In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars.

They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar(R)-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel).

Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

Directed by
Ben Stiller

Cast
Ben Stiller - Speedman
Jack Black - Jeff “Fats” Portnoy
Robert Downey Jr - Kirk Lazarus
Jay Baruchel - Kevin Sandusky
Justin Theroux
Nick Nolte
Brandon Jackson - Alpa Chino
Steve Coogan - Damien
Danny McBride - Cody
Bill Hader - Rob Slolom
Andrea De Oliveira - Super Hot Trainer
Reggie Lee - Byong
Valerie Azlynn - Damien's Assistant
Matt Levin - Cam
David Pressman - 1st A.D.
Matthew McConaughey

Production Co.
Red Hour Films

Produced by
Ben Stiller
Stuart Cornfeld
Eric McLeod

Studio
DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures

Writer
Ben Stiller
Justin Theroux
Etan Cohen

Music
Theodore Shapiro