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Jim Carrey at the premiere of the film "Always say Yes", 2008 Birth name: James Eugene Carrey
Date of birth: January 17, 1962 (1962-01-17) (55 years old)
Place of birth: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship: Canada Canada
USA USA
Profession: actor
Career: 1980 present.
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James Eugene " Jim "Carrey (eng.James Eugene" Jim " Carrey; b.
January 17, 1962, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer.
He is best known for the films "The Mask", "Batman Forever", "Ace Ventura: Search for Pets", " Ace Ventura: When nature calls", "Dumb and dumber", "Liar, liar", "Bruce Almighty", "The Truman Show", "Man on the Moon", "Eternal Sunshine of the Pure Mind".
One of the highest paid comedians in the United States[1].
The first main role is Mark Kendall in the film "Once Bitten".
Kerry's talent is highly appreciated by critics: he is the winner of two and a nominee for six Golden Globes, a nominee for a BAFTA award, as well as the winner of a number of other awards.
At the same time, it was noted many times in the media that Kerry has never been nominated for an Oscar during his career.
Content
1 Childhood and youth 2 Career 2.1 The beginning of a career 2.2 Popularity 2.3 Career continuation 2.4 Music career
3 Personal life 4 Polls and ratings 5 Sweepstakes 6 Nominations and awards 7 Filmography 8 Facts 9 Notes 10 References
Childhood and youth
James Eugene Kerry was born on January 17, 1962 in Newmarket, Canada.
His parents were Kathleen Kerry (nee Oram), a singer[2], and later a housewife, and Percy Kerry, a self taught saxophonist and accountant.
Jim has older sisters Pat and Rita, and an older brother John.
Jim grew up in a Catholic family.
His ancestors were Irish, Scots, French, and initially his surname sounded like Carre[2].
When Jim was 14 years old, his family moved to Scarborough (Ontario), where Jim attended the Blessed Trinity School in North York for two years.
The next year he studied at the Agincourt Institute, and then briefly attended Northview High School (in general, Jim spent three years in the 10th grade).
Financial problems in the family began when Jim was still in school.
When his father was fired from his job, the whole family had to move to Scarborough, where Percy found a job as a security guard at the Titanium Wheels factory in the suburbs of Toronto, which produced steel rims and tires.
The whole Kerry family also had to work there.
After school, Jim and his sisters and brother had to do cleaning, wash floors and toilets.
At this time, Jim becomes a closed child.
Jim's mother, Kathleen, suffered from a form of neurosis: hypochondriac syndrome — she attributed to herself the symptoms of various diseases.
Therefore, sometimes his mother was considered crazy[3].
When the whole family decided to quit this job, they had to live in a Volkswagen van.
After Percy found a job, the family moved to Burlington, Ontario.
Jim lived here for 8 years, attended high school (en: Aldershot School), in 1979 he founded the "new wave" group "Spoons".
Here he also worked at the Dofasco steel mill.
In February 2007, in an interview with The Hamilton Spectator, Kerry noted that if his career in show business had not gone well, he would still have worked at the Dofasco factory.
Career
Early career
Even as a child, Jim's favorite hobby was antics.
Even then, he amused classmates, relatives, parodied Brezhnev and Jack Nicholson.
At the age of 11, Kerry sent 80 parodies to the Carol Barnett show, but received no response.
At the age of 15, Percy Kerry brought Jim to the Yak Yak comedy Club in Toronto.
His first performance was a failure, he was booed and did not perform for two years.
Kerry remembers:
Kerry in Madrid on December 13, 2008.
My father took me to a place called "Yak Yak" in Toronto as soon as I turned 15, and I was doing a number that we wrote together.
I went on stage, and I remember the owner of the club standing behind the stage with a microphone and mumbling: "Terribly boring, terribly boring, terribly boring...", or something like that.
I was wearing one of these, what are they called, polyester suits and the audience practically threw rotten eggs at me[4]
It was only in 1979 that Jim decided to perform again.
This time he was waiting for success.
He began performing at the club under the guidance of manager Litrais Spivak and in February 1981 became the main star of the club.
One of the critics of the Toronto Star newspaper called Kerry "a real star coming out."
Kerry created his stage image based on the image of his idol Jerry Lewis[5].
In the early 80s, Jim moved to Los Angeles and began performing at the Comedy Store club.
There he was noticed by the famous American comedian Rodney Dangerfield and invited him to open his performances[6].
Since then, Kerry began to pay attention to television, and tried to audition for the NBC program "Saturday Night Live" of the 1980-81 season, but unsuccessfully (Jim still got on it, but as a guest host in May 1996 and January 2011[7][8]).
Joel Schumacher arranged for him to audition for the film "Metropolitan Taxi Drivers", but nothing came of it either.
