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Jim Carrey is an actor, a comedian.
He was born as James Eugene Carrey on the 17th of January, 1962, in Newmarket, Ontario ,Canada. He is the son of Percy Carrey, a musician and accountant, and his wife Kathleen, a housewife. He was the youngest child of his parents -
Carrey started with stand-up at a Toronto comedy club when he was just 15 years old. He eventually left school at 16 to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time comedian.
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He moved to Los Angeles for a better chance in his career. There he started acting in small television series and movies.He gave unsuccessful auditions for 1980-81 season of ‘NBC's Saturday Night Live.
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He was next seen in a comedy film ‘Copper Mountain’, followed by ‘All in Good Taste’ and his first lead role was in a television series with NBC's ‘The Duck Factory’, in the year 1984.
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That year, the struggling actor met Melissa Wormer, an aspiring actress. She was working as a waitress at The Comedy Store. They fell in love and married in 1987, they had a daughter, Jane Erin Carrey, later that year.
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Carrey was with the show from 1990 to 1994. He was seen in a number of films, like ‘Once Bitten’, ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’, ‘The Dead Pool’ etc. He also appeared in a few television series, including ‘Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All’ and 'In Living Color’, playing a variety of strange characters .
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He had a big success when he starred in the comedy ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’. He was the title character in the film. He followed with the films The Mask, Dumb andDumber
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Melissa Womer and Jim got divorced. Jane Erin Carrey is the daughter of this couple.
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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls , Batman Forever
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He was dissapponted when he was paid twenty million dollars for ‘The Cable Guy’, the film achieved moderate success,
Carrey soon came back with the successful ‘Liar Liar’(1977). He made a record for a comedy actor. -
Carrey started dating Lauren Holly after he got divorced. Lauren was his co-star in the comedy Dumb and Dumber. Soon, they got married. The marriage didn’t last even a year.
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Carrey took a successful dramatic turn as Truman Burbank in The Truman Show, he won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor.
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Carrey returned to comedy with 'Me, Myself and Irene'. The film’s subject matter, mental illness, failed to win over the critics but audiences loved it
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2001 saw Carrey in the poor-performing drama 'The Majestic',
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The actor starred as a man endowed with God-like powers in 'Bruce Almighty' with Jennifer Aniston. The film was another great success, giving over $200 million at the box office.
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Carrey took a role in the art-house film 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' with Kate Winslet. . The film earned an Oscar for Kaufmann, the writer, and a nomination for Winslet, but Carrey was again overlooked by the Academy.
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2005 saw a remake of the 1977 'Fun With Dick And Jane', with Carrey starring opposite Tea Leoni.
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He continued his dramatic roles in the psychological thriller 'The Number 23'. The film didn't have again great figures for a Carrey drama, it gave only $35 million.
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The following movie is 'Yes Man' that Jim Carrey has been involved over his career.
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'I Love You Phillip Morris' and 'A Christmas Carol' followed after that.
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Carrey announced that he has turned a Grandfather. Jane, his 22 year old daughter, and her husband Alex Santana gave birth to Jackson Riley Santana
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins has been the last movie for now.
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Jim Carrey is the highest paid and one of the most popular comedic actors of all time. He is really a great comedian.
