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Jim Carrey

Carrey at the Yes Man premiere in 2008

Born

James

Eugene

January

17,

Carrey
1962 (age 53)

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada[1]

Nationality

Canadian American

Citizenship

Canadian and American

Occupation

Actor, Stand-Up Comedian,Screenwriter, Producer

Years active

1980present

Spouse(s)

Melissa Womer (m. 1987; div.1995)

Lauren Holly (m. 1996; div.1997)

Children

Comedy career
Medium

Stand-up, Film, Television

Genres

Observational

comedy,Physical

comedy, Surreal

humor
Subject(s)

Everyday life, Pop culture,Politics, Celebrities

Influences

Jonathan Winters,[2] Jerry Lewis[3]

Signature

Website
www.jimcarrey.com

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (/kri/; born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian,
impressionist, screenwriter, and film producer. Known for his highly energetic slapstick performances, he
has been described as one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood.[4]
Carrey first gained recognition in 1990 after landing a recurring role in the sketch comedy In Living Color.
His first leading roles in major productions came with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), Dumb and
Dumber (1994), The Mask (1994), and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), as well as a supporting role
in Batman Forever (1995) and a lead role in Liar Liar (1997). He then starred in The Truman Show (1998)
and Man on the Moon (1999), with each garnering him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
In 2000, he gained further recognition for his portrayal of the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole
Christmas and then, in 2003, for Bruce Almighty. The following year he starred in Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind (2004) and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). In the following years
he appeared in Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), Yes Man (2008), Horton Hears a Who! (2008) and A
Christmas Carol (2009). More recently, he has starred in Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) and The Incredible
Burt Wonderstone (2013).
In 2013, he appeared in Kick-Ass 2 as Colonel Stars and Stripes. Controversially, he retracted support for
the film two months prior to its release. He issued a statement via his Twitter account that, in light of the
shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, "[N]ow in all good conscience I cannot support that level of
violence."[5]
Carrey reprised his role, Lloyd Christmas, in Dumb and Dumber To, which was produced in late 2013 and
released in November 2014.[6][7][8]
Contents
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1 Early life

2 Career

2.1 Early work

2.2 Rise to fame

2.3 Critical acclaim

2.4 Continued success

3 Personal life
o

3.1 Health

3.2 Relationships

3.3 Citizenship

3.4 Beliefs

4 Filmography

5 See also

6 References

7 Further reading

8 External links

Early life
James Eugene Carrey was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada,[1] to Kathleen (ne Oram), a homemaker,
and Percy Carrey (19271994), a musician and accountant. [9][10] He has three older siblings: John, Patricia,
and Rita. He was raised Roman Catholic. [11][12] His mother was of French, Irish, and Scottish descent and his
father was of French-Canadian ancestry (the family's original surname was Carr).[13][14][15]
During an interview with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio, Carrey stated,
My father was a musician who got a "regular job" to support his children. When he lost his job that's when
everything fell apart. We went from "lower middle class" to "poor". We were living out of a van. I quit
school at age 15 to begin working to help support my family as a janitor. I'd have a baseball bat on my
janitor cart because I was so angry I just wanted to beat the heck out of something.[14][16]
After his family moved to Scarborough, Ontario he attended Blessed Trinity Catholic School, in North
York, for two years, enrolled at Agincourt Collegiate Institute for another year, then briefly
attended Northview Heights Secondary School. Carrey never finished high school because he worked fulltime to help his family survive their economic hardship, and also helped care for his mother who battled a
severe, chronic illness.[17]
Carrey lived in Burlington, Ontario, for eight years, and attended Aldershot High School. In a Hamilton
Spectator interview (February 2007), Carrey said, "If my career in show business hadn't panned out I would
probably be working today in Hamilton, Ontario at the Dofasco steel mill." When looking across the
Burlington Bay toward Hamilton, he could see the mills and thought, "Those were where the great jobs
were."[18] At this point, he already had experience working in a science testing facility in Richmond Hill,
Ontario.[citation needed]

