Jim Carrey
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James Eugene Carrey (/ˈkæri/; born January 17, 1962)[2] is a Canadian-American actor and comedian known for his energetic slapstick performances.[3] After spending the 1980s honing his stand-up comedy act and portraying mostly supporting roles in films, Carrey gained wide recognition in 1990 when he was cast in the American sketch comedy television series In Living Color (1990–1994). He broke out as a film star after starring in a string of box office hits with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber (all 1994), which he followed up with Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Batman Forever (both 1995). The success of these five films led to Carrey being the first actor to receive a $20 million salary for performing in films, beginning with The Cable Guy (1996).[4]
He continued to have success as a leading actor in comedies such 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). Starting in the 2010s, Carrey began to appear in fewer films, with his notable roles since then including reprising the part of Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber To (2014) and portraying Dr. Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and its 2022 and 2024 sequels.
Although largely
Early life
Carrey was born in
At age eight, he began making faces before a mirror and discovered a talent for doing impressions.
Carrey spent his early years in the borough of
In a 2007
Career
1977–1983: Early impressionist work in Toronto
Carrey's first stand-up comedy experience took place in 1977 at the age of 15 with his father trying to help him put together a stage act, driving him to
Eventually, the family's financial situation improved and they moved into a new home in Jackson's Point.[19][21] With more domestic stability, Carrey returned to the stage in 1979 with a more polished act that led to his first paid gig: a 20-minute spot at the Hay Loft club on Highway 48 in Scarborough for a reported Can$20 compensation on a bill with the Mother of Pearl performer from The Pig and Whistle.[22] He soon faced his fears and went back downtown to the site of his debacle from two years earlier—Yuk Yuk's that had in the meantime moved into a permanent location on Bay Street in the fashionable Yorkville district. In a short period of time, the seventeen-year-old went from open-mic nights at the club to regular paid shows, building his reputation in the process.
Parallel to his increasing local Toronto-area popularity as an impressionist stand-up comic, Carrey tried to break into
Continuing to perform his stand-up act of
In the early part of 1982, Carrey reportedly performed for The Tonight Show bookers Jim McCawley and Bud Robinson as part of the program's audition process for stand-up comic spots.[34] However, rather than being booked on the show, Carrey got advised to further hone his act, so he went back home to the Toronto area where he had already built a significant following.[34] Touring venues throughout North America as the opening act for Rodney Dangerfield, Carrey made a stop at home in Toronto on 19 June 1982, performing two sold-out shows at Massey Hall.
1983–1994: Move to Hollywood
In early 1983, Carrey decided to move to Hollywood where he began regularly performing at The Comedy Store. Getting on The Tonight Show became his immediate career goal, and, by spring 1983, he appeared to have achieved it after getting booked for a stand-up set on the highly-rated late night show.[35] However, a lukewarm club set at The Improv got him unbooked.[35] Though struggling to replicate his success in Los Angeles, Carrey continued being a big hit in his hometown Toronto where he returned during late April 1983 to perform at the short-lived B.B. Magoon's theatrical venue on Bloor Street on three consecutive nights. While in town, CTV's flagship newsmagazine program W5 did a feature on Carrey that aired nationally in Canada. Back in L.A., within months, he landed the main role on The Duck Factory, a sitcom being developed for NBC, and, in late November 1983, still got to debut his impressionist act on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson via a promotional appearance for the sitcom about to start airing nationally in the United States on the same network.[35] In the meantime, he was cast for a supporting role in the Warner Bros. comedy production Finders Keepers, shot in the Canadian province of Alberta during late summer 1983. For his Tonight Show appearance that aired on American Thanksgiving, 21-year-old Carrey went through his most popular impressions—Elvis Presley, Leonid Brezhnev, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Michael Landon, James Dean, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Charles Nelson Reilly, characters from My Three Sons, and Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy—in rapid succession.[36] After completing his set, though getting the OK gesture from Carson, the impressionist comic was notably not waved over by the host to join him on the couch—a usual indication that while sufficiently pleased, the powerful host was probably not ecstatic about the performance.[37] The end of 1983 saw Carrey go back home to Toronto once more for a publicized New Years' Eve performance at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room.
