Stiller also stars as Tugg Speedman, an action star whose fortunes were derailed by his poor choice to play Simple Jack, a man with a mental disability who can talk to animals. "Tropic Thunder" is ...

The actor was responding to a tweet joking about boycotting “Tropic Thunder” after Shaun White, an Olympic gold medalist snowboarder, dressed as Simple Jack, a disabled character in the film ...

Disability-issues blogger Patricia Bauer reported this weekend that DreamWorks has agreed to meet with advocates about their concerns over Tropic Thunder ... the form of Simple Jack, a movie ...

White dressed up as Simple Jack, a disabled character from a movie within "Tropic Thunder," played by Ben Stiller's actor character in the film. Simple Jack is a parody of characters like Forrest ...

who takes on the role of a mentally disabled character named "Simple Jack." Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "Actually Tropic Thunder was boycotted 10 years ago when it ...

The same can be said for Tugg Speedman's controversial portrayal of the mentally handicapped Simple Jack, which is meant to be poorly received within Tropic Thunder's fiction because it's one of ...

Ben Stiller took a stand on the controversial 2008 film "Tropic Thunder" Tuesday ... costume emulated the intellectually disabled Simple Jack character from the film. "Actually Tropic Thunder ...

Ben Stiller is standing by his 2008 Tropic Thunder film ... Shaun White’s choice to dress up as the film’s disabled “Simple Jack” character for Halloween. “Actually Tropic Thunder ...

Stiller appeared to apologize for that or claimed to in another tweet in 2018 prompted by Olympic medalist Shaun White appearing as Simple Jack for a Halloween costume. “Actually Tropic Thunder ...

Hide your heroine and beware of the pitfalls of method acting because a Tropic Thunder sequel could ... a character in one of his movies named Simple Jack. These two elements alone were enough ...

Snowboarder Shaun White apologized on Monday for his choice of Halloween costume, after he was criticized for dressing up as “Simple Jack” from the 2008 Ben Stiller film “Tropic Thunder ...