tenenbaums," appear in this promotional photo. The ensemble film features Ben Stiller, Danny Glover, Gywneth Paltrow, and Anjelica Huston at the Tenenbaum dinner table. (2001)

Ben Stiller portrays Greg Focker, as he meets his girlfriend's father Jack Byrnes, played by Robert De Niro in Universal Studios' "Meet the Parents," in 2000.

Ben Stiller, portraying the most eligible rabbi in New York, is torn between his religious calling and his love for a non-Jewish girl, his old friend Jenna Elfman in the romantic comedy, " Keeping the Faith" (2000).

William H. Macy, left, Ben Stiller and Hank Azaria in "The Mystery Men," 1999.

Actor/director Ben Stiller at the Argyle Hotel on Sunset Boulevard on Aug. 18, 1998.

Actor Ben Stiller smiles at the crowd as he enters the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, R.I. Stiller was attending the East Coast premiere on July 14, 1998, of Cumberland, R.I.'s Peter and Bobby Farrelly's "There's Something About Mary" in which Stiller stars with Matt Dillon and Cameron Diaz.

Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz in "There's Something About Mary," 1998.

Elizabeth Hurley and Ben Stiller star in "Permanent Midnight," 1998.

Ryan O'Neal and Ben Stiller in Castle Rock Entertainment's "Zero Effect," 1998.