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Ben Stiller Actor, director, writer, producer Owen Wilson Actor, director, writer Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are considered to be one of the top comic duos of the 2000s. But, they are also compared to such legendary comedians as Bud Abbott (1900–1974) and Lou Costello (1906–1959), who appeared as Abbott and Costello in a bevy of films in the 1940s. As Joel Stein of Time remarked, "Stiller updates Lou Costello with an agitated everyman quality, while Wilson does the smartest dumb guy ever....
