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Ben Stein

Benjamin Jeremy Stein is an American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues. He began his career as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford before entering the entertainment field as an actor, comedian, and game show host. He is best known on screen as the economics teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as the host of Win Ben Stein's Money, and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in The Mask and Son of the Mask. Stein co-wrote and starred in the 2008 propaganda film Expelled, which portrays the pseudoscience of intelligent design creationism as if it were a scientifically valid alternative to Darwinian evolution and alleges a scientific conspiracy against those promoting intelligent design in laboratories and classrooms. Stein is the son of economist and writer Herbert Stein, who worked at the White House under President Nixon. As a character actor he is well known for his droning, monotonous delivery. In comedy, he is known for his deadpan delivery. Stein has made many provocative and polemic comments over the years, such as claiming that President Barack Obama was "the most racist president there has ever been in America".


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The Mask

1994
as Dr. Arthur Neuman

Casper

1995
as Mr. Rugg

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986
as Economics Teacher

Ghostbusters II

1989
as Public Works Official

Son of the Mask

2005
as Dr. Arthur Neuman

Easy Wheels

1989
as Preacher

North

1994
as Curator

Santa vs. the Snowman

2002
as 'Spunky' the Elf

Dave

1993
as Himself

My Girl 2

1994
as Stanley Rosenfeld

Mastergate

1992
as Marvin Rotweiler

Men in White

1998
as Men in Strangemeister's Head

A Smile Like Yours

1997
as Clinic Video Narrator (voice)

Writer

Movie The Boost 1988
Movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed 2008