Basically, Kerry parodied celebrities.
He enjoyed success with the public, and in 1984, People magazine named him one of the best young American parodists.
His first major role on television was the role of Skip Tarkenton, an animation producer, in the children's animated series "The Duck Factory".
Kerry's career was going uphill, and he decided to invite his parents to Los Angeles.
However, the program closed after 13 weeks.
He had to support his parents and build a career.
In the end, he had to send his parents home.
There was no work, and my mother's health deteriorated.
Jim began to get depressed.
He regularly attended various auditions, and in his spare time he sculpted sculptures of cartoon characters[4].
Jim stopped touring and disappeared from the stage for two years.
While playing minor roles on television, he met comedian Damon Wayans.
Later, he starred with him in the film "Earthly girls are easily accessible", and when Damon's brother, Keenan, began to recruit actors in the comedy show "In living color" (English)Russian.
Fox TV channel, then invited Jim to join it.
In the program, Kerry was one of two white actors.
The most famous characters of his sketches were the masochist security inspector Bill Burns and the female bodybuilder Vera de Milo.
The program was aired from 1990 to 1994.
Popularity
Jim Carrey's handprints.
In 1983, Jim made his acting debut in the film "Rubber Face" directed by Glen Salzman.
In the same year, he starred in the films "Everything in Good Taste" and "Kupper Mountain" directed by David Mitchell as Bobby Tod.
Two years later, Kerry got his first major role in the film" Once Bitten " by Storm Howard.
In this film, he played Mark Kendall, a virgin who fell in love with a vampire countess.
Critics did not appreciate the film.
A year later, in 1986, Jim starred in the film "Peggy Sue gets Married" by Francis Coppola as Walter Getz.
In two subsequent films, "The Death List" in 1988 and "Pink Cadillac" in 1989, where he played Johnny Squares, he met Clint Eastwood, who noticed the aspiring comedian in one of the clubs where he performed and parodied celebrities, including Eastwood[9].
In the film "Earth girls are easily accessible" by Julian Temple, Jim played one of the main roles, Whiplock an alien who came to earth.
The film received good reviews from film critics.
In 1991, Kerry convinced the producers to entrust him with his own show and appeared on the screens with the "Unnatural Act of Jim Carrey".
He dedicated this show to his deceased mother.
In the same year, he starred in the film "Nerves on Edge".
In 1992, Jim starred in the film "Life on Maple Drive" and the cartoon "Tiny Spider", voicing the insect exterminator.
In 1993, Kerry began shooting the low budget film "Ace Ventura: The Search for pets".
The film was waiting for a difficult path: no one wanted to sponsor the script, and the most famous comedians of America refused to participate in the film[4].
Jim also acted as a screenwriter.
The film was directed by Tom Shediak, and the partner in the film was Courteney Cox.
Jim himself came up with the image of Ventura, his peculiar hairstyle, and also invited the band "Cannibal Corpse" to take part in the shooting[10].
At the box office, the film was expected to be a success — box office receipts amounted to more than $ 100 million.
Kerry received 350 thousand.
On the one hand, the fans accepted the film, and Kerry himself was awarded a nomination for the MTV Movie Awards for best comedy role.
But on the other hand, critics ridiculed the film, and Kerry was nominated for the Golden Raspberry as the worst new star.
The character Ace Ventura became a pop icon and was included in the hundred immortal characters according to the magazine "Empire" [11].
In 1994, Kerry starred in the films" The Mask "and"Dumb and Dumber".
The film "The Mask" was directed by Chuck Russell, and Kerry's partner was Cameron Diaz, for whom this role was her debut.
Kerry associated his character, Stanley Ipkis, a shy bank employee, with his father, Percy, [4] and he created a bright suit in which his character Mask walked, in the image of a suit created by his mother, Kathleen.
The film was popular with critics and grossed $ 350 million at the box office.
Kerry received a fee of 500 thousand.
The film received nominations for many prestigious awards: "MTV Movie Awards", "BAFTA", "Golden Globe" (for Kerry) and even "Oscar".
For Jim, the nomination for the Golden Globe was the first serious recognition of film critics.
The film "Dumb and Dumber" was directed by the Farrelly Brothers, Kerry's partners are actor Jeff Daniels and actress Lauren Holly, Kerry's future wife.
Critics appreciated the film.
"Dumb and Dumber" collected $247 million at the global box office.
Kerry received $ 7 million and his first MTV award for best comedy role.
To make Lloyd Christmas, Kerry's character, look funnier on the screen, Jim removed a filling from two front teeth[12].
Jim also wrote the final scene of the film.
According to the script, the main characters, Harry and Lloyd, had to get on the bus with the girls.
