| Ben Stein  AKA Benjamin Jeremy Stein
Born: 25-Nov-1944
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Game Show Host, Actor, Attorney
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Host of Win Ben Stein's Money To most people, Ben Stein is the host of Win Ben Stein's Money or the boring teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Wonder Years. Before he was famous, though, Stein was class valedictorian at Yale Law School. He's written seven novels, and one was made into a James Woods movie, The Boost. He was co-creator of Fernwood 2Nite, and taught ethics and securities law at Pepperdine University.
Ben Stein's father, Herb Stein, was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Richard M. Nixon, which presumably helped young Stein, just a few years out of law school, get hired as a Nixon speechwriter. After Nixon resigned, Stein became a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, where he wrote a piece harshly criticizing Norman Lear, the then-darling of liberals responsible for All in the Family and The Jeffersons. Lear thought Stein's column was funny, and hired him to write for All's Fair, a Lear sitcom with Richard Crenna and Bernadette Peters, which quickly tanked.
Stein's high school classmates include Carl Bernstein, Connie Chung, Goldie Hawn, and Sylvester Stallone. He loved his wife so much he's married her twice. He is widely considered the funniest Republican in Hollywood. But still, Stein is more Republican than funny. Emceeing the National Right to Life's Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner a few months after September 11, Stein spoke somberly of the 3,000 people who lost their lives that day, then added that many more lives than that are taken each day by abortion. "Abortion", said Stein, "is the worst form of terrorism because it is against the most innocent of lives, the unborn".
Father: Herbert Stein (economist, b. 1916, d. 8-Sep-1999)
Mother: Mildred Stein (d. Apr-1997 age 81)
Sister: Rachel Stein (writer)
Wife: Alexandra Denman (b. 1947, m. 1968, div. 1974; remarried 1977)
Son: Tommy Stein (adopted, b. 1987)
High School: Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD (1962)
University: BS Economics, Columbia University (1966)
Law School: JD, Yale Law School (1970)
Teacher: American University, Washington, DC
Teacher: Visiting Lecturer, University of California at Santa Cruz
Teacher: Pepperdine University
Barron's Contributor
The American Spectator Columnist
The Wall Street Journal Columnist
US Federal Trade Commission trial lawyer
Al Franken for Senate
Americans for a Republican Majority
Bush-Cheney 2000
Bush-Cheney '04
Dreier for Congress Committee
George W. Bush for President
John McCain 2008
National Right to Life Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Republican Jewish Coalition
Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee
Susan B. Anthony List Advisory Committee
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Honorary Board of Directors
Emmy Outstanding Game-Show Host, Win Ben Stein's Money 1999
Endorsement of DirecTV 2006
Endorsement of Yahoo!
Mugged
TELEVISION
Win Ben Stein's Money Host (1997-2002)
The Wonder Years Mr. Cantwell (1989-91)
Star Search Judge (2002-3)
Fernwood 2 Nite
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (18-Apr-2008) Himself
Son of the Mask (2004)
Wakko's Wish (26-Jul-1999) [VOICE]
Casper Meets Wendy (8-Sep-1998)
Men in White (16-Aug-1998) Himself
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (21-Oct-1997)
A Smile Like Yours (22-Aug-1997)
House Arrest (14-Aug-1996)
Casper (26-May-1995)
Miami Rhapsody (27-Jan-1995)
Richie Rich (21-Dec-1994)
The Mask (29-Jul-1994)
North (22-Jul-1994)
My Girl 2 (11-Feb-1994)
Me and the Kid (22-Oct-1993)
Dennis the Menace (24-Jun-1993)
Dave (7-May-1993) Himself
Honeymoon in Vegas (28-Aug-1992)
Soapdish (31-May-1991)
Ghostbusters II (16-Jun-1989)
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles (25-Nov-1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (11-Jun-1986)
The Wild Life (28-Sep-1984)
Official Website:
http://www.benstein.com/
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