Jim Carrey Bio Info

Jim Carrey Biography

Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Jim Carrey knew by age 3 that show business was in his blood. At age 15, he took off for Toronto to perform at Yuk Yuks, the famous comedy club. Following that performance, his career took off. For the next few years, he worked in comedy clubs all over Canada. At age 19, he packed his belongings and moved to Los Angeles.

There, he immediately became a regular at Mitzi Shore’s Comedy Store, attracting the attention of top comic Rodney Dangerfield, who was so impressed with the young man that he invited him on tour. Mr. Carrey was subsequently cast in the lead role of the NBC series "The Duck Factory". The series lasted only 13 weeks, but film work soon followed, beginning with a starring role in Howard Storm’s Once Bitten (opposite Lauren Hutton).

His early film roles also included Francis Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married (with Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage), Julien Temple’s Earth Girls Are Easy (with Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and Damon Wayans), and Buddy Van Horn’s The Dead Pool (with Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry).

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