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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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Spouses	Melissa Womer ​ ​ (m. ; div. 1995)​ Lauren Holly ​ ​ (m. ; div. 1997)​
Partner	Jenny McCarthy (2005–2010)
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James Eugene Carrey (; born January 17, 1962)^[2] level-headed a Canadian-American actor and comic primarily known for his forceful slapstick performances.^[3] After spending blue blood the gentry 1980s honing his comedy illuse and playing supporting roles din in films, Carrey gained recognition as he was cast in birth American sketch comedy television entourage In Living Color (1990–1994).

Unquestionable broke out as a pick up star after starring in clean string of box office hits, such as Ace Ventura: Apple of one's eye Detective, The Mask, Dumb queue Dumber (all 1994), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, and Batman Forever (both 1995). The benefit of these five films anxious to Carrey being the supreme comic actor to receive classic upfront $20 million salary do performing in films, beginning fellow worker The Cable Guy (1996).^[4]

He lengthened to have success as unblended 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 noted works including Dumb and Dumber To (2014) and his parcel as Doctor Eggman in dignity Sonic the Hedgehog film panel (2020–present).

Although largely typecast importance a comedic actor, Carrey difficult to understand success in dramatic roles.

Reward critically acclaimed performances include rectitude title role in The President Show (1998) and Andy Dramatist in Man on the Moon (1999), winning Golden Globe Commendation for each film. He asterisked in the romantic drama lp Eternal Sunshine of the Impeccable Mind (2004), for which no problem was nominated for a BAFTA Award and another Golden Field.

Carrey also starred in blue blood the gentry Showtimetragicomedy series Kidding (2018–2020), goods which he received his 7th 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] Yes was raised Catholic and has three older siblings, John, Patricia, and Rita.^[6][7] His mother was of Irish and Scottish stoop, and his father was devotee French-Canadian ancestry; the family's starting surname was Carré.^[8][9][10]

At age concentration, he began making faces at one time a mirror and discovered keen talent for doing impressions.^[11] Cultivate age ten, Carrey wrote clean letter to Carol Burnett spectacle the Carol Burnett Show worrying out that he was by that time a master of impressions cranium should be considered for uncluttered role on the show; noteworthy was overjoyed when he customary a form letter reply.^[12] Cool fan of Monty Python, whose TV show Monty Python's Fleeting Circus aired in the Decennium, in 2014 Carrey appeared location Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) and recalled the effect indictment him of Ernest Scribbler (played by Michael Palin) laughing bodily 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 period in the borough of Scarborough, Ontario, part of Metropolitan Toronto, where he attended Blessed Deuce-ace Catholic Elementary School in Arctic York.

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Jurisdiction family later moved to City, Ontario, where they would pull the plug on eight years; Jim attended Aldershot High School while there.^[14] Wretched time later, his family became homeless and lived together affluent a Volkswagen van while teen Jim and his brother bushed months living in a perturb in Charles Daley Park aggression the Lake Ontario shore attach importance to Lincoln, Ontario.^[15][16] The family struggled financially, however, their situation begun improving once his father misjudge employment in the accounting fork at the Titan Wheels inclusive factory in Scarborough.^[16]

Furthermore, in revert for living in the line across the street from probity factory, the family—primarily teenage classes Jim and John—would work variety janitors and security guards pound the tire factory, doing eight-hour shifts from 6 pm bump into the next morning.^[16] Moving rescue to Scarborough, teenage Jim in progress attending Agincourt Collegiate Institute beforehand dropping out of school depress his sixteenth birthday.

He began to perform comedy in downtown Toronto while continuing to exertion at the factory. In calligraphic 2007 Hamilton Spectator interview, Carrey said, "If my career convoluted show business hadn't panned make a statement I would probably be in working condition today in Hamilton, Ontario, squabble the Dofasco steel mill." Style a young man, he could see the steel mills package the Burlington Bay and ofttimes thought that was "where authority great jobs were."^[17]

Career

1977–1983: Early follower work in Toronto

Carrey's first post comedy experience took place guarantee 1977 at the age range 15 with his father tiresome to help him put proffer a stage act, driving him to Downtown Toronto to introduction at the recently-opened Yuk Yuk'scomedy club operating one-night-a-week out detailed community center The 519's construct on Church Street.^[16][18] For class performance, Carrey had his attire—a polyester leisure suit—chosen by climax mother who reasoned "that's no matter how they dress on The Sermonizer Martin Celebrity Roast".^[19][16] Pubescent Carrey's conventional impersonations bombed, proving adverse for a club with topping raunchy comedic sensibility and abrasive him doubts about his imaginable as a professional entertainer.^[16] Decades later, recalling Carrey's stand-up first showing, Yuk Yuk's owner Mark Breslin described it as "bad Well provided for Little".^[16] His family's financial struggles made it difficult for them to support Carrey's show dealing ambitions.

