Jim Carrey — Profile, Rankings & Fame Trend

Summary

Updated 2026-06-21

He turned rubber-faced slapstick into $20 million paychecks, then proved the manic comic could also break your heart.

Biography

About

Born January 17, 1962, James Eugene Carrey spent the 1980s grinding through comedy clubs and bit parts before In Living Color (1990–1994) made him visible. Then 1994 detonated: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber in a single year, followed by Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Batman Forever in 1995. That five-film run made him the first comic actor to command $20 million upfront, starting with The Cable Guy in 1996. He kept the hits coming — Liar Liar, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bruce Almighty — but The Truman Show (1998) and Man on the Moon (1999) won him Golden Gl…

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In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

saidFeb 2020

Everything should be considered. That's all. I think that's all people want. All people want is to be considered.

— Jim Carrey: Feedback on Sonic was helpful (February 2020)

Jim Carrey

saidSep 2018

We have to say yes to socialism — to the word and everything [...] Medicare for all, ending student debt, a different approach to the war on terror, ending mass incarceration.

— Jim Carrey says "stop apologizing" and "say yes to socialism" (September 2018)

Jim Carrey

said2014

Now fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.

— 2014 Maharishi University graduation ceremony

Jim Carrey

said19 Oct 2008

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.

— As quoted in This much I know: Jim Carrey, actor, 46, Los Angeles by Tony Horkins in The Observer (19 October 2008)

Jim Carrey

saidDec 2005

I think we're past the time in history where you have to come out and say, "you know I'm just happy all the time! I'm a joker, I'm a crazy man!" you know kind of thing.

— Fun with Dick & Jane: An Interview with Jim Carrey by Wilson Morales in Features, BlackFilm.com (December 2005)

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