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Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944, in
Washington, D.C.,) is an United States|American
attorney, former game show|game show host, actor,
screenwriter, former Politics|political
speechwriter, law professor, economist, author,
columnist, as well as a Television
commercial|commercial personality. He is the son
of Herbert Stein.

==Personal background==
His early years were spent growing up in a heavily
United States Democratic Party| Democratic
neighborhood in Silver Spring, Maryland. After
graduating from Montgomery Blair High School,
Stein attended Columbia University, where he
majored in economics. He graduated with honors in
1966, and then enrolled in Yale University Law
School, graduating as the class valedictorian in
1970.

Stein currently resides with his wife and son in
Beverly Hills, California.  He was previously a
San Fernando Valley resident of Los Angeles,
California.  He lives part time in Malibu,
California in a house with a Pacific Ocean view
while teaching at Pepperdine University.

==Work==
Stein eventually became a entertainment
industry|Hollywood consultant, helping liberal
writers portray a conservative family on
television.  He then moved into acting.  Stein's
film career received a boost from his famous role
as the colorless and boring economics teacher in
the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Stein
holds a degree in economics, so in his class
scene, he is giving a real economics lecture (the
only part of his scenes that was scripted was when
he called attendance).  Stein excelled at playing
these bland and unemotional characters, and was
subsequently typecast into many roles, mainly as a
nerd. He had a recurring role in the TV series The
Wonder Years and played himself in Dave
(movie)|Dave. He also did a series  of commercials
for Clear Eyes. Stein's deadpan, monotone
deliveries stood in stark contrast to the more
typical enthusiastic commercial personalities,
making the Clear Eyes advertisements different and
memorable. 

He was first a poverty lawyer in New Haven,
Connecticut and Washington, D.C. before becoming a
trial lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC). Stein's first teaching stint was as an
adjunct professor, teaching political and social
content of mass culture at American University in
Washington, D.C, and then at University of
California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).  Additionally, he
also held classes on political and civil rights
from the United States Constitution at UCSC. At
Pepperdine University in Southern California,
Stein taught libel law and securities law and its
ethical aspects.  He remains an active law
professor at its Malibu, California|Malibu campus,
having joined Pepperdine's faculty in the
mid-1980s.

Among his voice roles are The Pixies (The Fairly
OddParents)|The Pixies on the hit animated series
The Fairly OddParents.

In 1997 Stein was given his own game show by
Comedy Central titled Win Ben Stein's Money. True
to its name, the money that contestants won on the
show was subtracted from the $5000 Ben earned (in
addition to his salary). The show won seven Emmy
awards before ending its run in 2003. 
Wikipedia:as of|As of as of 2005|2005, repeats air
in the USA on Game Show Network.

In 2003, and also in 2004, he judged for Star
Search. In 2005, he began his run as host of Game
Show Moments Gone Bananas on VH1.

Despite having appeared in many "Hollywood"
movies, he is a noted critic of many attitudes
found among film studio leaders, but not of the
"rank-and-file|rank and file" of the film industry
itself.

Stein currently appears on Fox News Channel as a
regular member of the Cavuto on Business panel.

==Writing==
Stein began his career as a speechwriter and
lawyer for United States President of the United
States|President Richard Nixon, and later for
President Gerald Ford.  He regularly denied being
Deep Throat (Watergate)|Deep Throat until W. Mark
Felt confessed to being Deep Throat on May 31,
2005.  

His efforts at film and television screenwriting
have largely been for naught, though he is notable
for his script Murder in Mississippi and
contributed to the creation of the well-liked TV
comedy Fernwood 2-Night, among other works.

A prodigious writer, Stein has written books on
several topics including economics, and is a vocal
supporter of the United States Republican
Party|Republican Party. He writes a regular column
in the conservative magazine The American
Spectator.  Stein has also written for numerous
publications including The Wall Street Journal,
New York Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine and
Barron's Magazine, where his discussion of the
Michael Milken Drexel Burnham Lambert junk bond
situation as well as the ethical dimensions of
management buyouts attracted heavy US national
attention in the 1980s and '1990s|90s. Stein is
also a pro-life activist and was given a Pro-Life
Award in 2003 by the National Right to Life
Educational Trust Fund.