Judd Apatow:
I remember that the studio management really wanted the main characters to get on this bus, but Jim refused, saying: "My hero could never have thought of getting on this bus, he would never have done it..." and continued: "I understand that the audience would like it, but he will not sit in it"[4]
Continuing your career
In 1995, Jim Carrey starred in Joel Schumacher's film "Batman Forever" as the villain Riddler (Ridler).
Jim said in an interview that the resulting image of the Riddler is similar to Michelle Pfeiffer and Fred Astaire[13].
It was the first time Kerry starred with such a" star " cast: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones and Nicole Kidman.
The film grossed $ 336 million at the box office, and Kerry received $ 5 million.
Critics did not appreciate the film, but Kerry was nominated for the MTV award as the best villain (Jones was also nominated), but both lost in the fight to Kevin Spacey.
Jim also starred in the sequel to the film "Ace Ventura: The Search for pets" "Ace Ventura: When Nature calls " by Steve Odekerk.
The character has not undergone any changes externally, but has changed inside, becoming a follower of Buddhism.
The film grossed $ 212 million at the box office, Kerry received $ 5 million.
Critics, like the previous film, were dissatisfied, and the film was nominated for the Golden Raspberry as the worst sequel.
However, this did not prevent Kerry from receiving two MTV awards: "Best Actor" and "Best Comedy Role".
In 1996, Jim accepts an invitation to star in the film "The Cable Guy" by Ben Stiller.
Kerry played another loser, of which there are many in his film career, Chip Douglas.
This role was the first in his career, when he plays not just in a comedy, but also in a drama.
The film grossed about $ 100 million, and Kerry received a record amount of $ 20 million. [2]
Before him, none of the comedians had ever received such a sum.
However, 20 million became his standard fee.
Critics reacted to the film coolly, and Kerry received regular MTV awards for best comedy role and for best villain.
In the same year, Kerry took part in the program Saturday Night Live[7].
The sketch Roxbury Guys, in which he starred together with Will Ferrell and Chris Katten, became very famous[14].
Based on this sketch, the film "A Night in Roxbury"was shot in 1998[15].
In 1997, Kerry starred in the comedy "Liar, Liar" by Tom Shadyak, his partner was Maura Tierney.
He played the lying lawyer Fletcher Reed, forced to tell the truth.
After coming to fame for Kerry, this was his first film where the viewer sees his real hair.
Jim himself talks about the image:
When I first saw the script, I said, " So.
I will not have a green head, I will not have my hair styled for three hours, I will not have my skull frozen... "
There will be nothing of what I did before.
And I thought: "But it's great!" [16]
During the filming, Jim himself beat his head against the toilet, walls and other objects to use these sounds during dubbing[ For this film, he turned down the role of Dr. Evil in the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery[17].
The film grossed $ 300 million, and Kerry's fee was $ 20 million.
Critics were delighted with the picture, and Kerry was nominated for a Golden Globe for the second time for Best actor in a comedy.
The MTV channel once again awarded him for the best comedy role.
In 1998, Kerry starred in the Peter Weir film "The Truman Show".
The role of Truman Burbank was the first tragic role of Kerry.
With his performance, Jim wanted to prove that he can play not only jerks, but also serious tragic roles, so it was forbidden to say "stupid" lines from his past roles on the set[18].
His partner on the set was Ed Harris.
The film grossed more than $ 260 million, and Kerry himself received $ 12 million.
Critics were delighted with the picture, "The Truman Show" won three British Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, including for best Actor in a Drama (Kerry's first Globe) and Best Supporting Actor (Ed Harris), and three Oscar nominations.
Kerry also won the MTV Award for Best Actor.
Kerry called the script of "The Truman Show" one of the most interesting in his career, only recently putting "The Eternal Radiance of Pure Reason"on the same level with him[19].
In the same year, Kerry played in the film "Simon Birch"by Mark Stephen Johnson.
Kerry at the premiere of the film "I love you, Phillip Morris".
In 1999, Kerry starred in Milos Forman's film "Man on the Moon".
The competition for the role of Andy Kaufman was huge: Sean Penn, Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey, but when Foreman saw Jim's auditions, he decided that Kerry would be the best to cope with the role [20][21].
When it became known that the main role in "Man on the Moon" will be played by Kerry, most of Kaufman's fans were categorically against it.
The vocalist of the band "R. E. M." Michael Stipe, one of the most ardent fans of Kaufman, even called Foreman and convinced him that Kerry would never be able to reincarnate as Kaufman and drop his "kerrisms"[21].
Kerry himself began to seriously prepare for the role: for many months he interviewed everyone who personally knew Kaufman, studied the tapes with the recordings of the late comedian.
On the set, Kerry asked to be called Andy, not Jim, even Foreman had to obey this rule[21].
However, "Man on the Moon" became the first Kerry film that did not pay off at the box office — it collected only $47 million.
Kerry also received 20 million.
