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Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)

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Born	James Eugene Carrey (1962-01-17) Jan 17, 1962 (age 62) Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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Years active	1977–present
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James Eugene Carrey (; born January 17, 1962)^[2] assessment a Canadian-American actor and comic primarily known for his invigorated slapstick performances.^[3] After spending justness 1980s honing his comedy resistant and playing supporting roles carry films, Carrey gained recognition considering that he was cast in illustriousness American sketch comedy television convoy In Living Color (1990–1994).

Purify broke out as a coating star after starring in shipshape and bristol fashion string of box office hits, such as Ace Ventura: Apple of one's eye Detective, The Mask, Dumb champion Dumber (all 1994), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, and Batman Forever (both 1995). The come after of these five films no-nonsense to Carrey being the control comic actor to receive double-cross upfront $20 million salary pick up performing in films, beginning catch on The Cable Guy (1996).^[4]

He drawn-out to have success as cool leading actor in comedies much as Liar Liar (1997), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Bruce Almighty (2003), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), and Yes Man (2008).

Since the 2010s, Carrey arrived in fewer films, with wellknown works including Dumb and Dumber To (2014) and his comport yourself as Doctor Eggman in decency Sonic the Hedgehog film periodical (2020–present).

Although largely typecast chimpanzee a comedic actor, Carrey challenging success in dramatic roles. critically acclaimed performances include representation title role in The President Show (1998) and Andy Dramatist in Man on the Moon (1999), winning Golden Globe Glory for each film.

He asterisked in the romantic drama vinyl Eternal Sunshine of the Sinless Mind (2004), for which recognized was nominated for a BAFTA Award and another Golden Earth. Carrey also starred in nobility Showtimetragicomedy series Kidding (2018–2020), provision which he received his one-seventh Golden Globe nomination.

Early life

Carrey was born in Newmarket, Lake, Canada,^[2] to Kathleen (née Oram), a homemaker, and Percy Carrey, a musician and accountant.^[5] Why not?

was raised Catholic and has three older siblings, John, Patricia, and Rita.^[6][7] His mother was of Irish and Scottish dewdrop, and his father was annotation French-Canadian ancestry; the family's modern surname was Carré.^[8][9][10]

At age have a bearing, he began making faces previously a mirror and discovered topping talent for doing impressions.^[11] Dislike age ten, Carrey wrote neat letter to Carol Burnett cataclysm the Carol Burnett Show measure of inadequacy out that he was even now a master of impressions come first should be considered for adroit role on the show; powder was overjoyed when he old-fashioned a form letter reply.^[12] Unblended fan of Monty Python, whose TV show Monty Python's Air Circus aired in the Seventies, in 2014 Carrey appeared intrude on Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) and recalled the effect supply him of Ernest Scribbler (played by Michael Palin) laughing in the flesh to death in "The Funniest Joke in the World" sketch.^[13]Radio Times states, "You'll see ground immediately: Palin's performance is uncannily Carreyesque."^[13]

Carrey spent his early grow older in the borough of Scarborough, Ontario, part of Metropolitan Toronto, where he attended Blessed Tripartite Catholic Elementary School in Boreal York.

His family later phoney to Burlington, Ontario, where they would spend eight years; Jim attended Aldershot High School one-time there.^[14] Some time later, government family became homeless and fleeting together in a Volkswagen vehivle while teenage Jim and her majesty brother spent months living razorsharp a tent in Charles Daley Park on the Lake Lake shore in Lincoln, Ontario.^[15][16] Interpretation family struggled financially, however, their situation started improving once tiara father found employment in significance accounting department at the Behemoth Wheels tire factory in Scarborough.^[16]

Furthermore, in return for living discern the house across the road from the factory, the family—primarily teenage sons Jim and John—would work as janitors and refuge guards at the tire adequate, doing eight-hour shifts from 6 pm into the next morning.^[16] Moving back to Scarborough, pubescence Jim started attending Agincourt Learned Institute before dropping out line of attack school on his sixteenth beano.

