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Jim carrey was born into the family of his father Percy, his mother Kathleen. He was the youngest of 4 children.
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In school, Jims teachers commented on how Jim would always joke around and they started letting him tell jokes at the end of class.
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His father lost his job as an accountant, and the family fell into hard times, they eventualy had to start living inside of their VW campervan parked on their relatives yard.
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At the age of 15, Jim makes his debut at Toronto's Yuk Yuk comedy club sporting his yellow suit his mother made for him.
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After performing regular shows for around a year, Jim decided to drop out of school to persue his dream of becoming a full-time comedian.
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Jim eventualy moved to Los Angeles, and starts to perform at The Comedy Store. he then goes on to catch the eye of veteran comic Rodney Dangerfeld who signs Jim one to be his opening act for a season.
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In 1984, he gained his first role in the short series The Duck Factory, he played as a young cartoonist.
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Jim met Mellissa Wormer at the comedy store and later fell in love and married. later that same year they had thier first child, Jane Erin Carrey.
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Jim starts on the scetch show "In Living Color" from 1990 to 1994.
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in 1994 Jim stars the lead role in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" the film made $70 million at the box office.
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Jim first film that he was dissapointed with was "The Cable Guy" even though he was paid $20 million.
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jim begins dating Jenny McCrthy.
