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Jim Carrey
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Spouse
Lauren Holly (23 September 1996 - 29 July 1997) (divorced)
'Melissa Womer' (1987 - 1995) (divorced)
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Trivia
Dropped out of high school at 16.
During the filming of Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Jim Carrey and the production crew attended a private music show of the band "Phish" on June 24th 1999 at the guitarist/vocalist house in Careystock, VT. There, Jim Carrey sung two songs with Phish, "Hey You," from Pink Floyd and "Come Together, " from The Beatles.
(October 1997) Ranked #54 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
(1997) Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
Made his name in the US as a cast member of the show "In Living Color" (1990).
Has a daughter, Jane, with Womer.
At age 10, he sent his resume to Carol Burnett.
He appeared at the 20th anniversary special for The Comedy Store wearing nothing but a sock on his penis.
Hosted "YTV Awards Show" in mid '80s with Laurie from Fox After Breakfast. YTV is Canada's Youth Television station.
At one point his family lived out of their car/trailer.
Once performed "Rocket Man" on stage with Elton John at one of Elton's concerts (1998).
At one point he and his family all worked as janitors at a factory to make a living.
Wrote himself a check for $20 million and kept it in his wallet until he earned that amount for The Cable Guy.
(2000) Relationship with RenŽe Zellweger ended while they were already engaged and had marriage plans.
Manager is James "Jimmy" Miller, who is the younger brother of actor-comedian Dennis Miller (I).
Shares the same birthday with Andy Kaufman, who he played in Man on the Moon (1999).
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Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
Rubber-faced comic actor whose manic energy and general goofiness have evoked comparisons to Jerry Lewis and made him one of the hottest stars in films today. After years of standup comedy performances on the comedy club circuit, and a very shortlived sitcom, "The Duck Factory" (1984), Carrey won featured roles in Once Bitten (1985), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986, as a loudmouthed classmate of Kathleen Turner's), The Dead Pool (1988), and Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) before attracting major attention for his strange characterizations on TV's "In Living Color" (1990-94), on which he was "the white guy." The surprise success of his debut starring vehicle, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), made him an overnight sensation and made moviegoers eager to see his subsequent 1994 releases, The Mask in which he became a human cartoon, and Dumb and Dumber which cast him as a lovable imbecile opposite Jeff Daniels. (The extraordinary success of these films inspired a video company to release a shelved 1991 comedy, High Strung in which he had a small, unbilled part.) He then played The Riddler in Batman Forever (1995). The 1992 TV movie Doing Time on Maple Drive which cast Carrey as an alcoholic, shows he could expand his range if he wanted to-and if his fans would permit. |  |