Critics reacted coolly to the film, the picture won the prize of the Berlin Film Festival.
Kerry received his second Golden Globe now as the best actor in a comedy or musical — and a nomination for the MTV Channel award as the best actor.
In 2000, Kerry returned to comedies.
He starred in the Farrelly brothers ' film "Me, Me and Irene Again" as Officer Charlie Belligates, who suffers from a split personality.
His partner was Renee Zellweger.
The film grossed $ 150 million at the box office, and Kerry received $ 20 million.
Critics did not like the picture, Kerry was nominated for an MTV award as the best comedic actor.
In the same year, Kerry starred in the film" The Grinch — the thief of Christmas " by Ron Howard.
Jim played the Grinch.
The makeup artists put makeup on him for three hours, and he hated the yellow lenses that Kerry had to wear.
They were so uncomfortable that some scenes had to be shot without them, and then they had to finish drawing the lenses on a computer[22].
"The Grinch the thief of Christmas" collected $ 345 million at the box office, Kerry received a standard fee of $ 20 million.
Critics did not like the film, "The Grinch... " was nominated for" Golden Raspberry " in two categories.
On the other hand, the film was awarded the prize of the British Film Academy and the Oscar for best makeup.
Kerry himself was once again nominated for a Golden Globe, and received an MTV award as the best villain.
In 2001, Kerry starred in Frank Darabont's new drama "Majestic".
His partner was Lori Holden.
The film did not pay off at the box office, collecting only $ 37 million, critics did not like the film, and some of them believed that Kerry played the role of Peter Appleton in order to get an Oscar[23].
In 2003, Kerry starred in Shediak's film "Bruce Almighty".
His partners were Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman.
Jim played the reporter Bruce Nolan, who was given his power by God.
On the set of the film, an emergency happened: during a strong gust of wind, the operator's crane fell, almost hitting Aniston, who was standing with her back to him.
But Jim Carrey, noticing the fall of the crane, quickly pushed her aside and saved her from a tragic outcome.
Shocked by what had happened, Aniston threw herself on Jim's neck and began to thank him, calling him a real hero[24].
The film grossed $ 484 million, becoming not only Kerry's highest grossing film, but also one of the highest grossing comedies.
Kerry received 25 million.
Critics, however, reacted to the film coolly.
Jim was nominated for the MTV Award for Best Comedic Actor and for Best Kiss (with Jennifer Aniston).
In 2004, Kerry starred in Michel Gondry's film "Eternal Sunshine of the Pure Mind".
Jim's partner was Kate Winslet.
Kerry played Joel Barish.
The actors, despite the problems with adapting the script, were allowed to improvise[25].
The favorite moment of the picture for Michael Gondry was the scene with the sudden disappearance of Clementine (Winslet).
Jim Carrey did not know about this, and therefore, when Kate Winslet disappeared, Jim was scared and did not understand what was happening[25].
As a result, this moment entered the picture[25].
The footage of the parade of elephants was not specially prepared.
Kate saw him through the window and they ran with the entire film crew and actors to shoot this parade[25].
During this parade, reporters tried to interview Jim Carrey.
If you listen carefully, you can hear an exclamation from the crowd "Talk to me"[25].
Also, during the filming, they mostly dispensed with computer graphics, using visual illusions[25].
Also, a scene from the movie called "Pecan pie" (Pecan pie), where Jim rides on the bed like a car, became known[25].
The film collected $ 70 million, received admiring reviews from film critics.
The film was nominated for many awards: "Cesar", the British Academy (including for the best male and female roles for Kerry and Winslet, respectively), "Saturn" (also for the main roles of Kerry and Winslet), "Golden Globe" (also nominations for leading roles (for Kerry this is the sixth nomination for a Globe)) and the Oscar.
Kerry, however, did not win any awards.
In the same year, Jim also starred in the Brad Silberling comedy "Lemony Snicket: 33 Misfortunes".
Jim played Count Olaf, as well as several characters in which the count himself was reincarnated.
Kerry compared his character to his father:
"Outwardly, the count looks like my father, who looked like a freak.
My family would say to me, "Hey, what are you doing, we're watching a movie too!“»[26]
Most of the lines of the characters played by Kerry were his improvisation[27].
The film collected $ 208 million, the critics appreciated the film.
The film won the Academy Award for best makeup, and Kerry received a nomination for the MTV Award for best villain.
In 2005, Kerry starred in Dean Parisot's film " Scammers: Dick and Jane are having fun."
His partner was Thea Leoni.
Jim played the conman Dick Harper.
The film grossed $ 201 million at the box office.
Critics did not appreciate the film.
In 2006, Jim broke his contract with the UTA agency, with which he had worked for more than 15 years.
