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Jim Carrey

FULL NAME	James Eugene Carrey
BORN	17 January 1962, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
ASSOCIATION	Actor (Producer, Writer)
NATIONALITY	Canadian
HEIGHT	188 cm
REVIEWED ENTRIES	20 (17)
MAX. RATING	(Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
MIN. RATING
AVERAGE RATING	3.94

ACTOR FILMOGRAPHY  (ONLY REVIEWED ENTRIES)

BIO

Probably not since the days of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin has a comedian so thoroughly captivated the global comedy audience and exerted such a lasting influence as Jim Carrey did in the mid- 1990s. Emerging from relative obscurity as a bit player in light, but rarely roaringly funny films, Carrey became an instant superstar in 1994 with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, directed by Tom Shadyac. This marked the beginning of a long and fruitful partnership between the two, though, while Ace Ventura made Shadyac a sought-after director, the film's success was entirely down to Jim Carrey. He created a comedic persona – a delicate blend of extreme physical comedy and tongue-in-cheek humour – that had never been seen before. It was the title character that elevated an otherwise mediocre film to something remarkably fresh and special. From that moment, Carrey's career took off. He was in constant demand and ended the year with two more box-office hits: The Mask and Dumb and Dumber, before going on to reprise his role as pet detective in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls the following year and reuniting with Tom Shadyac for the brilliant Liar Liar in 1997. For several years, Carrey could do no wrong – everything he touched turned to gold, at least for the producers.

Towards the end of the 1990s, Carrey sought out more serious material, albeit without abandoning comedy. Peter Weir's The Truman Show and Milos Forman's Man on the Moon proved that Carrey had more to him than extroverted in-your-face comedy. The rollercoaster ride finally began to slow by the early 2000s. Even though Carrey has continued to deliver strong performances in good films, he is no longer the ever-metamorphic pioneer from whom we could always expect something completely new – whether it was facial expressions, guttural sounds or unique lingo – every single time. Still, in just a few years, Carrey was more influential than most people in the industry achieve over the course of an entire career.

TRIVIA

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CHARACTER QUOTES

Ace Ventura (1994)

Ace: [delivering a package] "HDS, sir, and how are you this afternoon? Alrighty, then! I have a package for you!"
Gruff Man: "Sounds broken..."
Ace: "Most likely, sir. I bet it was something nice, though."

Ace: "If I'm not back in five minutes... just wait longer."