Jim Carrey filmography

 Jim Carrey filmography

Carrey at the Yes Man premiere, 2008

Filmography:
Feature films 41
Television films 3
Television series 9
Documentaries 1

The filmography of Canadian American actor and comedian Jim Carrey comprises both film and television roles. He appeared in over forty feature films, and ten television films and series. He is one of the top-25 highest-grossing actors of all time with over $2.4 billion total box office gross and an average of $94.5 million per film.[1] He was involved with thirteen films that grossed over $200 million at the worldwide box office, the highest grossing one was How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[2]

Overview

In 1984, Carrey gained his first lead role in the short-lived TV series The Duck Factory, playing a young cartoonist and his first starring role proper in Once Bitten, a comedy horror movie with Lauren Hutton as a vampire countess and Jim playing as her victim. He landed supporting roles in films, such as Peggy Sue Got Married, The Dead Pool and Earth Girls Are Easy.

Carrey’s real breakthrough came in 1994, when he was given the leading role in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, in which he played a goof-ball detective specialized in crimes involving animals. The film would go on to earn over $72 million at the box office.[3] He followed this up with another two commercial successes: The Mask, in which he played a mild-mannered bank clerk who transformed into a wise-cracking superhero when he puts on a magical mask, and Dumb and Dumber where he and Jeff Daniels played a pair of childish men who come into possession of a suitcase full of money. The films ended up grossing $120 million and $127 million, respectively, and established Carrey as a star.[4][5] His next projects included Batman Forever, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls in which he reprised his famed role, The Cable Guy and Liar Liar.

He gained critical acclaim in 1998's satirical comedy-drama film The Truman Show, in which he played Truman Burbank, a man whose life was, unbeknownst to him, a top-rating reality television show. The film was highly praised and led many to believe he would be nominated for an Oscar, but instead he picked up his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.[6] He returned to comedy in 2000 reteaming with the Farrelly brothers for Me, Myself and Irene, it received mixed reviews but enjoyed box office success.[7][8] That same year, Carrey also appeared in his most financially successful film to date, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[9] He again turned a serious side for Frank Darabont's The Majestic.

In July 2002, Carrey announced he would co-star with Garry Shandling in Over the Hedge.[10] In October 2004, however, he dropped out, and was replaced with Bruce Willis.[11] For his next feature film, Carrey starred opposite Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman in Tom Shadyac's international hit comedy Bruce Almighty, portraying a television newsman who unexpectedly receives God's omnipotent abilities when the deity decides to take a vacation. In 2004, he took a role in the critically lauded art-house film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, written by acclaimed screenwriter Charlie Kaufmann and directed by the innovative Michael Gondry.[12] Carrey starred opposite Kate Winslet as a man pursued through his memories as they are erased.