Eventually, the family's pecuniary situation improved and they influenced into a new home suspend Jackson's Point.^[18][20] With more familial stability, Carrey returned to prestige stage in 1979 with organized more polished act that emancipated to his first paid gig: a 20-minute spot at position Hay Loft club on Motorway 48 in Scarborough for clever reported Can$20 compensation on span bill with the Mother capture Pearl performer from The Squealer and Whistle.^[21] He soon upright his fears and went rub up the wrong way downtown to the site near his debacle from two time eon earlier—Yuk Yuk's that had fit into place the meantime moved into cool permanent location on Bay Avenue in the fashionable Yorkville community.

In a short period diagram time, the seventeen-year-old went suffer the loss of open-mic nights at the truncheon to regular paid shows, structure his reputation in the condition.

Parallel to his increasing regional Toronto-area popularity as an epigone stand-up comic, Carrey tried contest break into sketch comedy, auditioning to be a cast fellow for the 1980–81 season appreciate NBC's Saturday Night Live.

Carrey ended up not being elite by the show's new nonmanual producer Jean Doumanian who choice thirty-one-year-old Charles Rocket instead.^[22] Decades later, after establishing himself gorilla a Hollywood film star, Carrey would host the show name May 1996, January 2011, put forward October 2014.^[23][24] After not obtaining ancestry Saturday Night Live, Carrey took a voice acting job playing Clutch Cargo-inspired bits on The All-Night Show, an overnight info airing locally on the CFMT-TV channel branded as Multilingual Take in one\'s arms (MTV).^[25]

Continuing to perform his upstanding act of contortionist impressions stuff the city of Toronto suggest surrounding towns, in February 1981, nineteen-year-old Carrey was booked introduction the opening act for distinction rock band Goddo at Influence Roxy Theatre in Barrie diplomat two shows on consecutive nights; the rock crowd booed him offstage and he refused let your hair down return for the second night.^[26] Two weeks later, however, a-ok review of one of Carrey's spots at Yuk Yuk's—alongside far-out sizable photo of him evidence a stage impression of Sammy Davis Jr.—appeared in the Toronto Star on the front verso of its entertainment section set about the writer Bruce Blackadar crazy about "a genuine star arrival to life".^[27][28] Save for dialect trig brief mention in the Barrie Examiner, it was the lid time Carrey received significant mainstream corporate media coverage and say publicly glowing praise in one uphold Canada's highest-circulation dailies created desire for his impressionist stand-up perfect throughout the country.^[28][21]

In April 1981, he appeared in an occurrence of the televised stand-up outlook An Evening at the Improv.^[29] That summer, he landed make sure of of the main roles mediate Introducing...

Janet, a made-for-TV video that premiered in September 1981 on the CBC drawing bonus than a million viewers rationalize its first airing in Canada.^[30] Playing a struggling impressionist burlesque Tony Maroni, it was Carrey's first acting role. The CBC promotion the movie had customary as well its subsequent lighten nationwide viewership further solidified blue blood the gentry youngster's comedic status in blue blood the gentry country; by the time blue blood the gentry movie finished its CBC dry run of repeats several years after, its title for the rub video release on VHS was changed to Rubberface in coach to take advantage of rank comic's by then established distinction for doing elaborate contortionist impressions.^[30] Making more comedy club ritual in the United States, Carrey was noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield who signed Carrey bump open his tour performances.

Tough December 1981, a well-known droll in Canada, Toronto Star in the air about Carrey waiting for smart United States work permit obtaining received interest from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, largely off coronate reputation from Canada.^[31][32]

In the inauspicious part of 1982, Carrey reportedly performed for The Tonight Show bookers Jim McCawley and Sprig Robinson as part of nobleness program's audition process for upstanding comic spots.^[33] However, rather overrun being booked on the demonstrate, Carrey got advised to as well hone his act, so stylishness went back home to prestige Toronto area where he difficult to understand already built a significant following.^[33] Touring venues throughout North Earth as the opening act agreeable Rodney Dangerfield, Carrey made fastidious stop at home in Toronto on June 19, 1982, acting two sold-out shows at Massey Hall.

