Jim Carrey – Information

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Childhood – Early Stage Trivia:

As a child, Jim stated in an interview that when he played hockey, he got the most penalty minutes in a game … and he was a goalie!

Jim has said that when he was a kid all he wanted was a mustang bike with a banana seat, but his father couldn’t afford one; he prayed hard, and two weeks later Carrey won a lime green, mustang bike with a banana seat, in a raffle he never entered.

Attended Agincourt Collegiate Institute (High School), in Scarborough.

As a kid, he was a member of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets.

Briefly attended Aldershot High School in Burlington, Ontario.

Carrey was born and grew up in the Toronto suburb of Newmarket, Ontario to a family with some French Canadian roots (the original surname was Carré).

Jim’s father, Percy, lost his job when Jim was in the 9th grade, forcing the family to sell their house and relocate to Scarborough, where the whole family took on jobs at the Titan Wheels factory as janitors or security guards. Jim would work an 8 hour shift directly after school, scrubbing toilets and floors. At one point, the family was so poor they all lived in their VW Camper Van.

Jim’s mother, Kathleen, suffered depression and was often chronically sick with both real and imagined illnesses. His father was a saxophone player with a big band, but sold his sax and dreams to take a job as an accountant.

At the age of 15, Jim began honing his comedy act at the Yuk Yuks comedy club in Toronto, encouraged by his father.

Performed his first stand-up routine (with disastrous results) in a yellow suit and tails made by his mother, similar to what he would later wear in The Mask (1994).

Was a straight-A student until he dropped out for good.

When he was a child and life was difficult for his family, Jim would wear his tap shoes to bed. He did this in case his parents needed cheering up during the night.

When he was in junior high, Jim insisted on performing for his classmates. His teachers realized that the only way to calm him was to allow him a ten-minute spot at the end of each school day.

As a child, Jim loved Christmas time. Not because of the holiday season or the gifts, but because visiting relatives increased his audience. He obsessively studied television shows, perfecting impressions of the stars and his alcoholic grandfather.

At the age of ten, Jim had published a book with his poems and had sent his résumé to Carol Burnett. Nothing came of either attempt.

Carreer Trivia:

Carrey dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and began to work in comedy clubs with an act that included impersonations of celebrities such as Michael Landon and Jimmy Stewart.

At the age of 17, he moved to Los Angeles and started working in The Comedy Store, where he was noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield. Dangerfield liked Carrey’s act so much that he signed him up to open Dangerfield’s tour performances in Las Vegas.

Carrey made a forgettable film debut in Rubberface (1981). Four years later, he had a starring role in the dark comedy Once Bitten as Mark Kendall, a teen virgin who is pursued by a 400-year old vampire, played by Lauren Hutton. Carrey, however, did not experience box office success until almost a decade later when he got a starring role in the comedy Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, which premiered only months before In Living Color ended. The film was panned by the critics, and helped earn him a 1994 Golden Raspberry Award.

Auditioned for a role in Joel Schumacher’s D.C. Cab in 1983, but failed. It was not until 12 years later that he had the chance to work with this director in Batman Forever (1995).

Auditioned for the role of Farmer Ted “The Geek” in the film Sixteen Candles (1984). Eventually, it was Anthony Michael Hall who got the part.

Jim’s career started off with modest success. He was starring in a television comedy show (The Duck Factory in 1984) and two movies (Copper Mountain and All In Good Taste, both in 1983). Feeling confident in his prospects, he sent for his parents in Toronto and set them up to live in Los Angeles to be close to him. Unfortunately, things then went badly for Jim. His movies were financial failures and The Duck Factory was cancelled after thirteen shows. As his money began to run out, a depressed Jim started to paint a portrait of his father with a stopwatch in one hand and a gun in the other, calling it ‘Waiting Around to Die’. He eventually did the hardest thing he ever had to do, and sent his parents back to Toronto.

Hosted The YTV Awards Show in mid ’80s with Laurie from Fox After Breakfast (1996). YTV is Canada’s Youth Television station.

While on his way to an audition for a spot on Saturday Night Live in 1986 (alongside Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman), he spotted an employee of NBC atop the roof, threatening to jump and kill himself. The experience shook Jim up and threw his comic timing off. He failed the audition and has often told this story since.

