History Creator / JimCarrey

Starting with ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', he has successfully made the transition to more serious films, with ''EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' probably his most lauded serious role. It hasn't stopped him from appearing in goofy comedy as well, though, and nowadays he's well respected both aspects of his acting range. While not as popular as he was at his height in TheNineties, his career has proven surprisingly durable.

In his early days performing stand-up comedy, Carrey reportedly wrote himself a check for almost $1,000,000 and promised himself that he would, one day, make enough so he can legally cash it. That promise was fulfilled soon after his performance in ''Film/TheMask'' and ''{{Dumb and Dumber}}'', though by that point, he had already earned several orders of magnitude more than the check itself was worth. When his father died, he put the check he wrote to himself in his father's casket.

* HilariousOuttakes: ''Liar Liar'' and ''Bruce Almighty'' run them over their respective end credits (the latter has additional outtakes on its DVD), the ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' DVD has an outtakes reel as a bonus feature, and before any of those was the ''InLivingColor'' bloopers episode, where one montage focused just on him getting the giggles during various skits.

*** During the bloopers the person (Swoosey Kurtz) he's trading insults with screams "Overactor!". He laughs and says "Oh no. They're on to me." after playfully "choking" her.

* Tom Popper - ''MrPoppersPenguins''

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7StsXTQhYs This clip]] from ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' is ostensibly from a {{Biopic}} with Carrey playing Conan (this was when ''ManOnTheMoon'' was new), and Carrey!Conan acts as if he holds a grudge against the actor. At the three-minute mark, Carrey!Conan makes fun of the facial contortions and catchphrases of Ace Ventura and The Mask.

* AndyKaufman/[[AlterEgoActing Tony Clifton]] - ''ManOnTheMoon'' (won the Golden Globe for Best Actor- Comedy)

* Horton - ''HortonHearsAWho!''

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (born 1962) is a colorful actor with a face for molding and often plays the central or main character in a show. He had been acting since the mid-1980s, most notably in the short-lived sitcom ''The Duck Factory'', but came to attention as a TokenWhite cast member on ''Series/InLivingColor'' who managed to hold his own with several popular sketch characters, most famously Fire Marshall Bill.

In his early days performing stand-up comedy, Carrey reportedly wrote himself a check for almost $1,000,000 and promised himself that he would, one day, be able to cash it. That promise was fulfilled soon after his performance in ''Film/TheMask'' and ''{{Dumb and Dumber}}'', though by that point, he had already earned several orders of magnitude more than the check itself was worth. When his father died, he put the check he wrote to himself in his father's casket.

Speaking of which, he ''rarely'' makes sequels. His explanation being he got a distaste for playing the same character in "In Living Color". Only reason he did the Ace Ventura sequel was due to contract reasons. He nearly broke that rule when a third Dumb and Dumber movie was planned to be made, wiling to re-team with Jeff Daniels and the Farrley Brothers. But disagreements on the set caused him to walk off. Negotiations are still ongoing at the moments so it's hard to say if he'll stick to this rule.

--->'''"Jimmy Stewart"''': Hello, I'm Jim Carrey! I'll do ANYTHING for a laugh! I require attention twenty-four hours a day! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME!

** In his first ''SaturdayNightLive'' appearance (1996), the ''Joe Pesci Show'' skit [[ http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-joe-pesci-show/n10865/ he appeared in had him playing Jimmy Stewart]]... while another performer played Jim Carrey. "Stewart" is appalled by "Carrey" ("Smoke a lot of dope, do you son?") and mocks him as a diva who "needs attention twenty-four hours a day!"

** In his first ''SaturdayNightLive'' appearance (1996), the ''Joe Pesci Show'' skit he appeared in had him playing Jimmy Stewart...while another performer played Jim Carrey. "Stewart" is appalled by "Carrey" ("Smoke a lot of dope, do you son?") and mocks him as a diva who "needs attention twenty-four hours a day!"

** In his first ''SaturdayNightLive'' appearance, he tries to do his opening monologue in character as an alien but ends up placating an unhappy "audience member" who just wanted to hear his catchphrases - namely the first three listed above.

Speaking of which, he ''rarely'' makes sequels. His explanation being he got a distaste for playing the same character in "In Living Color". Only reason he did the Ace Ventura sequels was due to contract reasons. He nearly broke that rule when a third Dumb and Dumber movie was planned to be made, wiling to re-team with Jeff Daniels and the Farrley Brothers. But disagreements on the set caused him to walk off. Negotiations are still ongoing at the moments so it's hard to say if he'll stick to this rule.

** ''FunWithDickAndJane''

** Apprently there's about 2 hours worth of footage of him from FunWithDickAndJane torturing Jeff Garlin with a voice modifier. Though no footage has been released in full.

* SmiteMeOhMightySmiter: He's was the one who said it in [[BruceAlmighty the movie]] that is the TropeNamer. [[Film/TheTrumanShow Twice.]]

* {{Slapstick}}: The modern master of the form. To the point where, during one scene in Film/FunWithDickAndJane, where he fell to the ground accidentally, he turned it into a joke. This included catching himself an inch from slamming his face into the ground.

* {{Slapstick}}: The modern master of the form. To the point where, during one scene in FunWithDickAndJane,where he fell to the ground accidentally, he turned it into a joke. This included catching himself an inch from slamming his face into the ground.

* Ace Ventura - ''AceVentura'' series (First and second films of franchise - a rarity; apparently he was so unhappy with the experience of playing the same character twice he decided to never again star in a sequel film. Though he seems to be willing to make an exception for a Dumb and dumber sequel and it's rumored he might do one for Bruce Almighty too which he had previously turned down.)

-->-- '''AceVentura'''

* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes
** Type I: Lloyd Christmas, Charlie, and Stanley Ipkiss.
** Type III: Ace Ventura.
** Type IV: The Mask and Dick.
** Type V: Hank.

* Walter Sparrow - ''The Number 23''