text: Benjamin Todd `` Ben '' Roethlisberger ( Ë rÉ ' Î lÉ sbÉ rÉ É r ; born March 2 , 1982 ) , nicknamed Big Ben , is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League .
simplified: Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger ( born March 2 , 1982 , in Lima , Ohio ) , nicknamed Big Ben , is an American football quarterback . He plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League .