Career

Early work
While Carrey was struggling to obtain work and make a name for himself, his father tried to help the young
comedian put together a stage act, driving him to Toronto to debut atcomedy club Yuk Yuk's.[19] Carrey's
impersonations bombed and this gave him doubts about his capabilities as a professional entertainer. His
family's financial struggles made it difficult for them to support Carrey's ambitions.
Eventually, the family's financial problems were resolved and they moved into a new home. [19] With more
domestic stability, Carrey returned to the stage with a more polished act. In a short period of time, he went
from open-mic nights to regular paid shows, building his reputation in the process. A reviewer in
the Toronto Star raved that Carrey was "a genuine star coming to life". [20] Carrey was soon noticed by
comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who signed the young comic to open his tour performances. Dangerfield
eventually brought Carrey to Las Vegas. However, Carrey soon decided to move to Hollywood, where he
began performing at The Comedy Store and, in 1982, appeared on the televised stand-up show An Evening
at the Improv.[21] The following year, he debuted his act on The Tonight Show.[22]
Despite his increasing popularity as a stand-up comic, Carrey turned his attention to the film and television
industries, auditioning to be a cast member for the 19801981 seasonof NBC's Saturday Night Live. Carrey
was not selected for the position, although he did host the show in May 1996, January 2011 and October
2014.[23][24] He was cast in several low-budget films, including Rubberface (1983), in which he played a
struggling young comic, and Copper Mountain (1983), in which he played a sex-starved teen. The latter
film included his impersonation of Sammy Davis, Jr., and was not considered a full-length feature film
since it ran less than one hour and consisted largely of musical performances byRita Coolidge and Ronnie
Hawkins.[citation needed]
In 1984, Carrey was cast as the lead in the NBC sitcom The Duck Factory, where he played a quirky young
artist alongside Jay Tarses. However, the show was cancelled during its first season. Despite the
cancellation, the show helped Carrey land roles in several films. He played his first leading role in Once
Bitten (1985) followed by supporting roles inPeggy Sue Got Married (1986), The Dead Pool (1988),
and Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992).
When Carrey returned to stand-up, he retired his old act, vowing that he did not want to be famous
for imitating other people. "Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend
myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at me to do my old act, and getting actually
violent and angry at me."[22] While many thought he was ill-advised to retire his old act, others were
increasingly interested in what Carrey was attempting to do. One of these people was writer/director Judd
Apatow. The pair struck up a friendship and began writing material together.[citation needed]
Carrey continued to land small roles in film and television productions in the late 1980s, which led to a
friendship with fellow comedian Damon Wayans, who co-starred with Carrey as an extraterrestrial in
1989's Earth Girls Are Easy. Damon introduced Carrey to his brother Keenen, who was creating a sketch
comedy show called In Living Color for the new Fox network. Carrey eventually landed a recurring role in
the show which first aired on April 15, 1990. By the third season, Carrey was one of the few remaining
original cast members and was ready to move on to bigger things, after agreeing to take on his first lead
role in a major Hollywood film.[citation needed]

Rise to fame
Carrey did not experience true stardom until he was cast in the lead role of the slapstick comedy Ace
Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), which premiered only months before In Living Color ended. Though he
agreed to play the title character, Carrey was willing to take the role only if he was allowed to rewrite the
script to suit his over-the-top visions. The film, while dismissed by most critics, was an international hit,
and transformed Carrey into a bankable box-office star.[citation needed]
That same year, Carrey landed lead roles in The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. The Mask garnered him his
first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination, with Roger Ebertof the Chicago Sun-Times praising
him for his "joyful performance".[25] Well received by critics, Dumb and Dumber was a commercial success,
grossing over $270 million worldwide,[26] and again increasing Carrey's fanbase.[citation needed]

