Jim Carrey Biography

Fast Facts

• At the age of 10, mailed his résumé to the producers of The Carol Burnett Show
• When his father lost his job, a teenage Jim, his parents and two of his siblings all worked as janitors for a tire company
• Made stand-up debut at age 15 at a club in Toronto called Yuk Yuk's
• Got his big break doing In Living Color after meeting Keenen Ivory Wayans
• When he was starting out, wrote himself a check for $20 million and carried it around with him until he was paid that actual amount for The Cable Guy in 1996
• Spoke out about his struggles with depression in 2004
• Released online videos in 2007 to draw awareness to political repression in Burma
• Holds both Canadian and U
• S
• citizenship