New York Knicks Superfan Ben Stiller Is Making a Documentary on Team's History After First NBA Championship Win in 53 Years
New York Knicks Superfan Ben Stiller Is Making a Documentary on Team's History After First NBA Championship Win in 53 Years
Tommy McArdleThu, June 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM UTC
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Ben Stiller at Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals on June 13, 2026Credit: Juan Ocampo/Getty -
Ben Stiller announced he is making a documentary on the history of the New York Knicks, days after the team won its first NBA championship title in 53 years
Stiller told NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson and his Knicks teammate Josh Hart that he would seek interviews with them and their teammates
The Knicks are celebrating their championship win with a parade in New York City on Thursday, June 18
Ben Stiller is quickly getting to work on a documentary series about the New York Knicks, days after the NBA team won its first championship in 53 years.
Stiller, 60, is among the notable celebrity faces commonly seen rooting for the Knicks from Madison Square Garden's courtside seats over the years. The actor, comedian and filmmaker was also in the house in San Antonio when the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals on June 13, and he confirmed that he is making the documentary in collaboration with HBO and A24 in a post on X on Wednesday, June 17.
"Couldn't be more excited to make this doc with @a24 and @hbo about the NY KNICKS!!!!!!#LETSGOKNICKS," he wrote on the social media platform.
Stiller, who was spotted filming on a phone camera courtside during numerous games, also revealed his intentions to make a documentary when he appeared on the Roommates podcast — hosted by Knicks stars Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart — on June 17.
"Obviously I've been shooting some stuff on my phone, but it's kind of going to be about all eras of the Knicks and this team. Obviously there's a culmination here of something that's been going on for a long time, so it's super exciting," Stiller told the newly crowned NBA champions. "It's great to have had all this access to your team, and we're probably going to be shooting a little bit more during the next season. I'm going to hit you guys up for some interviews."
Jalen Brunson and Ben Stiller posing together after the New York Knicks NBA Finals win on June 13, 2026Credit: Jesse D. Garrabrant/Getty
Stiller said he began putting together the documentary at the start of the team's playoff run this spring and intends to work on it over the next year or so.
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"A lot of people have wanted to make it happen for a long time, and it was great [Knicks team owner James Dolan] decided he wanted to do it finally and give us the access," he said. "There's so many great eras and this team — I think when we look at the '70s championships, the '90s runs, and then this team doing it again, I think there's just so much within that and there's so many Knicks fans. We just want to make a great doc for the fans and hopefully get it all in there and I'm not sure how many parts it's going to be. Kind of figuring it out as we go along."
According to A24, the new documentary series will follow "the full arc of the franchise from the '90s to the improbable, record-breaking run that finally returned a championship to New York," and will give audiences "unprecedented NBA access, never-before-seen footage, and a definitive look at one of basketball's most iconic stories."
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Ben Stiller at Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 13, 2026Credit: Juan Ocampo/Getty
Stiller took in Game 5 of the NBA Finals last weekend alongside celebrity Knicks fans like Timothée Chalamet, Josh Safdie, Tracy Morgan, Spike Lee, John Turturro and Sydney Sweeney, who each traveled to Texas to watch the team win the championship.
When the team made a record-breaking comeback to win Game 4 of the series at MSG, an even larger host of celebrities were in attendance, including Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner, Mariska Hargitay, Adam Sandler, Michael J. Fox, Chris Rock, Julianne Moore, Keke Palmer, Alana Haim, Este Haim, Whoopi Goldberg, Hailey Bieber, Jimmy Fallon, Amy Schumer, Penn Badgley, Jeremy Strong, Rainn Wilson, Nas and Tate McRae.
Outside of his work on the documentary, Stiller will next appear on the screen in the new Apple TV movie The Dink on July 24 and in Focker-in-Law, the next installment in the Meet the Parents series, which hits theaters Nov. 25.
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