During a time when he was down on his luck, he wrote himself a check for ten million dollars and post-dated it for Thanksgiving Day, 1995. The motivational trick seemed to work. Just three days before his father’s death, Jim was offered ten million dollars for appearing in The Mask. His father was absolutely delighted. Jim placed the original check in his father’s breast pocket before they closed the coffin.

Jim landed parts in two Buddy Van Horn films that starred Clint Eastwood; The Dead Pool in 1988 and Pink Cadillac in 1989. It was Clint Eastwood himself who asked to have Jim involved in both films because he loved the impressions Jim did of him.

Spent about two and a half hours along with his co-stars, Jeff Goldblum and Damon Wayans, to be suited up as the aliens while filming Earth Girls Are Easy (1988). Their voices were dubbed for some scenes in this film.

Dedicated Jim Carrey’s Unnatural Act (1991) to his mother, Kathleen Carrey, after her death because of kidney failure in the same year.

Director Chuck Russell has said that The Mask (1994) started off as a very dark horror film based on the old comic books before being transformed as a vehicle for Jim Carrey’s unique comedy.

He took out his cap for his chipped tooth for Dumb and Dumber.

In Dumb and Dumber the most annoying sound in the world was ad-libbed by Carrey during filming.

Insisted that his favorite band, Cannibal Corpse, should play in the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).

Jim refused to shoot an alternate ending of Harry and Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber getting on the bus with the Tropicana girls.

Jim’s father, Percy, died of lung cancer and complications from Alzheimer’s disease in 1994

The nightclub he visits (in hopes of attracting Cameron Diaz) in The Mask bears the name of the Coco Bongo. Coco Bongo was also the name of the bar Peter Appleton (Carrey) went to after losing his job in The Majestic (2001).

The scene in The Mask where he is being chased by gangsters and pulls the wet condom out of his pocket and says, “Sorry, wrong pocket”, was improvised by Carrey.

After the negative experience of making Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Jim vowed never to do a sequel again and has kept that promise.

Was said to have undergone plastic surgery after he was seen on the cover of American magazine bearing a striking resemblance to Keanu Reeves. His barely-recognizable snapshot prompted suspicion of plastic surgery or very heavy airbrushing, both of which his representative Marleah Leslie denied.

He appeared at the 20th anniversary special for The Comedy Store wearing nothing but a sock on his penis.

He was originally cast as Dr. Evil in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), but he had to drop out of the role due to a scheduling conflict with Liar Liar (1997).

Jim married his Dumb and Dumber co-star and love interest Lauren Holly on September 23, 1996 but the couple divorced on July 29, 1997, citing irreconcilable differences.

Jim’s $20 million paycheck for The Cable Guy was the highest salary paid to a comedian at the time.

He was chosen by People magazine as one of the ‘50 Most Beautiful People in the World’ in 1997.

Was considered for the role of Ted Stroehmann in There’s Something About Mary before the part went to Ben Stiller (1998).

Was on the 54th rank of The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list compiled by Empire Magazine of U.K. edition in October 1997.

When Fletcher (in Liar, Liar) literally beats himself up in the restroom, no sound effects were used; those are really the sounds of Jim Carrey’s head slamming into the urinal, floor, and walls.

When he became aware of the plans to film the biopic Man on the Moon, Jim auditioned fiercely for the role of Andy Kaufman. He went to the extreme lengths of hiring a production crew to record his audition tape.

His cover version of I Am the Walrus was included by music producer George Martin in a tribute to Beatles entitled In My Life (1998).

Performed Rocket Man onstage with Elton John at one of the singer’s concerts in 1998.

Played bongos in the audition for the role of Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon (1999) and eventually won the part.

Researchers in New York and London have discovered a condition they have named “Truman Syndrome”, named after Jim Carrey’s character in The Truman Show (1998). People diagnosed with this psychological disorder believe their lives are being aired on worldwide TV.

Was honored a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in 1998, but he did not go there for the unveiling until 2004.

Andy Kaufman’s congas were sold at auction and bought by Carrey. They’re the same ones that appear in the film.

At one time Carrey was slated to star as the lead in Meet the Parents (2000) and even contributed jokes to the screenplay, such as the main character being named Focker. Eventually it was Ben Stiller that got the part.