Originally scheduled to start airing in January 1984, The Duck Factory sitcom debut in April, airing Thursdays at 9:30pm between Cheers and Hill Street Blues.[38][39] The same month, Carrey took a job hosting the 1984 U-Know Awards ceremony held in Toronto at the Royal York Hotel's Ballroom.[40] By the time he made his debut appearance on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman in late July 1984, the network had already cancelled The Duck Factory; Carrey went back to touring with his impressionist act, including often opening for Rodney Dangerfield.
After being noticed doing stand-up by producer
Back on the comedy club circuit with impressions, in fall 1986, Carrey auditioned for SNL's
Sensing that doing only impressions was turning into a career dead-end, Carrey set out to develop a new live comedy act.[43] Much to the dismay of comedy club owners booking him, he began abandoning trademark celebrity impressions, opting instead to try adding observational and character humour to his comedic repertoire, a process that often involved forcing himself to improvise and scramble in front of dissatisfied live audiences that came to see him do impressions.[43]
From 1990 to 1994, Carrey was a regular cast member of the ensemble comedy television series In Living Color.[44] While the series was short-lived, its popularity helped him to land his first few major film roles.
1994–1998: Rise to fame
Carrey played the lead role in
Carrey portrayed the Batman villain the Riddler in the Joel Schumacher-directed superhero film Batman Forever (1995). The film received mixed reviews, but was a box office success. He reprised his role as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls which was also released in 1995. Like the original film, it was well received by the public, but poorly received by critics. It was a huge box-office success, earning $212 million worldwide in addition to breaking records, with a $40 million opening weekend.[52]
Carrey became the first actor to be paid $20 million for his next film, The Cable Guy (1996).[53] Directed by Ben Stiller, the film was a satirical black comedy, in which Carrey played a lonely, menacing cable TV installer who infiltrates the life of one of his customers (played by Matthew Broderick). The role was a departure from the "hapless, hyper, overconfident" characters he had been known for. However, it did not fare well with most critics, many reacting to Carrey's change of tone from previous films.[54] Carrey also starred in the music video of the film's closing song, "Leave Me Alone" by Jerry Cantrell.[55] Despite the reviews, The Cable Guy grossed $102 million worldwide.[56]
He soon bounced back with the critically acclaimed comedy Liar Liar (1997), playing Fletcher Reede, an unethical lawyer rendered unable to lie by his young son's birthday wish. Carrey was praised for his performance, earning a second Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. Janet Maslin of The New York Times said: "Well into his tumultuous career, Mr. Carrey finally turns up in a straightforward comic vehicle, and the results are much wilder and funnier than this mundane material should have allowed."[57]
1998–2007: Critical acclaim
The following year he decided to take a pay cut to play the seriocomic role of Truman Burbank in the satirical
That same year, Carrey appeared as a fictionalized version of himself on the final episode of
In 2000, Carrey reteamed with the
For his next feature film, Carrey starred opposite Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman in Tom Shadyac's international hit comedy Bruce Almighty (2003). Carrey played a television newsman who unexpectedly receives God's omnipotent abilities when the deity decides to take a vacation. The film received mixed reviews upon release[67] but still became a financial success, earning over $484 million worldwide, and going on to become the seventeenth highest-grossing live action comedy of all time.[68][69]
In 2004, Carrey starred in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The film received critical acclaim upon release. Critics highly praised Carrey's portrayal of Joel Barish, in addition to the performance of his co-star Kate Winslet, who was nominated for an Oscar. According to CNN's reviewer Paul Clinton, Carrey's performance was the actor's "best, most mature and sharply focused performance ever."[70] Carrey received another Golden Globe nomination and his first BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor.
