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James Eugene Carrey is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. Known primarily for his energetic slapstick performances, he is regarded as one of the most prominent comedic actors of his generation. He has received two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for BAFTA Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Jim Carrey's body double or clone received a César Award in France on Feb. 26, 2026.” False.
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Revealed his longtime relationship with a woman named Min Ah, whom he called his "sublime companion
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Snopes rated the claim “A YouTube video contained an authentic audio recording of celebrity Jim Carrey condemning the "world's deafening silence" regarding the suffering in Gaza due to the Israel-Hamas war.” Fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Jim Carrey testified at rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial in May 2025.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Jim Carrey once said, "Grief is not just an emotion — it’s an unraveling, a space where something once lived but is now gone. It carves through you, leaving a hollow ache where love once resided."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Jim Carrey died in December 2024” Still Alive.
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Snopes rated the claim “Jim Carrey wrote funny letters to Tupac Shakur when the rapper was in prison.” Unfounded.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Viral photograph shows Tupac Shakur and Jim Carrey together.” Fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Jeff Daniels agreed to be paid only $50,000 to co-star in the 1994 comedy movie "Dumb and Dumber" alongside fellow actor Jim Carrey, who initially earned $7 million on the film.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “An online video accurately reported that Oscar-winning actor Will Smith had confronted fellow actor Jim Carrey in a video call for humiliating him on live TV.” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Jim Carrey tweeted: "The isolated family member is usually the one who becomes awake."” False.
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Carrey announced that he would step down from playing Biden on Saturday Night Live, stating that he had a six-week deal
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Carrey published Memoirs and Misinformation
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Posting a drawing criticizing fascism by depicting Benito Mussolini's infamous death with Clara Petacci; this irked Mussolini's granddaughter Alessandra, who chided him on Twitter, calling him "a bastard" and his artwork
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At the Maccarone Gallery in Los Angeles and featured 108 pen-and-ink drawings from Carrey's Twitter feed from 2016 to 2018
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And attorneys for both sides confirmed there would be no further legal proceedings
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Carrey's artwork was displayed at the Outsider Art Fair, leading to discussion as to whether or not a Hollywood actor could qualify as an outsider artist
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Carrey released a six-minute documentary entitled I Needed Color, which showed him working in his studio
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Carrey revealed that he had been painting for the past six years
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Burton filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Carrey, claiming that he had used his "immense wealth and celebrity status" to illegally obtain and distribute prescription drugs involved in White's death
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Jim Carrey has died in a snowboarding accident.” False.
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Published video “JimCarreyisHere Live Stream”.
White was found dead from a prescription drug overdose; the death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner
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After the signing of a new vaccination law, Carrey called California governor Jerry Brown a "corporate fascist" who was "poisoning" children by enacting the vaccination requirements
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Published video “Jim Carrey creates the Jeff Daniels Puppet!”.
Carrey was honored by Canada Post with a limited-edition postage stamp with his portrait on it
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Carrey appeared on Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) and recalled the effect on him of Ernest Scribbler (played by Michael Palin) laughing himself to death in "The Funniest Joke in the World" sketch
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“s book titled How Roland Rolls, about a scared wave named Roland. He described it as”
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Published video “Jim Carrey Makin' Waves”.
Carrey released a parody music video with Eels through Funny or Die, with Carrey replacing Mark Oliver Everett on vocals
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Carrey met Cathriona White, a makeup artist from County Tipperary, Ireland
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Published video “Jim Carrey Answers Critics Carreyoke Style”.
Published video “Brazil from my eyes...”.
Exhibited the painting Nothing to See Here in an art show in Palm Springs at the Heather James Fine Art Gallery
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Published video “Jim Carrey Sexual Superhero”.
Published video “Jim Carrey vs. Jim Carrey”.
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Yes Man (2009).
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Published video “Jim Carrey Emanates Pure Love”.
“is preventable and treatable,”
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Carrey wrote an article questioning the merits of vaccination and discussing its connection to autism for The Huffington Post
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The couple appeared on Larry King Live to discuss autism
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“If my career in show business hadn”
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (2006).
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In 2005, Carrey met model and actress Jenny McCarthy, and he made public in June 2006 that they were in a romantic relationship.
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Carrey starred in the remake of Fun with Dick and Jane with Téa Leoni, which grossed $200 million with a profit of $100 million
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Carrey met model and actress Jenny McCarthy, and he made public in June 2006 that they were in a romantic relationship
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Carrey starred in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Was in a relationship with January Jones
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“I like people. They're entertaining. I just may laugh at different things than most people. I laugh at mistakes. I laugh at how you recover from mistakes.”
“Comedic actors can be looked at as a lower form because we have to put ourselves in a lower place than most of the audience. I think lofty emotions are somehow considered more special. The best stories in the world to me are the ones that elicit a real emotion, but have humour.”
“I enjoy my life. The fame part of it freaked me out for a little while, and there are definitely times when it's not so great to be special and known by everybody — you know, when you're wearing the wrong thing, or just in a vulnerable place. But I'm good with my life now.”
“There are two thoughts that will ensure success in all you do; (1) Don't tell everything you know, and (2) until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.”
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2001).
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Carrey reteamed with the Farrelly brothers, who had previously directed him in Dumb and Dumber, for the black comedy film Me, Myself & Irene, a film that received mixed reviews but enjoyed box office success
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Won Golden Globe Awards (1999).
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Carrey had the lead role in Man on the Moon
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From 1999 to 2000, Carrey was engaged to his Me, Myself & Irene co-star Renée Zellweger.
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Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (1998).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for The Cable Guy (1997).
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Revealed that as a struggling actor he would use visualization techniques to get work
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Carrey married his Dumb and Dumber co-star Lauren Holly; this second marriage lasted less than a year
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1996).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1996).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Dumb and Dumber (1995).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for Dumb and Dumber (1995).
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Carrey married former actress and Comedy Store waitress Melissa Womer
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Performing two sold-out shows at Massey Hall
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With a more polished act that led to his first paid gig: a 20-minute spot at the Hay Loft club on Highway 48 in Scarborough for a reported $20 compensation on a bill with the Mother of Pearl performer from The Pig and Wh
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At the age of 15 with his father trying to help him put together a stage act, driving him to downtown Toronto to debut at the recently opened Yuk Yuk's comedy club operating one-night-a-week out of community center The 5
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Born 1962-01-17.
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