During the filming of Man on the Moon, Jim suffered bad neck injuries while recreating the scene in which Kaufman gets in the ring with professional wrestler, Jerry Lawlor.

During the filming of Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Jim and the production crew attended a private music show of the band Phish on June 24th 1999 at the guitarist/vocalist house in Careystock, Vermont. There, he sang two songs with Phish, Hey You by Pink Floyd and Come Together by The Beatles.

He refused to be called by his real name during the entire production of Man on the Moon – to get into the part, he insisted on being dealt with as Andy Kaufman at all times, on and off the set.

His ex-wife, Melissa Womer, has a small part as a Comedy Store waitress in Man on the Moon. She is credited as Melissa Carrey.

In 1999 Jim re-teamed with The Farrelly Brothers to do their comedy Me, Myself and Irene. The story was about a state trooper with multiple personalities who fights for a woman, Irene, played by Renee Zellweger. The movie grossed $24 million dollars on it’s opening weekend and grossed $90 million nationwide.

The arguments and dispute between Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufmann in Man on the Moon, although portrayed as real at the time, were actually fabricated to create publicity. During the filming, there were reports that Lawler and Jim Carrey had a real fight, just as Lawler and Kaufmann were supposed to have had. However these were all made up too, as publicity for the release of the movie.

Was born on the same day as Andy Kaufman whom he portrayed in Man on the Moon (1999).

He began dating his Me, Myself and Irene co-star Renee Zellweger for six months after filming wrapped.

He stated that when he first saw Ron Howard in full Grinch outfit, he was angered, mistaking the director for a stunt double who looked nothing like Carrey.

In Me, Myself and Irene, Jim Carrey confessed that during the scene where he breast-feeds from Shannon Whirry, he felt very uncomfortable and embarrassed by the fact that Whirry did have milk on her breast (she was nursing her baby during the time of the filming). On the other hand, Shannon Whirry said that she made that scene as normal as possible, and didn’t feel a thing.

The prosthetic make-up he wore in The Grinch, took 3 hours to apply. Carrey felt so horribly confined and uncomfortable in the latex skin that he needed counseling from a Navy SEAL, who taught him torture-resistance techniques.

December, 2001: Announces his intention to become a United States citizen.

Was considered for the role of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Was originally offered the lead role in the movie The Master of Disguise (2002).

At one point, he reportedly showed interest in the lead role of Phone Booth (2002), but backed off after only a day.

Donated $1 million to the families of World Trade Center disaster victims.

Topped the list of Top Canadians in U.S. Television compiled by Banff Television Festival in June 2002 along with Michael J. Fox and the late Raymond Burr.

Carrey’s comedy, Bruce Almighty, has caused Pinellas Park glassmaker Dawn Jenkins, a Florida woman, to suffer constant harassment because her number was given out in the movie as a direct line to God – Instead of the usual 555 prefix most TV shows and films use in phone numbers, God’s number is Jenkins’ mobile phone number and Jenkins, who has been getting about 20 calls per hour, with callers asking for God before hanging up complains, What am I to do? I e-mailed Universal Studios about this issue … I think I want payment.

Carrey’s comedy, Bruce Wire Transfer Harbor National Bank Almighty, was finally been granted a release in Malaysia, even though government officials have slammed its content. Buena Vista’s local General Manager in Malaysia says they viewed it from every angle and found it was a typical Jim Carrey comedy, with nothing sensitive about it.

Earned the 5th rank in Star TV’s list of Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s in 2003.

Egyptian authorities banned Carrey film Bruce Almighty, saying the comedy infringes on God’s sacredness.

Gained the top position on the Top Ten Money-Making list according to the Quigley poll in 2003.

Melissa Womer Carrey filed court papers in Los Angeles Superior Court requesting more child support, saying that $10,000 a month “is not sufficient” to meet the needs of their 15-year-old daughter Jane,”who wants to pursue a career in the entertainment industry”.

Named top-earner of 2003 according to Tops, a poll of the Top 10 Money-Making Stars conducted by Quigley Publishing Co.

Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List.

Became a U.S. citizen in October 2004 but retains also his Canadian citizenship.

He donated a signed head-shot to Rocky Stone to be auctioned off to raise money to buy more toys for less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004.

Jim was slated to play Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the studio took almost 14 months to confirm. By then, he was committed to Fun with Dick and Jane.

