Ben Stiller

Before he was a $20 million movie star, Ben Stiller  was an ambitious writer, director and producer creating his own material. After making a few popular comedy shorts and scoring a brief stint on Saturday Night Live, Stiller got his first major forums with the short-lived MTV sketch series The Ben Stiller Show in 1990 and a Fox version of the same name that ran for 13 episodes in 1992-93.

Stiller wrote, directed, produced and performed on every episode. Later, he frequently gave cameos in the movies he directed to Stiller Show colleagues and often showed up uncredited in their TV and film projects.

Judd Apatow

The executive producer and one of the main writers of the Fox show, Apatow has forged a career that includes critically acclaimed TV series (The Larry Sanders Show, Freaks and Geeks) and successful films (Knocked Up). He produced Stiller's Cable Guy, and Stiller reciprocated with a cameo in Anchorman, which Apatow produced.

Janeane Garofalo

One of the core writer-performers on the show, Garofalo did a stint on SNL before landing a role on The Larry Sanders Show. She later scored recurring parts on Felicity, The West Wing and 24 while appearing with Stiller in four films, including his directing debut, Reality Bites.

David Cross

A writer and performer on the series, Cross created Mr. Show With Bob and David with Odenkirk and worked with fellow Cable Guy bit player Jack Black on his Tenacious D  series. He co-wrote and starred in Run Ronnie Ron, a collaboration with Odenkirk and Troy Miller, and turned up in Arrested Development  and the Apatow-produced Year One.

Bob Odenkirk

Before he was the slimy lawyer Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, Odenkirk was a regular writer-performer on the Stiller Show. In between, he wrote for many seasons on SNL, co-created Mr. Show, wrote for Conan and acted on several series. He also directed a handful of features.

Jeanne Tripplehorn

The actress' big-screen debut, Basic Instinct, had just become an unexpected blockbuster, and she had a major role in The Firm opposite Tom Cruise lined up when she performed in several episodes of the Fox show. Though her engagement to Stiller ended, her career didn't, and she found success recently with HBO's Grey Gardens and Big Love.

Andy Dick

After performing on the Stiller Show, Dick starred in NewsRadio for five seasons and then created his own MTV series in 2001. Bizarre public behavior and an appearance on VH1's Sober House mixed with cameos in several Stiller movies.

Dana Gould

A semi-regular performer on the show, Gould found scattered film and TV work until he became a regular on NBC's Working. He appeared in the films Mystery Men with Stiller and Garofalo, and Dumb and Dumberer, directed by Troy Miller. More recent gigs include producing The Simpsons  and Parks and Recreation.

Troy Miller

A director on the Fox show, Miller went on to helm segments for the Oscars and MTV Movie Awards. He was an executive producer of The Flight of the Conchords Bored to Death, and he co-wrote and directed Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.

Paul Miller

Miller already had directed for SNL and ALF when he joined the Stiller Show. He then jumped behind the camera for five seasons ofIn Living Color  and numerous awards shows (Tonys, CMAs). He also has directed Comedy Central specials from Kevin James, Patton Oswalt and Wanda Sykes.

Dino Stamatopoulos

Stamatopoulos parlayed his writing job with Stiller into years of work writing for Letterman and Conan. He also contributed as a writer and exec producer to Mr. Show and Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse. Most recently, he has worked on Demetri Martin's show and NBC's Community.

Bruce Kirschbaum

Kirschbaum had started as a TV writer in the '70s, but after writing on the Fox series, he worked on Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Arli$$, The Wayne Brady Show and many others.

John F. O’Donohue

A regular performer on the show, O'Donohue picked up work in just about every TV series of the '90s (Seinfeld, ER, NewsRadio, Everybody Loves Raymond, Just Shoot Me!) before landing a regular role on NYPD Blue. Film roles were scarcer, but he did turn up in cameos in Reality Bites and The Cable Guy.

John Fortenberry

The main director and supervising producer on the Fox series, he helmed Jury Duty and the SNL offshoot A Night at the Roxbury. On the TV side, he has directed everything from The Dana Carvey Show and Everybody Loves Raymond  to Rescue Me2 Broke Girls.