Filmography
Published August 31st, 2008
Filmography
Acting in film
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Note |
| 1987 |
Empire of the Sun |
Dainty |
|
| Hot Pursuit |
Chris Honeywell |
|
| Shoeshine |
|
|
| 1988 |
Fresh Horses |
Tipton |
|
| 1989 |
Next of Kin |
Lawrence Isabella |
|
| Elvis Stories |
Bruce |
|
| That’s Adequate |
Chip Lane |
|
| 1990 |
Stella |
Jim Uptegrove |
|
| 1992 |
The Nutt House |
Pie Thrower |
cameo |
| Highway to Hell |
Pluto’s Cook/Attila the Hun |
|
| 1994 |
Reality Bites |
Michael Grates |
|
| 1995 |
Heavyweights |
Tony Perkis/Tony Perkis Sr. |
|
| 1996 |
The Cable Guy |
Sam Sweet/Stan Sweet |
also director |
| Flirting with Disaster |
Mel |
|
| If Lucy Fell |
Bwick Elias |
|
| Happy Gilmore |
Nursing Home Orderly |
uncredited |
| 1998 |
Permanent Midnight |
Jerry Stahl |
|
| Your Friends & Neighbors |
Jerry |
|
| There’s Something About Mary |
Ted Stroehmann |
earned salary of $3,000,000 |
| Zero Effect |
Steve Arlo |
|
| 1999 |
Black and White |
Mark Clear |
|
| Mystery Men |
Mr. Furious |
|
| The Suburbans |
Jay Rose |
|
| 2000 |
Meet the Parents |
Gaylord ‘Greg’ Focker |
|
| Keeping the Faith |
Rabbi Jake Schram |
|
| The Independent |
Cop |
|
| 2001 |
The Royal Tenenbaums |
Chas Tenenbaum |
|
| Zoolander |
Derek Zoolander |
earned salary of $2,500,000 |
| 2002 |
Orange County |
The Firefighter |
cameo |
| Run Ronnie Run |
Himself |
|
| 2003 |
Nobody Knows Anything! |
Peach Expert |
cameo |
| Duplex |
Alex Rose |
|
| Pauly Shore Is Dead |
Himself |
cameo |
| 2004 |
Meet the Fockers |
Gaylord ‘Greg’ Focker |
|
| Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy |
Arturo Mendes |
cameo |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |
White Goodman |
|
| Envy |
Tim Dingman |
|
| Starsky & Hutch |
David Starsky |
|
| Along Came Polly |
Reuben Feffer |
|
| 2005 |
Danny Roane: First Time Director |
Himself |
|
| Madagascar |
Alex |
voice only |
| Sledge: The Untold Story |
Commander |
|
| 2006 |
Night at the Museum |
Larry Daley |
|
| In Search of Ted Demme |
Himself |
|
| Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny |
Guitar Store Dude |
cameo |
| School for Scoundrels |
Lonnie |
cameo |
| 2007 |
The Heartbreak Kid |
Eddie Cantrow |
|
| 2008 |
Tropic Thunder |
Tugg Speedman |
|
| The Marc Pease Experience |
Jon Gribble |
completed |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa |
Alex |
voice only; post-production |
| 2009 |
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian |
Larry Daley |
filming |
Directing and producing in film and television
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 1989 |
Elvis Stories
|
director and writer |
| 1994 |
Reality Bites |
director |
| 1996 |
The Cable Guy |
director |
| 1999 |
Heat Vision and Jack (TV)
|
director |
| 2001 |
Zoolander |
director, producer, and writer |
| 2003 |
Duplex |
producer |
| Crooked Lines |
executive producer |
| 2004 |
Starsky & Hutch |
executive producer |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |
producer |
| 2006 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny |
executive producer |
| 2007 |
Blades of Glory |
producer |
| 2008 |
Date School |
producer |
| The Ruins |
producer |
| Tropic Thunder |
director, producer, and writer |
| Unknown |
Master Mind |
producer |
| Gods Behaving Badly |
producer |
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