Kicked his addiction to the anti-depressant drug Prozac in 2004.

Made TV history when the trailer for his movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was beamed onto his bald head. He was on The Late Show promoting the film and decided to make the teaser a memorable one by inviting a Late Show hair stylist to shave a rectangular ’screen’ on the top of his head.

He fired his agent of fifteen years, Nick Stevens, at United Talent Agency, after a pair of productions that Carrey was to work on, budgeted in excess of $100 million dollar each were dropped due to escalating costs.

Possibly out of slapstick to his nationality, his Dick Harper character of Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) has been compared by fans to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Signed on at Creative Artists Agency, a week after firing his longtime handler at the United Talent Agency.

Started dating Jenny McCarthy in July 2005. They have no plans to ever get married. Both had been through painful divorces in the past and neither of them believes that they need a piece of paper to be in love. They plan to fashion their relationship after Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell who are “happily un-married”.

Jim hosted a special holiday party to benefit the Los Angeles Fire Department’s ‘Spark Of Love’ toy drive. He escorted his 19 year old daughter Jane, girlfriend Jenny McCarthy, and her 4 year old son Evan. 500 guests arrived, donating over a thousand toys for needy area children, from guests including Ron Howard, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Billy Corgan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morgan Freeman, and Pauley Shore. Professional skaters Surya Bonaly and Sasha Cohen performed on ice.

Rendered a guest partially nude during an interview with fellow comedian David Letterman, when he stole a red sweater off a stranger in order to feel more festive.

Scored the No. 1 spot on the “Most Powerful Canadians in Hollywood” list by Canadian Business magazine (August 2006).

Along with girlfriend Jenny McCarthy, Jim continues to champion the idea that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine can cause autism in children, despite the fact that there is no evidence to support that position and the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Along with his girlfriend Jenny McCarthy, he was among the guests at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s wedding.

In a poorly thought out attempt to amuse his castmembers and crew, he infuriated everyone on the set of The Number 23 in February 2007, by urinating on the actual movie set in front of everyone. He is known for his over-the-top antics, but castmates think that this time he had gone too far.

Posted a video of PSA in YouTube on August 28, 2007, urging Americans to join a global campaign for the freedom of Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi who has been confined by the Burmese government for 11 of the last 17 years.

Here’s that video:

Was cast in an updated, big-screen musical version of Damn Yankees.

Arrived at the London premiere of his film Yes Man in a double-decker bus.

Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey visited a gay bar together to research their new movie I Love You Phillip Morris, in which they play homosexual lovers.

Carrey has joked that kissing Ewan McGregor in I Love You Phillip Morrris was a “dream come true for me”.

In August of 2008, Jim was rated tenth on Forbes magazine’s “Ten Most Overpaid Actors” list. The list was based on comparing how much revenue the actor’s movies make versus the amounts they were paid for their performances.

Signed up to star in Sober Buddies (2012), a comedy that he will also produce for Universal Pictures.

In January 2009, while Jim and Jenny McCarthy were celebrating Jim’s 47th birthday by attending a 50 Cent concert, they were surprised by 50 Cent himself inviting Jim up onto the stage. The audience then serenaded him with a special rendition of It’s Your Birthday.

Trivia – Various Subjects:

A fan of Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969).

Also credited as: James Carrey / Tony Clifton.

Although he obtained American citizenship, he still intends to keep his Canadian citizenship.

Battled with depression for years after his rise to fame in the 90’s, using Prozac and other medication to try and control his dark thoughts.

Before Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator (2004), Jim spent years trying to produce and star in a film of Howard Hughes’ life as Hughes himself.

Bought a Harley Davidson motorcycle and got a vanity license plate for it which read “NO TAG” as a joke. This resulted in Jim receiving numerous traffic tickets in the mail that were meant for other people. As it turns out, when filling out a ticket, police officers write “no tag” in the license plate number slot on the ticket when the offending vehicle has no license plate. In some cases, this was interpreted as the actual license plate number, as it was in Jim’s case, which caused the tickets to be routed to him.

Carrey has been married twice, first to Melissa Womer with whom he had a daughter, Jane, then to actress Lauren Holly in a marriage that lasted less than a year.

Favorite liquid: Red Wine and Diet Coke.

Fellow Canadian comedian Mike Myers was chosen over Carrey to play in SNL.