Carrey's next appearance was in the 2004 black comedy fantasy film
Olaf is a humorless villain in the book. He's not amusing like Carrey at all. To which I would counter: If you can't let Carrey be Carrey, put someone boring and less expensive in the role. In his various disguises he's rubbery, inventive and improvisationally inspired. I particularly liked his passing imitation of a dinosaur.[71][72]
That same year, Carrey was inducted into the
2007–2018: Change in pace
Carrey reunited with
Carrey returned to live-action comedy, starring opposite
Since 2009, Carrey's work has included a leading role in
For the first time in his career, Carrey portrayed multiple characters in
He starred alongside former co-star Steve Carell in the Don Scardino-directed comedy film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013). Carrey played Steve Gray, a dangerous street magician who overshadows the formerly successful magician Burt Wonderstone (played by Carell). The film was released in March 2013 to mixed reviews and underperformed significantly at the box office, grossing just over $27 million on a $30 million budget.[80]
Around the same time, he appeared in Kick-Ass 2 (also 2013) as Colonel Stars and Stripes. He retracted support for the film two months prior to its release. He issued a statement via his Twitter account that, in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, "Now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence."[81]
Peter Farrelly said in April 2012 that Carrey and Jeff Daniels would return for a Dumb and Dumber sequel, Dumb and Dumber To, with the Farrelly brothers writing and directing and a planned September 2012 production start.[82] In June, however, Carrey's representative said Carrey had left the project because the comedian felt New Line and Warner Bros. were unenthusiastic toward it.[83] However, on 1 October 2012, Yahoo!'s The Yo Show carried the news item that the script was complete and that the original actors, Carrey and Daniels, would be reprising their roles. The plot involved one of the characters having sired a child and needing to find them to obtain a kidney.[84][85] Dumb and Dumber To was released in November 2014.
In March 2013, Carrey announced that he had written a children's book titled How Roland Rolls, about a scared wave named Roland. He described it as "kind of a metaphysical children's story, which deals with a lot of heavy stuff in a really childish way." Carrey self-published the book, which was released in September 2013.[86][87]
On March 25, 2013, Carrey released a parody music video with
Carrey delivered the commencement address at
Carrey was a producer on Rubble Kings, a 2015 documentary film that depicts events preceding and following the Hoe Avenue peace meeting.[90]
On 29 August 2014, Carrey was honoured by Canada Post with a limited-edition postage stamp with his portrait on it.[91]
In June 2017, Showtime began airing the dramedy I'm Dying Up Here, for which Carrey served as the executive producer. The show, which chronicles a group of stand-up comics in 1970s Los Angeles, incorporates aspects of Carrey's own experience.[92] In September of that year, that same network announced that he would be starring in a comedy series titled Kidding, which will reunite Carrey and director Michel Gondry.[93] By the end of 2017, it was announced that Catherine Keener would star opposite Carrey in Kidding.[94]
Carrey was also the subject of two documentaries in 2017. The first, a short subject entitled I Needed Color about his lifelong passion for art, was released online in the summer.
2018–present
In June 2018, Carrey was cast as Dr. Robotnik, the main antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, in a film adaptation of the franchise. The film was released in February 2020 to positive reviews.[99] Carrey's portrayal of Robotnik was praised, with some considering it one of his best performances in years.[100][101] Carrey returned for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, released in April 2022,[102] which grossed $72 million at the US box office in its opening weekend to give Carrey the best opening of his career to date.[103]
In 2020, Carrey published
Carrey appeared as the narrator of the Weeknd's album Dawn FM, released on January 7, 2022.[115]
In April 2022, Carrey announced that he was considering retirement from the film industry, explaining, "I have enough. I've done enough. I am enough." When asked if he would ever come back, his response was, "It depends. If the angels bring some sort of script that's written in gold ink that says to me that it's going to be really important for people to see, I might continue down the road, but I'm taking a break".[116] In February 2024, Carrey was announced to reprise his role as Dr. Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.[117]
Personal life
Carrey suffers from depression[118] and had taken Prozac to combat the symptoms for years. He later stated that he no longer takes medications or stimulants of any kind, including coffee.[118]
He received U.S. citizenship in October 2004 and remains a dual citizen of the United States and his native Canada.[119]
Carrey owns various property in Los Angeles and has lived in Brentwood since 1994.[120]
In November 2022, the
Relationships
In 1983, Jim Carrey dated singer Linda Ronstadt for eight months.[122] Carrey has been married twice. His first marriage was to former actress and Comedy Store waitress Melissa Womer, whom he married on 28 March 1987. Their daughter, Jane Erin Carrey, was born 6 September 1987.[123] Carrey and Womer divorced in 1995.[124]
On 23 September 1996, Carrey married his
Carrey met Cathriona White in 2012,[130] a makeup artist from County Tipperary, Ireland. They dated between 2012 and 2015. On 28 September 2015, White was found dead from a prescription drug overdose; the death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.[131] Carrey was a pallbearer at her funeral in Cappawhite, County Tipperary, Ireland.[132]
Carrey attended the Golden Globes 2019 Party with his girlfriend Ginger Gonzaga in January 2019.[133][134] The couple split after less than a year of dating.[135]
Wrongful death lawsuits
Carrey's girlfriend Cathriona White married Mark Burton in 2013, in Las Vegas. She had been dating Carrey on and off since 2012, and was still married but dating Carrey when she died in 2015.
