Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues.
 A graduate of Columbia University, Stein began his career in law, graduating as valedictorian from Yale Law School.
 He attained early success as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
 Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host.
 He is most well-known on screen as the economics teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in "The Mask" (1994) and "Son of the Mask" (2005).
 Stein is also a filmmaker.
 He co-wrote and starred in the 2008 documentary "", which portrays intelligent design creationism as a scientifically valid alternative to Darwinian evolution and alleges the existence of a cover-up by the scientific community against the evidence for creation.
This is a partially sorted list of notable persons who have had ties to Columbia University.
 For further listing of notable Columbians see: Notable alumni at Columbia College of Columbia University; Columbia University School of General Studies; Columbia Law School; Columbia Business School; Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Columbia University Graduate School of Education (Teachers College); Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Columbia University School of Professional Studies; Columbia University School of the Arts; and the School of International and Public Affairs.
 The following lists are incomplete.
Teachers College, Columbia University is the graduate school of education, health and psychology in New York City at Columbia University.
 Founded in 1887, it has been a Faculty of Columbia University since its affiliation in 1898.
 Teachers College is also an academic department of the university and its Ph.D. degrees are conferred by the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
 Teachers College is the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States.
John C. Markowitz (born 1954 in New York City) is an American physician, a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and a Psychiatric Researcher at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
 For several decades he has conducted research on psychotherapies and medications as treatments for mood disorders (major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder), anxiety disorders, and personality disorders.
 He is currently conducting an outcome study of three psychotherapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) thanks to a five year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.
 He is most widely published in the area of interpersonal psychotherapy or IPT, a manualized form of treatment, in which he was trained by the late Gerald L. Klerman, M.D. Dr. Markowitz is a graduate of Columbia University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and received his psychiatric residency training at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic of Cornell University Medical School/New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Ronnie Sue Lichtman, CNM.
, LM, PhD, FACNM (born February 10, 1950) is a midwife, educator, writer and advocate for women's health.
 She has published widely for both lay and professional audiences.
 The Chair of the Midwifery Education Program at The State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in New York City, she earned a Ph.D. in sociomedical sciences from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and her MS in Maternity Nursing with a specialization in midwifery from Columbia University School of Nursing.
 She previously directed the midwifery programs at Columbia University and SUNY Stony Brook.
The Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University is one of six departments at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, located on the Columbia University Medical Center campus in New York City.
 It offers five graduate degrees, several doctoral and post-doctoral training programs, and holds a summer institute.
 The department also hosts a symposium series on public health issues like HIV, screening, and autism; a lecture series on current epidemiologic topics, publishes a quarterly newsletter and sponsors a public health website called the 2x2_Project.
The Columbia University School of the Arts, also known simply as the School of the Arts or as SoA, is the graduate school of the university that offers programs in the fine arts.
 It offers the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, Theatre and Writing, as well as the Master of Arts (MA) degree in Film Studies.
 It works closely with the Arts Initiative at Columbia University (CUArts) and organizes the Columbia University Film Festival.
 Founded in 1948, the school is located in Morningside Heights, New York.
Me and the Kid is a 1993 comedy-drama film directed by Dan Curtis.
 It stars Danny Aiello, Alex Zuckerman, Joe Pantoliano, Cathy Moriarty, David Dukes, Anita Morris, Ben Stein, Demond Wilson and Abe Vigoda.
The Columbia University Club of New York is a private university alumni club that extends membership to all graduates (and their families) of all the schools and affiliates of Columbia University, as well as Columbia undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and administrators.
 The Club has more than 2,500 Columbia members representing all the schools and affiliates of Columbia University.
This is a sorted list of notable persons who are alumni of Columbia University, New York City.
 For further listing of notable Columbians see: Notable alumni at Columbia College of Columbia University; Columbia University School of General Studies; Barnard College; Columbia Law School; Columbia Business School; Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Columbia University Graduate School of Education (Teachers College); Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Columbia University School of Professional Studies; Columbia University School of the Arts; and the School of International and Public Affairs.

Question: Which of the actors starred in "Me and the Kid" is a  graduate of Columbia University? 
Answer: Ben Stein