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Jim Carrey Biography
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Full name: James Eugene Kerry
Date of birth: 17.01.1962
Profession: Actor, screenwriter, producer
Height: 187 cm Weight: 86 kg
Place of birth: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Jim Carrey is perhaps the most controversial actor in modern cinema.
Some people love him, others hate him.
Some consider him a genius, others a crank.
Critics called almost all the films with his participation a failure, but the public is throwing a shaft at them.
According to various film studies, Kerry's name beats the box office 8 times more than was invested in the film.
You can treat this actor in different ways, but hardly anyone will argue with the fact that he has already taken his very prominent place in the history of the era.
The Jim Carrey phenomenon is undoubtedly the result of his very difficult and unhappy childhood.
Jim was born in a very poor, large Canadian family, where his mother was a singer before the children were born, and his father was a saxophonist.
Everything changed after they lost their jobs.
The parents, suffering from poverty, were only engaged in trying to earn bread.
As a result, my mother began to suffer from a severe form of hypochondria and became known in the small town where the Kerries lived as a city lunatic, and my father was a proverbial loser.
Children have always been participants in this whole tragicomedy.
So, during the period when one day Kerry's father got a job as a security guard at the wheel production, he attached all four children there, who were forced to come to the factory after school and wash the floors and toilets.
"I would come to school and fall asleep in class," Jim Carrey later recalled this period of his life.
"I didnot want to be friends with my classmates because their problems seemed small and trivial to me."
Classmates, in turn, did not want to be friends with the son of a city madwoman – an eternally hungry boy in torn clothes, who did not even have a home – for several years, Kerry and the whole family lived in a van.
The kids were always teasing Jim.
But, however, they did not dare to beat.
Since childhood, the future actor was famous for very strange antics: he could suddenly spin like a top, scream terribly and spit in his face, as he once did when he once again heard a woman on the street laughing about his mother.
Naturally, all this did not contribute to his studies, as a result of which Kerry changed schools several times, and studied for three years in the last grade.
How was such a powerful comic gift born in such sad circumstances?
Yes, naturally.
Hating others with all his childish soul, the boy amused himself by making fun of everyone in a row.
Well, gradually he realized that this is exactly what he likes most, and began to collect videos of his parodies.
When Jim turned 11 years old, there were about a hundred commercials.
After selecting 80, he sent them to the Carol Burnett comedy show, however, no one answered him.
The secret life tormented the boy.
Like any actor, especially a beginner, he wanted to hear an opinion about his work, so at the age of 15, he told his father about his hobby.
Dad was delighted and decided to help his son he wrote a sketch himself, took the boy to the local club "Yak Yak" and arranged for a performance.
Jim was booed and chased off the stage.
After this incident, he became even more withdrawn into himself, and no longer tried to show his creativity to anyone.
Only two years later, Jim again relied on his strange talent, which grew out of a child's hatred.
This time, in 1979, he went to one of the largest clubs in Ontario without his dad, agreed with the manager about a performance and soon became a local star.
This success inspired Jim, and he decided to storm Hollywood.
Already in 1980, Kerry, having collected his simple belongings, left for Los Angeles.
There, the aspiring comedian almost immediately managed to get a job at the Comedy Store club, which, thanks to Kerry's parody performances, soon greatly adjusted its budget.
The parodist himself began an active attack on cinema, trying out for films, then for TV series, however, at first in vain.
And yet, for several years in Los Angeles, the actor managed to achieve something.
By 1984, he was already making good money, was recognizable and finally got a role in the series.
All these years, Kerry waited for this, albeit a small stability, to fulfill his dream, and immediately realized it – he took his parents from Ontario to Los Angeles.
However, Jim's fate, as twirly and fickle as himself, decided that this was a good moment to play a joke on him.
As soon as his parents moved, Jim lost his job, his financial situation began to deteriorate and ... his parents had to be sent back.
This fall knocked Jim down.
He fell into a depression, stopped touring and withdrew into himself, as after the previous disappointment in the Yak Yak club, for two years.
He was saved by a friend comedian Damon Wayans, whom Kerry met while working on television.
Seeing what was happening, Wayans literally took Jim on bail – got him a job in his brother's comedy show, playing in which Kerry gradually came to his senses and again began to make attempts to storm Hollywood.
