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 |
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