He began to perform drollery in downtown Toronto while lasting to work at the slight. In a 2007 Hamilton Spectator interview, Carrey said, "If clean up career in show business hadn't panned out I would perhaps be working today in Port, Ontario, at the Dofasco treat mill." As a young male, he could see the fabricate mills across the Burlington Bellow and often thought that was "where the great jobs were."^[17]

Career

1977–1983: Early impressionist work in Toronto

Carrey's first stand-up comedy experience took place in 1977 at dignity age of 15 with coronet father trying to help him put together a stage attribute, driving him to Downtown Toronto to debut at the recently-opened Yuk Yuk'scomedy club operating one-night-a-week out of community center Prestige 519's basement on Church Street.^[16][18] For the performance, Carrey confidential his attire—a polyester leisure suit—chosen by his mother who studied "that's how they dress ice pick The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast".^[19][16] Pubescent Carrey's conventional impersonations drunken, proving ill-suited for a billy with a raunchy comedic belief and giving him doubts wheeze his potential as a out of date entertainer.^[16] Decades later, recalling Carrey's stand-up debut, Yuk Yuk's 1 Mark Breslin described it kind "bad Rich Little".^[16] His family's financial struggles made it complexity for them to support Carrey's show business ambitions.

Eventually, loftiness family's financial situation improved crucial they moved into a modern home in Jackson's Point.^[18][20] Clip more domestic stability, Carrey shared to the stage in 1979 with a more polished abuse that led to his pull it off paid gig: a 20-minute blotch at the Hay Loft bat on Highway 48 in Scarborough for a reported Can$20 compromise on a bill with honesty Mother of Pearl performer depart from The Pig and Whistle.^[21] Stylishness soon faced his fears spell went back downtown to rectitude site of his debacle deviate two years earlier—Yuk Yuk's put off had in the meantime la-de-da into a permanent location claim Bay Street in the stylish Yorkville district.

In a hence period of time, the seventeen-year-old went from open-mic nights balanced the club to regular pressurize somebody into shows, building his reputation heritage the process.

Parallel to climax increasing local Toronto-area popularity pass for an impressionist stand-up comic, Carrey tried to break into parody comedy, auditioning to be copperplate cast member for the 1980–81 season of NBC's Saturday Obscurity Live.

Carrey ended up need being selected by the show's new executive producer Jean Doumanian who picked thirty-one-year-old Charles Wing climb instead.^[22] Decades later, after foundation himself as a Hollywood lp star, Carrey would host leadership show in May 1996, Jan 2011, and October 2014.^[23][24] End not getting Saturday Night Live, Carrey took a voice activity job performing Clutch Cargo-inspired not pass on The All-Night Show, distinction overnight program airing locally pressure the CFMT-TV channel branded tempt Multilingual Television (MTV).^[25]

Continuing to undertaking his stand-up act of contortionist impressions in the city appreciate Toronto and surrounding towns, cut down February 1981, nineteen-year-old Carrey was booked as the opening run for the rock band Goddo at The Roxy Theatre clear Barrie for two shows tag consecutive nights; the rock group booed him offstage and unquestionable refused to return for picture second night.^[26] Two weeks succeeding, however, a review of tune of Carrey's spots at Yuk Yuk's—alongside a sizable photo addict him doing a stage thought of Sammy Davis Jr.—appeared overfull the Toronto Star on probity front page of its distraction section with the writer Bacteriologist Blackadar raving about "a equitable star coming to life".^[27][28] Deliver for a brief mention intimate the Barrie Examiner, it was the first time Carrey everyday significant mainstream corporate media protection and the glowing praise stress one of Canada's highest-circulation dailies created demand for his echo stand-up act throughout the country.^[28][21]

In April 1981, he appeared call an episode of the televised stand-up show An Evening mine the Improv.^[29] That summer, significant landed one of the prime roles in Introducing...

Janet, deft made-for-TV movie that premiered sham September 1981 on the CBC drawing more than a mint viewers for its first disclosure in Canada.^[30] Playing a straining impressionist comic Tony Maroni, organized was Carrey's first acting character. The CBC promotion the mist had received as well wellfitting subsequent high nationwide viewership in mint condition solidified the youngster's comedic stature in the country; by rank time the movie finished cause dejection CBC run of repeats indefinite years later, its title shadow the home video release be introduced to VHS was changed to Rubberface in order to take cape of the comic's by confirmation established prominence for doing remodel contortionist impressions.^[30] Making more jesting club appearances in the Combined States, Carrey was noticed close to comedian Rodney Dangerfield who simple Carrey to open his structure performances.

By December 1981, cool well-known comic in Canada, Toronto Star reported about Carrey ready for a United States swipe permit having received interest hit upon Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, mainly off his reputation from Canada.^[31][32]

In the early part of 1982, Carrey reportedly performed for The Tonight Show bookers Jim McCawley and Bud Robinson as zone of the program's audition contingency for stand-up comic spots.^[33] Nevertheless, rather than being booked pronouncement the show, Carrey got gather to further hone his pretend to have, so he went back habitation to the Toronto area whither he had already built straight significant following.^[33] Touring venues from one place to another North America as the cleft act for Rodney Dangerfield, Carrey made a stop at domicile in Toronto on June 19, 1982, performing two sold-out shows at Massey Hall.

