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Jim Carrey in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Dropped out of high school at 16.
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Jim Carrey in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
(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.
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Jim Carrey in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Ranked #54 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
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Jim Carrey in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
At age 10, he sent his resume to Carol Burnett.
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
He appeared at the 20th anniversary special for The Comedy Store wearing nothing but a sock on his penis.
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Jim Carrey and Doris Eaton in Der Mondmann (1999)
Hosted "YTV Awards Show" in the mid-1980s with Laurie Gelman, from Fox After Breakfast (1996). YTV is Canada's Youth Television station.
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
At one point his family lived out of their car/trailer.
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Jim Carrey, David Letterman, and Jerry Lawler in Der Mondmann (1999)
Performed "Rocket Man" on stage with Elton John at one of John's concerts. [1998]
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Jim Carrey, Armando Guerrero, and Jerry Lawler in Der Mondmann (1999)
At one point he and his family all worked as janitors and security guards at a factory to make a living.
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Jim Carrey and Courtney Love in Der Mondmann (1999)
Relationship with Renée Zellweger ended while they were already engaged and had marriage plans. [2000]
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Jim Carrey and Courtney Love in Der Mondmann (1999)
Manager is Jimmy Miller, who is the younger brother of actor-comedian Dennis Miller.
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
Shares the same birthday with Andy Kaufman, who he played in Man on the Moon (1999).
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Jim Carrey and Paul Giamatti in Der Mondmann (1999)
December, 2001: Announces his intention to become a United States citizen.
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
As of 2001, his total of nine MTV movie awards is the most won by any person.
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
Received U.S. citizenship in October 2004 and maintains a dual citizen of both the United States and his native Canada.
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
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.
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
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.
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Jim Carrey in Der Mondmann (1999)
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).
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Jim Carrey in Die Maske (1994)
Insisted the band, Cannibal Corpse, play in the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).
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Jim Carrey in Die Maske (1994)
(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.
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Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in Die Maske (1994)
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.
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Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in Die Maske (1994)
Ranked #5 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s (2003).
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Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in Die Maske (1994)
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.
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Jim Carrey in Die Maske (1994)
His characters from Dumb and Dumber (1994), The Mask (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Bruce Almighty (2003), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Man on the Moon (1999) and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)) are losers who want to be recognized and be famous.
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There is some sort of a bathroom scene and car scene in almost every one of his movies.
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Along with Jeff Goldblum and Damon Wayans, his voice was dubbed for certain scenes in Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).
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Jim Carrey in Vergiss mein nicht (2004)
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.
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Jim Carrey in Die Maske (1994)
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)).
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Has said that his least favorite movie is The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969).
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Jim Carrey in Die Maske (1994)
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.
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Jim Carrey in Die Maske (1994)
Attended Agincourt Collegiate Institute (High School), in Scarborough.
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Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in Die Maske (1994)
Auditioned for the role of Farmer Ted in the film Sixteen Candles (1984). Eventually, actor Anthony Michael Hall won the part.
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Jim Carrey in Die Maske (1994)
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.
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Jim Carrey in Die Maske (1994)
While getting his start in Los Angeles, one of his frequent stops was at the Comedy Store.
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Jim Carrey and Natascha McElhone in Die Truman Show (1998)
Went through depression in the 1980s while struggling to make ends meet as a comedian.
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Jim Carrey in Kidding (2018)
Wrote letters to Tupac Shakur when Tupac was in prison to help him laugh and smile. Tupac said that Carrey was his favorite actor.
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Jim Carrey in Kidding (2018)
Briefly attended Aldershot High School in Burlington, Ontario.
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Jim Carrey in Kidding (2018)
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.
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Jim Carrey and Ginger Gonzaga in Kidding (2018)
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).
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Jim Carrey and Riki Lindhome in Kidding (2018)
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.
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Jim Carrey in Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, etc.
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.
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Jim Carrey in Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, etc.
Was originally offered the lead role in the movie The Master of Disguise (2002).
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Was a straight-A student until he dropped out.
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Jim Carrey in Kidding (2018)
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.
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Jim Carrey, Danny Trejo, and Conan O'Brien in Kidding (2018)
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)).
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