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James
Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a
Canadian comical actor best known as Jim Carrey.
He is best-known for his manic, slapstick
performances in comedy films such as Ace
Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), The Mask (1994),
Liar Liar (1997) and Bruce Almighty (2003).
Carrey has also achieved critical success in
dramatic roles in films such as The Truman Show
(1998), Man on the Moon (1999), and Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
Carrey
was born and grew up in the Toronto suburb of
Newmarket, Ontario to a family with some French
Canadian roots (the original surname was Carree).
A comedian from an early age, Carrey mailed his
résumé to The Carol Burnett Show when he was
10 years old. The teachers in Carrey's high
school gave him a few minutes at the end of each
school day to do a stand-up comedy routine for
his classmates.
The
Carrey family fell on hard times and were forced
to move to the Toronto suburb of Scarborough,
where they took security and janitorial jobs in
the Titan Wheels factory. Carrey began working
eight-hour shifts each day after school where he
attended Agincourt Collegiate Institute,
Scarborough's oldest high school. Eventually,
the Carrey family adjusted by living on a
relative's lawn out of the family Volkswagen van
until they could move back into town. Read
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