Experts say that the breakup was due to the suspension of filming of the films "Used Guys" and "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" [28]
In 2007, Jim performed in a new role an actor of a thriller.
This film was Schumacher's thriller "The Number 23".
Jim was happy to star in the film, as he himself was fascinated by the magic of the number "23"[1].
Virginia Madsen became his partner in the film.
The film grossed $ 77 million.
The film was completely criticized, and Kerry himself was nominated for the Golden Raspberry as the worst actor.
Despite the failure of previous projects, the subsequent ones were successful.
In 2008, Kerry made his debut as a voice actor in the animated film "Horton".
Jim voiced the main character Horton the elephant.
The cartoon collected almost $ 300 million.
Critics received the picture warmly.
In the same year, Peyton Reed's comedy "Always Say Yes "was released.
Kerry starred with Zooey Deschanel.
Jim approached the role of Carl Allen thoroughly: he learned Korean, performed a number of tricks on his own (jumping from a bridge on a cable, riding a Ducati)[29].
During one of them, Jim broke three ribs.
Actor about the incident:
"...I broke three ribs, just slightly falling when shooting a scene in a bar.
All I had to do was knock the tray out of the waitress's hands and land on my back.
And here is the result three edges.
It's my own fault.
I should have fallen on my ass.
That's what I planned.
But during the fall, he changed his mind and fell on his back.
You see, I'm good at falling on my ass.
I've been doing this all my life…
Suddenly I decided that if I smack my whole body — it will be funnier…
After this injury, I had to change my work schedule.
All the difficult scenes were moved in time.
But I want to note: the ex comedian who lives in me made this scene come to an end.
I got up and asked the group, " Could you take a look at my back?“»[30]
The film grossed $223 million.
Kerry's fee was 36.2 % of the fees[30], including all expenses.
Although the film did not receive warm reviews from critics, fans received it well.
After a long break, Kerry won the MTV award for best comedy role.
As a result, in 2008, Jim earned about €18.6 million (≈$25.4 million)[31].
In February 2009, it became known that Jim would star in the musical" Damn Yankees " as the devil who bought the soul of the main character Joe Hardy (Jake Gyllenhaal).
In 2009, several paintings with Kerry's participation were released.
"A Christmas Story" by Robert Zemeckis was Jim's first project, which was shot using the "motion capture" technology.
Jim voiced several roles: Ebenezer Scrooge, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of this Christmas, the Ghost of Christmas to come.
The film grossed $323 million at the box office.
Critics reacted to the film coolly.
Kerry at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Kerry also starred in the acclaimed drama of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa "I love you, Phillip Morris", where he played a homosexual Stephen Russell, who was imprisoned because of a daring scam and fell in love with a cellmate Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor).
The film could not find distributors for a long time because of the explicit scenes.
They even thought that the film could be limited to DVD rental.
The film was received ambiguously by both critics[32], it was considered too "homosexual", and fans[33].
Kerry contributed to the creation of the image of Russell, as in all his previous characters [34]: to show the wisdom of Russell's experience, Jim shaved part of the hair above his forehead, as a result of which the forehead seemed higher[34].
The film was released in 2010, collecting a modest box office.
In 2010, Kerry starred as Ronald Reagan in the sketch "Presidential Reunion".
FunnyOrDie.com[35].
In January 2011, Kerry took part in the program Saturday Night Live[8] with a parody of the film "Black Swan"[36].
He also starred in a small role in the finale of the 7th season of the TV series "The Office" [37].
In 2011, a comedy with Jim's participation "Mr. Popper's Penguins"was released.
He played the role of businessman Tom Popper, who became the owner of 6 penguins.
The film grossed $187 million at the box office.
Jim came up with one of the scenes of the film:
We converted the apartment on Park Avenue into a winter wonderland, and I skated there.
It was my idea.
I love ice skates.
Of course, I'm not a pro, but still, anyway, I'm Canadian.[38]
In 2013, two films with Kerry's participation were released: "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" and "Kick Ass 2".
In both comedies, the actor played minor roles.
In "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone", he played the role of the antagonist Steve Gray, a street magician, Wonderstone's main competitor (Steve Carell).
The prototype of Gray was the magician Criss Angel, who acted as a consultant during the filming.
The film did not pay off at the American box office and received negative reviews from critics.
In" Kick Ass", Jim played the role of Colonel Stars and Stripes, the leader of a gang of street heroes.
After the shooting, Kerry changed his attitude to the film and condemned the high level of violence on his Twitter:
I starred in" Kick Ass " a month before the events at Sandy Hook School and now I declare with a clear conscience that I cannot support such a level of violence.
I am not ashamed of this film, but in light of recent events, I have changed my mind[39][40]
Despite the fact that Kerry had previously returned to his characters only once, in the summer of 2011, he decided to return to his roles in "Dumb and Dumber" and "Bruce Almighty".
