James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Known for his energetic slapstick performances, Carrey first gained recognition in 1990, after landing a recurring role in the American sketch comedy television series In Living Color (1990–1994). He broke out as a star in motion pictures with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber (all 1994). This was followed up with Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Batman Forever (both 1995), and Liar Liar (1997).
In the 2000s, he gained further notice for his portrayal of the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas and for the comedy Me, Myself & Irene (both in 2000), as well as Bruce Almighty (2003), Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), Yes Man, Horton Hears a Who! (both 2008), and A Christmas Carol (2009). In the 2010s, Carrey appeared in the films Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011), The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Kick-Ass 2 (both 2013), Dumb and Dumber To (2014), and portrayed Leap Day William in the sitcom 30 Rock (2012). In 2020, he portrayed Dr. Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog and Joe Biden in six episodes of Saturday Night Live in the leadup to the 2020 United States presidential election.
Although largely typecast as a comedic actor, Carrey has had success in dramatic roles. His first dramatic success was starring in the Emmy-nominated made-for-television film Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992). Carrey gained attention for his leading roles in The Truman Show (1998) and Man on the Moon (1999), earning Golden Globe Awards for each film. He later starred in the psychological science fiction romantic drama film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004); this performance is repeatedly lauded as one of the most important and seminal in Carrey’s career and for which he was nominated for both the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and another Golden Globe Award. He was also praised for his dramatic role of Jeff Piccirillo in the Showtime tragicomedy series Kidding, for which he was nominated for another Golden Globe. The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
In 2013, Carrey published his first book, a children’s story, entitled How Roland Rolls; the book was awarded a 2013 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award. In 2020, Carrey published his first novel, Memoirs, and Misinformation, which he co-authored with Dana Vachon
Jim Carrey Biography / Wiki
| Name | Jim Carrey |
| Also Know | Джим Керри, จิม à¹à¸„ร์รีย์, ジム・ã‚ャリー, جيم كاري, ì§ ìºë¦¬, Τζιμ ΚάÏεϊ, جیم کری, 金·凯瑞 |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of Birth | January 17, 1962 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 61 |
| Deathday |
Jim Carrey Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Joel Barish | 2004-03-19 | Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his me… |
| Bruce Almighty | Bruce Nolan | 2003-05-23 | Bruce Nolan toils as a ‘human interest’ television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, B… |
| Liar Liar | Fletcher Reede | 1997-03-21 | Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish – that … |
| Man on the Moon | Andy Kaufman / Tony Clifton | 1999-12-22 | The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman…. |
| Me, Myself & Irene | Off. Charlie Baileygates / Hank Evans | 2000-06-22 | Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more f… |
| Yes Man | Carl Allen | 2008-12-09 | Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything…. |
| Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Ace Ventura | 1994-02-04 | He’s Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins’ missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to e… |
| The Number 23 | Walter Sparrow / Fingerling | 2007-02-23 | Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens t… |
| The Majestic | Peter Appleton | 2001-12-21 | Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon… |
| Fun with Dick and Jane | Dick Harper | 2005-12-21 | After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they… |
| Jim Carrey: Unnatural Act | Himself | 1991-01-01 | During the second season of “In Living Color”, Jim Carrey began to prepare a stand-up comedy special. Before the special was telecast on Showtime, in … |
| Dumb and Dumber | Lloyd Christmas | 1994-12-16 | Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she l… |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Grinch | 2000-11-15 | The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas – but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart…… |
| I Love You Phillip Morris | Steven Russell | 2009-01-18 | Steve Russell is a small-town cop. Bored with his bland lifestyle, Russell turns to fraud as a means of shaking things up. Before long, Russell’s crim… |
| Horton Hears a Who! | Horton (voice) | 2008-03-03 | The classic and beloved story from Dr. Seuss is now a CG animated film from 20th Century Fox Animation, the makers of the Ice Age films. An imaginativ… |
| Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Ace Ventura | 1995-11-10 | Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the… |
| The Cable Guy | Cable Guy | 1996-06-10 | When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn’t let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealou… |
| The Truman Show | Truman Burbank | 1998-06-04 | Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His ent… |
| A Christmas Carol | Scrooge / Ghosts of Christmas (voice) | 2009-11-04 | Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout… |
| Once Bitten | Mark Kendall | 1985-11-15 | Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a vi… |
| Copper Mountain | Bobby Todd | 1983-01-01 | Two friends travel to a ski resort, with one looking to hit the slopes, while the other spends time trying to pick up women…. |
| Mr. Popper’s Penguins | Tom Popper | 2011-06-17 | Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life…until he inherits six… |
| Dumb and Dumber To | Lloyd Christmas | 2014-11-12 | 20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry’s newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption…. |
