Jim Carrey — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

💥James Eugene Carrey. Born in 1962 in Newmarket, Canada. He grew up in a family with two older sisters and an older brother. His father worked as an accountant, and his mother was a housewife. He studied at Agincourt Collegiate. He works as an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and artist. He has been married twice: to actress Melissa Womer (a daughter, Jane, was born) and to actress Lauren Holly. He prefers to keep his current personal life private.

🏆Main awards🏆: Golden Globe (1999) [The Truman Show], Golden Globe (2000) [Man on the Moon], MTV Movie Awards (1995) [The Mask]

🎬Main projects🎬: "The Mask" (1994), "Dumb and Dumber" (1994), "Ace Ventura" (1994), "Liar Liar" (1997), "The Truman Show" (1998), "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000), "Bruce Almighty" (2003), "Sonic the Hedgehog" (2020)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Jim began his career as a street comedian and drew caricatures to earn money in his youth

Filmography

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2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Joel Barish

Awards & recognition

3 nominations · 3 Award ceremony

Golden Globe Awards 1 nominations

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2005

BAFTA Awards 1 nominations

Best Actor Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2005

Saturn Awards 1 nominations

Best Actor Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2005

Interesting facts

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Kerry has her own star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.
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His full name is James Eugene Carrey.
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In December 2001, he announced his desire to become a citizen of the United States. Since 2004, Kerry has officially held dual citizenship: the United States and Canada.
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At 16, he dropped out of school and performed in comedy clubs. A year later he moved to Los Angeles, began appearing in comedy shows, and took small roles in films.
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On February 26, 2010, Jim Carrey became a grandfather.
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He grew up in a Catholic family where, besides Jim, there were three other children (Jim was the youngest of them).
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When he was a child, his family was so poor that they lived in a Volkswagen bus.
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In 1982, on his twentieth birthday, Jim went on stage naked, covering himself with only a sock.
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In the autumn of 1984, he was named the best young American parodist by People magazine.
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Jim's mother is Kathleen Kerry (née Oram), a singer, later a housewife, and his father is Percy Kerry, a self-taught saxophonist and accountant.
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Jim's ancestors were Irish, Scottish, French (on his mother's side) and French-Canadian (on his father's side); originally his surname was pronounced as Carré.