Jim Carrey has essayed a slew of iconic roles in his career as an actor. Known for his classic comic timing and panache for pulling his face into weird expressions, the actor seemed tailor-made for the role of Big Head, Dark Horse Comics’ most well-known supervillain. However, what real...
Jim Carrey is a comedian and actor known for his comedic hits, including Ace Ventura and his dramatic breakthrough in The Truman Show. Learn more at Biography.com.
Jim Carrey Can Relate to CharacterDOUGLAS J. ROWE, Associated Press Writer
and very successfully on the nights when he did his standard impressions and jokes. In his most famous early-career bit, he made thalidomide jokes and crawled on-stage as "Worm Boy," an armless and legless character. But Carrey felt constrained, and often refused to do his act, instead an...
How The Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey.Photo: Getty Images Many of Howard’s relatives also had roles in the Christmas movie including his brother Clint as Bris Who, the mayor’s aide, and his father Rance as the elderly timekeeper. His daughter Bryce Dallas Howard appeared as a“Su...
the star persona he has now by the time of this film, and his role has very littleAquaman energyto it. Meanwhile,Carrey's inclusion is downright baffling, as you barely recognize him for most of the runtime, and his character serves as little more than a plot device and sideshow ...
” Although Carrey’s raffish cane-twirling went awry one day –“Cracked me right in the family jewels,” says Jones – the veteran actor found Carrey “just a down-to-earth good guy and rather inspiring in his boldness in that character.” Says Schumacher: “Tommy is used to stealing ...
Carrey’s dialogue hints at the character’s dark past, but brutal interrogation techniques aside, the man seen inKick-Ass 2is surprisingly decent. While he carries a gun into battle and occasionally threatens bad guys with it, he goes out of his way to show Kick-Ass that the gun isn’...
Sometimes, a funny sketch doesn't have to be complicated. Here, an office party has a costume contest. Kate McKinnon's character dresses up like the dancing, leotard-wearing little girl fromSia's "Chandelier"music video. Then, Jim Carrey's character also comes out dressed in the same unco...
Jim was a medieval diminutive of James. It was adopted generally by English speakers from the mid-19th century, possibly made known by the character Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island (1883), the adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. In addition, Jim is a variant of the name Jacob (...