Jim Carrey

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian comedian and film actor.

Early life James Eugene Carrey was born January 17, 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada to Percy and Kathleen Carrey; he has three older siblings, John, Patricia and Rita. His family is Catholic and had distant French Canadian roots (the original surname was Carré). A comedian from an early age, Carrey mailed his résumé to The Carol Burnett Show when he was 10 years old. The teachers in Carrey's high school gave him a few minutes at the end of each school day to do a stand-up comedy routine for his classmates. He was also formerly enrolled in Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Carrey's parents fell on hard times and were forced to move to the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, where they took security and janitorial jobs in the Titan Wheels factory at 1051 Tapscott Rd (now IPSCO BuffaloInc). The Carreys lived in a historical house located on site. Carrey attended Blessed Trinity Catholic School in North York for two years, then began at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, Scarborough's oldest high school. For a time the family was in such financial straits that they lived in their Volkswagen van on a relative's lawn. In order to help out, Carrey began working eight-hour shifts each day after school. Personal life Carrey has been married twice, first to former actress and Comedy Store waitress Melissa Womer, with whom he has a daughter, Jane Erin Carrey (b. September 1987). They were married on March 28th, 1987 and were officially divorced in late 1995. After his separation from Womer in 1994, Carrey began dating his Dumb & Dumber co-star Lauren Holly. They were married on September 23, 1996; the marriage lasted less than a year. Carrey dated actress Renée Zellweger, whom he met on the set of Me, Myself and Irene, although their relationship ended in a broken engagement in December 2000. In December 2005, Carrey began dating actress/model Jenny McCarthy. The pair have since denied engagement rumors He attends the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church with his family Carrey really does have a chipped tooth; for his role in Dumb & Dumber, he simply removed the cap Jim Carrey is a fan of professional wrestling, with his favorite wrestler confirmed to be Kurt Angle, as at the Miramax Golden Globes Party (January 25, 2004), he appeared with a shaved head and told interviewers he shaved it to support Kurt Angle in the Royal Rumble that night. After the party and the Royal Rumble match, Carrey joked to the interviewers that "Chris Benoit cheated to win the Royal Rumble" and that he wanted Kurt Angle to win. Carrey owns a Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream V and also owns a Saleen S7 car (the car Bruce got after he became God in Bruce Almighty). He received U.S. citizenship on October 7, 2004 and now has dual citizenship between the U.S. and his native Canada, where he has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto since 1998. He went public about his bouts with depression in a November 2004 60 Minutes interview. He is a fan of death metal music and personally requested Cannibal Corpse's appearance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective He has also been spotted at British alternative giants Radiohead concerts