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Jim Carrey
Born 17 January 1962, in Ontario, Canada – rubber-faced comedian who rose to the top of the box office tree via a huge breakthrough year in 1994, which saw comic-book anarchy in The Mask, gross-out comedy in Dumb And Dumber, and slapstick buffoonery in Ace Ventura - Pet Detective.
An overnight success Carrey most definitely wasn’t, however. A born performer, he was doing stand-up at high school, and spent much of the 80s trying to get a mis-firing film career off the ground and taking miscellaneous comedy gigs.
A combination of the two put him in cahoots with the Wayans brothers and TV sketch show In Living Color for four years from 1990, after which the big time beckoned. Carrey followed up his 94 hat-trick with The Riddler in Batman Forever, was the first actor to hit a $20m pay-day for The Cable Guy, and drove on into more serious, actorly fare like The Truman Show and Man On The Moon.
He has sustained similar variety (and salary) into the 2000s: gross-out-ings ( Me, Myself And Irene) and crowd-pleasers ( Bruce Almighty), balanced by critically-rated drama ( Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind). And now a thriller – The Number 23.
Wise words: "I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of day when I'm alone and I don't have to be on, performing."
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Jim Carrey says "yes" to Yes Man -
25 July 2007
Following his recent role in psychological thriller The Number 23, Jim Carrey has agreed to star in an adaptation of the novel Yes Man, which is the memoir of a writer who decides to spend six months of his life saying "yes" where he would usually say &quo
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Carrey signs on for prison film -
4 June 2007
The Mask funnyman Jim Carrey has signed up to play the part of a prison inmate who falls in love with the man he shares his cell with.-Reports have placed Carrey as the lead character in the film I Love You Philip Morris, a movie based on a book based on true events
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Carrey and Diaz reunion plans nixed -
4 October 2006
Cameron Diaz and Jim Carrey have abandoned plans to reunite onscreen, according to reports.-The Hollywood Reporter stated that the two stars, who both achieved fame twelve years ago in The Mask, quit the project due to script problems.-A Little Game Without Conseque
Jim Carrey - what members say
Jim Carrey - filmography
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Horton Hears a Who!
on DVD (2008)
Starring: Jim Carrey, jim carrey (voice), Steve Carell
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
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Based on the 1954 children's book by Dr. Seuss, HORTON HEARS A WHO! is a 2008 computer-animated Hollywood update of the beloved illustrated tale. Horton (voiced by Jim Carrey), a thoughtful elephant living in the jungle of Nool, discovers that an entire society, Whoville, rests inside a speck. He ..read more »
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Yes Man
(2008)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper
Director: Peyton Reed
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Carl Allen's life is going nowhere--the operative word being "no"--until he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything--and anything. Unleashing the power of "YES" begins to transform Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, getting him promoted at work ..read more »
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!
(2007)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Li Gong
Director: Spike Jonze
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The film follows Ripley as he’s becoming world famous for his newspaper column, which charts his adventures discovering the world’s weirdest creatures, objects and people. But he learns that his subjects – particularly the people - are more than just curios for his collection.