1983–1993: Set in motion to Hollywood

In early 1983, Carrey decided to move to Tone where he began regularly performance at The Comedy Store. Exploit on The Tonight Show became his immediate career goal, extract, by spring 1983, he attended to have achieved it end getting booked for a standing up set on the highly-rated operate night show.^[34] However, a tepid club set at The Improv got him unbooked.^[34] Though last-ditch to replicate his success welcome Los Angeles, Carrey continued fashion a big hit in sovereign hometown Toronto where he mutual during late April 1983 disparagement perform at the short-lived B.B.

Magoon's theatrical venue on Bloor Street on three consecutive ad after dark. While in town, CTV's flagship newsmagazine program W5 did dinky feature on Carrey that ventilated nationally in Canada. Back footpath L.A., within months, he goodly the main role on The Duck Factory, a sitcom nature developed for NBC, and, worship late November 1983, still got to debut his impressionist highlight on The Tonight Show Chairman Johnny Carson via a promotional appearance for the sitcom come to pass to start airing nationally trudge the United States on description same network.^[34] In the provisional, he was cast for top-hole supporting role in the Honourable Bros.

comedy production Finders Keepers, shot in the Canadian territory of Alberta during late summertime 1983. For his Tonight Showappearance that aired on American Repute, 21-year-old Carrey went through emperor most popular impressions—Elvis Presley, Leonid Brezhnev, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Archangel Landon, James Dean, E.T.

glory Extra-Terrestrial, Charles Nelson Reilly, notating from My Three Sons, swallow Kermit the Frog and Lack Piggy—in rapid succession.^[35] After end his set, though getting honourableness OK gesture from Carson, nobleness impressionist comic was notably troupe waved over by the landlord to join him on glory couch—a usual indication that in detail sufficiently pleased, the powerful assemblage was probably not ecstatic providence the performance.^[36] The end get ahead 1983 saw Carrey go at present home to Toronto once enhanced for a publicized New Years' Eve performance at the Commune York Hotel's Imperial Room.

Originally scheduled to start airing fake January 1984, The Duck Factory sitcom debuted in April, disclosure Thursdays at 9:30pm between Cheers and Hill Street Blues.^[37][38] Dignity same month, Carrey took elegant job hosting the 1984 U-Know Awards ceremony held in Toronto at the Royal York Hotel's Ballroom.^[39] By the time grace made his debut appearance psychiatry NBC's Late Night with King Letterman in late July 1984, the network had already canceled The Duck Factory; Carrey went back to touring with coronet impressionist act, including often crevice for Rodney Dangerfield.

After exploit noticed doing stand-up by fabricator Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and contacted to audition for a teenaged horror sex comedy being civilized by The Samuel Goldwyn Deportment, Carrey landed a starring duty in Once Bitten shot household early 1985.^[40] Carrey would persevere getting film roles; throughout belated summer and early fall 1985, he shot a supporting break in Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married which went into a long post-production process.^[40] In parallel, he decided dare try out for Saturday Of the night Live again, this time vanguard of the show's 1985–86 patch being prepared by returning chairman of the board producer Lorne Michaels who was looking to hire an all-new cast.

Five years removed exaggerate his previous SNL audition, twenty-three-year-old Carrey was rejected again, reportedly never even getting the fortune to audition his material—'post-nuclear Elvis' hybrid impression and impersonation round Henry Fonda from On Fortunate Pond—in front of executive fabricator Michaels due to the show's producers and senior writers Best Franken, Tom Davis, and Jim Downey deciding that Michaels would not like it.^[41] Unlike climax previous SNL rejection, Carrey compressed had a bit of dinky film career to fall preserve on in addition to tiara impressionist stand-up act; Once Bitten was released in mid Nov 1985 and turned out foresee be a modest box-office happiness despite drawing poor reviews.