The first film in which Kerry was noticed was released in 1986.
It was the film of Francis Ford Coppola "Peggy Sue got married" (before that he was shot, but the films were not successful).
After that, he begins to act more or less regularly as a supporting actor, well, over time, the earned authority allows Kerry to promote his show "The Unnatural Act of Jim Carrey"on television.
For the first time this comic show comes out in 1991, and the actor dedicates it to his mother.
The public does not even guess why.
But for Kerry, it was a response to another mocking trick of fate.
On the eve of the show's release, Jim's mother, whose life he tried so hard to fix, died without seeing her son's triumph.
The soul of the artist was sobbing and beating in hysterics, and the viewers were lying under the sofas and chairs with laughter.
And only Jim knew that someone who can hardly hold back tears can make you laugh like that…
Nevertheless, since that time, Jim Carrey's career has gone uphill.
The fateful year for him was 1993, when he starred in the film "Ace Ventura: The search for pets".
Although the critics met the film with friendly disapproval, the audience ran to the cinemas for it, Jim became a star, and his hero became a pop icon and one of the most popular characters of all time.
Soon Kerry consolidated his success, in 1994 he starred in two more of his star films: "Dumb, even dumber" and "The Mask".
He was showered with praise and awards, and the audience fell in love with the artist forever.
This is eloquently proved by the fate of "The Mask" - one of the most viewed films.
No one knew that merry Kerry was crying again in his heart.
While he was busy on the set, his father died, to whom Jim, like his mother, contrary to his dreams, did not have time to arrange a decent old age.
Later, in an interview with journalists, Jim Carrey will tell how he immortalized his father in his own style.
It turns out that in memory of his parent, he literally copied from him his hero in the "Mask" - a shy bank employee Stanley Ipkis.
And later, a few years later, he repeated this in the film "33 misfortunes", explaining to journalists: "The count looks like my father, who looked like a freak."
Apparently, Jim Carrey's karma is such that success was waiting for him every time after misfortune.
In the mid 90s, the actor's victorious march on the screen began: "Batman Forever" (1995), "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995)," The Cable Guy "(1996)," Liar, Liar "(1997)," The Truman Show "(1998) and" The Man on the Moon " (1999), with which Kerry triumphantly closed the outgoing century, playing the cult comedian Andy Kaufman.
His fees have grown to the amount of $ 20 million per film – an unprecedented salary for a comedian until now.
Interesting fact: almost all of these films (except "Liar, Liar") received unflattering reviews from critics, but the audience just screamed with delight.
Meanwhile, Jim fulfilled one of his cherished dreams: he began acting in dramatic roles in a serious movie.
And quite successfully!
The art house film "Eternal Sunshine of the Pure Mind" (2004), which, by the way, Kerry himself calls one of his favorite works, finally received unanimous critical acclaim and was nominated for many prestigious awards.
Kerry's reputation as an ordinary person in Hollywood leaves much to be desired – over the years he has earned himself a lot of detractors, of course, with his antics and strange antics.
But the dedication of the actor in the work is recognized by everyone unanimously.
For a real reincarnation, he is ready for anything.
For example, for the movie "Dumb, even dumber", to look funnier, Kerry removed fillings from two front teeth.
During the filming of the film "Liar, liar", indeed, as it can be seen in the film, he furiously banged his head against the toilet and the walls – and all in order to use these, in his opinion, funny sounds when voicing.
On the set of the film "Always say "Always", the actor broke three ribs, just because during a planned fall in the frame he suddenly realized that it would be funnier if he landed not on his ass, but on his back.
Well, on the set of "Man on the Moon", he forced the entire film crew, including director Milos Forman, to call himself not Jim, but Andy (after the name of the main character) during the entire period of filming.
And the fate of Kerry does not deviate from its traditions - he again has a dream that is not given into his hands!
And Kerry dreams... about the "Oscar", which they do not give him in any way.
The actor says: "...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 am so vain!"
In addition to the Oscar, there is also no lover in Kerry's life.
Despite his fame and wealth, the Hollywood star still can not arrange his personal life in any way.
He had a lot of novels, and even went to the wedding of Kerry twice.
In 1987, he married a waitress, Melissa Womer, whose marriage lasted only two years.
From this union, Kerry has a daughter Jane Erin Kerry (born in 1987).