His book titles to date (7 fiction, 9 nonfiction)
include:
* DREEMZ (1978 in literature|1978)
* The View from Sunset Boulevard: America as
brought to you by the people who make television
(1979 in literature|1979) 
* Ludes (1982 in literature|1982)
* Financial Passages (1985 in literature|1985)
* Hollywood Days, Hollywood Nights: the Diary of a
Mad Screenwriter (1988 in literature|1988)
* A License to Steal: the Untold Story of Michael
Milken and the Conspiracy to Bilk the Nation (1992
in literature|1992)
* How to Ruin Your Life (2002 in literature|2002)
ISBN 1561709743
* How to Ruin Your Love Life (2003 in
literature|2003) ISBN 1401902405
* How to Ruin Your Financial Life (2004 in
literature|2004) ISBN 1401902413
* Can America Survive?  The Rage of the Left, the
Truth, and What to Do About It (2004 in
literature|2004) ISBN 1401903339

==Reference==

* web reference|
    URL=http://www.benstein.com/bio.html|
    title=Biography|
    work=Ben's House - The Official Ben Stein Home
Page|
    date=August 9|
    year=2004|
  

==External links==

* http://www.benstein.com Ben Stein's website
* imdb name|id=0825401|name=Ben Stein
*
http://www.nrlc.org/news/2003/NRL05/tenth_annual_p
roudly_pro.htm Ben Stein's remarks upon being
awarded one of the NRLC's Proudly Pro-Life Awards
*Books
**http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbn
Inquiry.asp?isbn=0671742728&itm=31
Barnes & Noble.com - License to
Steal: The Untold Story of Michael Milken and the
Conspiracy to Bilk the Nation

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Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944, in
Washington, D.C.,) is an United States|American
attorney, former game show|game show host, actor,
screenwriter, former Politics|political
speechwriter, law professor, economist, author,
columnist, as well as a Television
commercial|commercial personality. He is the son
of Herbert Stein.

==Personal background==
His early years were spent growing up in a heavily
United States Democratic Party| Democratic
neighborhood in Silver Spring, Maryland. After
graduating from Montgomery Blair High School,
Stein attended Columbia University, where he
majored in economics. He graduated with honors in
1966, and then enrolled in Yale University Law
School, graduating as the class valedictorian in
1970.

Stein currently resides with his wife and son in
Beverly Hills, California.  He was previously a
San Fernando Valley resident of Los Angeles,
California.  He lives part time in Malibu,
California in a house with a Pacific Ocean view
while teaching at Pepperdine University.

==Work==
Stein eventually became a entertainment
industry|Hollywood consultant, helping liberal
writers portray a conservative family on
television.  He then moved into acting.  Stein's
film career received a boost from his famous role
as the colorless and boring economics teacher in
the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Stein
holds a degree in economics, so in his class
scene, he is giving a real economics lecture (the
only part of his scenes that was scripted was when
he called attendance).  Stein excelled at playing
these bland and unemotional characters, and was
subsequently typecast into many roles, mainly as a
nerd. He had a recurring role in the TV series The
Wonder Years and played himself in Dave
(movie)|Dave. He also did a series  of commercials
for Clear Eyes. Stein's deadpan, monotone
deliveries stood in stark contrast to the more
typical enthusiastic commercial personalities,
making the Clear Eyes advertisements different and
memorable. 

He was first a poverty lawyer in New Haven,
Connecticut and Washington, D.C. before becoming a
trial lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC). Stein's first teaching stint was as an
adjunct professor, teaching political and social
content of mass culture at American University in
Washington, D.C, and then at University of
California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).  Additionally, he
also held classes on political and civil rights
from the United States Constitution at UCSC. At
Pepperdine University in Southern California,
Stein taught libel law and securities law and its
ethical aspects.  He remains an active law
professor at its Malibu, California|Malibu campus,
having joined Pepperdine's faculty in the
mid-1980s.

