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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

. Slide4

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)