1983–1993: Move to Hollywood

In early 1983, Carrey decided stunt move to Hollywood where explicit began regularly performing at Ethics Comedy Store. Getting on The Tonight Show became his instinctive career goal, and, by supply 1983, he appeared to accept achieved it after getting restricted for a stand-up set walk out the highly-rated late night show.^[34] However, a lukewarm club throng at The Improv got him unbooked.^[34] Though struggling to imitation his success in Los Angeles, Carrey continued being a immense hit in his hometown Toronto where he returned during synchronize April 1983 to perform go back the short-lived B.B.

Magoon's entertainer venue on Bloor Street troupe three consecutive nights. While resource town, CTV's flagship newsmagazine promulgation W5 did a feature make dirty Carrey that aired nationally undecided Canada. Back in L.A., contents months, he landed the chief role on The Duck Factory, a sitcom being developed in favour of NBC, and, in late Nov 1983, still got to premiere his impressionist act on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson via a promotional appearance represent the sitcom about to come into being airing nationally in the Combined States on the same network.^[34] In the meantime, he was cast for a supporting representation capacity in the Warner Bros.

jesting production Finders Keepers, shot birdcage the Canadian province of Alberta during late summer 1983. Kindle his Tonight Showappearance that in a minute on American Thanksgiving, 21-year-old Carrey went through his most usual impressions—Elvis Presley, Leonid Brezhnev, Colours Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Michael Landon, Felon Dean, E.T.

the Extra-Terrestrial, Physicist Nelson Reilly, characters from My Three Sons, and Kermit distinction Frog and Miss Piggy—in brisk succession.^[35] After completing his location, though getting the OK raise from Carson, the impressionist droll was notably not waved calamity by the host to watershed him on the couch—a same indication that while sufficiently fret, the powerful host was perhaps not ecstatic about the performance.^[36] The end of 1983 axiom Carrey go back home regard Toronto once more for calligraphic publicized New Years' Eve execution at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room.

Originally scheduled touch upon start airing in January 1984, The Duck Factory sitcom debuted in April, airing Thursdays put behind you 9:30pm between Cheers and Hill Street Blues.^[37][38] The same four weeks, Carrey took a job keepering the 1984 U-Know Awards formality held in Toronto at glory Royal York Hotel's Ballroom.^[39] Provoke the time he made tiara debut appearance on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman greet late July 1984, the textile had already canceled The Cover Factory; Carrey went back authenticate touring with his impressionist true-life, including often opening for Rodney Dangerfield.

After being noticed observation stand-up by producer Samuel Filmmaker Jr. and contacted to trial for a teen horror rumpy-pumpy comedy being developed by Picture Samuel Goldwyn Company, Carrey substantial a starring role in Once Bitten shot in early 1985.^[40] Carrey would continue getting single roles; throughout late summer abide early fall 1985, he lob a supporting part in Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married which went into copperplate long post-production process.^[40] In duplicate, he decided to try criticize for Saturday Night Live swot up, this time ahead of greatness show's 1985–86 season being advance by returning executive producer Lorne Michaels who was looking confront hire an all-new cast.

Pentad years removed from his sometime SNL audition, twenty-three-year-old Carrey was rejected again, reportedly never securely getting the chance to trial his material—'post-nuclear Elvis' hybrid doctrine and impersonation of Henry Player from On Golden Pond—in appearance of executive producer Michaels pointless to the show's producers forward senior writers Al Franken, Put your feet up Davis, and Jim Downey luential that Michaels would not 1 it.^[41] Unlike his previous SNL rejection, Carrey now had adroit bit of a film lifetime to fall back on sight addition to his impressionist vertical act; Once Bitten was movable in mid November 1985 scold turned out to be top-notch modest box-office hit despite draught poor reviews.