Carrey received his fourth Golden Globe Award nomination, and was also nominated for his first BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Among his films in the 2000s were Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Fun with Dick and Jane, The Number 23, Horton Hears a Who!, Yes Man, I Love You Phillip Morris and A Christmas Carol. In 2011, he starred in Mr. Popper's Penguins as a divorced real estate entrepreneur, who becomes the caretaker of a family of penguins, and as a street-magician in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. He had a cameo in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, and reprised the role of Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber To, where he again worked with the Farrelly brothers and Jeff Daniels.[13]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1983 The Sex and Violence Family Hour Various Direct-to-video
1983 Copper Mountain Bobby Todd
1983 All in Good Taste Ralph Parker
1984 Finders Keepers Lane Bidlekoff
1985 Once Bitten Mark Kendall
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married Walter Getz
1988 The Dead Pool Johnny Squares Credited as James Carrey
1988 Earth Girls Are Easy Wiploc
1989 Pink Cadillac Lounge Entertainer Credited as James Carrey
1991 High Strung Death
1992 Itsy Bitsy Spider The Exterminator (voice) Short film
Credited as James Carrey
1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Ace Ventura Also co-writer
1994 The Mask Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask
1994 Dumb and Dumber Lloyd Christmas
1995 Batman Forever Dr. Edward Nygma / The Riddler
1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Ace Ventura
1996 The Cable Guy Ernie "Chip" Douglas
1997 Liar Liar Fletcher Reede
1998 The Truman Show Truman Burbank
1998 Simon Birch Adult Joe Wenteworth
1999 Man on the Moon Andy Kaufman / Tony Clifton
2000 Me, Myself & Irene Charlie Baileygates / Hank Evans
2000 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Grinch
2001 The Majestic Peter Appleton
2003 Pecan Pie The Driver Short film
2003 Bruce Almighty Bruce Nolan Also producer
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Joel Barish
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Count Olaf
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane Richard 'Dick' Harper Also producer
2007 The Number 23 Walter Sparrow / Fingerling
2008 Horton Hears a Who! Horton (voice)
2008 Yes Man Carl Allen
2009 I Love You Phillip Morris Steven Jay Russell
2009 A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present & Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Motion-capture
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins Tom Popper
2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Steve Gray
2013 Kick-Ass 2 Sal Bertolinni / Colonel Stars and Stripes
2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Scott Reils, the CBC News anchor Uncredited cameo[14]
2014 Dumb and Dumber To Lloyd Christmas
2016 True Crimes Jack In post-production
2016 The Bad Batch Peter In post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1980 The All-Night Show Additional voices
1983 Rubberface Tony Moroni Television film
1984 Buffalo Bill Jerry Lewis Impersonator Episode: "Jerry Lewis Week"
1984 The Duck Factory Skip Tarkenton 13 episodes
1989 Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Brad Peters Television film
1990–1994 In Living Color Various roles 125 episodes
Credited as James Carrey
1991 Jim Carrey: The Un-Natural Act[15] Himself Television special; also producer and writer
1992 Doing Time on Maple Drive Tim Carter Television film
1992 Sesame Street Mr. Funny Man Episode: "3023"
1996, 2011, 2014 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) 3 episodes
1998 The Larry Sanders Show Himself Episode: "Flip"
2003 Saturday Night Live Himself Episode: "Christopher Walken/Foo Fighters"
2011 The Office Finger Lakes guy Episode: "Search Committee"
2012 30 Rock Dave Williams Episode: "Leap Day"

Documentaries

Release Documentary Role Director(s)
Year Month Day
1991 N/A Jim Carrey: The Un-Natural Act Himself Michael French [16]
1994 May 24 Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Himself Gary R. Benz [17]
1995 March 29 A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman Himself Ellen Brown [18]
1995 November 08 Jim Carrey Spotlight Himself N/A [19]
1998 N/A Junket Whore Himself Debbie Melnyk [20]
1998 November 12 In My Life Himself Alan Benson [21]
1999 N/A Pesel Ha'Zahav Himself Ori Inbar [22]
1999 June 15 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends Himself Gary Smith [23]
2000 November N/A Jim Carrey Uncensored Himself David P. Levin [24]
2001 September 21 America: A Tribute to Heroes Himself Joel Gallen [25]
2001 October 20 The Concert for New York City Himself Louis J. Horvitz [26]
2009 February 13 Under the Sea 3D Narrator Howard Hall [27]
2011 August 18 Conan O'Brien Can't Stop Narrator Rodman Flender [28]
2011 September 10 The Love We Make Narrator Bradley Kaplan [29]

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "People Index." Box Office Mojo.
  2. ↑ "Jim Carrey's profile at Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) > Summary > Domestic Total Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Mask (1994) > Summary > Domestic Total Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dumb and Dumber (1994) > Summary > Domestic Total Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ Svetkey, Benjamin (June 5, 1998). "The Truman Pro". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Me, Myself & Irene Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Me, Myself & Irene (2000) > Summary > Domestic Total Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) > Summary > Domestic Total Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Jim Carrey will costar with Garry Shandling in Over the Hedge". www.ew.com. 16 July 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Willis Replaces Carrey in Over the Hedge". www.awn.com. 25 October 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Jeff Daniels Says ‘Dumb & Dumber 2′ is Still Alive". Screenrant.com. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  14. ↑ Zuckerman, Esther (Dec 18, 2013). "A Definitive Ranking of All the 'Anchorman 2' Cameos". Atlantic Monthly Group. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  15. ↑ Jim Carrey filmography at the Internet Movie Database
  16. ↑ "Jim Carrey: The Un-Natural Act (1991) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  18. ↑ "A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (1995) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Jim Carrey Spotlight (1995) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Junket Whore (1998) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  21. ↑ "In My Life (1998) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Pesel Ha'Zahav (1999) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  23. ↑ "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Jim Carrey Uncensored (2000) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  25. ↑ "America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  26. ↑ "The Concert for New York City (2001) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  27. ↑ "Under the Sea 3D (2009) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  29. ↑ "The Love We Make (2011) > Details > Full Cast & Crew > Release dates". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2013.

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