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Jim Carrey
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. -
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The Start
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. -
LA Life
He moved to Los Angeles for a better chance in his career. There he started acting in small television series and movies. During this time he also gave auditions to NBC's Saturday Night Live, that were unsuccessful. -
His First Breaks
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. -
Wife and Daughter
He met a woman named, 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. -
Films No Fame
He was seen in a number of films, like ‘Once Bitten’, ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’, ‘The Dead Pool'. He also appeared in a few television series, including ‘Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All’ and 'In Living Color’, but he still didn't make his big break. -
Tragedy
Jim Carrey's mother dies of kidney failure, Carrey was devastated. His mother had a severely large kidney stone . -
Another Tragedy
Later in this year, after all of his success. His father tragically dies of Cancer. -
Finally Famous
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, and Dumb and Dumber. -
Good and Bad
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, and Batman Forever established Jim Carrey as a star. But also during this year Melissa Womer and Jim got divorced. -
Unlucky
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. -
Record Year
He was disappointed when he was paid twenty million dollars for ‘The Cable Guy’, because the film achieved moderate success. Carrey soon came back with the successful movie ‘Liar Liar’. He made a record for a comedy actor. -
Golden Globe
Carrey took a successful dramatic turn as Truman Burbank in The Truman Show, he won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor. -
Solid Movie
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. -
The Grinch
Jim Carrey starred as the leading role in one of the most classic tales by Dr. Seuss, taking on the pressure of being The Grinch and perfecting everyone's image of how he should be. 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' -
God
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. -
BS
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 overlooked by the Academy. -
Book to Movie
'Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events', the well known series of books that became so poopular was turned into a movie and the main character, Count Olaf was played by none other than Jim Carrey. -
Remake
2005 saw a remake of the 1977 film, 'Fun With Dick And Jane' that outshot the original. -
Drama Days
He continued his dramatic roles in the psychological thriller, 'The Number 23'. The film didn't have again great figures for a Carrey drama. -
Dr. Seuss Again!
He is the voice of Horton the elephant in this animated film created by Dr. Seuss. 'Horton Hears A Who' -
Best of the Best
The next big achievement of his career was his role in the the comedy movie 'Yes Man', that was a great success and another mile point in his path of an award winning actor. -
Unique
'I Love You Phillip Morris' and 'A Christmas Carol' followed for his next movies. They were pretty unique movies that took a spin on the role of his usual doings. -
Grandpa Carrey
Carrey announced that he has turned into a Grandfather. Jane, his 22 year old daughter, and her husband Alex Santana gave birth to Jackson Riley Santana. -
Family Genre
He starred in a family movie for all ages, 'Mr. Popper's Penguins', that started him back up in 2011. -
Steve Gray
Jim Carrey stars alongside Steve Carell in 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'. -
Action Carrey
Colonel Stars and Stripes was his role in the sequel 'Kick Ass 2', that was a action movie and a raunchy comedy with great reviews. -
Canadian Love
Another sequel Jim Carrey was lucky enough to star in was 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues', alongside some of the great actors in his generation, and comedians. He played the role of Scott Reils, the CBC News anchor. -
Harry and Lloyd
Jim Carrey stars in his sequel to one of the most famous movies he has made that was most memorable as his character Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) make history with this movie 'Dumb and Dumber To'. -
Best Actor I Know
Jim Carrey has not come out with anything after this but is in the making of something great and these are just some major mile points in his career, personal life and some of the drawbacks and misfortunes he faced along the way. He is one of the most profound actors of our time and will always be remembered by everything he has accomplished in his life and the legacy he left.