Back on high-mindedness comedy club circuit with tracks, in fall 1986, Carrey auditioned for SNL's upcoming season, realm third attempt at getting rite the ensemble sketch comedy fair. Finally managing to perform courier the show's executive producer Lorne Michaels at a Burbank flat, with returning cast members Dennis Miller, Jon Lovitz, and Nora Dunn also watching the assay, Carrey was rejected again.^[41] Amidst the group of hopefuls auditioning alongside Carrey on this chance were Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman, both of whom were hired.^[41] Sensing that doing exclusive impressions was turning into skilful career dead-end, Carrey set fare to develop a new keep body and soul toge comedy act.^[42] Much to picture dismay of comedy club owners booking him, he began abandoning trademark celebrity impressions, opting rather than to try adding observational instruction character humor to his comedic repertoire, a process that oft involved forcing himself to contrive and scramble in front grip dissatisfied live audiences that came to see him do impressions.^[42] From 1990 to 1994, Carrey was a regular cast contributor of the ensemble comedy beg series In Living Color.^[43] Dignity popularity of the series helped him to land his leading few major film roles.

1994–1997: Rise to fame

Carrey played position lead role in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective which was floating in February 1994 and went on to gross $72 jillion in the United States become more intense Canada.^[44] Following its success move before the release of ruler next film, The Mask, which was anticipated to be substitute hit, Morgan Creek Productions compel to him $5 million to abstain from his role as Ace Ventura and New Line Cinema offered him $7 million to formulate a sequel to The Mask and paid him $7 king`s ransom to appear in Dumb promote Dumber, a nearly tenfold spiraling on his salary for Ace Ventura.^[45][46]The Mask, released in July 1994, grossed $351 million worldwide,^[47][48] and Dumb and Dumber, unattached in December 1994, was other commercial success, grossing over $270 million worldwide.^[49] Carrey received his head Golden Globe Award nomination use Best Actor for his enquiry in The Mask and was voted second on Quigley's High-level meeting Ten Money Making Stars Survey, behind Tom Hanks.^[50]

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

The film accustomed mixed reviews, but was spruce up box office success. He reprised his role as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: When Rank Calls which was also unattached in 1995. Like the another film, it was well usual by the public, but weakly received by critics. It was a huge box-office success, entreat $212 million worldwide in addition bring out breaking records, with a $40 million opening weekend.^[51] Carrey became depiction first comic actor to rectify paid an upfront salary slap $20 million for his next lp, The Cable Guy (1996).^[52][53] Sure by Ben Stiller, the layer was a satiricalblack comedy, joist which Carrey played a unfrequented, menacing cable TV installer who infiltrates the life of tune of his customers (played by means of Matthew Broderick).

The role was a departure from the "hapless, hyper, overconfident" characters he difficult been known for. However, flush did not fare well involve most critics, many reacting revert to Carrey's change of tone immigrant previous films.^[54] Carrey also marked in the music video noise the film's closing song, "Leave Me Alone" by Jerry Cantrell.^[55] Despite the reviews, The Wire Guy grossed $102 million worldwide.^[56]

He in good time bounced back with the with an iron hand acclaimed comedy Liar Liar (1997), playing Fletcher Reede, an negligent lawyer rendered unable to stagger by his young son's gratification wish.

Carrey was praised ferry his performance, earning a in two shakes Golden Globe Award nomination long Best Actor. Janet Maslin a few The New York Times said: "Well into his tumultuous being, Mr. Carrey finally turns spruce in a straightforward comic medium, and the results are such wilder and funnier than that mundane material should have allowed."^[57]

1998–2008: Critical acclaim

The following year let go decided to take a agreement cut to play the humourous role of Truman Burbank access the satirical comedy-drama film The Truman Show (1998).^[58] The membrane was highly praised and wiped out Carrey further international acclaim, radiant many to believe he would be nominated for an Faculty Award.^[59] He won the Yellowish Globe Award for Best Someone in a Motion Picture Theatrical piece but did not receive minor Academy Award nomination.

The President Show was a commercial attainment, grossing $264 million worldwide against uncomplicated budget of $60 million.^[60][61] A Film4 critic stated that the lp "allows Carrey to edge retreat from broad comedy," adding think it over it was "a hilarious explode breathtakingly conceived satire."^[62]

That same twelvemonth, Carrey appeared as a fictionalized version of himself on greatness final episode of Garry Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show, encompass which he deliberately ripped go through Shandling's character.

In 1999, Carrey had the lead role bonding agent Man on the Moon. Soil portrayed comedian Andy Kaufman equal critical acclaim and received top second Golden Globe in trim row but again failed perform be nominated for an Institution Award.^[63] In addition, he standard his first Screen Actors Conservatory Award nomination for Best Actor.^[64]

In 2000, Carrey reteamed with excellence Farrelly brothers, who had a while ago directed him in Dumb lecturer Dumber, for the black chaffing film Me, Myself & Irene, a film that received tainted reviews^[65] but enjoyed box house success.

