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| 1 | The only actor to have ever played both the Grinch and Scrooge. Two of the meanest Christmas villains ever. |
| 2 | He has worked with 4 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Francis Ford Coppola, Milos Forman, Ron Howard, and Robert Zemeckis. |
| 3 | Good friends with Jeff Daniels, Ewan McGregor, Steve Carell, and Steven Tyler. |
| 4 | His role of Brad Peters in the 1989 CBS television film Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989) turned out to be the final murder victim. Helen Durant (Lynda Carter) was his off screen murderer. The notable other deaths in that television film were Johnny Roman (Edward Winter), Barbara Leguire (Kelly Jerles), Bundy (Royce D. Applegate), Leora van Treas (Michelle Phillips), Reggie Diaz (Lyle Alzado), John McNiece (Jessie Lawrence Ferguson), and Carl Durant (John Calvin). |
| 5 | His ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White, died from a suspected drug overdose on September 28, 2015 in Los Angeles. |
| 6 | Appeared on the final episode of Late Show with David Letterman (1993), wearing a personally made shirt saying "Spank You Kindly David Letterman". |
| 7 | Is good friends with Steve Oedekerk. |
| 8 | Has played the two most well known fictional characters who hated Christmas, The Grinch and Ebenezer Scrooge. |
| 9 | In several films he has played an extraordinary character for whom television plays an vital role. In Batman Forever (1995) he played The Riddler who devises a master plan to hypnotize and absorb knowledge from the population using television. In The Cable Guy (1996) he played a cable TV technician with a lifelong unhealthy obsession with television. In The Truman Show (1998) he played a man who discovers that his entire life was a hugely successful reality TV show. In Man on the Moon (1999) he played the TV comedy star Andy Kaufman who pushed the boundaries of his medium. And in Bruce Almighty (2003) he played a TV reporter who was suddenly granted the powers of God. |
| 10 | Pictured on one of a set of five nondenominated Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring Great Canadian Comedians, issued 29 August 2014. In addition to the main portrait, he is shown in his roles as Ace Ventura, Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask (1994), and Lloyd Christmas in Dumb & Dumber (1994). Others honored in this set are Mike Myers, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, and Oliver Guimond. Price of each stamp on day of issue was 85¢. |
| 11 | He is of French-Canadian ancestry on his father's side, and has French, Irish, and Scottish ancestry on his mother's side. His family's surname was originally "Carré". |
| 12 | A lifelong fan of the Pink Panther movie series, especially Inspector Clouseau's house servant Cato (as played by Burt Kwouk). |
| 13 | According to Biography, Jim wrote himself a check for $10 million dollars in 1983, post-dated 10 years, hoping to be able to cash it by then. The episode also featured a clip from a 1999 interview where Jim stated he put the check in his father's pocket after he passed away on September 13, 1994. [October 13, 2010]. |
| 14 | Became a grandfather for the 1st time at age 48 when his daughter Jane Carrey gave birth to her son Jackson Riley Santana on February 26, 2010. Child's father is singer Alex Santana. |
| 15 | Jim and his girlfriend, Jenny McCarthy, have ended their five-year romance [April 6, 2010]. |
| 16 | Lives in Los Angeles and Malibu, California. |
| 17 | He had never heard of Doctor Who (1963) until being offered the role of the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who (1996), which was the key factor into turning down the role, as he felt he would cause outrage amongst Doctor Who fans if the role wasn't played by a Doctor Who fan. |
| 18 | Spoofed the Players' Club TV commercials, made famous by Telly Savalas in the 1980s, on In Living Color (1990). |
| 19 | Publicist is Marleah Leslie. |
| 20 | The characters played by him in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), The Mask (1994) and Dumb & Dumber (1994) later all became TV cartoons, whereas his "Grinch", "Horton" and "Riddler" characters were already cartoons. |
| 21 | As a kid, he was a member of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets. |
| 22 | Was considered for the role of Ted Stroehmann in There's Something About Mary (1998). |
| 23 | As of 2009, he is only one of six performers who won a Golden Globe Award as Best Lead Actor/Actress in a Motion Picture Drama without being nominated for an Oscar for that same role (his for The Truman Show (1998)). The others are Spencer Tracy in The Actress (1953), Anthony Franciosa in Career (1959), Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago (1965), Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka (1988) and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road (2008). |