Carrey in Madrid, Spain on December 13, 2008

In 1995, Carrey co-starred in the Joel Schumacher-directed superhero film Batman Forever, in
which Batman tries to stop Two-Face and the Riddler (played by Carrey) in their villainous scheme to drain
information from all the brains in Gotham City. The feature received reasonable reviews, with most
criticism aimed at the movie's "blatant commercialism", as characterized by Peter Travers.[27] In that same
year, Carrey reprised his role as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. Like the original film, it
was well received by the public, but heavily criticised by critics. However, it was a huge box-office
success, earning $212 million worldwide in addition to breaking records, with a $40 million opening
weekend.[28]
Carrey earned $20 million for his next film, The Cable Guy (1996). Directed by Ben Stiller, Carrey played
a lonely, slightly menacing cable TV installer who infiltrates the life of one of his customers (played
by Matthew Broderick). The film tested Carrey's boundaries of his tried and true "hapless, hyper,
overconfident" characters that he is known for regularly playing. However, it did not fare well with critics,
many reacting towards Carrey's change of tone to previous films. [29] Despite the reviews, The Cable
Guy grossed $102 million worldwide.[30]
He soon bounced back in 1997 with the critically acclaimed comedy Liar Liar, playing Fletcher Reede, a
successful lawyer who has built his career on lying, regularly breaking promises that he makes to his son
Max. Max soon makes a birthday wish that for just that one day, his dad would not be able to lie. Carrey
was praised for his performance, earning a second Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. Janet
Maslin of The New York Timessaid, "Well into his tumultuous career, Mr. Carrey finally turns up in a
straightforward comic vehicle, and the results are much wilder and funnier than this mundane material
should have allowed."[31]

Critical acclaim
The following year he decided to take a pay cut to play the serious role of Truman Burbank in
the satirical comedy-drama film The Truman Show (1998).[32] The film was highly praised and brought
Carrey further international acclaim, leading many to believe he would be nominated for an Oscar.
[33]
Eventually, he did pick up his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. The
Truman Show was a commercial success also, earning $264 million worldwide against a budget of $60
million.[34][35] A Film4 critic stated that the film "allows Carrey to edge away from broad comedy", adding
that it was "a hilarious and breathtakingly conceived satire". [36]
That same year, Carrey appeared as a fictionalized version of himself on the final episode of Garry
Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show, in which he deliberately ripped intoShandling's character. In 1999,
Carrey had the lead role in Man on the Moon. He portrayed comedian Andy Kaufman to critical acclaim,
[37]
with many believing that Carrey would finally be nominated for Best Actor. He received his second
Golden Globe Award a year after he was awarded his first one. Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles
Times wrote of Carrey's performance, "A brilliant, almost terrifying impersonation." [citation needed]
In 2000, Carrey reteamed with the Farrelly brothers, who had directed him in Dumb and Dumber, in the
comedy film Me, Myself & Irene, a film that received mixed reviews [38] but enjoyed box office success.
Carrey played the role of state trooper Charlie Baileygates, who has multiple personalities and romances a
woman portrayed by Rene Zellweger. That same year, Carrey starred in the second highest-grossing
Christmas film of all time, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, playing the title character, for which he

received both praise and criticism.[39] The film garnered him his fifth Golden Globe Award nomination in
addition to countless other nominations and several wins.[citation needed]
For his next feature film, Carrey starred opposite Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman in Tom Shadyac's
international hit comedy Bruce Almighty (2003). Carrey played a TV newsman who unexpectedly receives
God's omnipotent abilities when the deity decides to take a vacation. The film received mixed reviews upon
release[40] but despite this still became a financial success, earning over $484 million worldwide, and going
on to become the seventeenth highest-grossing live action comedy of all time. The film has since gained
a cult following.[41][42]
In 2004, Carrey starred in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The film received overwhelming acclaim
upon release. Critics highly praised Carrey's portrayal of Joel Barish, in addition to the performance of his
co-star Kate Winslet, who received an Oscar nomination. According to CNN's reviewer Paul Clinton,
Carrey's performance was the actor's "best, most mature and sharply focused performance ever." [43] He
received his fourth Golden Globe Award nomination, and was also nominated for his first BAFTA Award
for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[citation needed]