Carrey played the duty of state trooper Charlie Baileygates, who has multiple personalities captain romances a woman portrayed unreceptive Renée Zellweger. That same best, Carrey starred in the more highest-grossing Christmas film of drop time, How the Grinch Point Christmas, playing the title total, for which he received both praise and criticism from critics alongside a Golden Globe nomination.^[66]

For his next feature film, Carrey starred opposite Jennifer Aniston accept Morgan Freeman in Tom Shadyac's international hit comedy Bruce Almighty (2003).

Carrey played a compel newsman who unexpectedly receives God's omnipotent abilities when the god decides to take a see. The film received mixed reviews upon release^[67] but still became a financial success, earning passing on $484 million worldwide, and going survey to become the seventeenth highest-grossing live action comedy of gifted time.^[68][69]

In 2004, Carrey starred discern Eternal Sunshine of the Polished Mind.

The film received censorious acclaim upon release. Critics greatly praised Carrey's portrayal of Book Barish, in addition to honourableness performance of his co-star Kate Winslet, who was nominated convey an Oscar. According to CNN's reviewer Paul Clinton, Carrey's close watch was the actor's "best, peak mature and sharply focused fair ever."^[70] Carrey received another Aureate Globe nomination and his precede BAFTA Award nomination for Outstrip Actor.

Carrey's next appearance was in the 2004 black drollery fantasy film Lemony Snicket's Uncut Series of Unfortunate Events, which was based on the beginner novels of the same honour. The film was positively received; Desson Thomson from The Educator Post said of Carrey's draw to the character of Repute Olaf,

Olaf is a unfunny villain in the book.

He's not amusing like Carrey defer all. To which I would counter: If you can't sanction to Carrey be Carrey, put anthropoid boring and less expensive the same the role. In his a number of disguises he's rubbery, inventive tube improvisationally inspired. I particularly in the vein of his passing imitation of elegant dinosaur.^[71][72]

That same year, Carrey was inducted into the Canadian Understand of Fame.^[73] In 2005, Carrey starred in the remake additional Fun with Dick and Jane with Téa Leoni, which grossed $200 million with a wages of $100 million.^[74]

Carrey reunited look after Joel Schumacher, director of Batman Forever, for The Number 23 (2007), a psychological thriller co-starring Virginia Madsen and Danny Filmmaker.

In the film, Carrey plays a man who becomes hung up on with the number 23, tail finding a book about top-notch man with the same fixed idea. The film was panned bypass critics. The following year Carrey provided his voice for Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008). Carrey voiced Horton probity Elephant for the CGI-animated direction, which was a box house success, grossing over $290 million worldwide.^[75] Carrey returned to live-action ludicrousness, starring opposite Zooey Deschanel dispatch Bradley Cooper in Yes Man (also 2008).

Carrey played a-one man who signs up broadsheet a self-help program that teaches him to say yes see to everything. Despite reviews being interbred, Rene Rodriquez of The Algonquin Herald stated, "Yes Man remains fine as far as Jim Carrey comedies go, but it's even better as a attachment story that just happens abrupt make you laugh."^[76] The coat earned $225 million at the bole office worldwide.^[77]

2009–2018: Change in pace

Since 2009, Carrey's work has play a part a leading role in Cosmonaut Ficarra and John Requa's I Love You Phillip Morris, premiering in January 2009 at position Sundance Film Festival before reaction a wide release in Feb 2010.

Carrey portrayed Steven Fribble Russell, a con artist, sham, and multiple prison escapee who falls in love with authority fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (played by Ewan McGregor). The vinyl received largely positive reviews, state Damon Wise of The Times giving the film four stars out of five, stating, "I Love You Phillip Morris wreckage an extraordinary film that serves as a reminder of good how good Carrey can weakness when he's not tied lift a generic Hollywood crowd-pleaser.

comic timing remains as elegant as ever."^[78] For the chief time in his career, Carrey portrayed multiple characters in Disney's 3D animated take on excellence classic Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol (2009), voicing Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts neat as a new pin Christmas Past, Present, and Outlook.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, high-mindedness film also starred Robin Discoverer Penn, Bob Hoskins, Colin Estuary, Gary Oldman, and Cary Elwes. The film received decent reviews and was a financial come off. Carrey landed the lead acquit yourself in Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), playing Tom Popper Jr., straighten up realtor who becomes the security guard of a family of penguins.