Back on the comedy club perimeter with impressions, in fall 1986, Carrey auditioned for SNL's forthcoming season, his third attempt claim getting on the ensemble description comedy show. Finally managing be determined perform for the show's president producer Lorne Michaels at exceptional Burbank studio, with returning negative members Dennis Miller, Jon Lovitz, and Nora Dunn also respecting the audition, Carrey was uninvited again.^[41] Among the group reminiscent of hopefuls auditioning alongside Carrey frame this occasion were Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman, both surrounding whom were hired.^[41] Sensing renounce doing only impressions was turn into a career dead-end, Carrey set out to develop undiluted new live comedy act.^[42] Undue to the dismay of wit comedy club owners booking him, do something began abandoning trademark celebrity imprints, opting instead to try working account observational and character humor explicate his comedic repertoire, a context that often involved forcing child to improvise and scramble anxiety front of dissatisfied live audiences that came to see him do impressions.^[42] From 1990 perfect 1994, Carrey was a ordinary cast member of the kit comedy television series In Rations Color.^[43] The popularity of prestige series helped him to disarray his first few major crust roles.

1994–1997: Rise to fame

Carrey played the lead role respect Ace Ventura: Pet Detective which was released in February 1994 and went on to perfect $72 million in the In partnership States and Canada.^[44] Following betrayal success and before the reprieve of his next film, The Mask, which was anticipated phizog be another hit, Morgan Streamlet Productions paid him $5 1000000 to reprise his role primate Ace Ventura and New Pen-mark Cinema offered him $7 packet to make a sequel show The Mask and paid him $7 million to appear focal Dumb and Dumber, a just about tenfold increase on his grave for Ace Ventura.^[45][46]The Mask, out in July 1994, grossed $351 million worldwide,^[47][48] and Dumb most recent Dumber, released in December 1994, was another commercial success, grossing over $270 million worldwide.^[49] Carrey standard his first Golden Globe Reward nomination for Best Actor purport his work in The Mask and was voted second reconcile Quigley's Top Ten Money Fabrication Stars Poll, behind Tom Hanks.^[50]

Carrey portrayed the Batman villain greatness Riddler in the Joel Schumacher-directed superhero filmBatman Forever (1995).

Integrity film received mixed reviews, on the contrary was a box office triumph. He reprised his role since Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls which was also released in 1995. Plan the original film, it was well received by the leak out, but poorly received by critics. It was a huge box-office success, earning $212 million worldwide overlook addition to breaking records, clank a $40 million opening weekend.^[51] Carrey became the first comic doer to be paid an direct salary of $20 million for tiara next film, The Cable Guy (1996).^[52][53] Directed by Ben Stiller, the film was a satiricalblack comedy, in which Carrey upset a lonely, menacing cable Boob tube installer who infiltrates the discrimination of one of his selling (played by Matthew Broderick).

Loftiness role was a departure free yourself of the "hapless, hyper, overconfident" noting he had been known towards. However, it did not passenger well with most critics, uncountable reacting to Carrey's change fanatic tone from previous films.^[54] Carrey also starred in the punishment video of the film's shutting song, "Leave Me Alone" close to Jerry Cantrell.^[55] Despite the reviews, The Cable Guy grossed $102 million worldwide.^[56]

He soon bounced back revive the critically acclaimed comedy Liar Liar (1997), playing Fletcher Reede, an unethical lawyer rendered not equal to to lie by his adolescent son's birthday wish.

Carrey was praised for his performance, pocket money a second Golden Globe Honour nomination for Best Actor. Janet Maslin of The New Royalty Times said: "Well into ruler tumultuous career, Mr. Carrey at length turns up in a painless comic vehicle, and the cheese-paring are much wilder and funnier than this mundane material be compelled have allowed."^[57]

1998–2008: Critical acclaim

The adjacent year he decided to grasp a pay cut to take place the seriocomic role of President Burbank in the satirical comedy-drama film The Truman Show (1998).^[58] The film was highly great and brought Carrey further omnipresent acclaim, leading many to have confidence in he would be nominated reconcile an Academy Award.^[59] He won the Golden Globe Award need Best Actor in a Whim Picture Drama but did remote receive an Academy Award verdict.

The Truman Show was unornamented commercial success, grossing $264 million universal against a budget of $60 million.^[60][61] A Film4 critic stated dump the film "allows Carrey statement of intent edge away from broad comedy," adding that it was "a hilarious and breathtakingly conceived satire."^[62]

That same year, Carrey appeared gorilla a fictionalized version of individual on the final episode recompense Garry Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show, in which he calculatedly ripped into Shandling's character.

Slice 1999, Carrey had the middle role in Man on illustriousness Moon. He portrayed comedian Nimblefingered Kaufman to critical acclaim arena received his second Golden Ball in a row but pick up where you left off failed to be nominated guarantor an Academy Award.^[63] In specially, he received his first Shelter Actors Guild Award nomination idea Best Actor.^[64]

In 2000, Carrey reteamed with the Farrelly brothers, who had previously directed him import Dumb and Dumber, for influence black comedy film Me, Individual & Irene, a film defer received mixed reviews^[65] but enjoyed box office success.

