January 17, 1962 is the date of birth of Jim Carrey, a popular comic actor in Hollywood, one of the most successful and highly paid comedic actors. The artist’s record fee was received in 2003 for playing the role of journalist Bruce Nolan in the film "Bruce Almighty." The amount amounted to 25 million dollars. Jim's first starring role was Mark Kendall, a character in the horror film Once Bitten, filmed in 1985. Then followed a series of films featuring Jim Carrey: Eternal Sunshine of the Mind, Liar, Mask, Ace Ventura, Dumb, Dumber, Truman Show and many others. The filmography of the actor contains more than 50 paintings. Jim Carrey's success was crowned with two Golden Globe awards, and he was also nominated for this prize six more times. The Oscar comedian has never received, although it has been nominated more than once for this prestigious award.
Youth
Jim Carrey, whose biography in the initial stage does not contain anything outstanding, was born in the city of Newmarket in a Catholic family. His parents were Kathleen Kerry, a singer, and Percy Carrie, an accountant. Jim was the youngest child, along with him the elder brother John and two sisters - Rita and Pat were brought up in the family. At the age of 14, Jim and his family moved to the city of Scarborough and began to attend the Holy Trinity School there. Then he entered a secondary school, but studied poorly and eventually remained in the second year in 10th grade. Jim never finished school, decided to change his occupation and went to work at the wheel factory. In his free time, Jim Carrey made music, in 1979 he and his friends created the band "Spoons".
Parodies
One day, Jim's father noticed that his young heir was trying to parody everyone around him, and that he was doing pretty well. Percy suggested that his son go to the city club of the Yak-Yak parody and perform there. However, the first appearance on the stage ended for Jim Carrey with a failure, he was booed. After some time, the future film actor again appeared on the scene, this time successfully.
The talented young man was noticed by the club manager Yak-Yak Litrais Spivak and offered him parody performances in his program. Two years later, Jim Carrey was already a fully formed artist of the original genre. The success of the parodist was ensured by his resemblance to the popular American comedian Jerry Lewis, whom Jim tried to imitate in everything.
Los Angeles
In 1982, Jim Carrey, whose biography contains more than one page related to a change of residence, moved from Canada to the United States and settled in Los Angeles. By that time, he had already gained fame in artistic circles, and the scenic venues of nightclubs were open to him. At first, Jim collaborated with the famous American comedian Rodney Dangerfield, opening his performances. However, Kerry did not want to be "in the wings", and he took up his own promotion. The first attempt to cast for the NBC television program Saturday Night Live was unsuccessful. Jim was known to the general public as a parodist, and all his attempts to change his role did not produce results. Then he continued his parody of creativity and significantly strengthened his reputation in this field.
First roles
Then a short biography of Jim Carrey included several new pages, he received an invitation to participate in the film "Rubber Face" directed by Glen Salzman, and he also managed to star in the film "Good Taste", a little later Jim participated in the film "Mount Cooper " David Mitchell. In 1984, Jim Carrey was recognized as the best American parodist according to the magazine "People". And finally, luck smiled at him, and the actor got the main role in the series "Duck Factory". Then Jim Carrey, whose roles in the movie have already determined his image, played a major role in the film “Once Bitten”, believed in his future, and even wrote to his parents. However, the animation program that Jim was counting on was closed after three months, and the actor was left without work. Parents left back, and Kerry again took up a career.
New movie roles
In 1986, Jim Carrey (his biography continued to replenish with new film roles) played the role of Walter Getz in the film "Peggy Sue Marries," directed by Francis Coppola.
In the next film, The Mortal Leap, Jim played Johnny Suarez and, in the process of working on the picture, met the lead role of Inspector Callahan Clint Eastwood, who had been eyeing a parody for a long time, since Jim was parodying Eastwood himself in one of the clubs. The acquaintance did not turn into friendship, but cooperation with Clint had an impact on the further acting fate of the young actor. Kerry watched Eastwood's work and tried to take an example from a talented actor, although the roles of both were completely opposite. Subsequently, when Jim Carrey began producing film projects in addition to acting, he repeatedly consulted with experienced Clint Eastwood.