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75%
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Fun With Dick And Jane
on DVD (2005)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin
Director: Dean Parisot
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Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Tea Leoni) are a typical suburban couple. They have a nice house in a development, she works as a travel agent to supplement his white-collar income, and their son's first language is Spanish thanks to spending so much time with nanny Blanca (Gloria Garayua). Things ..read more »
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57%
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
on DVD (2004)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood
Director: Michel Gondry
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is an unconventional romance told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is easier explained ..read more »
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74%
from 12,592 members
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Bruce Almighty - BLU-RAY Version
(2003)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
Director: Tom Shadyac
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Jim Carrey returns to his zany, manic roots in this Capraesque comedy from director Tom Shadyac (ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE and LIAR LIAR). Carrey stars as Bruce Nolan, a television reporter in Buffalo, New York who lives a normal life with his sweet girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston). But Bruce ..read more »
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68%
from 826 members
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Bruce Almighty
(2003)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
Director: Tom Shadyac
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Jim Carrey returns to his zany, manic roots in this Capraesque comedy from director Tom Shadyac (ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE and LIAR LIAR). Carrey stars as Bruce Nolan, a television reporter in Buffalo, New York who lives a normal life with his sweet girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston). But Bruce ..read more »
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67%
from 5,294 members
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The Majestic
on DVD (2001)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Director: Frank Darabont
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In THE MAJESTIC, Jim Carrey stretches his talents and proves that he can be a credible serious actor with his portrayal of Peter Appleton, a Hollywood B-movie screenwriter who is black listed during the McCarthy era. A car accident costs him his memory, and in the small coastal town where he ends ..read more »
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65%
from 507 members
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Me, Myself And Irene
on DVD (2000)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Renee Zellweger, Chris Cooper
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
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In the Farrelly Brothers' ME, MYSELF & IRENE, Jim Carrey plays Charlie Baileygates, a Rhode Island State Trooper who develops a split personality disorder after his wife leaves him for an African-American midget genius. Due to years of denial and repression while raising triplet sons left behind by ..read more »
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63%
from 4,616 members
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The Grinch
on DVD (2000)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Catherine Baranov
Director: Ron Howard
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Director Ron Howard casts comedian Jim Carrey in the title role in this live-action adaptation of the famous Christmas tale by Dr. Seuss, giving this rendition of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS a delightfully manic spin. Carrey is virtually unrecognizable in his elaborate green makeup, but his ..read more »
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62%
from 1,765 members
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Man On The Moon
on DVD (1999)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny De Vito, Courtney Love
Director: Milos Forman
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In a remarkable and touching performance, Jim Carrey tones down his usual idiosyncrasies to play late avant garde comedian Andy Kaufman in MAN ON THE MOON. In life, Kaufman was a complex, controversial, and, at times, insane performer, and Carrey captures this, as well as the subtle nuances of his ..read more »
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71%
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The Truman Show
on DVD (1998)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
Director: Peter Weir
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The life of Truman Burbank has been broadcast around the world with tremendous success since the day he was born. A star for the mere fact that he exists, Truman has no idea that there are cameras in every corner of his world.
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73%
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The Cable Guy
on DVD (1996)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, George Segal
Director: Ben Stiller
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When a young urbanite calls to order cable TV for his apartment he gets much more than he bargained for, as the demented title character arrives and proceeds to insinuate his way into the beleaguered customer's life. Raised by television as a child and starved for human contact, the "cable guy" is ..read more »
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58%
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Batman Forever
on DVD (1995)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Gotham City is once again under siege, this time by the mind-controlling Riddler and the diabolical Harvey Two-Face. The Caped Crusader cleans up with the help of his new side-kick Robin in this effects-laden thrill ride.
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53%
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Ace Ventura - Pet Detective
on DVD (1994)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courteney Cox
Director: Tom Shadyac
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Ace Ventura - Pet Detective is the best there is. In fact he's the only one there is. He finds himself on the case of a lifetime when he is asked to find a kidnapped dolphin, the mascot of the Miami Dolphins Football Team.
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68%
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The Mask
on DVD (1994)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Richard Jeni
Director: Charles Russell
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When a no-account bank clerk discovers a curious wooden mask he finds it has some interesting properties; to wit, the mask magnifies the wearer's personality to superhuman proportions--oddly, others seem to find this attractive. The no-longer-nebbischy clerk enjoys his new life considerably, but ..read more »
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66%
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Mask, The - BLU-RAY Version
(1994)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Richard Jeni
Director: Charles Russell
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
When a no-account bank clerk discovers a curious wooden mask he finds it has some interesting properties; to wit, the mask magnifies the wearer's personality to superhuman ..read more »
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69%
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Dumb And Dumber - BLU-RAY Version
(1994)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
Director: Peter Farrelly
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Two cretins stagger across the American landscape encountering a number of slapstick mishaps while trying to return a large sum of money.
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