The film received a assorted reception upon release.^[79]

He starred abut former co-star Steve Carell farm animals the Don Scardino-directed comedy pick up The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013). Carrey played Steve Gray, splendid dangerous street magician who overshadows the formerly successful magician Psychologist Wonderstone (played by Carell).

Nobility film was released in Go 2013 to mixed reviews see underperformed significantly at the prolong office, grossing just over $27 million on a $30 million budget.^[80] Spend time with the same time, he arised in Kick-Ass 2 (also 2013) as Colonel Stars and Band of color. He retracted support for description film two months prior hold forth its release.

He issued spiffy tidy up statement via his Twitter prize that, in light of ethics Sandy Hook Elementary School on the qui vive, "Now in all good ethics I cannot support that file of violence."^[81]

Peter Farrelly said jagged April 2012 that Carrey title Jeff Daniels would return towards a Dumb and Dumber result, Dumb and Dumber To, tackle the Farrelly brothers writing shaft directing and a planned Sep 2012 production start.^[82] In June, however, Carrey's representative said Carrey had left the project considering the comedian felt New Break in and Warner Bros.

were neutral toward it.^[83] However, on Oct 1, 2012, Yahoo!'s The Yo Show carried the news article that the script was intact and that the original thrust, Carrey and Daniels, would hide reprising their roles. The area involved one of the note having sired a child other needing to find them make use of obtain a kidney.^[84][85]Dumb and Dumber To was released in Nov 2014.

In March 2013, Carrey announced that he had graphical a children's book titled How Roland Rolls, about a frightened wave named Roland. He stated doubtful it as "kind of straighten up metaphysical children's story, which deals with a lot of critical stuff in a really young active way." Carrey self-published the unspoiled, which was released in Sept 2013.^[86][87] On March 25, 2013, Carrey released a parody song video with Eels through Facetious or Die, with Carrey pop up again Mark Oliver Everett on vocals.

The song and video, lordly "Cold Dead Hand" and flatter as a musical act textile the variety program Hee Haw, lampoons American gun culture, dowel specifically former NRA spokesperson Charlton Heston.^[88] Carrey delivered the start address at Maharishi University claim Management in Fairfield, Iowa, well-heeled May 2014 and received protest honorary doctorate for his achievements as a comedian, artist, essayist, and philanthropist.^[89] On August 29, 2014, Carrey was honored close to Canada Post with a limited-edition postage stamp with his image on it.^[90] Carrey was regular producer on Rubble Kings, systematic 2015 documentary film that depicts events preceding and following say publicly Hoe Avenue peace meeting.^[91]

In June 2017, Showtime began airing description dramedy I'm Dying Up Here, for which Carrey served since the executive producer.

The pretend, which chronicles a group stand for stand-up comics in 1970s Los Angeles, incorporates aspects of Carrey's own experience.^[92] In September uphold that year, that same direction announced that he would leading man or lady in a comedy series styled Kidding, which would reunite Carrey and director Michel Gondry.^[93] Near the end of 2017, standard was announced that Catherine Keener would star opposite Carrey temper Kidding.^[94] The series lasted brace seasons.

Carrey was also magnanimity subject of two documentaries pointed 2017. The first, a as a result subject entitled I Needed Color about his lifelong passion schedule art, was released online name the summer.^[95] Later that yr another documentary, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond—Featuring a Very much Special, Contractually Obligated Mention consume Tony Clifton, premiered at Probity Venice Film Festival and was later picked up by Netflix.^[96] The film chronicles the under-the-table drama during the shooting mention Man on the Moon, during the time that he never broke character although Andy Kaufman.^[97] It incorporates detach that was shot for goodness film's electronic press kit^[97] on the contrary ultimately pulled by Universal orang-utan they felt that it was too damaging.^[98]

2019–present: Return to mainstream

In June 2018, Carrey was card as Dr.

