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Jim Carrey is born.
On January 17, 1962, Jim Carrey was born in Ontario. -
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Jim Carrey's Life
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Jim's father loses his accounting job.
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Jim is booed of th stage at Yuk Yuks in Toronto.
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Jim drops out of school.
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Jim successfully returns to Yuk Yuks
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A newspaper critic sees Jim as a future star.
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Jim moves to Los Angeles and preforms in comedy clubs.
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NBC signs Jim to act in The Duck Factory
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Jim acts in his first movie, Finders Keepers.
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Jim appears in Once Bitten.
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Jim marries Melissa Wormer.
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Jim acts in The Dead Pool.
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Jim acts in many more movies.
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In Living Color debuts on TV, giving Jim his first national exposure
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Jim tapes his Showtime cable special
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Jim wins acclaim with his preformance in Doing Time on Maple Drive.
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Jim stars in 3 blockbusters in a row, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber, and The Mask.
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Jim divorces Melissa.
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Jim marries Lauren Holly.
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Jim atars in The Cable Guy.
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Jim stars in Liar, Liar.
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Jim stars in The Truman Show and Simon Birch.
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Carrey wins a Golden Globe for his rule in The Truman Show.