Wednesday, July 28, 2010

About Jim Carrey

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is belongs to Newmarket, Ontario.Carrey was born in Newmarket, Ontario, the son of Kathleen (née Oram), a homemaker, and Percy Carrey, a musician and accountant.He has three older siblings, John, Patricia, and Rita.He is catholic by his religon.He is a Canadian-American actor and comedian.Carry having a lots of intrest in film and television,and aloso he devloped a close friendship with comedian Damon Wayans.During the show's 1990 season of "Living Color" where he plays various charector in that film.In february,1994 jim carrey was played title charector in Ace Ventura:Pet Detactive.This Film was made $159,537,178 domestically and over $400 million worldwide.Gradually Jim got a lot of succes in his film carrier.In 1994 he played as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask,by this film he had able to archive Gloden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and as Lloyd Christmas in the comedy film, Dumb and Dumber (1994).Between 1996 and 1999, Carrey continued his success after earning lead roles in several highly popular films including The Cable Guy (1996), Liar Liar (1997), in which he was nominated for another Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and in the critically acclaimed films The Truman Show and Man on the Moon, in 1998 and 1999, respectively. Both films earned Carrey Golden Globe awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Since earning the two Golden Globe awards, the only two in his three decade career, Carrey continued to star in highly acclaimed comedy films, including How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) where he played the title character, Bruce Almighty (2003), where he portrayed the role of unlucky TV reporter Bruce Nolan, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) and Yes Man (2008). Carrey has also taken on more serious roles including Joel Barish in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) alongside Kate Winslet and Kirsten Dunst which earned him another Golden Globe nomination, and Steven Jay Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris (2010) alongside Ewan McGregor.In 1979, under the management of Leatrice Spevack, Carrey started doing stand-up comedy at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, where he rose to become a headliner in February 1981, shortly after his 19th birthday. One reviewer in the Toronto Star raved that Carrey was "a genuine star coming to life."[9] In the early 1980s, Carrey moved to Los Angeles and started working at The Comedy Store, where he was noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who signed the young comedian to open Dangerfield's tour performances.
Year                                  Movies                                                   Role
1980
The Sex and Violence Family Hour
Various roles
1981
All in Good Taste
Ralph Parker
1983
Copper Mountain
Bobby Todd
1984
Finders Keepers
Lane Bidlekoff
1985
Once Bitten
Mark Kendall
1986
Peggy Sue Got Married
Walter Getz
1988
The Dead Pool
Johnny Squares
1989
Pink Cadillac
Comedian
Earth Girls Are Easy
Wiploc
1991
High Strung
Death
1992
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The Exterminator
1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura
The Mask
Stanley Ipkiss
Dumb and Dumber
Lloyd Christmas
1995
Batman Forever
Riddler/Edward Nygma
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Ace Ventura
1996
The Cable Guy
Ernie "Chip" Douglas
1997
Liar Liar
Fletcher Reede
1998
The Truman Show
Truman Burbank
Simon Birch
Adult Joe Wenteworth
1999
Man on the Moon
Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton
2000
Me, Myself & Irene
Officer Charlie Baileygates/Hank
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Grinch
2001
The Majestic
Peter Appleton
2003
Bruce Almighty
Bruce Nolan
Pecan Pie
Man on Bed
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Joel Barish
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Count Olaf
2005
Fun with Dick and Jane
Dick Harper
2007
The Number 23
Walter Sparrow/Det. Fingerling
2008
Horton Hears a Who!
Horton
Yes Man
Carl Allen
2009
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
Ghost of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Present
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
2010
I Love You Phillip Morris
Steven Jay Russell
Where's Waldo?
Waldo
2011
Damn Yankees
Mr. Applegate
Me Time
Unknown
Pierre Pierre
Unknown
2012
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Robert Ripley
Sober Buddies
Unknown

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Please Share Your Knowledge Below !!!

 
Powered by Blogger