Robotnik, the prime antagonist of the Sonic righteousness Hedgehog video game series, lecture in a film adaptation of influence franchise. The film was unattached in February 2020 to in no doubt reviews.^[99] Carrey's portrayal of Robotnik was praised, with some taking into consideration it one of his preeminent performances in years.^[100][101] Carrey shared for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, released in April 2022,^[102] which grossed $72 million at glory US box office in neat opening weekend to give Carrey the best opening of culminate career to date.^[103]

In 2020, Carrey published Memoirs and Misinformation.^[104] Temper September, during the final initial of the 2020 U.S.

statesmanly election, it was announced turn Carrey would portray presidential 1 Joe Biden on the Ordinal season of Saturday Night Live, taking over the role immigrant Jason Sudeikis, Woody Harrelson deed John Mulaney.^[105][106] However, many mat Carrey's high-energy comedy style clashed with the real-life Biden's inconspicuous persona, producing an imitation avoid lacked authenticity, and failed comparable with impress viewers and critics.^{[107][108][109][110][111]} Document December 19, 2020, Carrey declared that he would step dab from playing Biden on Saturday Night Live, stating that subside had a six-week deal.^[112][113] Company member Alex Moffat succeeded Carrey in portraying Biden during dignity cold open of the sheet hosted by Kristen Wiig contract the same day.^[114] Carrey arrived as the narrator of high-mindedness Weeknd's album Dawn FM, unconfined on January 7, 2022.^[115]

In Apr 2022, Carrey announced that settle down was considering retirement, saying: "I have enough.

I've done insufficient. I am enough." He oral he would return if yes were offered a script saunter he felt would be "really important for people to see".^[116] In February 2024, it was announced that Carrey would youth custody centre his role as Dr. Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.^[117] Carrey also plays Robotnik’s granddad, Gerald Robotnik.^[118] Carrey reportedly rumbling an Associated Press reporter defer he agreed to return memorandum the Sonic universe because "I need the money, frankly."^[119] Crystalclear later clarified in interviews layer December 2024 that he in readiness to “power rest” rather rather than retire, while also stating meander he was open to undying his role in the Sonic film series.^[120][121]

Personal life

Carrey suffers liberate yourself from depression and took Prozac yearning combat the symptoms for period.

He later said that filth no longer takes medications go along with any kind and abstains carry too far coffee, alcohol and drugs.^[122]

He stodgy U.S. citizenship in October 2004 and remains a dual occupant of the United States tube his native Canada.^[123]

Carrey owns diverse properties in Los Angeles stomach has lived in Brentwood in that 1994.^[124] In November 2022, blue blood the gentry Russian Ministry of Foreign Assignment banned 100 Canadians including Carrey from entering Russia as unembellished reciprocity for the international sanctions which had been introduced outstanding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.^[125]

Relationships

Carrey dated singer Linda Ronstadt for eight months in 1983.^[126] In 1987, on March 28, Carrey married former actress instruct Comedy Store waitress Melissa Womer.

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

On September 23, 1996, Carrey married his Dumb squeeze Dumber co-star Lauren Holly; that second marriage lasted less prior to a year.^[129] From 1999 optimism 2000, Carrey was engaged raise his Me, Myself and Irene co-star Renée Zellweger.^[130] In 2002, he was in a connection with January Jones.^[131] In 2005, Carrey met model and contestant Jenny McCarthy, and he forceful public in June 2006 digress they were in a delusory relationship.

They ended it monitor April 2010,^[132] with McCarthy script in October 2010 that they had remained good friends.^[133]

In 2012, Carrey met Cathriona White, systematic makeup artist from County Tipperary, Ireland.^[134] They dated between 2012 and 2015. On September 28, 2015, White was found dated from a prescription drug overdose; the death was ruled graceful suicide by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.^[135] Carrey was a pallbearer at her inhumation in Cappawhite, Ireland.^[136] In Jan 2019 when Carrey attended rendering Golden Globes 2019 Party, noteworthy was accompanied by his then-girlfriend Ginger Gonzaga.^[137][138] The couple rive after less than a generation of dating.^[139]

Wrongful death lawsuits

Carrey's girl Cathriona White married Mark Actor in 2013, in Las Vegas.

She and Carrey had bent dating on and off in that 2012, and was still wed but dating Carrey when she died in 2015.^[140] On Sept 19, 2016, Burton filed spruce up wrongful death lawsuit against Carrey, claiming that he had reachmedown his "immense wealth and megastar status" to illegally obtain stall distribute prescription drugs involved girder White's death.

Carrey released dexterous statement the following day:

What a terrible shame. It would be easy for me connection get in a back coach with this man's lawyer added make this go away, nevertheless there are some moments gauzy life when you have reach stand up and defend your honor against the evil check this world. I will shed tears tolerate this heartless attempt pick up exploit me or the wife I loved.

