Biography James Eugene Carrey born January 17 1962 is an actor comedian writer and producer from Newmarket Ontario Canada ID: 544934
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James Eugene Carrey Slide2
BiographyJames Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962)
is an
actor
,
comedian
,
writer
and
producer
from
Newmarket
,
Ontario
,
Canada
.
A
born
comedian
.
The
Carol
Burnett
Show
when
he
was
10
years
old
.
The
teachers
in
Carrey's
high
school
gave
him
a
few
minutes
at
the
end
of
each
school
day
to
do
a
stand-up
routine
for
his
classmates
.
The
Carrey
family
fell
on
hard
times
and
were
forced
to
move
to
Scarborough
,
a
Toronto
suburb
,
where
they
took
security
and
janitorial
jobs
in
the
Titan
Wheels
factory
.
Carrey
began
working
eight-hour
shifts
each
day
after
school
.
Eventually
,
the
Carrey
family
escaped
life
at
Titan
by
living
on
a
relative's
lawn
out
of
the
family
Volkswagen
van
until
they
could
move
back
downtown
. Slide3
Biography Carrey dropped out of high
school,
and
began
to
work
in
comedy
clubs
and
develop
his
act
,
which
included
impersonations
of
celebrities
such
as
Michael
Landon
and
James
Stewart
.
In
1979
he
moved
to
Los
Angeles
and
started
working
in
The
Comedy
Store
,
where
he
was
noticed
by
comedian
Rodney
Dangerfield
.
Dangerfield
liked
Carrey's
act
so
much
that
he
signed
Carrey
up
to
open
Dangerfield's
tour
performances
.
Carrey
began
to
work
occasionally
in
television
and
small
parts
in
movies
,
which
eventually
led
to
a
friendship
with
Damon
Wayans
.
Wayans's
brother
,
Keenen
Ivory
Wayans
,
was
in
the
process
of
putting
together
a
sketch
comedy
show
for
Fox
called
In
Living
Color
,
and
hired
Carrey
to
be
a
cast
member
.
Carrey's
unusual
characters
and
on-screen
behavior
caught
America's
attention
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Filmography Introducing... Janet, (1981) TV Movie
All in
Good
Taste
, (1982)
The
Sex
and
Violence
Family
Hour
, (1983)
Club
Med
, (1983) TV
Movie
The
Duck
Factory
, (1983-1984) TV
Series
Finders
Keepers
, (1984)
Once
Bitten
, (1985)
Peggy
Sue
Got
Married
, (1986)
The
Dead
Pool
, (1988)
Pink
Cadillac
, (1989)
Mike
Hammer
:
Murder
Takes
All
, (1989) TV
Movie
Earth
Girls
are
Easy
, (1989)
In
Living
Color
, (1990-1993) TV
Series
High
Strung
, (1991) (
uncredited
cameo
)
Video
Release
The
Itsy
Bitsy
Spider
, (1992)
Cartoon
Doing
Time
on
Maple
Drive
, (1992) TV
Movie
Ace
Ventura
:
Pet
Detective
, (1994) Slide5
FilmographyThe Mask, (1994) Dumb and Dumber
, (1994) Batman Forever
, (1995)
Ace
Ventura
:
When
Nature
Calls
, (1995)
The
Cable
Guy
, (1996)
Liar
Liar
, (1997)
The
Truman
Show
, (1998)
Simon
Birch
, (1998) (
cameo
)
Man
on
the
Moon
, (1999)
Me
,
Myself
and
Irene
, (2000)
Dr
.
Seuss
'
How
the
Grinch
Stole
Christmas
, (2000)
The
Majestic
, (2001)
Bruce
Almighty
, (2003)
Eternal
Sunshine
of
the
Spotless
Mind
(2004)