I donot want to create a new interpretation of the stories, but to return to the old characters.
I could have continued to act in "Mr. Popper's Penguins", but I really missed "Bruce" and "Dumb and Dumber"[41].
Music career
Despite the lack of musical education, Jim Carrey has repeatedly performed as a vocalist throughout his career, most often on the movie screen, as well as in various television shows.
In the comedy show "In Living Color", Kerry worked as a comic singer, performing parody compositions.
The most famous of them are " White, White, Baby "(a humorous rehash of the famous rapper Vanilla Ice's hit" Ice Ice Baby") and" Imposter "(a reworking of" Informer " by Canadian hip hop artist Snow).
In the image of a female bodybuilder Vera de Milo, Kerry sang the song "Buff Neck", and parodying US President Bill Clinton — "Humpin' Around " by Bobby Brown.
In one of the episodes, Jim also sang" Achy Breaky Song " by Weird Al Yankovic.
In feature films, Jim Carrey has performed a number of songs.
"Cuban Pete "was included in the official soundtrack to the film" Mask", and was also released as a single in 1994 (with a remix by C+C Music Factory).
Also famous is the cover version of" Somebody to Love "by Jefferson Airplane, presented in the film"The Cable Guy".
Together with Michael Stipe from the band R. E. M., Jim Carrey performed the song " This Friendly World "for the movie"Man on the Moon".
The movie "The Grinch the thief of Christmas" includes several vocal notes at once merov Kerry, including the rap track "Grinch 2000", recorded with the participation of Basta Rimes.
In 1995, Jim Carrey co wrote the ballad "Heaven Down Here" (together with music producer Phil Roy), which was performed by the band Tuck & Patti and released on their album Learning How to Fly.
In 1998, Kerry, at the invitation of George Martin, performed and recorded the famous hit of The Beatles "I Am the Walrus", which was released on the album In My Life.
In September 2011, Jim Carrey performed on the stage of the New York club Arlene's Grocery, where, accompanied by a full time ensemble, he performed several rock covers: "I Started a Joke" by the Bee Gees, "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins and "Creep" by Radiohead.
Personal life
On March 8, 1987, Jim marries Melissa Womer, a waitress at the Comedy Store.
On September 6, their daughter Jane Erin Kerry is born.
The relationship between Melissa and Jim was not perfect: at times, Kerry's behavior towards his wife was distinguished by various oddities[3].
In November 1991, his mother died from a kidney failure.
She never saw her son's triumph.
In 1994, Percy Kerry, Jim's father, died, a man to whom Jim owed a lot.
Frequent family quarrels eventually pushed Kerry to divorce in 1995.
Kerry paid Womer $7 million[42].
He began to get depressed again, he began to use antidepressants, but they did not help Jim especially [43].
Later, he decided to fight depression in a different way: take vitamins, exercise [44].
Problems should be solved, and not washed down with pills.[44]
Jim was also going to write a book about his struggle with depression[45][46].
In 1996, Jim and Lauren Holly, Kerry's partner in the film "Dumb and Dumber" (on November 2, 1995, she was with him and his daughter when Kerry left his hand and foot prints on Hollywood Boulevard) got married.
After 10 months, they divorced.
Kerry met with Renee Zellweger, his personal doctor Tiffany Silver and Playboy magazine model Anin Bing[47].
"I donot believe in these fairy tales about eternal love.
Ten years with the same person is more than enough.
In ten years, you can give a lot of love"[48].
From 2005 to 2010, he met with fashion model Jenny McCarthy, who, like Jim, is an activist of the organization Help for Generations[49].
"Jenny is the first woman in my life about whom there were no doubts in my head"[50].
Their relationship was also tense and was characterized by Kerry's strange behavior[42][51].
After the breakup with McCarthy, there were rumors that Kerry paid her $ 25 million for her silence[52].
The payment of such a huge amount could be explained by the fact that Kerry wanted to keep secret the details of his personal life with McCarthy[42][53][54].
However, as McCarthy herself said: "This is all speculation"[55].
Jim's daughter Jane began performing in her own rock band Jane Carrey Band.
In the fall of 2009, she married, while already pregnant, a rock musician of the same group, Alex Santana.
On February 26, 2010, Jane Kerry gave birth to a boy, he was named Jackson Riley Santana[56].
Jim about his grandson and daughter:
"I was afraid that if a girl was born, she might not be as interested in me as a boy, you know.
Therefore, I am very happy that I have a grandson"[57].
"Jane will make a wonderful mom.
She is very caring, loyal, affectionate and understanding.
Each of these qualities is simply invaluable for real mothers"[58].
However, 9 months later, in December 2010, Jane and Alex divorced, and Jackson stayed with his mother[59].