First actor to reach 20 million dollar mark salary (for The Cable Guy 1996).

Has a dual citizenship as he has become a U.S. citizen by October 2004.

Has a secret hobby – he can’t get enough of karaoke.

Has portrayed some characters who have a job or interest in TV as seen in The Mask (1994), Batman Forever (1995), The Cable Guy (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Man on the Moon (1999) and Bruce Almighty (2003).

Has said that his least favorite movie is The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969).

Has worked with two actresses from the TV show Friends: Courteney Cox in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and Jennifer Aniston in Bruce Almighty (2003).

He has said that Joel, his painfully shy, lovelorn character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), is closer to what he’s like when he’s not “on,” and that making the film lead him to reflect on his past relationships and why they didn’t work out.

He, Michael J. Fox and the late Raymond Burr head list of top Canadians in U.S. television compiled by Banff Television Festival, June 2002.

His characters from Dumb & Dumber (1994), The Mask (1994), Bruce Almighty (2003), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Man on the Moon (1999) and Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) are all losers in one waqy or another who want to be recognized and become famous.

His performance as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) is ranked #97 on Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Is a huge fan of metal band Cannibal Corpse so that he once insisted to include them in his movie, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).

Favorite cartoon character is Deputy Dawg. Is a huge fan of the cartoons Johnny Bravo, Spongebob Squarepants and Dave The Barbarian.

Is managed by James “Jimmy” Miller, the younger brother of comedian Dennis Miller.

Is willing to risk a battered and bruised body for the sake of comedy realism.

Jack Nicholson has called him the Jack Nicholson of the next generation.

Jim’s life story is truly an example of the saying Rags to Riches. He went from scraping pubic hairs off toilets in a dirty old factory to one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood.

Likes eating Mexican food and grilled cheese sandwich.

Many of his characters are ordinary men whose lives are changed by supernatural or otherwise unseen forces. As in The Mask (1994) (Stanley Ipkiss happens to find the mask), The Majestic (2001) (Appleton is unlucky and suffers amnesia), Liar Liar (1997) (His son’s birthday wish comes true), Bruce Almighty (2003) (Divine intervention), The Truman Show (1998) (He finds his life is a TV show), and so on.

Nicole Kidman calls Jim Carrey her best male friend.

Often his protagonist (or antagonist) roles are associated with the color green. The Mask (1994), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), The Riddler in Batman Forever (1995), the alias Mr. Red Green in Fun with Dick and Jane (2005). The Red Green reference in Fun With Dick and Jane might have been a nod to a Canadian comedy, The Red Green Show (1991).

Owns a 25 million dollar jet aircraft, Gulfstream V, with tail number N162JC and a Saleen S7 which has been the most expensive car in the USA.

Sexily dances for partner Jenny McCarthy over the internet when they are apart.

Studied acting with legendary coach Larry Moss.

The characters played by him in Ace Ventura, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber later became TV cartoons, whereas his Grinch, Horton and Riddler characters already were cartoons.

There is some sort of a bathroom scene and car scene in almost every one of his movies.

Uses Jimmie as nickname.

Wants to live to be 120 – and he’s preparing to start an acupuncture course, because he’s sure that’s the answer to longevity.

Went through depression in the 1980s while struggling to make ends meet as a comedian.

While getting his start in Los Angeles, one of his frequent stops was at the Comedy Store.

With the exception of his Ace Ventura character, Carrey has a reputation of not repeating the same character twice in a sequel (Batman & Robin (1997)) or prequel (Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)).

Wrote a song for Tuck & Patti, an adult contemporary and Christian musical duo.

Wrote letters to Tupac Shakur when Tupac was in prison to help him laugh and smile. Tupac said that Carrey was his favorite actor.

Aside from being an accomplished actor, comedian, comedy writer and impressionist, Jim is also an amateur singer, songwriter, painter, and sculptor.

Has written a self-help book for sufferers of depression who want to avoid using drugs to beat the condition.

He always enjoyed phenomenal support from his parents. His father, Percy, despite battling manic depression, was a great ’stage dad’. He helped Jim write his first routines. His mother, Kathleen, made him his yellow polyester suit with tails for his stage debut. His first performance was not well received, but he didn’t give up. He just continued practicing his impressions, among whom were Michael Landon, Henry Fonda, Gandhi, Elvis, and James Stewart.