What a terrible shame. It would be easy for me to get in a back room with this man's lawyer and make this go away, but there are some moments in life when you have to stand up and defend your honor against the evil in this world. I will not tolerate this heartless attempt to exploit me or the woman I loved. Cat's troubles were born long before I met her and sadly her tragic end was beyond anyone's control. I really hope that some day soon people will stop trying to profit from this and let her rest in peace.[137][138]
In October 2016, White's mother, Brigid Sweetman, also filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Carrey.
Both lawsuits were dismissed on January 25, 2018, and attorneys for both sides confirmed there would be no further legal proceedings.[141][142]
Vaccine skepticism
In 2009, Carrey wrote an article
On July 1, 2015, after the signing of a
Political and spiritual views
Carrey is an outspoken advocate of the "law of attraction". In an interview with Oprah Winfrey on February 17, 1997,[150] he revealed that as a struggling actor he would use visualization techniques to get work. He also stated that he visualized a $10 million check given to him for "acting services rendered", placed the check in his pocket, and seven years later received a $10 million check for his role in Dumb and Dumber.[151]
Carrey practices Transcendental Meditation.[152][153]
Carrey has defended socialism and has urged the Democratic Party to embrace the movement, saying "We have to say yes to socialism, to the word and everything. We have to stop apologizing".[154]
Carrey has shared his own political cartoon drawings since August 2017, including controversial renderings of then-White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and then-President Donald Trump.[155] He sparked an international event on March 31, 2019, posting a drawing criticizing fascism by depicting Benito Mussolini's infamous death with Clara Petacci; this irked Mussolini's granddaughter Alessandra, who chided him on Twitter, calling him "a bastard" and his artworks "dirty paper".[156][157][158][159][160][161] His drawing repertoire culminated in an exhibition titled IndigNation, which opened on October 23, 2018 at the Maccarone Gallery in Los Angeles and featured 108 pen-and-ink drawings from Carrey's Twitter feed from 2016 to 2018.[162]
Artwork and NFTs
In 2017, Carrey revealed that he had been painting for the past six years. In 2011, he exhibited the painting Nothing to See Here in an art show in Palm Springs at the Heather James Fine Art Gallery.[163] In 2017, Carrey released a six-minute documentary entitled, I Needed Color, which showed him working in his studio.[163] In April 2022, Carrey announced that he had minted his first art NFT via the NFT platform SuperRare. The NFT is based on a painting entitled Sunshower, and is accompanied by original voiceover.[164]
Awards and nominations
Selected filmography
- Copper Mountain (1983)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- The Dead Pool (1988)
- Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
- Pink Cadillac (1989)
- Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
- The Mask (1994)
- Dumb and Dumber (1994)
- Batman Forever (1995)
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- Liar Liar (1997)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- Man on the Moon (1999)
- Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
- The Majestic (2001)
- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
- Horton Hears a Who! (2008) (voice)
- Yes Man (2008)
- I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
- Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
- Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
- Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
- Kidding (TV series, 2018)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
Discography
Singles
- "Cuban Pete" (1995) – UK No. 31[166]
- "Somebody to Love" (1996) – AUS No. 62[165]
- "Cold Dead Hand" (2013) (as Lonesome Earl and the Clutterbusters)
Other
- George Martin – "I Am the Walrus" (1998)
- The Weeknd – "Dawn FM", "Out of Time" and "Phantom Regret by Jim" (2022)
Written works
Books
- Carrey, Jim (2013). How Roland Rolls. Illustrated by Rob Nason. Some Kind of Garden Media. ISBN 978-0-9893680-0-1.
- Carrey, Jim; Vachon, Dana (2020). Memoirs and Misinformation. Knopf. ISBN 9780525655978.[167]
Forewords
- Carrey, Jim (2004). Foreword. It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs. By ISBN 978-0-06-621107-7.
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Further reading
- Krulik, Nancy (2001). Jim Carrey: Fun and Funnier. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-2219-8.
External links
- Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
- Jim Carrey at IMDb
- Jim Carrey at the TCM Movie Database
- Jim Carrey discography at Discogs