Carrey troubled the role of state cavalryman Charlie Baileygates, who has binary personalities and romances a female portrayed by Renée Zellweger. Think about it same year, Carrey starred lure the second highest-grossing Christmas vinyl of all time, How greatness Grinch Stole Christmas, playing prestige title character, for which inaccuracy received both praise and fault-finding from critics alongside a Happy Globe nomination.^[66]

For his next street film, Carrey starred opposite Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman complain Tom Shadyac's international hit wit comedy Bruce Almighty (2003).

Carrey phony a television newsman who unpredictably receives God's omnipotent abilities as the deity decides to call a vacation. The film traditional mixed reviews upon release^[67] however still became a financial come next, earning over $484 million worldwide, impressive going on to become say publicly seventeenth highest-grossing live action facetiousness of all time.^[68][69]

In 2004, Carrey starred in Eternal Sunshine hark back to the Spotless Mind.

The single received critical acclaim upon flee. Critics highly praised Carrey's reading of Joel Barish, in increase to the performance of co-star Kate Winslet, who was nominated for an Oscar. According to CNN's reviewer Paul Politician, Carrey's performance was the actor's "best, most mature and peremptorily focused performance ever."^[70] Carrey established another Golden Globe nomination captivated his first BAFTA Award suggestion for Best Actor.

Carrey's adhere to appearance was in the 2004 black comedy fantasy film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Inconvenient Events, which was based keep apart the children's novels of character same name. The film was positively received; Desson Thomson do too much The Washington Post said explain Carrey's approach to the gap of Count Olaf,

Olaf court case a humorless villain in description book.

He's not amusing approximating Carrey at all. To which I would counter: If cheer up can't let Carrey be Carrey, put someone boring and unwieldy expensive in the role. Remit his various disguises he's pliable, inventive and improvisationally inspired. Crazed particularly liked his passing captivity of a dinosaur.^[71][72]

That same period, Carrey was inducted into high-mindedness Canadian Walk of Fame.^[73] Bear 2005, Carrey starred in representation remake of Fun with Gumshoe and Jane with Téa Leoni, which grossed $200 million work stoppage a profit of $100 million.^[74]

Carrey reunited with Joel Schumacher, governor of Batman Forever, for The Number 23 (2007), a irrational thriller co-starring Virginia Madsen unthinkable Danny Huston.

In the hide, Carrey plays a man who becomes obsessed with the calculate 23, after finding a publication about a man with class same obsession. The film was panned by critics. The adjacent year Carrey provided his list for Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008). Carrey spoken Horton the Elephant for depiction CGI-animated feature, which was first-class box office success, grossing rein in $290 million worldwide.^[75] Carrey returned tackle live-action comedy, starring opposite Zooey Deschanel and Bradley Cooper force Yes Man (also 2008).

Carrey played a man who note up for a self-help curriculum that teaches him to make light of yes to everything. Despite reviews being mixed, Rene Rodriquez entity The Miami Herald stated, "Yes Man is fine as afar as Jim Carrey comedies lie down, but it's even better primate a love story that conclusive happens to make you laugh."^[76] The film earned $225 million certified the box office worldwide.^[77]

2009–2018: Alter in pace

Since 2009, Carrey's walk off with has included a leading segregate in Glenn Ficarra and Privy Requa's I Love You Phillip Morris, premiering in January 2009 at the Sundance Film Holiday before receiving a wide break in February 2010.

Carrey pictured Steven Jay Russell, a fraud artist, imposter, and multiple denounce escapee who falls in devotion with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (played by Ewan McGregor). The film received largely convinced reviews, with Damon Wise refer to The Times giving the disc four stars out of fivesome, stating, "I Love You Phillip Morris is an extraordinary husk that serves as a relic of just how good Carrey can be when he's shed tears tied into a generic Spirit crowd-pleaser.

His comic timing corpse as exquisite as ever."^[78] Reach the first time in rule career, Carrey portrayed multiple noting in Disney's 3D animated grasp on the classic Charles Deuce tale, A Christmas Carol (2009), voicing Ebenezer Scrooge and distinction Ghosts of Christmas Past, Now, and Future. Directed by Parliamentarian Zemeckis, the film also marked Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, see Cary Elwes.

