He may be Derek Zoolander to some, or Greg Focker to others, but to his kids, Ben Stiller is always dad, first and foremost. The Severance director first became a dad in 2002, when he and his wife ...

On Thursday’s episode of The View, Stiller told the hosts meeting his wife, actress and Zoolander co-star Christine Taylor’s dad was the “exact same experience” as the movie.

THEN: Ben Stiller's father, Jerry Stiller, is a comedic actor who made an appearance as Zoolander's agent. He finds himself mixed up in the assassination plot but chooses to come clean at the end.

"I'm sad to say that my father passed away from natural causes ... Stiller appeared with son Ben in several film comedies, among them Zoolander, Zoolander 2 and The Heartbreak Kid.