53 year old Kerry and 28 year old Catriona White began their relationship in 2012, but they broke up a few months later.
In May 2015, they began dating again, but on September 24, the couple broke off their relationship again.
As a suicide note, White left an entry on Twitter: "Finishing my last tweet, I hope that I was kind to all my loved ones."
On September 29, 2015, White committed suicide due to a breakup with Kerry, taking a large dose of pills[60].
Polls and ratings
In 2005, the British magazine Empire conducted a survey among ten thousand of its readers on the topic " Who, in your opinion, is the most "annoying" actor of all time?".
Jim entered the top five[61].
In 2009, a number of surveys were conducted among filmmakers.
So Forbes magazine in February compiled a list of 1411 actors, ordered by liquidity.
Jim got to the 16th place[62].
In November, the same magazine compiled a list of the most overrated actors, and Jim closed the top ten.
For every dollar invested in it, film studios receive $ 8.62[63].
In the same year, a survey was conducted among filmmakers on the topic: "Who is the most valuable comedian?"
According to the results of the survey, Jim took fourth place[64].
In the list of the most influential celebrities for 2009, Kerry ranks 56th with an income of $30 million[65].
According to the results of the rating, Jim held:
50th place — by earnings; 40th place — by mentions on the Internet; 50th place - according to mentions in the press; 51st place — in terms of mentions on television.
In the following years, Kerry was not included in the lists.
In an interview, Jim admitted that he really wants to receive an Oscar:
...I will be dissatisfied until I find myself in a stream of light in front of the camera with a thank you speech.
You know what I mean...
I do not know how I will get the Oscar and what I will have to do for this.
Yes, I'm so vain!..[66]
Practical jokes
As a child, Jim often made fun of his mother, who was terrified of mice: he "lost" a white mouse in the house, which terrified Kathleen [67].
In 1982, on his twentieth birthday, Jim went on stage naked, covering himself only with a sock[68][69].
In 2006, during a trip to the Middle East, trying to get rid of annoying reporters, Jim, who was staying in the city of Taba, moved to Jerusalem.
In the city of Taba there lived a man who looked like Kerry himself.
When he heard about Garfonel (that was the name of the double), he suggested that he become "Jim Carrey" for a while — live in a luxury hotel, eat expensive dishes and avoid reporters.
No one noticed the substitution, and this draw was a success[70].
In 2008, the paparazzi filmed Kerry with his ex girlfriend Jenny McCarthy walking on the beach, when he was dressed in her swimsuit[71].
In 2011, Jim appeared in public with a punk hairstyle [72], and also played billiards in a scuba diver's costume at the Gramercy Park Hotel. [73]
Nominations and awards
Year Award Nomination Result 1994 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedy Role ("Ace Ventura: The Search for Pets") Nomination 1995 Golden Globe Best Actor (comedy or Musical) ("The Mask") Nomination 1995 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedy Role ("Dumb and Dumber")/Best Kiss ("Dumb and Dumber") Winner of the 1995 MTV Movie Awards Best On screen Couple (Dumb and Dumber)/Best Dance (Mask)/best Comedic Actor (Mask) Nomination 1996 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedy Role ("Ace Ventura: When nature calls")/Best Actor ("Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls") Winner of the 1996 MTV Movie Awards Best Villain (Batman: Forever)/Best Kiss ("Ace Ventura: When nature calls") Nomination 1997 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedy Role ("The Cable Guy")/Best Villain ("The Cable Guy") Winner of the 1997 MTV Movie Awards Best Fight ("The Cable Guy") Nomination 1998 Golden Globe Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) ("Liar, Liar")
Nomination 1998 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedy Role ("Liar, Liar") Winner 1999 Golden Globe Best Actor (Drama) ("The Truman Show") Winner 1999 MTV Movie Awards Best Actor ("The Truman Show") Winner of the 2000 Golden Globe Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) ("Man on the Moon")
Winner of the 2000 MTV Movie Awards Best Actor ("Man on the Moon") Nomination 2000 Screen Actors Guild Best Actor ("Man on the Moon") Nomination 2001 Golden Globe Best Actor (comedy or Musical) ("The Grinch is the Thief of Christmas") Nomination 2001 MTV Movie Awards Best Villain ("The Grinch Stealer of Christmas") Winner of the 2001 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedic Actor ("Me, Me and Irene Again") Nomination 2001 People's Choice Favorite Comedic Actor Winner of the 2004 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedy Role ("Bruce Almighty")/Best Kiss ("Bruce Almighty") Nomination 2004 SDFCSA Best Actor Best Actor ("Eternal Sunshine of the Pure Mind") Winner of the 2005 Golden Globe Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) ("Eternal Sunshine of the Pure Mind") Nomination 2005 People's Choice Favorite Funny Star Winner of the 2005 MTV Movie Awards Best Villain ("Lemony Snicket: 33 Misfortunes")
Nomination 2005 BAFTA Award for Best Actor Best Actor ("Eternal Sunshine of the Pure Mind") Nomination 2006 MTV Movie Awards MTV Generation Award Was given out without nominations 2008 Golden Raspberry Worst Male Role ("Number 23") Nomination 2009 People's Choice Favorite Funny Star Nomination 2009 Children's Choice Favorite Actor ("Always say Yes")/Favorite voice acting of an animated film ("Horton") Nomination 2009 MTV Movie Awards Best Comedy Role ("Always Say Yes") Winner 2010 People's Choice Favorite Comedy Star Winner 2010 Children's Choice Favorite Voice Acting of an animated Film ("A Christmas Story") Winner of the 2011 Spike Guys ' Choice Awards Funniest Winner
In total, he has 22 nominations and 10 awards at the MTV Movie Awards (excluding the MTV Generation Award), being the record holder for the number of nominations and awards[2].