Carrey at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival

Carrey's next appearance was in the 2004 black comedy fantasy film Lemony Snicket's A Series of
Unfortunate Events, which was based on the popular children's novels of the same name. The film received
a positive reception, with Desson Thomson from The Washington Post saying of Carrey's approach to the
character of Count Olaf,
Olaf is a humorless villain in the book. He's not amusing like Carrey at all. To which I would counter: If
you can't let Carrey be Carrey, put someone boring and less expensive in the role. In his various disguises
he's rubbery, inventive and improvisationally inspired. I particularly liked his passing imitation of a
dinosaur.[44][45]
That same year, Carrey was inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame.[46] In 2005, Carrey starred in a
remake of Fun with Dick and Jane, playing Dick, a husband who becomes a bank robber after he loses his
job. The film was dismissed by most critics but became a box office hit.[citation needed]

Continued success
In 2007, Carrey reunited with Joel Schumacher, director of Batman Forever, for The Number 23, a
psychological thriller co-starring Virginia Madsen and Danny Huston. In the film, Carrey plays a man who
becomes obsessed with the number 23, after finding a book about a man with the same obsession. The film
was panned by critics and did not fare well at the box office. The following year Carrey provided his voice
for Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008). Carrey voiced the beloved elephant for the CGI-animated
feature, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews and delivered family crowds en masse. The film
was also a box office success, raking in over $290 million worldwide.[47]
Later that same year, Carrey returned to live-action comedy, starring opposite Zooey
Deschanel and Bradley Cooper in Yes Man (2008). Carrey played down-and-out man, Carl Allen, who had
gone nowhere in life, thanks to always saying no to everything, until he signs up for a self-help program
that teaches him the power of saying yes. Despite reviews being mixed, Rene Rodriquez of The Miami

Herald stated, "Yes Man is fine as far as Jim Carrey comedies go, but it's even better as a love story that just
happens to make you laugh."[48] The film had a decent performance at the box office, earning $225 million
worldwide.[49]
Since 2009, Carrey's work has included a leading role in Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's I Love You Phillip
Morris, premiering in January 2009 at the Sundance Film Festivalbefore receiving a wide release in
February 2010. Carrey portrayed Steven Jay Russell, a con artist, imposter, and multiple prison escapee
who falls in love with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (played by Ewan McGregor). The film received
largely positive reviews, with Damon Wise of The Times giving the film four stars out of five, stating, "I
Love You Phillip Morris is an extraordinary film that serves as a reminder of just how good Carrey can be
when he's not tied into a generic Hollywood crowd-pleaser. His comic timing remains as exquisite as
ever."[50]

Carrey in the studio of the Late Show with David Letterman in 2010

For the first time in his career, Carrey portrayed multiple characters in Disney's 3D animated take on the
classic Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol (2009), voicing Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of
Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film also starred Robin Wright
Penn, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, and Cary Elwes. The film received reasonable reviews and
was a financial success. In 2011, Carrey landed the lead role in Mr. Popper's Penguins, playing Thomas
"Tom" Popper Jr. a realtor who becomes the caretaker of a family of penguins. The film received a mixed
reception upon release.[51]
In 2013, he starred alongside former co-star Steve Carell in the Don Scardino-directed comedy film Burt
Wonderstone (2013). Carrey played Steve Gray, a dangerous street magician who overshadows the formerly
successful magician Burt Wonderstone (played by Carell). The film was released in March 2013 to mixed
reviews and underperformed significantly at the box office, grossing just over $27 million on a $30 million
budget.[52]
Peter Farrelly said in April 2012 that Carrey and Jeff Daniels would return for a Dumb and
Dumber sequel, Dumb and Dumber To, with the Farrelly brothers writing and directing and a planned
September 2012 production start.[53] In June, however, Carrey's representative said Carrey had left the
project because the comedian felt New Line and Warner Bros. were unenthusiastic toward it. [54] However,
on October 1, 2012, Yahoo!'s "The Yo Show" carried the news item that the script was complete and that
the original actors, Carrey and Daniels, would be reprising their roles. The plot involved one of the
characters having sired a child and needing to find them in order to obtain a kidney. [6][55] Dumb and Dumber
To was released in November 2014.
In March 2013, Carrey announced that he had written a children's book titled How Roland Rolls, about a
scared wave named Roland. He described it as "kind of a metaphysical children's story, which deals with a
lot of heavy stuff in a really childish way." Carrey self-published the book, which was released in
September 2013.[56][57]
On March 25, 2013, Carrey released a parody music video with Eels through Funny or Die, with Carrey
replacing Mark Oliver Everett on vocals. The song and video, titled "Cold Dead Hand" and set as a musical
act during the variety program Hee Haw, lampoons American gun culture, and specifically
former NRA spokesperson Charlton Heston.[58]
Carrey delivered the commencement address at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, in
May 2014 and received an honorary doctorate for his achievements as a comedian, artist, author, and
philanthropist.[59]