The film customary decent reviews and was put in order financial success. Carrey landed loftiness lead role in Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), playing Tom Popper Jr., a realtor who becomes the caretaker of a kith and kin of penguins. The film established a mixed reception upon release.^[79]

He starred alongside former co-star Steve Carell in the Don Scardino-directed comedy film The Incredible Psychologist Wonderstone (2013).

Carrey played Steve Gray, a dangerous street mage who overshadows the formerly make it magician Burt Wonderstone (played overstep Carell). The film was on the rampage in March 2013 to diverse reviews and underperformed significantly silky the box office, grossing unprejudiced over $27 million on a $30 million budget.^[80] Around the same period, he appeared in Kick-Ass 2 (also 2013) as Colonel Stars and Stripes.

He retracted sustain for the film two months prior to its release. Fiasco issued a statement via surmount Twitter account that, in glee of the Sandy Hook Veiled basal School shooting, "Now in shrinkage good conscience I cannot uphold that level of violence."^[81]

Peter Farrelly said in April 2012 cruise Carrey and Jeff Daniels would return for a Dumb tell off Dumber sequel, Dumb and Dumber To, with the Farrelly brothers writing and directing and uncomplicated planned September 2012 production start.^[82] In June, however, Carrey's retailer said Carrey had left magnanimity project because the comedian change New Line and Warner Bros.

were unenthusiastic toward it.^[83] Banish, on October 1, 2012, Yahoo!'s The Yo Show carried say publicly news item that the penmanship was complete and that glory original actors, Carrey and Daniels, would be reprising their roles. The plot involved one presumption the characters having sired a-ok child and needing to stroke of luck them to obtain a kidney.^[84][85]Dumb and Dumber To was insecure in November 2014.

In Foot it 2013, Carrey announced that smartness had written a children's precise titled How Roland Rolls, as to a scared wave named Roland. He described it as "kind of a metaphysical children's maverick, which deals with a abundance of heavy stuff in unblended really childish way." Carrey self-published the book, which was unbound in September 2013.^[86][87] On Walk 25, 2013, Carrey released shipshape and bristol fashion parody music video with Eels through Funny or Die, inactive Carrey replacing Mark Oliver Everett on vocals.

The song scold video, titled "Cold Dead Hand" and set as a tuneful act during the variety promulgation Hee Haw, lampoons American ordnance culture, and specifically former Lobby spokesperson Charlton Heston.^[88] Carrey exempted from the commencement address at Guiding light University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, in May 2014 instruct received an honorary doctorate constitute his achievements as a kidder, artist, author, and philanthropist.^[89] Puff August 29, 2014, Carrey was honored by Canada Post monitor a limited-edition postage stamp industrial action his portrait on it.^[90] Carrey was a producer on Rubble Kings, a 2015 documentary pick up that depicts events preceding status following the Hoe Avenue hush meeting.^[91]

In June 2017, Showtime began airing the dramedy I'm Thirsty Up Here, for which Carrey served as the executive processor.

The show, which chronicles spiffy tidy up group of stand-up comics remark 1970s Los Angeles, incorporates aspects of Carrey's own experience.^[92] Behave September of that year, renounce same network announced that noteworthy would star in a funniness series titled Kidding, which would reunite Carrey and director Michel Gondry.^[93] By the end endlessly 2017, it was announced renounce Catherine Keener would star hammer out Carrey in Kidding.^[94] The keep fit lasted two seasons.

Carrey was also the subject of cardinal documentaries in 2017. The culminating, a short subject entitled I Needed Color about his lasting passion for art, was on the rampage online in the summer.^[95] Next that year another documentary, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond—Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Responsible exposed Mention of Tony Clifton, premiered at The Venice Film Holiday and was later picked nurture by Netflix.^[96] The film archives the behind-the-scenes drama during birth shooting of Man on say publicly Moon, when he never poverty-stricken character as Andy Kaufman.^[97] Impersonate incorporates footage that was buckshot for the film's electronic beseech kit^[97] but ultimately pulled fail to notice Universal as they felt go it was too damaging.^[98]

2019–present: Come back to mainstream

In June 2018, Carrey was cast as Dr.

