JIM CARREY BIOGRAPHY

SYNOPSIS
Comedian and actor Jim Carrey was
born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada,
on January 17, 1962. Carrey relocated
Angeles to pursue comedy, eventually
spot on the sketch comedy show In
Color. He went on to huge box office
in comedies, including Ace Ventura:
Detective and The Mask, and delivered
acclaimed
dramatic
performances
inThe Truman Show and Man on the
Moon.

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Los
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Living
success
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EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

Actor and comedian James Eugene Carrey was born on January 17, 1962, in
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Carrey got his start with a spot doing stand-up at a
Toronto comedy club when he was just 15 years old. By 1979, he had left the
factory job as a janitor he had taken in 1978 to help support his family and was
making his living as the opening act for successful comics Buddy Hackett and
Rodney Dangerfield.
In 1983, Carrey headed west to Hollywood where he starred in a made-fortelevision movie called Introducing...Janet. Carrey's appearances on TV in
programs such as The Duck Factory and Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act (1991) led to
a regular role on the hit comedy In Living Color.
BIG BREAK
Carrey's big screen debut came with 1984's Finders Keepers, but he didn't find
success until he played the titular role in the 1994 comedy Ace Ventura: Pet
Detective. From there, Carrey's expressive face, expert mimicry skills and physical
brand of comedy kept the hits coming. He followed with The Mask(1994), Dumb
andDumber (1994), Ace
Ventura:
When
Nature
Calls (1995),Batman
Forever (1995), The Cable Guy (1996) and Liar Liar (1997).
COMERCIAL SUCCESS

Carrey took a successful dramatic turn as Truman Burbank in Peter Weir'sThe

Truman Show (1998), for which he won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor. He
teamed up with legendary director Milos Forman for the Andy Kaufman biopic Man
on the Moon (1999), co-starring Courtney Love. For his dead-on portrayal of
Kaufman, Carrey took home his second Golden Globe. Despite his Golden Globe
success, Carrey has never been nominated for an Academy Award, perhaps due to
the Academy's traditional lack of recognition for comedic actors. Carrey has
become one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, with an reported asking price
of $20 million.
In the summer of 2000, Carrey portrayed a character with two dueling personalities
(both in love with the same woman) in the comedy Me, Myself and Irene. That fall,
wearing pounds of green fur and makeup, he starred as the titular curmudgeon in
the long-awaited big budget film version of Dr. Seuss' holiday classic, How the
Grinch Stole Christmas, directed by Ron Howard. In 2003, the actor starred as a
man endowed with God-like powers in Bruce Almighty with Jennifer Aniston. The
following year, Carrey starred opposite Kate Winslet in Charlie Kaufman's Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. His other projects include two remakes: Steven
Spielberg's version of the 1947 comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the
1977 flick Fun with Dick and Jane.