| 24 | Jack Nicholson has called him the "Jack Nicholson of the next generation". |
| 25 | Played a (fictional) man who is not (yet) aware he is on television on The Truman Show (1998) and a real-life man who believed he was always on television Man on the Moon (1999). |
| 26 | Has worked with two actresses from the TV show Friends (1994): Courteney Cox in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and Jennifer Aniston in Bruce Almighty (2003). |
| 27 | A fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). |
| 28 | Is a vegetarian. |
| 29 | Studies acting with legendary coach Larry Moss. |
| 30 | With the exception of his "Ace Ventura" character, Carrey has a reputation of not repeating the same character twice in a sequel (Batman & Robin (1997)) or prequel (Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)). |
| 31 | At one time, Carrey was slated to star as the lead in Meet the Parents (2000) and even contributed jokes to the screenplay, such as the main character being named "Focker". |
| 32 | Is a huge fan of the cartoons Johnny Bravo (1997), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) and Dave the Barbarian (2004). |
| 33 | Nicole Kidman calls him her best male friend. |
| 34 | Turned down the offer to induct Jerry Lawler into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2007, for he believed the people in the audience would have come to the ceremony to see him, not the legends being honored that night. |
| 35 | Often his protagonist (or antagonist) roles are associated with the color green. The Mask (1994), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), "The Riddler" in Batman Forever (1995), the alias 'Mr. Red Green' in Fun with Dick and Jane (2005). The Red Green reference in Fun With Dick and Jane might have been a nod to a Canadian comedy, The Red Green Show (1991). |
| 36 | Along with his girlfriend Jenny McCarthy, he was among the guests at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's wedding. |
| 37 | On September 13th, 2006, Carrey fired his agent of 15 years, Nick Stevens. |
| 38 | First actor to reach 20 million dollar salary mark (for The Cable Guy (1996)) in 1996. The first actress to do so was Julia Roberts, four years later, who was paid the same amount for her role in Erin Brockovich (2000) in 2000. |
| 39 | Possibly out of slapstick to his nationality, his "Dick Harper" character of Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) has been compared by fans to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. |
| 40 | Fellow Canadian comedian Mike Myers was chosen over Carrey to play in Saturday Night Live (1975). |
| 41 | He has been nominated for 5 Golden Globes, but although more recognised for his comedic performances, the only two Globes he's won were for dramatic performances. (The Truman Show (1998) and Man on the Moon (1999)). |
| 42 | Before Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004), he spent years trying to produce and star in a film of Howard Hughes' life as Hughes himself. |
| 43 | Was a straight-A student until he dropped out. |
| 44 | Was originally offered the lead role in the movie The Master of Disguise (2002). |
| 45 | His performance as "Ace Ventura" in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) is ranked #97 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. |
| 46 | Was considered for the roles of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), both of which eventually went to Johnny Depp. |
| 47 | He was originally cast as "Dr. Evil" in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), but he had to drop out of the role due to a scheduling conflict with Liar Liar (1997). |
| 48 | Bought a Harley Davidson motorcycle and got a vanity license plate for it which read "NO TAG" as a joke. This resulted in Jim receiving numerous traffic tickets in the mail that were meant for other people. As it turns out, when filling out a ticket, police officers write "no tag" in the license plate number slot on the ticket when the offending vehicle has no license plate. In some cases, this was interpreted as the actual license plate number, as it was in Jim's case, which caused the tickets to be routed to him. |
| 49 | Briefly attended Aldershot High School in Burlington, Ontario. |
| 50 | Wrote letters to Tupac Shakur when Tupac was in prison to help him laugh and smile. Tupac said that Carrey was his favorite actor. |
| 51 | Went through depression in the 1980s while struggling to make ends meet as a comedian. |
| 52 | While getting his start in Los Angeles, one of his frequent stops was at the Comedy Store. |
| 53 | He donated a signed head-shot to Rocky Stone to be auctioned off to raise money to buy more toys for less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004. |