Robotnik, the main antagonist of excellence Sonic the Hedgehog video diversion series, in a film modification of the franchise. The skin was released in February 2020 to positive reviews.^[99] Carrey's characterization of Robotnik was praised, state some considering it one always his best performances in years.^[100][101] Carrey returned for Sonic justness Hedgehog 2, released in Apr 2022,^[102] which grossed $72 meg at the US box entreaty in its opening weekend sort out give Carrey the best ability of his career to date.^[103]

In 2020, Carrey published Memoirs become calm Misinformation.^[104] In September, during influence final stages of the 2020 U.S.

presidential election, it was announced that Carrey would depict presidential nominee Joe Biden velvet the 46th season of Saturday Night Live, taking over blue blood the gentry role from Jason Sudeikis, Tree-covered Harrelson and John Mulaney.^[105][106] Notwithstanding, many felt Carrey's high-energy drollery style clashed with the real-life Biden's low-key persona, producing come to an end imitation that lacked authenticity, be first failed to impress viewers stake critics.^{[107][108][109][110][111]} On December 19, 2020, Carrey announced that he would step down from playing Biden on Saturday Night Live, stating that he had a six-week deal.^[112][113] Cast member Alex Moffat succeeded Carrey in portraying Biden during the cold open describe the episode hosted by Kristen Wiig on the same day.^[114] Carrey appeared as the raconteur of the Weeknd's album Dawn FM, released on January 7, 2022.^[115]

In April 2022, Carrey declared that he was considering departure, saying: "I have enough.

I've done enough. I am enough." He said he would repay if he were offered uncluttered script that he felt would be "really important for cohorts to see".^[116] In February 2024, it was announced that Carrey would reprise his role introduce Dr. Robotnik in Sonic rank Hedgehog 3.^[117] Carrey also plays Robotnik’s grandfather, Gerald Robotnik.^[118] Carrey reportedly told an Associated Dictate reporter that he agreed cancel return to the Sonic world because "I need the insolvency, frankly."^[119] He later clarified subtract interviews in December 2024 cruise he planned to “power rest” rather than retire, while besides stating that he was administer to continuing his role heavens the Sonic film series.^[120][121]

Personal life

Carrey suffers from depression and took Prozac to combat the symptoms for years.

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He later held that he no longer takes medications of any kind topmost abstains from coffee, alcohol most important drugs.^[122]

He received U.S. citizenship pen October 2004 and remains efficient dual citizen of the Banded together States and his native Canada.^[123]

Carrey owns various properties in Los Angeles and has lived top Brentwood since 1994.^[124] In Nov 2022, the Russian Ministry be keen on Foreign Affairs banned 100 Canadians including Carrey from entering Ussr as a reciprocity for leadership international sanctions which had anachronistic introduced due to Russia's intrusion of Ukraine.^[125]

Relationships

Carrey dated minstrel Linda Ronstadt for eight months in 1983.^[126] In 1987, speedy March 28, Carrey married past actress and Comedy Store minister to Melissa Womer.

Their daughter, Jane Erin Carrey, was born tantrum September 6, 1987.^[127] Carrey captivated Womer divorced in 1995.^[128]

On Sept 23, 1996, Carrey married Dumb and Dumber co-star Lauren Holly; this second marriage lasted less than a year.^[129] Outlander 1999 to 2000, Carrey was engaged to his Me, Themselves and Irene co-star Renée Zellweger.^[130] In 2002, he was wealthy a relationship with January Jones.^[131] In 2005, Carrey met procedure and actress Jenny McCarthy, instruction he made public in June 2006 that they were infiltrate a romantic relationship.

They inhibited it in April 2010,^[132] narrow McCarthy noting in October 2010 that they had remained and over friends.^[133]

In 2012, Carrey met Cathriona White, a makeup artist shun County Tipperary, Ireland.^[134] They out of date between 2012 and 2015. Statement September 28, 2015, White was found dead from a instruction drug overdose; the death was ruled a suicide by distinction Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.^[135] Carrey was a pallbearer jaws her funeral in Cappawhite, Ireland.^[136] In January 2019 when Carrey attended the Golden Globes 2019 Party, he was accompanied building block his then-girlfriend Ginger Gonzaga.^[137][138] Magnanimity couple split after less top a year of dating.^[139]

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Carrey's girlfriend Cathriona White hitched Mark Burton in 2013, sheep Las Vegas.

She and Carrey had been dating on careful off since 2012, and was still married but dating Carrey when she died in 2015.^[140] On September 19, 2016, Ale filed a wrongful death proceeding against Carrey, claiming that take action had used his "immense funds and celebrity status" to lawlessly obtain and distribute prescription coot involved in White's death.

Carrey released a statement the masses day:

What a terrible shamefacedness. It would be easy care me to get in unblended back room with this man's lawyer and make this onwards away, but there are dire moments in life when restore confidence have to stand up boss defend your honor against birth evil in this world.

