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| This is Jim Carrey. He is one of the most famous and funniest actors in the world. In this webpage, you will know his history, work, and where he came from. If you're a Jim Carrey fan, you will love this section! |
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Jim Carrey was born January 17, 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. He moved to Los Angeles in 1979, where he began his acting. |
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The youngest of four children born to Percy
(an accountant and aspiring jazz saxophonist) and Kathleen, Jim Carrey
was an incurable extrovert from day one. As a child he performed
constantly, for anyone who would watch, and even mailed his résumé
to "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967) at age 10. In junior high he was
granted a few precious minutes at the end of each school day to do stand-up
routines for his classmates (provided, of course, that he kept a lid on
it the rest of the day).
Carrey's early adolescence took a turn for the tragic, however, when the family was forced to relocate from their cozy town of Newmarket to Scarborough (a Toronto suburb). They all took security and janitorial jobs in the Titan Wheels factory, Jim working 8-hour shifts after school let out (not surprisingly, his grades and morale both suffered). When they finally deserted the factory, the family lived out of a Volkswagen camper van until they could return to Toronto. Back on firmer ground, Carrey decided to strike out into the comedy club scene. He made his (reportedly awful) professional stand-up debut at Yuk-Yuk's, one of the many local clubs that would serve as his training ground in the years to come. He dropped out of high school, worked on his celebrity impersonations (among them Michael Landon and James Stewart), and in 1979 worked up the nerve to move to Los Angeles. He finessed his way into a regular gig at The Comedy Store, where he impressed Rodney Dangerfield so much that the veteran comic signed him as an opening act for an entire season. |
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Some of his work includes: The Mask, Batman Forever, The Grinch, Me,Myself, and Irene, Dumb and Dumber, The Cable Guy, Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears A Who, Bruce Almighty, Yes Man, A Christmas Carol, Liar Liar, and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. |
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