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{{quote|"''Alrighty then!''"|'''[[Ace Ventura]]'''}}
 
{{quote|"''Somebody stop me!''"|'''[[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]]'''}}
 
Jim Carrey is a colorful actor with a face for molding and often plays the central or main character in a show. He had been acting since the mid-1980s, most notably in the short-lived sitcom ''The Duck Factory'', but came to attention as a [[Token White]] cast member on ''[[In Living Color]]'' who managed to hold his own with several popular sketch characters, most famously Fire Marshall Bill.
 
When the small-scale ''[[Ace Ventura|Ace Ventura - Pet Detective]]'' arrived on movie screens in early 1994, it was roasted by critics but proved to be a surprisingly big hit. As it happened, he did two other films that year (''[[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]]'' and ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'') and was soon an A-list performer, in essence the first big film comedy star of the 1990s. He has played many classic characters, and his involvement in a movie will often be a success - so successful, the subsequent films and series usually don't do as well because he is not in it. This is because after ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'' was such a huge flop in comparison to the original, he pledged never to do a sequel again.
 
Starting with ''[[The Truman Show (Film)|The Truman Show]]'', he has successfully made the transition to more serious films, with ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' probably his most lauded serious role. It hasn't stopped him from appearing in goofy comedy as well, though, and nowadays he's well respected both aspects of his acting range. While not as popular as he was at his height in [[The Nineties]], his career has proven surprisingly durable.
 
In his early days performing stand-up comedy, Carrey reportedly wrote himself a check for almost $1,000,000 and promised himself that he would, one day, be able to cash it. That promise was fulfilled soon after his performance in ''[[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]]'' and ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'', though by that point, he had already earned several orders of magnitude more than the check itself was worth.
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=== {{smallcaps|Roles of Note:}} ===
* Ace Ventura - ''[[Ace Ventura]]'' series (First and second films of franchise - a rarity; apparently he was so unhappy with the experience he decided to forgo sequels from that point onward.)
* Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask - ''[[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]]'' (First film of franchise)
* Lloyd Christmas - ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'' (First film of franchise)
* Edward Nygma/The Riddler - ''[[Batman Forever (Film)|Batman Forever]]'' (Third film of franchise)
* Chip Douglas - ''[[The Cable Guy]]''
* Fletcher Reede - ''[[Liar Liar]]''
* Truman Burbank - ''[[The Truman Show (Film)|The Truman Show]]'' (won the Golden Globe for Best Actor- Drama)
* [[Andy Kaufman]]/[[Alter Ego Acting|Tony Clifton]] - ''[[Man Onon the Moon]]'' (won the Golden Globe for Best Actor- Comedy)
* Charlie and Hank - ''[[Me Myself and Irene]]''
* The Grinch - ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Filmfilm)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''
* Peter Appleton - ''[[The Majestic]]'' (Notable in that it was his first truly against-type role, though Truman and Kaufman hinted towards it.)
* Bruce Nolan - ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' (First film of franchise)
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{{quote| '''Max:''' If I keep making this face ''(makes a face)'' will it get stuck that way?<br />
'''Fletcher:''' Not in a million years. In fact, some people make a good living that way. }}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7StsXTQhYs This clip] from ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' is ostensibly from a [[Biopic]] with Carrey playing Conan (this was when ''[[Man Onon the Moon]]'' was new), and Carrey!Conan acts as if he holds a grudge against the actor. At the three-minute mark, Carrey!Conan makes fun of the facial contortions and catchphrases of Ace Ventura and The Mask.
* [[Black Comedy]] - ''The Cable Guy'', in which his character turns out to be a stalker.
** ''[[Me Myself and Irene]]''
** ''[[Fun Withwith Dick and Jane]]''
* [[Catch Phrase]] - Many, especially as he became an A-list star.
** "Let me show ya somethin'!" (''In Living Color'')
** "Alrighty then!" (''[[Ace Ventura]]'')
** "Sssssssssssmokin'!" (''[[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]]'')
** "B-E-A-Utiful!" (''[[Bruce Almighty]]'')
** "[[The Lone Ranger|Hi-ho Silver! Away!]]" (He says this in both ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'' and ''Bruce Almighty'', despite playing a different character in each.)
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* [[Fake American]]: He's actually from Ontario, Canada, though he is a naturalized American with dual citizenship.
* [[Harpo Does Something Funny]]: He cannot be scripted. He cannot be directed. He can only be aimed.
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: ''Liar Liar'' and ''Bruce Almighty'' run them over their respective end credits (the latter has additional outtakes on its DVD), the ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Filmfilm)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' DVD has an outtakes reel as a bonus feature, and before any of those was the ''[[In Living Color]]'' bloopers episode, where one montage focused just on him getting the giggles during various skits.
* [[Large Ham]]: He has a subheading under Film at the trope entry for a reason (and the first one, at that).
* [[Playing Against Type]]: He played a variety of both comic and serious roles prior to becoming an A-lister and thus identified only with comedies. ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' and ''[[The Number 23]]'' are his most deliberate attempts to play against type since then.
** Don't forget [[The Majestic]].
* [[Slapstick]]: The modern master of the form. To the point where, during one scene in [[Fun Withwith Dick and Jane]], where he fell to the ground accidentally, he turned it into a joke. This included catching himself an inch from slamming his face into the ground.
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]]
** Type I: Lloyd Christmas, Charlie, and Stanley Ipkiss.
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** Type IV: The Mask and Dick.
** Type V: Hank.
* [[Smite Me Oh Mighty Smiter]]: He's was the one who said it in [[Bruce Almighty|the movie]] that is the [[Trope Namer]]. [[The Truman Show (Film)|Twice.]]
* [[Stand Up Comedy]]
* [[Star-Making Role]]: Ace Ventura. And as luck would have it, immediately followed by the Mask and Lloyd.
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