Filmography
Mask of od but the name of the 1994 film.
Year Russian title Original title Role 1983 f Rubber face Rubberface (Introducing ... Janet) Tony Moroni 1983 f Mount Cooper Copper Mountain Bobby Todd 1983 f All in Good Taste All in Good Taste Ralph 1984 f Chur, my!
Finders Keepers Lane Bidlecoff 1984 — 1984 with The Duck Factory The Duck Factory Skip Tarkenton 1985 f Once Bitten Once Bitten Mark Kendall 1986 f Peggy Sue Got Married Peggy Sue Got Married Walter Getz 1988 f The Death List The Dead Pool Johnny Squares 1989 f Earth Girls Are Easily Accessible Earth Girls Are Easy Whiplock 1989 f Pink Cadillac Pink Cadillac Comedian 1990 — 1994 with in Living Color Various roles 1991 f Nerves at the Limit High Strung Death 1992 mf Tiny Spider Itsy Bitsy Spider Insect Fighter (voice) 1992 f Life on Maple Drive (TV) Doing Time on Maple Drive Tim Carter 1993 f Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Ace Ventura 1994 f Dumb and Dumber Dumb & Dumber Lloyd Christmas 1994 f Mask The Mask Stanley Ipkiss 1995 f Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls Ace Ventura:
When Nature Calls Ace Ventura 1995 f Batman Forever Batman Forever Edward Nygma/The Riddler 1996 f Cable Guy The Cable Guy/Chip/Ricky 1997 f Liar, Liar Liar Fletcher Reed 1998 f Simon Birch Simon Birch Adult Joe Venteuorf 1998 f The Truman Show The Truman Show Truman Burbank 1999 f Man on the Moon Man on the Moon Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton 2000 f Grinch — the thief of Christmas How the Grinch Stole Christmas Grinch 2000 f Me, me Again and Irene Me, Myself and Irene Officer Charlie Bailigates/Hank 2001 f Majestic The Majestic Peter Appleton 2003 f Bruce Almighty Bruce Almighty Bruce Nolan 2004 f Lemony Snicket: 33 Misfortunes Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Count Olaf 2004 f Eternal
the Radiance of Pure Reason Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind joel Barish 2005 f Con Artists Dick and Jane Fun with Dick and Jane Dick Harper 2007 f Fatal Number 23 Number 23 Walter Sparrow 2008 f Always say "Yes" Yes man Carl Allen 2008 mf Horton Horton Hears a Who!
Horton (voice) 2009 f I Love You, Phillip Morris I Love You Phillip Morris Steve Russell 2009 mf A Christmas Story A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge, ghosts 2009 f Under the Sea in 3D Under the Sea 3D Narrator 2011 f Mr. Popper's Penguins Mr. Popper's Penguins Tom Popper 2011 with The Office The Office Guy from Finger Lakes (one Episode) 2013 f Incredible Burt Wonderstone Burt Wonderstone Steve Gray 2013 f Kick Ass 2 Kick Ass 2 Colonel America 2013 f TV Host 2 Anchorman: The Legend Continues host Scott Riles 2014 f Dumb and Dumber 2 Dumb & Dumber 2 Lloyd Christmas 2016 f True Crime True Crimes Jack 2016 f Bad Party The Bad Batch Peter
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Jim's height is 187 cm[74].
His favorite color is green. [2]
Jim is a vegetarian[75].
He is engaged in Brazilian Jiu jitsu[76].
One of Kerry's favorite activities is riding a motorcycle[1][9].
Despite the fact that Jim insisted on the participation of the Cannibal Corpse band in the filming of Ace Ventura and even personally chose the song "Hammer Smashed Face" that sounded in the film[77], he is not a fan of Cannibals and does not like death metal.
The end of many years of rumors was put by the actor's son in law, a rock musician
