Jim Carrey is a Canadian actor and comedian.
Biography
Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Carrey began working as a stand-up comedian and impressionist before appearing on television on The Tonight Show. He soon gained success onscreen after playing the titular leads in The Mask and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as well as Lloyd in Dumb & Dumber and The Riddler in Batman Forever
Whilst Carrey remained best known for comic roles such as the leads in Liar, Liar and Bruce Almighty, he also received praise for more serious ventures such as The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I Love You Philip Morris.
Singing
Carrey sang mostly comic numbers in several of his film and television appearances, beginning with several parody songs in In Living Color, the swing hit "Cuban Pete" which he performed in The Mask and the duet "Mockingbird" in Dumb & Dumber.
Carrey also sang the villain song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and performed in character in Yes Man and out of character whilst hosting Saturday Night Live in 2011.
Film
The Mask (1994)
- Cuban Pete (duet)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
- Mockingbird (duet)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (solo)
Man on the Moon (1999)
- Oh, the Cow Goes Moo (solo)
- Sextet (solo)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
- You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (solo)
- Welcome Christmas (contains solo lines)
- Grinch 2000 (duet)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- My Darling Clementine (solo)
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
- I Believe I Can Fly (solo)
Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
- Can't Fight This Feeling
Yes Man (2008)
- Jumper (solo)
- Can't Buy Me Love (duet)
Television
In Living Color (1991)
- Johnny Abdul Medley (You Ain't Nothing But a Hostage/Love Me Tender or Die Slowly/Iraq Around the Clock) (solo)
- Records (solo)
- Jealousy (duet)
The Roseanne Show (1998)
- I Am the Walrus (solo)
Saturday Night Live (2011)
- I Just Need One (solo)
- Ain't Nobody's Business (solo)
- Bein' Green (solo)
- The Candy Man (solo)
- Can We Stay With You? (contains solo lines)
- Can We Use Your Room Keys? (contains solo lines)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011)
- Dancing in the Dark (contains solo lines)
