Person · Actor and producer
Stuart Cornfeld
1952–2020, Tarzana
American actor and producer, born in Tarzana. Produced 17 films on this site, including The Elephant Man (1980), Tropic Thunder (2008) and Zoolander (2001).
He was business partners with Ben Stiller in the company Red Hour Productions.
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The appearance and personality of Les Grossman, the hotheaded and foul-mouthed Hollywood producer played by Tom Cruise in Stiller's film Tropic Thunder, is reportedly based in part on Cornfeld.
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Regulars
- 12Ben Stillerproduced 12 of 18 films
- 7Theodore Shapiroscored 7 of 18 films
- 4Jack Blackacted in 4 of 18 films
- 4Greg Haydenedited 4 of 18 films
Films in this guide
Best known
- The Elephant Man 1980producer
- Tropic Thunder 2008producer
- Zoolander 2001producer
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013actor
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 2004producer
- Duplex 2003producer
1980s
- The Elephant Man (1980)producer
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)producer
- Moving (1988)producer
1990s
- Kafka (1991)producer
2000s
- Zoolander (2001)producer
- Duplex (2003)producer
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)producer
- Starsky & Hutch (2004)producer
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)producer
- Blades of Glory (2007)producer
- The Ruins (2008)producer
- Tropic Thunder (2008)producer
2010s
- 30 Minutes or Less (2011)producer
- The Big Year (2011)producer
- Vamps (2012)producer
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)actor
- Why Him? (2016)producer
- The Polka King (2017)producer