Becoming
Kerry took on any secondary roles that he was offered on television. During the filming of the next series, Jim met Damon Wayans, a famous comic actor. Together they starred in the movie Earth Girls Are Available, and Jim was invited to the next comedy show called Live Color on the recommendation of Damon. The program ran from 1990 to 1994. The biography of Jim Carrey of that time contains data on the beginning of the financial well-being of the actor. He got to his feet, from a parodist turned into an experienced comedian and was already thinking about inviting his parents again, but his mother was already seriously ill and could not come.
Ace Ventura
Already participating in the show "In Vivid Color", Jim Carrey, with the favor of the producers, created his own show under the obscure name "Unnatural Act of Jim Carrey." The show was not successful, but Jim did not despair, continued to participate in already launched projects, starred in the film "Nerves at the Limit" and "Life on Maple Drive". The next 1993, Kerry launched his own project, the film “Ace Ventura”, which, according to many, was doomed to failure, since no one was planning to sponsor the shooting, and the comedians whom Kerry invited together refused to participate in the film, considering it risky . Nevertheless, it was in the nineties that the best comedies with Jim Carrey were created. "AS Ventura" took place, the rental exceeded all expectations, the box office was about $ 100 million. The criticism of the film was double. On the one hand, Jim Carrey was nominated for the best comedy role, and on the other hand, the actor was nominated for the Golden Raspberry - Worst Role of a New Star Award. However, the character Ace Ventura became an idol and an immortal character. And all the best comedies with Jim Carrey were included in the annals of American cinema.
Awards and personal life
The year 1994 became the finest hour of Jim Carrey, he starred in the cult film "Dumb, Dumber", as well as "Mask". The director of "Masks" Chuck Russell invited the young actress Cameron Diaz to the role of Tina Carlisle's songwriter. And the role of the protagonist Stanley Ipkis was played by Jim Carrey.
Revenues at the rental of the "Mask" was a record, about 350 million dollars. Jim's share amounted to 500 thousand dollars. There was no end to the film's nominations: Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, MTV Movie Awards. In the movie "Dumb, Dumber" directed by the Farrelli brothers, Kerry played in tandem with actor Jeff Daniels, actress Lauren Holly, Jim's future wife, played the role of Mary Swanson. Jim Carrey's personal life got its start precisely at that period, he married Lauren. The marriage turned out to be short-lived, but he nevertheless brought some kind of diversity to the life of comedian Kerry. And the rental of the film "Dumb, Dumber" collected about $ 250 million, and in addition, Jim Carrey received the first award for his role, the MTV channel prize for best comic role.
"Batman forever"
The following 1995, thirty-three-year-old Jim Carrey, whose biography already included many pages reflecting his successful filmmaking, took part in the creation of Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever film, where he played the role of Ridler, the villain of the Riddler. The film also featured Hollywood stars of the first magnitude: Nicole Kidman, Tommy Lee Jones, Val Kilmer. Such a partnership with the stars put Jim Carrey on a par with the elite of American cinema. The rental value of the painting was 340 million dollars, and Kerry received 5 million. And again, the actor was nominated for the MTV prize, but already as the best villain. Tommy Lee Jones was also nominated, however, he and Kerry lost to Kevin Spacey.
Golden Raspberries and Fees
After Batman, the sequel to the Ace Ventura movie immediately followed. Jim Carrey was at first confused, he did not have the experience of continuing his previous work, but the character's plot update (Ventura became a Buddhist) helped bring the film to a decent level. Criticism nonetheless left much to be desired, and the film received Golden Raspberry as the worst sequel. And the actor himself was waiting for two full MTV awards. It happened in Jim Carrey’s birthday, and he received a kind of gift.
In 1996, Kerry received an invitation to play the role of Chip Douglas, a fatal loser in Ben Stiller’s film The Cable Guy. This role brought the actor $ 20 million, no one in Hollywood has ever received such an amount in the entire history of cinema. Since then, the figure of 20 million has become Kerry's usual fee for any role in any film.
First dramatic role
In 1997, Jim Carrey played the role of Fletcher Reed's dishonorable lawyer in Tom Shediac's film Liar. For this role, the actor received his second Golden Globe and another $ 20 million. Kerry did not have more roles this year. But in 1998, he starred in Peter Weir's film The Truman Show, but the role of the hero of Truman Burbank had nothing to do with comedy and became the first tragic work of Jim Carrey. Many nominations followed, and Kerry received several awards for The Truman Show, one of which was For Best Actress in a Drama. Jim Carrey himself considers the film about the fate of Truman Burbanks one of the most significant in his career as a film actor.