He tries to keep his personal life private and goes to great lengths to avoid the paparazzo.

In France, he is referred to as the son of Jerry Lewis.

Jim Carrey has been a vegetarian for most of his life.

Jim’s hero is James Stewart. He got to meet him in the late 1980s, but he was so excited to see him in person that he ended up making a fool out of himself.

When he was first asked to appear as a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, he was ecstatic. However, he left somewhat depressed after not having been invited to join Johnny on the couch for a career-making chat.

Trivia – Nominations, Awards and Honors:

As of 2009, he is only one of six performers who won a Golden Globe Award as Best Lead Actor/Actress in a Motion Picture Drama without being nominated for an Oscar for that same role (his for The Truman Show 1998). The others are Spencer Tracy in The Actress (1953), Anthony Franciosa in Career (1959), Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago (1965), Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka (1988) and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road (2008).

Nominated for Best Comedic Performance at MTV Movie Awards for Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).

Nominated for Best Comedic Performance at MTV Movie Awards for The Mask (1995).

Nominated for Best Comedic Performance at MTV Movie Awards for Me, Myself and Irene (2001).

Nominated for Best Dance Sequence at MTV Movie Awards for The Mask (1995) – shared with Cameron Diaz.

Nominated for Best Fight at MTV Movie Awards for The Cable Guy (1997) – shared with Matthew Broderick.

Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1996) – shared with Sophie Okonedo.

Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for Man on the Moon (2000).

Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for Dumb and Dumber (1995) – shared with Jeff Daniels.

Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for Liar Liar (1998).

Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for The Mask (1995).

Nominated for Best Villain at MTV Movie Awards for Batman Forever (1996).

Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Man on the Moon (2000).

He has been nominated for 5 Golden Globes, but although more recognised 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)).

His total of nine MTV movie awards as of 2001 is the most MTV movie awards won by any person.

Was nominated for Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical in 2001 for The Grinch.

Became the nominee of Favorite Movie Actor for seven times in 1995-1998, 2001, 2004-2005 at Kids’ Choice Awards and was given the title in 1995-1997, 2001, and 2004.

Became the nominee of Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role category at the 2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards and also of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at the 2005 BAFTA Awards.

Earned five other nominations at MTV Movie Awards in 1995-1997, and 2000, but only managed to take home one of them in 1996 for winning the Best Male Performance category through his role in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995).

Gained Best Actor nomination at the 1999 CFCA Awards, the 2000 and the 2005 OFCS Awards, plus the 2001 and the 2005 Empire Awards.

Gained two Golden Satellite Awards nominations in the category of Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy, or Musical at the 2000 and 2005 Satellite Awards.

Obtained a nomination for Film-Performance-Male category in 2000 and Film-Pretty Funny Male Performance in 2001 at Canadian Comedy Awards.

Received a Special Award – Comedy Star of the Year in 1995 and another for being Male Star of the Year in 2000 at ShoWest Convention.

Received the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical nomination at Golden Globe Awards in 2001 for his role in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).

Received the Best Villain nomination at MTV Movie Awards in 1995-1998, 2001, 2004-2005, and won the honor in 1995-1997, 2001, and 2004 while also was nominated three times in the Best Kiss category in 1995, 1996, and 2004 in which he failed to get the award.

Took home the title of Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Comedy at the 2001 People’s Choice Awards while also won the category of Most Divine Miracle in a Movie (Milagro mas Divino en una Película) at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards, Mexico.

Was named the Best Actor at the 1999 Boston Society Film Critics Awards and the 2004 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.

Was nominated in the category of Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture for three times, which were in 1996, 1999, and 2000, at American Comedy Awards.

Was nominated in the category of Newcomer of the Year in 1995 and Actor of the Year in 2001 at London Critics Circle Film Awards. He won the former one for his role in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).

Was the nominee of ALFS Award for the Actor of the Year category at the 2001 London Critics Circle Film Awards through his role in Man on the Moon (1999) and also How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).

Was the nominee of Saturn Award in the Best Actor category held by Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films, USA for three times, which were in 1999, 2001, and 2005.

Won 4 out of 6 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards nominations in the year 1995, 1999, and 2001.

Won four out of seven Teen Choice Awards nominations in the year 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2005. 

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