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Jim Carrey: Comedies
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Synopsis: Six years after Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey reunited with Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly for this anarchic comedy with a hint of romance. Charlie (Carrey) is a good-natured Rhode Island state trooper who likes helping people. But years of internalizing his frustrations about his work and hisRead More
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From the Farrelly brothers and Tom Green to Jim Carrey and Pauly Shore, comedy doesn't get much better than this. Check out these 12 hilarious comedies, all under $12, and be prepared to laugh.
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After leaving school, Carrey worked in comedy clubs. At 17 he moved to LA and began working at The Comedy Club, where he was discovered by Rodney Dangerfield and signed to open his shows.
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Carrey turned his attention towards filmed entertainment. He auditioned to be a castmember for NBC's Saturday Night Live when the show was looking for new cast members for their 1980–1981 season. Carrey was never chosen to be a cast member (although he finally hosted the show in May 1996). His first lead role on television was Skip Tarkenton, a young animation producer on NBC's The Duck Factory. The short-lived comedy, which aired from April 12, 1984 to July 11, 1984, offered a behind-the-scenes look at the crew that produced a children's cartoon.[2]
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In some regards, Carrey was settling down. In 2004 he'd become a US citizen - though he'd made it very clear that he was proud to still be Canadian. He'd ... form another romantic attachment, at the end of 2005 becoming involved with Playboy playmate turned actress Jenny McCarthy (together the couple would attend the high-profile wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes). Workwise, though, Carrey was spending a great deal of time in pre-production chaos. A much-anticipated Spielberg remake of The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, which would finally place Carrey in the shoes of Danny Kaye, would be held up indefinitely. Used Guys, a sci-fi comedy where Carrey and Ben Stiller would be slave-gigolos on a female-dominated planet, would suffer budget problems, as would Ripley's Believe It Or Not, initially mooted to be directed by Tim Burton.
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In the late 90s, Carrey turned to more serious roles beginning with 1998's The Truman Show. The film was nominated for an Academy Award nomination and Carrey won a Golden Globe for his performance. He then took on Simon Birch and played comedian Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon. His performance garnered critical acclaim and earned him his second Golden Globe for Best Actor.
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