jim carrey

Jim Carrey hardly needs any introduction: since he burst onto the movie scene in a big way after appearing in the smash hit "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" alongside Courteney Cox, his over-the-top brand of humor and incredibly rubber face has made him not just one of the world's most recognizable actors, but most recognizable people. Growing up poor in Newmarket, Ontario in the 70s, Jim says he developed his sense of humor in reaction to the anger he felt toward the world, going to school and working as a janitor to help support his family at the same time. Jim eventually dropped out of high school to devote more time to helping his family. At 15, he began performing at Yuk Yuk's, a famous Toronto comedy club, and moved to L.A. soon after. It was there that he was discovered by Rodney Dangerfield and was asked to join his comedy tour, but Jim still lived in essential obscurity, doing bit parts in movies here and there and doing impressions at the Comedy Store.

In 1990 Jim got his big break when he joined the cast of In Living Color (which also starred Jamie Foxx), the only white performer on the show, where he perfected such crazy characters as Fire Marshall Bill (eventually pulled from the show after allegedly "encouraging children to play with fire"). In 1994 Jim got his first starring role in Ace Ventura, and followed that up the same year with "The Mask." After that, it was all a cake walk; despite such low points as the Ace Ventura sequel and the critically abysmal "The Cable Guy," Jim became an audience favorite. He began making forays into less comedic roles at about this time, most notably as comedian Andy Kauffman in "Man on the Moon" and "The Truman Show," two films for which audiences believed his lack of an Oscar nomination was a horrible oversight. This year's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," directed by the incredibly talented Michel Gondry, Jim makes a return to more serious themes alongside Kate Winslet.

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