Jim Carrey James Eugene Carrey was born in Newmarke , Ontario, Canada. Jim Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions.
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Jim Carrey James Eugene Carrey was born in Newmarke
, Ontario, Canada. Jim Carrey is a Canadian-American
actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions.
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Carrey began stand-up comedy in 1979, performing at
Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario. After gaining prominence in
1981, he began working at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles where he was soon noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who immediately signed him to open his tour performances.
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.
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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.
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Carrey's first starring role in a film was
in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). Through the 1990s,
Carrey released one highly successful film after another, including The Mask in 1994, Batman Forever in 1995, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls in 1995, Liar Liar in 1997, and The Truman Show in 1998.