| Rubberface | Tony Moroni | 1981-01-01 | Janet is an over-weight girl who has a knack for making the other children in school laugh… by making fun of her own weight. In seeing the other kid… |
| Pecan Pie | The Driver | 2003-01-01 | A man in his pajamas drives in a bed that moves like a car, while singing Elvis Presley’s “Pecan Pie”…. |
| The Mask | Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask | 1994-07-29 | When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the … |
| Dark Crimes | Tadek | 2016-10-12 | Tadek, a Polish detective, becomes suspicious of a controversial author when the incidents described in his unpublished novel resemble the inner worki… |
| I Needed Color | as Himself | 2017-07-25 | Jim Carrey exhibits his talent as a painter and reflects on the value and power of art…. |
| Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond | Self | 2017-09-05 | Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on th… |
| Under the Sea 3D | 2009-02-13 | Imagine a world of incredible color and beauty. Of crabs wearing jellyfish for hats. Of fish disguised as frogs, stones and shag carpets. Of a kaleido… | |
| TruTalk | Truman Burbank | 1998-01-01 | A promotion featurette for 1998’s ‘The Truman Show’, ‘TruTalk’ is a 60 Minutes style mockumentary taking place inside the fim’s universe…. |
| Seuss | Ted “Dr. Seuss†Geisel (rumored) | The story of Ted Geisel, AKA Dr. Seuss, during his early years as a young writer struggling for success…. | |
| Jim Carrey, America Unmasked | Self (archive footage) | 2021-10-14 | Composed of numerous archives and film clips, this documentary is the story of a transgressive actor, a pirate who came to crack America’s too perfect… |
| Meet the Pickles – Behind the Scenes of Kidding | Self | 2018-09-22 | Go behind the scenes with the cast of Kidding and meet the family behind the magic, The Pickles. Starring Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Catherine Keener… |
| A Tribute to Sam Kinison | Self | 1993-05-23 | Broadcast approximately one year after the death of Sam Kinison, this special includes tributes from those he admired and those who admired him. Inclu… |
| Presidential Reunion | Ronald Reagan | 2010-03-02 | In this Funny or Die short, Barack Obama has the opportunity to meet all the former U.S. presidents from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush, dead or alive,… |
| Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love | Self | 2014-01-20 | … |
| The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM | 103.5 Dawn FM DJ | 2022-01-07 | Live performance broadcast of The Weeknd’s album Dawn FM…. |
| The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium | 103.5 Dawn FM DJ (archive footage) | 2023-02-25 | Filmed at LA’s SoFi Stadium, The Weeknd brings down the house – and your living room – in this epic concert event…. |
| Batman Forever | Edward Nygma / The Riddler | 1995-06-16 | Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat…. |
| Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events | Count Olaf / Dr. Stephano / Captain Sham | 2004-12-16 | Three wealthy children’s parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and se… |
| Nantucket Film Festival’s Comedy Roundtable | Self – Panelist | 2012-09-27 | In June at the Nantucket Film Festival, Ben Stiller brought together three of his funniest famous friends to talk seriously about comedy. Chris Rock a… |
| Earth Girls Are Easy | Wiploc | 1988-09-08 | In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into … |
| The Work of Director Michel Gondry | 2003-10-23 | A look at the work of director Michel Gondry, through his music videos, short films, and commercials…. | |
| Stephen Hawking Biography | 2013-01-01 | … | |
| The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience | 103.5 Dawn FM DJ (archive footage) | 2022-02-26 | Enter the experience of Dawn FM as The Weeknd performs his latest album live in a theatrically unsettled and unnerving world…. |
| Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute | Self | 2022-06-10 | Bob Saget’s friends and family honor the late comedian during a night of laughter and music with Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Jeff Ross, John Stamos and … |
| Pink Cadillac | Lounge Entertainer | 1989-05-26 | A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types…. |
| The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Steve Gray | 2013-03-14 | After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, “hip” street magician appears on… |
| The Itsy Bitsy Spider | The Exterminator (voice) | 1992-07-30 | During a piano lesson, a music teacher discovers a harmless spider, so she calls in The Exterminator…. |
| “That’s Awesome!”: The Story of ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ | Self | 2015-02-17 | An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews…. |
| Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? | Self – Edward Nygma / Riddler | 1995-07-10 | How a new director and cast created a new version of Gotham’s classic good and bad guys…. |
| The Love We Make | Self | 2011-09-10 | “The Love We Make”, a film directed by Albert Maysles (“Gimme Shelter”) and Bradley Kaplan, follows Paul McCartney as he journeys through the streets … |
| The Dead Pool | Johnny Squares | 1988-04-14 | Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and … |
| Kick-Ass 2 | Sal Bertolinni / Colonel Stars and Stripes | 2013-07-17 | After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these… |
| The Very Best America’s Funniest Comedians | 2003-05-13 | Includes classic stand-up footage of: Tim Allen, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Kelsey Grammer, Norm MacDonald, Ray Romano, Richard Belzer,… | |
| Kings of Comedy USA | Himself | 2006-10-23 | This DVD features the instantly recognisable names and faces of the US Kings Of Comedy: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Kelsey Gr… |
| Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight – Reinventing a Hero | Self | 2005-01-01 | A look behind the scenes at the making of “Batman Forever” (1995)… |
| Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 | More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and … |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Walter Getz | 1986-10-10 | Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school…. |
| George Martin: In My Life | Self | 1998-11-12 | Documentary following George Martin and the making of his final album: “In My Life”…. |
| Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop | Self | 2011-06-24 | A documentary that follows the former Tonight Show. Filmed during Conan’s â€Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television†comedy tour, after… |
| Doing Time on Maple Drive | Tim Carter | 1992-03-16 | Yale scholar Matt Carter introduces his wealthy fiancée, Allison, to his family, and initially everything goes smoothly. However, it isn’t long befor… |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Dr. Robotnik | 2020-02-12 | Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until Sonic sparks the attention of super-uncool evil geniu… |
| Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 | A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood…. |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Steve (archive footage) | 2002-09-28 | The best skits from Will Ferrell’s days on Saturday Night Live 1995-2002… |
| The Bad Batch | The Hermit | 2017-06-23 | Arlen is sent to a fenced-off wasteland where undesirables are exiled to when she is kidnapped by a group of cannibals. She escapes and ends up on a j… |
| Finders Keepers | Lane Biddlecoff | 1984-05-18 | On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldie… |
| The Sex and Violence Family Hour | Various personalities | 1983-01-01 | A jumble of sexual skits such as The Big Salami, The Brady Bang, And Leather And Chains…. |
| Laughing Out Loud: America’s Funniest Comedians | 2001-03-20 | This set gives you a chance to see some of todays best comedians when they were much younger. some peoples bits are very short, one joke short, which … | |
| Simon Birch | Adult Joe Wenteworth | 1998-09-11 | Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her l… |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Dr. Ivo Robotnik | 2022-04-08 | After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time wit… |
| America: A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 | A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercial-free by the four major television networks just … |
| Stuck on You: It’s Funny – The Farrelly Formula | Self | 2004-04-20 | Features snippets from a lot of the big names who have worked with the brothers in the past. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Matt Damon,… |
| High Strung | Death | 1992-01-08 | Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children’s book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and ev… |
| The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall | Self | 2013-12-06 | Several comic greats pay tribute to the legendary stand-up stage founded by Budd Friedman in 1963…. |
| Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All | 1989-05-21 | Mike Hammer is kidnapped and led to believe it is the work of a Las Vegas entertainer, but soon realises somebody else is involved…. | |
| Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-19 | A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his ow… |
| All in Good Taste | Ralph | 1983-05-06 | A filmmaker is upset to find out that his wholesome script about an orphan and his dog has been warped into a film about strippers…. |
| The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 | The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-yo… |
| Val | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-23 | For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film… |
| FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 2012-04-22 | A special celebrating FOX’s 25 years on the air. Highlights from iconic series and tributes to memorable moments, as well as celebrities honoring the … |
| Noi siamo cinema | Self | 2021-12-16 | An Italian documentary about Italian cinema…. |
| Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 | Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street’s 25th anniversary…. |
| Disclosure | Ace Ventura (archive footage) | 2020-06-19 | An investigation of how Hollywood’s fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have… |
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | CBC News Anchor Scott Riles (uncredited) | 2013-12-18 | With the 70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York’s first 24-hour news channel by storm…. |
| And the Oscar Goes To… | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 | The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry’s most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO… traces the history of the Academy … |
Jim Carrey Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Bruce Almighty | Producer | 2003-05-23 | Bruce Nolan toils as a ‘human interest’ television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, B… |
| Jim Carrey: Unnatural Act | Executive Producer | 1991-01-01 | During the second season of “In Living Color”, Jim Carrey began to prepare a stand-up comedy special. Before the special was telecast on Showtime, in … |
| Fun with Dick and Jane | Producer | 2005-12-21 | After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they… |
| Executive Producer | Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children’s TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him … | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Screenplay | 1994-02-04 | He’s Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins’ missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to e… |
| Jim Carrey: Unnatural Act | Writer | 1991-01-01 | During the second season of “In Living Color”, Jim Carrey began to prepare a stand-up comedy special. Before the special was telecast on Showtime, in … |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Creator | Set in LA’s celebrated, infamous stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s, this series delves into the inspired and damaged psyches that inhabit the hilar… | ||
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