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Ben Stein
Age: 64
Height: 5' 11"
Birth Place: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Born: Nov. 25th, 1944
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BIOGRAPHY: Ben Stein (Benjamin J. Stein) was born on Nov. 25, 1944 in Washington, D.C. The son of noted economist and writer Herbert Stein, he grew up in Silver Spring, Md., and attended Montgomery Blair High School. Some of his classmates included journalist Carl Bernstein (I), and actors 'Goldie Hawn' and Sylvester Stallone. He graduated from Columbia University in 1966 with honors in economics and as valedictorian of the 1970 Yale Law School class. He has worked as a poverty lawyer, a trial lawyer, a university adjunct (American University, University of California at Santa Cruz and Pepperdine University), a speech writer for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (I) and a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Herald Examiner, King Features Syndicate, Los Angeles Magazine, New York Magazine, E! Online and The American Spectator. He also writes frequently for The Washington Post. Stein has written and published 16 books (seven novels, nine nonfiction books), the most recent of which is about life with his 12-year-old son, Tommy. He has been a longtime screenwriter and was one of the creators of the TV series "Fernwood 2 Night" (1977). He has acted and made guest appearances in numerous movies and TV series, appears in many TV commercials and is the host of two Comedy Central TV series, "Win Ben Stein's Money" (1997) (October, 1997-2002) and "Turn Ben Stein On" (1999). He is married to entertainment-industry attorney Alexandra Denman.
TRIVIA:
- Member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Columbia University, 1966.
- His father, economist 'Herbert Stein' (qv), was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the 'Richard Nixon' (qv) administration.
- Is a freelance/part-time Professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
- The only actor to appear in _The Mask (1994)_ (qv), _Son of the Mask (2005)_ (qv), plus the animated TV-series _"The Mask" (1995)_ (qv), reprising his role of Dr. Arthur Neuman.
- Best known in the 1980s for his bit role as the repetitive teacher in _Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)_ (qv).
- He was a childhood friend of 'Carl Bernstein (I)' (qv), who, as a reporter for the Washington Post, helped bring about the downfall of President 'Richard Nixon' (qv), for whom Stein was a speechwriter.
- Has a son, Tommy (b. 1987).
- Has been stripped of his Sunday New York Times business column because of his work as a pitchman for FreeScore.com, a credit monitoring company [August 8, 2009].
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