James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and writer. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began stand-up comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario. After gaining prominence in 1981, he began working at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles where he was soon noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who immediately signed him to open his tour performances. Carrey, long interested in film and television, developed a close friendship with comedian Damon Wayans, which landed him a role in the sketch comedy hit In Living Color, in which he portrayed various characters during the show's 1990 season. Having had little success in television movies and several low-budget films, Carrey was cast as the title character in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective which premiered in February, 1994, making more than $72 million domestically. The film spawned a sequel, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), in which he reprised the role of Ventura. High profile roles followed when he was cast as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask (1994) for which he gained a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a 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 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. Since earning both awards — the only two in his three-decade career— Carrey continued to star in 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), Yes Man (2008), and A Christmas Carol (2009). 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 (2009) alongside Ewan McGregor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Carrey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self | 2023-12-21 |
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Series | The Comedy Store | Self | 2020-10-04 |
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Series | Kidding | Jeff | 2018-09-09 |
Series | The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling | Himself | 2018-03-26 |
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Movie | The Bad Batch | The Hermit | 2017-06-23 |
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Series | The New Yorker Presents | Truman Burbank | 2016-02-16 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Himself | 2015-09-08 |
Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Himself | 2015-08-02 |
Movie | "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' | Self | 2015-02-17 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self / Matthew McConaughey | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | Dumb and Dumber To | Lloyd Christmas | 2014-11-12 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014-02-01 | |
Movie | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Steve Gray | 2013-03-14 |
Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
Movie | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | CBC News Anchor (uncredited) | 2013-12-18 |
Movie | Kick-Ass 2 | Sal Bertolinni / Colonel Stars and Stripes | 2013-07-17 |
Movie | The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall | 2013-12-06 | |
Movie | Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable | Panelist | 2012-09-27 |
Series | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Himself | 2012-07-19 |
Movie | The Love We Make | Himself | 2011-09-10 |
Movie | Conan O'Brien Can't Stop | Self | 2011-06-24 |
Movie | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Tom Popper | 2011-06-17 |
Movie | I Love You Phillip Morris | Steven Russell | 2010-02-04 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Past / Scrooge as a Young Boy / Scrooge as a Teenage Boy / Scrooge as a Young Man / Scrooge as a Middle Aged Man / Ghost of Christmas Present / Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come | 2009-11-04 |
Movie | Under the Sea 3D | 2009-02-13 | |
Movie | Horton Hears a Who! | Horton (voice) | 2008-03-03 |
Movie | Yes Man | Carl Allen | 2008-12-09 |
Movie | The Number 23 | Walter Sparrow / Fingerling | 2007-02-23 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Kings of Comedy USA | Himself | 2006-10-23 |
Series | 30 Rock | Dave Williams | 2006-10-11 |
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Series | The Office | The Fingerlakes Guy | 2005-03-24 |
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Movie | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Joel Barish | 2004-03-19 |
Movie | Bruce Almighty | Bruce Nolan | 2003-05-23 |
Movie | The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians | 2003-05-13 | |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Himself | 2003-02-21 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | The Work of Director Michel Gondry | 2003-10-23 | |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Steve (archive footage) | 2002-09-28 |
Movie | The Majestic | Peter Appleton | 2001-12-21 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Himself | 2001-10-20 |
Movie | America: A Tribute to Heroes | 2001-09-21 | |
Movie | Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians | 2001-03-20 | |
Movie | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Grinch | 2000-11-17 |
Movie | Me, Myself & Irene | Off. Charlie Baileygates/Hank Evans | 2000-06-22 |
Movie | Man on the Moon | Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton | 1999-12-22 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | The Truman Show: Tru-Talk | Truman Burbank | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | George Martin: In My Life | 1998-11-12 | |
Movie | The Truman Show | Truman Burbank | 1998-06-04 |
Movie | Simon Birch | Adult Joe Wenteworth | 1998-09-11 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Liar Liar | Fletcher Reede | 1997-03-21 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | The Cable Guy | Cable Guy | 1996-06-10 |
Movie | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Ace Ventura | 1995-11-10 |
Movie | Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? | Himself | 1995-07-10 |
Movie | Batman Forever | Edward Nygma / The Riddler | 1995-06-16 |
Movie | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Ace Ventura | 1994-02-04 |
Series | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Unknown | 1994-04-15 |
Movie | Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
Movie | The Mask | Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask | 1994-07-29 |
Movie | Dumb and Dumber | Lloyd Christmas | 1994-12-16 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | A Tribute to Sam Kinison | 1993-05-23 | |
Movie | The Itsy Bitsy Spider | The Exterminator (voice) | 1992-07-31 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Doing Time on Maple Drive | Tim Carter | 1992-03-16 |
Movie | High Strung | Death (uncredited) | 1992-01-08 |
Movie | Jim Carrey: Unnatural Act | Himself | 1991-11-17 |
Series | In Living Color | James T. Kirk | 1990-04-15 |
Movie | Pink Cadillac | Lounge Entertainer | 1989-05-26 |
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Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
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Movie | Finders Keepers | 1984-05-18 | |
Series | The Duck Factory | Skip Tarkenton | 1984-04-12 |
Movie | Copper Mountain | Bobby Todd | 1983-07-07 |
Series | Buffalo Bill | Unknown | 1983-05-31 |
Movie | All in Good Taste | 1983-05-06 | |
Movie | The Sex and Violence Family Hour | 1983-01-01 | |
Movie | Rubberface | Tony Moroni | 1981-01-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Himself - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |