60-Year-Old Comedian Stiller Courageously Resists Adversities 0 9

The 60-year-old actor is frightening fans with his appearance in the stands: the consequences of a serious illness have proven stronger than his comedic talent.

American actor Ben Stiller ("Night at the Museum," "Zoolander") is a basketball fan. He can be seen regularly at New York Knicks games. And there’s plenty to talk about regarding the terrible appearance of this 60-year-old man.

In just a couple of years, Ben has turned into a real mummy. He has dried up, become gaunt, and is covered in deep wrinkles. Gray hair completes the dismal picture. Stiller has hereditary bipolar disorder, but that is not the reason for the changes. Most likely, it is a consequence of prostate cancer.

The terrible diagnosis was given to the actor in 2014. The disease was discovered by chance - Ben did not experience any symptoms. Fortunately for him, a PSA test detected the illness at an early stage. The surgery was successful, and it seemed the disease had been defeated. But such surgical intervention in a man's body does not go without consequences.

Early in his career, he dated actresses such as Jeanne Tripplehorn, Janine Garofalo, Calista Flockhart, and Amanda Peet.

On May 13, 2000, he married Christine Taylor. The wedding ceremony took place on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. They met while filming the short film "Heat Vision and Jack." The couple appeared together on screen in the films "Zoolander," "DodgeBall," "Tropic Thunder," "Zoolander 2," and the series "Arrested Development." They have two children - daughter Ella Olivia (born April 10, 2002) and son Quinlin Dempsey (born July 10, 2005). In May 2017, Stiller and Taylor announced their separation. The couple later reconciled.

In 1999 and again in 2001, he admitted in interviews that he suffers from bipolar disorder (manic-depressive psychosis). According to him, the illness was passed down from his parents. However, later, in 2006, he denied this information: "I jokingly said that I can be a little crazy sometimes, and journalists portrayed me as a psychopathic maniac!"

Ben Stiller is also a vegetarian; he has eliminated coffee and meat from his diet.