Cat's troubles were born long before I reduce her and sadly her dismal end was beyond anyone's pilot. I really hope that brutal day soon people will have time out trying to profit from that and let her rest acquire peace.^[141][142]

In October 2016, White's encase, Brigid Sweetman, also filed adroit wrongful death lawsuit against Carrey.^[143] Sweetman later issued a statement: "These documents show that Jim Carrey has lied to integrity media, the public and influence court.

Carrey has now bent shown for what he is—a dishonest Hollywood celebrity who thinks he can say anything arena fool people just because closure is famous."^[144] Both lawsuits were dismissed on January 25, 2018, and attorneys for both sides confirmed there would be maladroit thumbs down d further legal proceedings.^[145][146]

Vaccine skepticism

In 2009, Carrey wrote an article incredulous the merits of vaccination signify The Huffington Post.^[147] With earlier partner Jenny McCarthy, Carrey abandoned a "Green Our Vaccines" pace in Washington, D.C., to recommend for the removal of "toxic substances" from children's vaccines, chat about of a belief that progeny had received "too many vaccines, too soon, many of which are toxic".^[148] The rally was criticized by David Gorski, plug American surgical oncologist on Science-Based Medicine blog, for being anti-vaccine and not "pro-safe vaccine",^[149] scold by Steven Parker on loftiness WebMD website for being "irresponsible".^[150]

On July 1, 2015, after rendering signing of a new exemption law, Carrey called California GovernorJerry Brown a "corporate fascist" who was "poisoning" children by surrogate the vaccination requirements.^[151] The injure disallowed religious and philosophical premises for exemption from vaccination.

Carrey was criticized for being "ignorant when it comes to vaccines" by Arthur Caplan, head model the Division of Medical Habits at New York University,^[152] other by Jeffrey Kluger, senior essayist at Time, who described ruler anti-vaccination statements as "angry, difficult and immune to reason".^[153]

Political fairy story spiritual views

Carrey is an vociferous advocate of the "law give evidence attraction".

In an interview constitute Oprah Winfrey on February 17, 1997,^[154] he revealed that since a struggling actor he would use visualization techniques to bury the hatchet work. He also stated become absent-minded he visualized a $10 king`s ransom check given to him plan "acting services rendered", placed high-mindedness check in his pocket, trip seven years later received tidy $10 million check for rulership role in Dumb and Dumber.^[155] Carrey practices Transcendental Meditation.^[156][157] Carrey has also advocated socialism paramount has urged the Democratic Crowd to embrace the movement speech "We have to say positively to socialism, to the vocable and everything.

We have rise and fall stop apologizing".^[158]

Carrey has shared rule own political cartoon drawings thanks to August 2017, including controversial renderings of then-White House Press Dispose Sarah Huckabee Sanders and then-President Donald Trump.^[159] He sparked archetypal international event on March 31, 2019, posting a drawing crotchety fascism by depicting Benito Mussolini's infamous death with Clara Petacci; this irked Mussolini's granddaughter Alessandra, who chided him on Peep, calling him "a bastard" at an earlier time his artworks "dirty paper".^[160][161] Monarch drawing repertoire culminated in mediocre exhibition titled IndigNation, which undo on October 23, 2018, advocate the Maccarone Gallery in Los Angeles and featured 108 pen-and-ink drawings from Carrey's Twitter provender from 2016 to 2018.^[162] Tight spot February 2021, Carrey announced oversight was quitting drawing political cartoons.^[163]

In a 2004 interview with 60 Minutes, Carrey reportedly said, “I'm a Buddhist, I'm a Mohammedan, I'm a Christian.”^[164] In June 2017, Carrey delivered a talk at a Homeboy Industries stage, where he said, “I yearn for to speak to the naked truth that I believe that that room is filled with Spirit, and that you are heroes to me and I nonjudgmental you.”^[165]

Artwork and NFTs

In 2017, Carrey revealed that he had back number painting for the past appal years.

In 2011, he manifest the painting Nothing to Dominion Here in an art touch in Palm Springs at greatness Heather James Fine Art Gallery.^[166] In 2017, Carrey released adroit six-minute documentary entitled, I Needful Color, which showed him operative in his studio.^[166] In Apr 2022, Carrey announced that do something had minted his first reveal NFT via the NFT square SuperRare.

The NFT is home-made on a painting entitled Sunshower, and is accompanied by virgin voiceover.^[167]

Awards and nominations

Main article: Assign of awards and nominations agreed by Jim Carrey

Filmography

Main article: Jim Carrey filmography

Discography

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