- Title: Actor and comedian Jim Carrey turns 60
- Date: 14th January 2022
- Summary: VENICE, ITALY (FILE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ACTOR AND COMEDIAN JIM CARREY DANCING AROUND CAMERA ON THE RED CARPET AND WAVING MADRID, SPAIN (FILE - DECEMBER 11, 2008) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) CARREY POSING FOR PICTURES ON THE RED CARPET CARREY SAYING "FELIZ NAVIDAD, FELIZ NAVIDAD!" CARREY THROWING CHRISTMAS TREE TO FANS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MARCH 12, 2013) (REUTERS) CARREY AND CAST AT "THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE" PREMIERE CARREY SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JIM CARREY, SAYING: "I don't eat wheat, dairy, sugar, coffee, soda, drugs, alcohol, or tobacco. You can start there. And good luck to you." VENICE, ITALY (FILE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2017) (REUTERS) CARREY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND TALKING TO FANS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JIM CARREY, SAYING: "How am I feeling? I am excellent. What do I think? I don't think, I just do. I just let things happen man. Thinking is a waste of time." LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JANUARY 30, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CARREY POSING FOR PHOTOS AT "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG" PREMIERE CARREY'S OUTFIT / CARREY POSING WITH FILM PRODUCER, NEAL H. MORITZ (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JIM CARREY, SAYING: "You know, there's a little wedge in my brain that enjoys kind of romping and a movie like this comes along every once in a while. It's kind of like somebody opened the corral door and the Mustang run. So it's really fun. I love it." CARREY SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS
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- Story Text:Actor and comedian Jim Carrey celebrates his 60th birthday on Monday (January 17).
The Canadian-born actor was taken under the wing of the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield early in his career, emerging as a star in his own right in the early 1990s U.S. television show "In Living Colour."
The 1990s were the most productive decade for Carrey, seeing the release of some of his most famous titles such as "Dumb and Dumber" (1994), "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994), "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995), "The Mask" (1994), "The Truman Show" (1998) and "Batman Forever" (1995), among others.
He has won two Golden Globe Best Actor awards for his performances in the 1999 movie "Man on the Moon" and for "The Truman Show".
After becoming a major box office draw for his comedic performances, Carrey moved on to more dramatic roles with the 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and dark thrillers including the 2007 numerology-inspired "The Number 23".
In 2008, Carrey returned to comedy with "Yes Man", a film in which he played the role of a man who says "yes" to everything. Similarly, in "Liar Liar," (1997) Carrey played an attorney who is magically prevented from lying for 24 hours when his son's birthday wish for him, to tell the truth, comes true.
Carrey made his latest movie appearance in the 2020 film "Sonic the Hedgehog", in which he plays villain Dr. Ivo Robotnick - a role for which he won the Best Villain in A Movie prize at the Critics' Choice Awards.
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