Jim Carrey

For the retired American ice hockey player, see Jim Carey (ice hockey).

James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is known for his acting in movies, such as the Ace Ventura movie series, Dumb and Dumber, The Cable Guy, Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty. He has also been successful in dramatic roles in movies such as The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Number 23. He won the Golden Globe Award in 2000. Carrey has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.^[1]

Jim Carrey
Carrey at the Yes Man premiere in 2008
Born	James Eugene Carrey (1962-01-17) January 17, 1962 (age 63) Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship	Canadian American
Occupations	Actor comedian writer producer artist
Years active	1977–present
Spouses	Melissa Womer ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 1995)​ Lauren Holly ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 1997)​
Partner	Jenny McCarthy (2005–2010)
Children	1
Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up film television
Genres	Observational comedy physical comedy surreal humor character comedy satire slapstick
Subject(s)	Everyday life popular culture politics celebrities
Signature

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Sex and Violence Family Hour	Various roles	Direct-to-video
	Copper Mountain	Bobby Todd	Television film
	All in Good Taste	Ralph Parker	Direct-to-video
1984	Finders Keepers	Lane Bidlekoff
1985	Once Bitten	Mark Kendall
1986	Peggy Sue Got Married	Walter Getz
1988	The Dead Pool	Johnny Squares
	Earth Girls Are Easy	Wiploc
1989	Pink Cadillac	Lounge Entertainer
1991	High Strung	Death
1992	Itsy Bitsy Spider	The Exterminator	Voice Short film
1994	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Ace Ventura	Also writer
	The Mask	Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask
	Dumb and Dumber	Lloyd Christmas
1995	Batman Forever	Edward Nygma / Riddler
	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Ace Ventura
1996	The Cable Guy	Ernie "Chip" Douglas
1997	Liar Liar	Fletcher Reede
1998	The Truman Show	Truman Burbank
	Simon Birch	Adult Joe Wenteworth
1999	Man on the Moon	Andy Kaufman
	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	The Grinch
2000	Me, Myself & Irene	Charlie Baileygates / Hank Evans
2001	The Majestic	Peter Appleton
2003	Pecan Pie	The Driver	Short film
	Bruce Almighty	Bruce Nolan	Also producer
2004	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Joel Barish
	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Count Olaf
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Richard "Dick" Harper	Also producer
2007	The Number 23	Walter Sparrow / Fingerling
2008	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!	Horton	Voice
	Yes Man	Carl Allen
2009	I Love You Phillip Morris	Steven Jay Russell
	A Christmas Carol	Ebenezer Scrooge Ghost of Christmas Past Ghost of Christmas Present Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come	Motion-capture
2011	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Tom Popper
2013	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Steve Gray
	Kick-Ass 2	Sal Bertolinni / Colonel Stars and Stripes
	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Scott Reils	Uncredited cameo
2014	Dumb and Dumber To	Lloyd Christmas
2016	The Bad Batch	Hermit
	Dark Crimes	Tadek
2018-2020	Kidding	Jeff Pickles
2020	Sonic the Hedgehog	Dr. Ivo Robotnik
2022	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2024	Sonic the Hedgehog 3