Film Star, Survivor, Inspiration. From humble beginnings to superstardom, he joins an elite group of comedians who have spanned the acting chasm to achieve phenomenal Hollywood success. Carrey is considered one of the most towering Stars in Hollywood and after twenty years of acting, is still a top male Box Office draw.
Some of his many career accolades:
- Carrey has starred in over twenty feature films that have generated more than Four Billion Dollars Worldwide.
- He has appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone" Magazine two times.
- Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1997).
- His total of nine MTV movie awards is the most MTV movie awards won by any person.
- Ranked #44 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
- First actor to reach 20 million dollar mark salary for The Cable Guy in 1996.
- Carrey got his start with a spot doing stand-up at a Toronto comedy club when he was just 15 years old.
- Ranked #5 in Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s.
- Wrote himself a check for $20 million and kept it in his wallet until he earned that amount for The Cable Guy (1996).
- He has been nominated for 5 Golden Globes, but although more recognized for his comedic performances, the only two Globes he's won were for dramatic performances (The Truman Show (1998) and Man on the Moon (1999).
- Wrote letters to Tupac Shakur when Tupac was in prison to help him laugh and smile. Tupac said that Carrey was his favorite actor
- Jack Nicholson has called him the "Jack Nicholson of the next generation".
- Has won three People’s Choice Awards and Six Teen Choice Awards.
- In 2003, Carrey reteamed with Tom Shadyac for the financially successful comedy Bruce Almighty, earning over $242 million in the U.S. and over $484 million worldwide, this film became the second highest grossing live-action comedy of all time.
