Date of birth: January 17, 1962
Place of birth: Jacksons Point, Ontario, Canada
Nationality: Canadian American
Occupation: Actor
Awards Won
(2001) Block Buster Entertainment Award for favorite actor-comedy in "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
(1998) Block Buster Entertainment Award for favorite actor-comedy in "Liar Liar" (1997)
(1995) Block Buster Entertainment Award for favorite actor-comedy and favorite male newcomer in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994)
(1999) BSFC Award for best actor in "Man On The Moon" (1999)
(2000) Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture-comedy/musical in "Man On The Moon" (1999)
(1999) Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture-drama in "The Truman Show" (1998)
(2004) Blimp Award for favorite movie actor in "Bruce Almighty" (2003)
(1997) Blimp Award for favorite movie actor in "The Cable Guy" (1996)
(1996) Blimp Award for favorite movie actor in "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995)
(!995) Blimp Award for favorite movie actor in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994)
(1995) ALFS Award for newcomer of the year in "The mask" (1994)
(2009) MTV Movie Award for best comedic performance in "Yes Man" (2008)
(2001) MTV Movie Award for best villain in "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
(1999) MTV Movie Award for best male performance in "Man On The Moon" (1999)
(1998) MTV Movie Award for best comedic performance in "Liar Liar" (1997)
(1997) MTV Movie Award for best comedic performance and the best villain in "The Cable Guy" (1996)
(1996) MTV Award for the best comedic performance and best male performance in "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995)
(1995) MTV Movie Award for the best comedic performance in "Dumb And Dumber" (1994)
(2004) MTV Movie Award for the most divine miracle in a movie in "Bruce Almghty" (2003)
(1999) Grace Award in the "Truman Show" (1998)
(2005) People's Choice Award for favorite funny male star and favorite leading man
(2001) People's Choice Award for favorite motion picture star in a comedy
(1996) Poeple's Choice Award for favorite actor in a comedy motion picture
(2004) SDFCS Award for best actor in "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind" (2004)
(2005) Teen Choice Award for choice mocie bad guy and choice comedian in "Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events" (2004)
(2003) Teen Choice Award for choice comedian and choice movie actor in "Bruce Almighty" (2003)
(2001) Teen Choice Award for film-choice hissy fit in "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (2002)
(2002) Teen Choice Award for Film-whipeout scene of the summer in "Me, Myself, And Irene" (2002)
Personal Life
Jim Carrey was born and raised in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Carrey lived a rags-to-riches life. While growing up, Carrey had a hard time socialy in school. He was a homework wizz, but struggled making friends. His sense of humor brought positive attention to himself. He was the class clown and his peers loved it. Life was good for Carrey, until his father, an accountant, was laid off work without warning. Carrey and his family were forced to work long hours at the Titan Wheels Factory. The long eight hour shifts after school drained all of his energy. He didn't have time for friends. All though Carrey had some trials while growing up, the brighter side was near.Carrey had his first stand-up gig at age fifteen at the Yuk-Yuks comedy club. The crowd had no mercy and booed him off of the stage. Carrey's bomb of a performance prepared him for next time. When he was seventeen, he returned to the comic stage and delivered a great show. Carrey was still young in his career and rellied on impressions in his comedy act. Carrey had a huge money making career ahead of him!!!
Career
Carrey was starting to see the bright side of life. He moved out of his parents home and bought his own place. He even housed his parents. Carrey wanted to move onto bigger and better things. He decided to move to Hollywood. It was a totally different world for him. He started appearing at a comedy club called The Comedy Store. The audiances there loved his impressions, but he wanted to move on. He didn't want to be a impressionist anymore. He Wanted to be himself, not act like other people. Next Carrey moved to Las Vegas even though he did not want to. He took acting classes there and won a role in the NBC Comedy Program, The Duck Factory. In the next years, Carrey took on some smaller roles in television and film. In 1990, He was invited to join the cast of "In Living Color", a Fox network ensemble comedy show. He landed a well-recieved role in the motion picture comedy "Earth Girls Are Easy." Carrey was a huge factor in the shows success. Carrey was going to star in his first major feature film, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in 1994. The film made 12.5 million dollars! Carrey walked away with his share of about a one million. Carrey went from working in a factory for eight hours a day, minimum wage, to 12.5 million dollars for a film! He stuck through when times were tough and made it through!
Jim Carrey Quotes
"If I'm not back in a five minutes, wait longer." - Jim Carey - Ace Ventura Pet Dective
"I just want to be myself."
"Your request is not unlike your lower intestine, stinky and loaded with danger." - Jim Carey - Ace Ventura Pet Dective
" I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny." "If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.
Personal Influences"
"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."
Personal Influence
Jim Carrey, what a talented guy! I liked how he took that talent and made it his career. He went through some tough times with his dad loosing his job, but he and his family percivered through all of there hardships. Carrey didn't give up when he was booed off of the stage when he was fifteen, he kept going. I like how he views life. One of his quotes was, " My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh." Carrey looked past the pains that life brought him and tried to keep a positive attitude.
