What funny guy first appeared with his father in "Hot Pursuit"?

Ben Stiller was the funny guy who first appeared with his father in "Hot Pursuit." The 1987 action comedy marked Ben Stiller's film debut, and he played Chris Honeywell alongside his father, Jerry Stiller, who played Victor Honeywell.

Directed by Steven Lisberger, the movie stars John Cusack as Dan Bartlett, a student chasing his girlfriend and her family across the Caribbean after missing their flight. The story mixes vacation adventure, corrupt cops, pirates, and broad comedy—an early showcase for the kind of comic chaos that later became associated with Ben Stiller.

This was not Ben Stiller's first public appearance in entertainment: he had already grown up around television and comedy through his parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. However, "Hot Pursuit" is generally identified as his theatrical film debut. Viewers sometimes confuse it with "The Ben Stiller Show," which came later, or with his better-known breakthrough roles in the 1990s.