Today, the girl performs in her own rock band Jane Carrey Band, and in 2010, she gave birth to a grandson to the comedian, who was named Jackson Riley Santana.
In 1995, Kerry married actress Lauren Hawley for ten years, separating from her "without noise and dust".
Kerry tried to start a serious relationship with actress Renee Zellweger, and with his personal doctor Tiffany Silver, and with models Anin Bing and Jenny McCarthy.
But all the women leave Jim, explaining this by his impossible antics and idiotic antics.
Will the next girl be able to tame the restless Kerry?
There are chances, because she is ...
Russian.
Since March 2012, the actor has been dating a Russian student Anastasia Vyatkina and, they say, he was even going to get married.
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When Jim was a child, his family was so poor that they lived on a bus.
Jim has had the neurological disorder ADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder since childhood and still has it.
The most scandalous trick of the artist: on the 20th anniversary of the show of the project "Comedy Shop", he appeared naked, covering his shame with a touching fake leaf.
Jim is credited with a short term affair with the ballerina Anastasia Volochkova.
Jim is a vegetarian.
Kerry is engaged in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Jim donates money to charity, mainly for the treatment of seriously ill children.
One of Kerry's favorite activities is riding a motorcycle.
In 2006, during a trip to the Middle East, trying to get rid of the paparazzi, Jim suggested that a man like himself become "Jim Carrey" for a while — live in a luxury hotel, eat expensive food and avoid reporters.
No one noticed the substitution.
Kerry's ancestors were Scots, Irish and French.
Jim Carrey sings well, loves hard rock and sometimes performs concerts.
Jim Carrey Awards
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1995 MTV Movie Awards in the categories "Best Comedy Role" and "Best Kiss" for the film "Dumb and Dumber"
1996 MTV Movie Awards in the category "Best Comedy Role" and "Best Actor" for the films "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" and "Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls"
1997 MTV Movie Awards in the categories "Best Comedy Role" and "Best Villain" for the film "The Cable Guy"
1998 MTV Movie Awards in the category "Best Comedy Role" for the film "Liar, Liar"
1999 Golden Globe Award in the category "Best Actor (Drama)" for the film "The Truman Show"
1999 MTV Movie Awards in the category "Best Actor" for the film "The Truman Show"
2000 Golden Globe Award in the category "Best Actor (comedy or musical)" for the film "Man on the Moon"
2001 MTV Movie Awards in the category "Best Villain" for the film "The Grinch the Thief of Christmas"
2001 People's Choice Award in the category "Favorite Comedic Actor"
2004 SDFCSA Award in the nomination "Best Actor" for the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Pure Mind"
2005 People's Choice Award in the category "Favorite Funny Star"
2006 MTV Movie Awards in the category "MTV Generation Award"
2009 MTV Movie Awards in the category "Best Comedy Role" for the film "Always say Yes"
2010 People's Choice Award in the category "Favorite Comedy Star"
2010 Children's Choice Award in the category "Favorite voice acting of an animated film" for the film "A Christmas Story"
2011 Spike Guys ' Choice Awards in the "Funniest"category
Jim Carrey Movies
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1983 Rubber Face
1983 Mount Kupper
1983 Everything is in good taste
1984 Chur, my!
1984-1984 Duck Factory
1985 Once Bitten
1986 Peggy Sue got married
1988 Death List
1989 Earth girls are easily accessible
1989 Pink Cadillac
1990-1994 In living color
1991 Nerves are on edge
1992 The Tiny Spider
1992 Life on Maple Drive
1993 Ace Ventura: The Search for Pets
1994 Dumb and dumber
1994 Mask
1995 Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls
1995 Batman Forever
1996 Cable Guy
1997 Simon Birch
1998 The Truman Show
1999 Man on the Moon
2000 The Grinch the thief of Christmas
2000 Me, me and Irene again
2001 Majestic
2003 Bruce the Almighty
2004 Lemony Snicket: 33 misfortunes
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Pure Mind
2005 Con artists Dick and Jane
2007 Fatal number 23
2008 Always say yes
2008 Horton
2009 I Love you, Phillip Morris
2009 Christmas Story
2009 Under the sea in 3D
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011 The Office The Office
2013 Burt Wonderstone
2013 Kick Ass 2
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