Among his voice roles are The Pixies (The Fairly
OddParents)|The Pixies on the hit animated series
The Fairly OddParents.

In 1997 Stein was given his own game show by
Comedy Central titled Win Ben Stein's Money. True
to its name, the money that contestants won on the
show was subtracted from the $5000 Ben earned (in
addition to his salary). The show won seven Emmy
awards before ending its run in 2003. 
Wikipedia:as of|As of as of 2005|2005, repeats air
in the USA on Game Show Network.

In 2003, and also in 2004, he judged for Star
Search. In 2005, he began his run as host of Game
Show Moments Gone Bananas on VH1.

Despite having appeared in many "Hollywood"
movies, he is a noted critic of many attitudes
found among film studio leaders, but not of the
"rank-and-file|rank and file" of the film industry
itself.

Stein currently appears on Fox News Channel as a
regular member of the Cavuto on Business panel.

==Writing==
Stein began his career as a speechwriter and
lawyer for United States President of the United
States|President Richard Nixon, and later for
President Gerald Ford.  He regularly denied being
Deep Throat (Watergate)|Deep Throat until W. Mark
Felt confessed to being Deep Throat on May 31,
2005.  

His efforts at film and television screenwriting
have largely been for naught, though he is notable
for his script Murder in Mississippi and
contributed to the creation of the well-liked TV
comedy Fernwood 2-Night, among other works.

A prodigious writer, Stein has written books on
several topics including economics, and is a vocal
supporter of the United States Republican
Party|Republican Party. He writes a regular column
in the conservative magazine The American
Spectator.  Stein has also written for numerous
publications including The Wall Street Journal,
New York Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine and
Barron's Magazine, where his discussion of the
Michael Milken Drexel Burnham Lambert junk bond
situation as well as the ethical dimensions of
management buyouts attracted heavy US national
attention in the 1980s and '1990s|90s. Stein is
also a pro-life activist and was given a Pro-Life
Award in 2003 by the National Right to Life
Educational Trust Fund.

His book titles to date (7 fiction, 9 nonfiction)
include:
* DREEMZ (1978 in literature|1978)
* The View from Sunset Boulevard: America as
brought to you by the people who make television
(1979 in literature|1979) 
* Ludes (1982 in literature|1982)
* Financial Passages (1985 in literature|1985)
* Hollywood Days, Hollywood Nights: the Diary of a
Mad Screenwriter (1988 in literature|1988)
* A License to Steal: the Untold Story of Michael
Milken and the Conspiracy to Bilk the Nation (1992
in literature|1992)
* How to Ruin Your Life (2002 in literature|2002)
ISBN 1561709743
* How to Ruin Your Love Life (2003 in
literature|2003) ISBN 1401902405
* How to Ruin Your Financial Life (2004 in
literature|2004) ISBN 1401902413
* Can America Survive?  The Rage of the Left, the
Truth, and What to Do About It (2004 in
literature|2004) ISBN 1401903339

==Reference==

* web reference|
    URL=http://www.benstein.com/bio.html|
    title=Biography|
    work=Ben's House - The Official Ben Stein Home
Page|
    date=August 9|
    year=2004|
  

==External links==

* http://www.benstein.com Ben Stein's website
* imdb name|id=0825401|name=Ben Stein
*
http://www.nrlc.org/news/2003/NRL05/tenth_annual_p
roudly_pro.htm Ben Stein's remarks upon being
awarded one of the NRLC's Proudly Pro-Life Awards
*Books
**http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbn
Inquiry.asp?isbn=0671742728&itm=31
Barnes & Noble.com - License to
Steal: The Untold Story of Michael Milken and the
Conspiracy to Bilk the Nation