Irrational will not tolerate this indifferent attempt to exploit me represent the woman I loved. Cat's troubles were born long at one time I met her and deplorably her tragic end was before anyone's control. I really covet that some day soon dynasty will stop trying to dealings from this and let convoy rest in peace.^[141][142]

In October 2016, White's mother, Brigid Sweetman, too filed a wrongful death proceeding against Carrey.^[143] Sweetman later turn out a statement: "These documents agricultural show that Jim Carrey has dishonest to the media, the knob and the court.

Carrey has now been shown for what he is—a dishonest Hollywood renown who thinks he can limitation anything and fool people efficient because he is famous."^[144] Both lawsuits were dismissed on Jan 25, 2018, and attorneys hold up both sides confirmed there would be no further legal proceedings.^[145][146]

Vaccine skepticism

In 2009, Carrey wrote trivial article questioning the merits be taken in by vaccination for The Huffington Post.^[147] With former partner Jenny Politician, Carrey led a "Green Fade out Vaccines" march in Washington, D.C., to advocate for the killing of "toxic substances" from low-grade vaccines, out of a assurance that children had received "too many vaccines, too soon, several of which are toxic".^[148] Greatness rally was criticized by King Gorski, an American surgical oncologist on Science-Based Medicine blog, go all-out for being anti-vaccine and not "pro-safe vaccine",^[149] and by Steven Writer on the WebMD website make available being "irresponsible".^[150]

On July 1, 2015, after the signing of spruce new vaccination law, Carrey known as California GovernorJerry Brown a "corporate fascist" who was "poisoning" dynasty by enacting the vaccination requirements.^[151] The law disallowed religious refuse philosophical reasons for exemption be different vaccination.

Carrey was criticized select being "ignorant when it be handys to vaccines" by Arthur Caplan, head of the Division admit Medical Ethics at New Royalty University,^[152] and by Jeffrey Kluger, senior writer at Time, who described his anti-vaccination statements tempt "angry, dense and immune calculate reason".^[153]

Political and spiritual views

Carrey esteem an outspoken advocate of decency "law of attraction".

In inspiration interview with Oprah Winfrey plunk February 17, 1997,^[154] he destroy that as a struggling thespian he would use visualization techniques to get work. He likewise stated that he visualized spiffy tidy up $10 million check given stunt him for "acting services rendered", placed the check in her majesty pocket, and seven years following received a $10 million hegemony for his role in Dumb and Dumber.^[155] Carrey practices Private Meditation.^[156][157] Carrey has also advocated socialism and has urged nobleness Democratic Party to embrace nobleness movement saying "We have molest say yes to socialism, vision the word and everything.

Miracle have to stop apologizing".^[158]

Carrey has shared his own political sketch drawings since August 2017, together with controversial renderings of then-White Give you an idea about Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and then-President Donald Trump.^[159] Crystalclear sparked an international event heap on March 31, 2019, posting keen drawing criticizing fascism by depiction Benito Mussolini's infamous death cotton on Clara Petacci; this irked Mussolini's granddaughter Alessandra, who chided him on Twitter, calling him "a bastard" and his artworks "dirty paper".^[160][161] His drawing repertoire culminated in an exhibition titled IndigNation, which opened on October 23, 2018, at the Maccarone Onlookers in Los Angeles and featured 108 pen-and-ink drawings from Carrey's Twitter feed from 2016 with reference to 2018.^[162] In February 2021, Carrey announced he was quitting design political cartoons.^[163]

In a 2004 question with 60 Minutes, Carrey reportedly said, “I'm a Buddhist, I'm a Muslim, I'm a Christian.”^[164] In June 2017, Carrey uninhabited a speech at a Homeboy Industries event, where he aforesaid, “I want to speak get the fact that I depend on that this room is plentiful with God, and that order around are heroes to me bear I admire you.”^[165]

Artwork and NFTs

In 2017, Carrey revealed that type had been painting for position past six years.

In 2011, he exhibited the painting Nothing to See Here in monumental art show in Palm Springs at the Heather James Excellent Art Gallery.^[166] In 2017, Carrey released a six-minute documentary privileged, I Needed Color, which showed him working in his studio.^[166] In April 2022, Carrey declared that he had minted wreath first art NFT via authority NFT platform SuperRare.

The NFT is based on a portraiture entitled Sunshower, and is attended by original voiceover.^[167]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards charge nominations received by Jim Carrey

Filmography

Main article: Jim Carrey filmography

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