Friday, April 3, 2009

Jim Carrey


Jim Carey has been making people laugh for decades and he has still got it. He started his career with standup and then landed a role on the hit TV show, "In Living Color."
Jim Carrey is a Canaidian actor who got his start in show business by doing standup. He was discovered by Daman Waynes, when they costarred by being the voices of aliens in, "Earth Girls are Easy " and given a role on the popular T.V. Show, "In living color". His most famous roles were his impersonations. As a student, his report card said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'.” Jim Carrey as a student would disrupt the other students. In his personal adult life, Carrey has been married twice. In his first marriage, he had a daughter, who is named Jane, and she wants to go into the entertainment industry just like her father. Jim is currently dating model/actress Jenny McCarthy.
Jim Carrey has been in several successful movies. His first was. "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective." He brought Ace to life. It was an instant hit. He had some famous quotes in the movie such as, "If I'm not back in five minutes, just wait longer." He also did his only movie sequel years and movies later called, "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls." It is more funny than the first. He says things like, "You must be the monopoly guy." Then knocks the man out and drapes him over his shoulders dancing around as if he was a fur. He says, "Harry from the Consolate right this is weird." As he is driving a monster truck through a jungle chasing the bad guy.
In 1994, Carrey also played in the movie, "Dumb and Dumber". He played Lylod Christmas, but did not return in the sequel, "Dumb and Dumberer." He was in Ron Howard's, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", in 2000. He was perfect for the role. He co-starred along side Jennifer Aniston in Bruce Almighty, where he played a man who gets to play God. He coined the phrase, "B-E-A-utiful." Another one of his movies was. "Fun With Dick and Jane", where he stars along side Tae Leoni. They played a married couple who hit rock bottom and start robbing banks and big businesses to make ends meet. Dick Harper, Jim's character gets fired froma company modeled after the real life business of Enron. He was also in Some roles he was considered for include: The lead in Meet the Parents, Dr. Evil, In the Austin Powers movies, and Jack Sparrow in, "The Pirates of the Carribean.
Some other movies he was in include: "Liar, Liar". and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"; he said that his character Joe was most like him in "real life relationships."

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