Personal life

Health
Carrey has battled depression.[60] To deal with his depression, Carrey took Prozac, eventually deciding to get
off medications. He has stated that he no longer takes medications or stimulants of any kind, not
even coffee.[60]

Relationships

Carrey with his family at the Horton Hears a Who! premiere in 2008

In 1983 Carrey dated Linda Ronstadt for 8 months.[61] Carrey has been married twice. His first marriage was
to former actress andComedy Store waitress Melissa Womer, whom he married on March 28, 1987. Their
daughter Jane Erin Carrey was born September 6, 1987.[62] Jane was a 2012 contestant on American Idol.
[63]
The two divorced in 1995.
A year later Carrey married his Dumb and Dumber co-star Lauren Holly, on September 23, 1996; the
marriage lasted less than a year.[64]In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Carrey was involved in a series of
relationships, including Laurie Holden, January Jones, and Anine Bing. In addition, Carrey had a muchpublicized yet short-lived romance with his Me, Myself and Irene co-star Rene Zellweger, whom he dated,
and at one point was engaged to from 1999 to 2000.[65]
Carrey met model and actress Jenny McCarthy in 2005 and made their relationship public in June 2006. In
April 2010, the two ended their near five-year relationship. [66] Despite the split and media circulations,
McCarthy stated in October 2010 that, "Jim and I are still good friends".[67]

Citizenship
Carrey received U.S. citizenship in October 2004 and remains a dual citizen of both the United States and
his native Canada.[68]

Beliefs
Carrey has been a critic of the scientific consensus that no evidence links the childhood MMR
vaccination to the development of autism, and wrote an article questioning the merits of vaccination and
vaccine research for the Huffington Post.[69] With former partner Jenny McCarthy, Carrey led a "Green Our
Vaccines" march in Washington, D.C., to advocate for the removal of toxins from children's vaccines, out
of a belief that children had received "too many vaccines, too soon, many of which are toxic." [70]
Carrey is a follower and an advocate for the law of attraction. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1997,
[71]
Carrey revealed that as a struggling actor he would use visualizationtechniques to get work. He also
stated that he visualized a $10,000,000 check given to him for "Acting services rendered", placed the check
in his pocket, and seven years later received a check for $10,000,000 for his role in Dumb and Dumber.[citation
needed]

Carrey is a Transcendental Meditation practitioner.[72][73]

Filmography
Main article: Jim Carrey filmography

Once Bitten (1985)

The Dead Pool (1988)

Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

The Mask (1994)

Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Batman Forever (1995)

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

The Cable Guy (1996)

Liar Liar (1997)

The Truman Show (1998)

Man on the Moon (1999)

Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

The Majestic (2001)

Bruce Almighty (2003)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events(2004)

Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

The Number 23 (2007)

Horton Hears a Who! (2008) (voice)

Yes Man (2008)

I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

See also

List of awards and nominations received by Jim Carrey

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