Jim Carrey
Demographics
Date of birth: January 17, 1962
Place of birth: Jacksons Point, Ontario, Canada
Nationality: Canadian American
Occupation: Actor
Awards Won
(2001) Block Buster Entertainment Award for favorite actor-comedy in "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
(1998) Block Buster Entertainment Award for favorite actor-comedy in "Liar Liar" (1997)
(1995) Block Buster Entertainment Award for favorite actor-comedy and favorite male newcomer in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994)
(1999) BSFC Award for best actor in "Man On The Moon" (1999)
(2000) Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture-comedy/musical in "Man On The Moon" (1999)
(1999) Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture-drama in "The Truman Show" (1998)
(2004) Blimp Award for favorite movie actor in "Bruce Almighty" (2003)
(1997) Blimp Award for favorite movie actor in "The Cable Guy" (1996)
(1996) Blimp Award for favorite movie actor in "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995)
(!995) Blimp Award for favorite movie actor in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994)
(1995) ALFS Award for newcomer of the year in "The mask" (1994)
(2009) MTV Movie Award for best comedic performance in "Yes Man" (2008)
(2001) MTV Movie Award for best villain in "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
(1999) MTV Movie Award for best male performance in "Man On The Moon" (1999)
(1998) MTV Movie Award for best comedic performance in "Liar Liar" (1997)
(1997) MTV Movie Award for best comedic performance and the best villain in "The Cable Guy" (1996)
(1996) MTV Award for the best comedic performance and best male performance in "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995)
(1995) MTV Movie Award for the best comedic performance in "Dumb And Dumber" (1994)
(2004) MTV Movie Award for the most divine miracle in a movie in "Bruce Almghty" (2003)
(1999) Grace Award in the "Truman Show" (1998)
(2005) People's Choice Award for favorite funny male star and favorite leading man
(2001) People's Choice Award for favorite motion picture star in a comedy
(1996) Poeple's Choice Award for favorite actor in a comedy motion picture
(2004) SDFCS Award for best actor in "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind" (2004)
(2005) Teen Choice Award for choice mocie bad guy and choice comedian in "Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events" (2004)
(2003) Teen Choice Award for choice comedian and choice movie actor in "Bruce Almighty" (2003)
(2001) Teen Choice Award for film-choice hissy fit in "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (2002)
(2002) Teen Choice Award for Film-whipeout scene of the summer in "Me, Myself, And Irene" (2002)
Personal Life
Jim Carrey was born and raised in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Carrey lived a rags-to-riches life. While growing up, Carrey had a hard time socialy in school. He was a homework wizz, but struggled making friends. His sense of humor brought positive attention to himself. He was the class clown and his peers loved it. Life was good for Carrey, until his father, an accountant, was laid off work without warning. Carrey and his family were forced to work long hours at the Titan Wheels Factory. The long eight hour shifts after school drained all of his energy. He didn't have time for friends. All though Carrey had some trials while growing up, the brighter side was near.Carrey had his first stand-up gig at age fifteen at the Yuk-Yuks comedy club. The crowd had no mercy and booed him off of the stage. Carrey's bomb of a performance prepared him for next time. When he was seventeen, he returned to the comic stage and delivered a great show. Carrey was still young in his career and rellied on impressions in his comedy act. Carrey had a huge money making career ahead of him!!!
Career
Carrey was starting to see the bright side of life. He moved out of his parents home and bought his own place. He even housed his parents. Carrey wanted to move onto bigger and better things. He decided to move to Hollywood. It was a totally different world for him. He started appearing at a comedy club called The Comedy Store. The audiances there loved his impressions, but he wanted to move on. He didn't want to be a impressionist anymore. He Wanted to be himself, not act like other people. Next Carrey moved to Las Vegas even though he did not want to. He took acting classes there and won a role in the NBC Comedy Program, The Duck Factory. In the next years, Carrey took on some smaller roles in television and film. In 1990, He was invited to join the cast of "In Living Color", a Fox network ensemble comedy show. He landed a well-recieved role in the motion picture comedy "Earth Girls Are Easy." Carrey was a huge factor in the shows success. Carrey was going to star in his first major feature film, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in 1994. The film made 12.5 million dollars! Carrey walked away with his share of about a one million. Carrey went from working in a factory for eight hours a day, minimum wage, to 12.5 million dollars for a film! He stuck through when times were tough and made it through!
Jim Carrey Quotes
"If I'm not back in a five minutes, wait longer." - Jim Carey - Ace Ventura Pet Dective
"I just want to be myself."
"Your request is not unlike your lower intestine, stinky and loaded with danger." - Jim Carey - Ace Ventura Pet Dective
" I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny."
"If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.
Personal Influences"
"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh."
Personal Influence
Jim Carrey, what a talented guy! I liked how he took that talent and made it his career. He went through some tough times with his dad loosing his job, but he and his family percivered through all of there hardships. Carrey didn't give up when he was booed off of the stage when he was fifteen, he kept going. I like how he views life. One of his quotes was, " My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh." Carrey looked past the pains that life brought him and tried to keep a positive attitude.
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