| 54 | Auditioned for the role of Farmer Ted in the film Sixteen Candles (1984). Eventually, actor Anthony Michael Hall won the part. |
| 55 | Attended Agincourt Collegiate Institute (High School), in Scarborough. |
| 56 | He has said that Joel, his painfully shy, lovelorn character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), is closer to what he's like when he's not "on," and that making the film led him to reflect on his past relationships and why they didn't work out. |
| 57 | October 2004 - Became a U.S. citizen. |
| 58 | Owns his own $25-million plane. |
| 59 | Has said that his least favorite movie is The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969). |
| 60 | Many of his characters have a job or interest in TV (The Mask (1994), Batman Forever (1995), The Cable Guy (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Man on the Moon (1999), Bruce Almighty (2003)). |
| 61 | While filming Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), it took approximately two and a half hours for him and co-stars Jeff Goldblum and Damon Wayans to be suited up as the aliens. |
| 62 | Along with Jeff Goldblum and Damon Wayans, his voice was dubbed for certain scenes in Earth Girls Are Easy (1988). |
| 63 | There is some sort of a bathroom scene and car scene in almost every one of his movies. |
| 64 | His characters from Dumb & Dumber (1994), The Mask (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Bruce Almighty (2003), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Man on the Moon (1999) and A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)) are losers who want to be recognized and be famous. |
| 65 | Many of his characters are ordinary men whose lives are changed by supernatural or otherwise unseen forces. As in The Mask (1994) (" (Ipkiss happens to find the mask), The Majestic (2001) (Appleton is unlucky and suffers amnesia), Liar Liar (1997) (His son's birthday wish comes true), Bruce Almighty (2003) (Divine intervention), The Truman Show (1998) (He finds his life is a TV show), and so on. |
| 66 | Ranked #5 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s (2003). |
| 67 | Became a father for the 1st time at age 25 when his 1st ex-wife Melissa Carrey gave birth to their daughter Jane Carrey on September 6, 1987. |
| 68 | (1/30/03) Melissa Carrey filed court papers in Los Angeles Superior Court requesting more child support, saying that $10,000 a month "is not sufficient" to meet the needs of their 15-year-old daughter Jane Carrey, who wants to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. An April 21 hearing is scheduled on the support request. |
| 69 | Insisted the band, Cannibal Corpse, play in the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). |
| 70 | Performed his first stand-up routine (with disastrous results) in a yellow suit and tails (made by his mother) similar to what he would later wear in The Mask (1994). |
| 71 | As a child, he used to wear his tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night. |
| 72 | He, Michael J. Fox and the late Raymond Burr head list of top Canadians in U.S. television compiled by Banff Television Festival, June 2002. |
| 73 | Received U.S. citizenship in October 2004 and maintains a dual citizen of both the United States and his native Canada. |
| 74 | As of 2001, his total of nine MTV movie awards is the most won by any person. |
| 75 | December, 2001: Announces his intention to become a United States citizen. |
| 76 | Shares the same birthday with Andy Kaufman, who he played in Man on the Moon (1999). |
| 77 | Manager is Jimmy Miller, who is the younger brother of actor-comedian Dennis Miller. |
| 78 | Relationship with Renée Zellweger ended while they were already engaged and had marriage plans. [2000] |
| 79 | At one point he and his family all worked as janitors at a factory to make a living. |
| 80 | Performed "Rocket Man" on stage with Elton John at one of John's concerts. [1998] |
| 81 | At one point his family lived out of their car/trailer. |
| 82 | Hosted "YTV Awards Show" in the mid-1980s with Laurie Hibberd, from Fox After Breakfast (1996). YTV is Canada's Youth Television station. |
| 83 | He appeared at the 20th anniversary special for The Comedy Store wearing nothing but a sock on his penis. |
| 84 | At age 10, he sent his resume to Carol Burnett. |
| 85 | Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997] |
| 86 | Ranked #54 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] |
| 87 | (6/24/99) During the filming of Me, Myself & Irene (2000), he and the production crew attended a private music show Phish at the guitarist/vocalist house in Careystock, Vermont. There he sang two songs with Phish, "Hey You" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive and "Come Together" by The Beatles. |
| 88 | Dropped out of high school at 16. |
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