Monday, February 25, 2013

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey
Birth name: James Eugene Carrey
DOB: Jan. 17, 1962
Where: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Height: 6' 1/2''

Trademark
-Flexible body movements
-Plays characters who wear green or is green
-Weird facial expressions accompanied by an equally weird laugh or voice
-Wild manner of speaking
-Characters have catchphrases
-Characters lack manners or social awareness
-Frequently imitates Clint Eastwood and Elvis in his movies

Trivia
-Dropped out of high school at 16
-At age 10, he sent his resume to Carol Burnett
-For the 20th anniversary of the Comedy Store, he appeared there wearing nothing except a sock on his private areas
-His family lived out of a car/trailer at one point
-To make a living, his family all worked as janitors in a factory to make ends meet
-When he was a kid, he used to wear tap shoes to bed in case his parents needed cheering up
-Became a U.S. citizen in Oct. 2004
-Wrote letters to musician Tupak Shakur while he was in prison to help him laugh and cheer him up
-Huge fan of the cartoons Johnny Bravo and Dave the Barbarian
-Fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus

Known For
All in Good Taste
-Ralph
Dumb & Dumber
-Lloyd Christmas
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
-Ace Ventura






The Mask
-Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask
Batman Forever
-Edward Nygma/Riddler
Liar Liar
-Fletcher Reid
 
 
 
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
-Grinch
Bruce Almighty
-Bruce Nolan
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
-Count Olaf
The Number 23
-Walter Sparrow/Fingerling

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