Top 20 Fascinating Facts About Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey has long been one of the funniest and most prominent personalities in Hollywood, with hundreds of movies and millions of devoted fans. If you love him as much as we do, you will probably be interested to know more about him. Gather ’round, folks, it’s time to uncover the most exciting and unexpected facts about Jim Carrey!

1) Did you know his full name is James Eugene Carrey?

2) Jim was brought to this world on January 17, 1962, in Newmarket (Canada) in the family of an accountant and singer.

3) Jim Carrey has French roots, so, in fact, his last name sounds like Carré.

4) Jim Carrey has two official citizenships: Canadian and US.

5) As a child, Jim Carrey liked parodying Brezhnev and Jack Nicholson standing by the mirror.

6) Due to the difficult financial situation in the family, young Jim had to work as a security guard at the Titanium Wheels factory.

7) At the age of 11, Carrey sent out 80 tapes with his Carol Barnet Show parody, and at the age of 15, Jim first got into a comedy club.