Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (p. 17 January 1962) is a Canadian-American actress, comedian, singer and writer. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated four times. Carrey began play in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk in Toronto, Ontario. After reaching the visibility in 1981, began working in the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, where it was noted that as soon as comic Rodney Dangerfield, who immediately signed him to open his performance tours. Carrey, long been interested in film and television, has developed a close friendship comedian Damon Wayans, who got his role in the coup Living Colour sketch comedy, in which he described the various characters during the show's 1990 season.

Having had little success in television films and several low-budget films, Carrey has been cast as the star of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, which debuted in February 1994 when more than $ 72 million film domestically.The generated a sequel, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), where he resumed the role in Ventura. High-profile role after being cast as Stanley Ipkiss in Mask (1994), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, and, as Lloyd Christmas comedy Dumb and Dumber (1994).

Between 1996 and 1999, Carrey has continued its success after getting starring roles in several films very popular as The Cable Guy (1996), Liar Liar (1997), in which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and second prize acclaimed movie The Truman Show and Man on the Moon between 1998 and 1999. Both films earned Carrey a Golden Globe. Since earning two awards, Carrey went on film comedy star, such as the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), where he played the title character, Bruce Almighty (2003), in which he described the role luck TV reporter Bruce Nolan, Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Dick and Jane (2005), Yes Man (2008), and A Christmas Carol (2009). Carrey has also taken on more serious roles, such as Joel Barish in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), along with Kate Winslet and Kirsten Dunst, who earned his second Golden Globe nomination, and Steven Jay Russell, I love you Phillip Morris (2009) alongside Ewan McGregor.