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Jim Carrey
Birthdate: January 17, 1962

Jim Carrey

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
1.6461
7
total ranking of 1.6461
1990s
3.0309
10
total ranking of 3.0309
2000s
3.0595
9
total ranking of 3.0595
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Jim Carrey is ranked overall as 3.3801 of of 4 stars3.3801

Jim Carrey Movie Rankings

1
Jim Carrey starring in Truman Show
Jim Carrey scores a combined 3.4809 out of 4 stars for Truman Show3.4809
Truman's whole world is a fabrication. Everything in his life is scripted, filmed and controlled by television producers. Until one day, Truman begins to suspect something in his world isn't quite right and discovers his whole life has been a TV show. ...more about Truman Show
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Kids' Choice Awards, USA - Favorite Movie Actor
2
Jim Carrey starring in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jim Carrey scores a combined 3.2822 out of 4 stars for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind3.2822
After a terrible break-up, Joel ops to erase his memory and rid himself of Clementine, but as the procedure is taking place Joel's subconscious refuses to let go of the memories and begins to hide Clementine deeper and deeper in his brain. ...more about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
3
Jim Carrey starring in Liar Liar
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.9295 out of 4 stars for Liar Liar2.9295
Fletcher Reid is a fast talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has only one wish, 'that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours'. ...more about Liar Liar
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Comedy
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
  • Kids' Choice Awards, USA - Favorite Movie Actor
4
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.8952 out of 4 stars for Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!2.8952
One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. ...more about Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
  • Not Available on DVD
5
Mask, The (1994)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.8744 out of 4 stars for Mask2.8744
Stanley Ipkiss is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. ...more about Mask
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
6
Man on the Moon (1999)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.8624 out of 4 stars for Man on the Moon2.8624
Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Kaufman, along with his role on "Taxi," was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. ...more about Man on the Moon
Actor Awards
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
7
Simon Birch (1998)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.8180 out of 4 stars for Simon Birch2.8180
Simon Birch believes that God made him for a special, heroic purpose. ...more about Simon Birch
8
Batman Forever (1995)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.8129 out of 4 stars for Batman Forever2.8129
The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face incorrectly believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side. ...more about Batman Forever
9
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.8034 out of 4 stars for How the Grinch Stole Christmas2.8034
Based on the book by the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who's, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. ...more about How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Comedy
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
  • Kids' Choice Awards, USA - Favorite Movie Actor
10
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.7664 out of 4 stars for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events2.7664
Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent young children who receive terrible news that their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. ...more about Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Actor Awards
  • Kids' Choice Awards, USA - Favorite Movie Actor
  • Teen Choice Awards - Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure/Thriller
11
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.7575 out of 4 stars for Earth Girls Are Easy2.7575
Trio of fuzzy (and funny) aliens crash land in Valerie's pool-- putting a decided damper on her future wedding plans to cheating Dr. Ted Gallagher. Action interrupted by musical numbers--an MTV musical comedy. ...more about Earth Girls Are Easy
12
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.7036 out of 4 stars for Bruce Almighty2.7036
Bruce Nolan (Carrey), a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y.,is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend, Grace (Aniston) . ...more about Bruce Almighty
Actor Awards
  • Kids' Choice Awards, USA - Favorite Movie Actor
  • Teen Choice Awards - Choice Movie Actor - Comedy
13
Majestic, The (2001)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.5935 out of 4 stars for Majestic2.5935
Peter Appleton is an ambitious young screenwriter working for HHS Studios during Hollywood's Golden Age, 1951 in particular. "Ashes to Ashes" is about to be released, and he's dating the attractive movie star, Sandra Sinclair. ...more about Majestic
14
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.5513 out of 4 stars for Me2.5513
Charlie is a Rhode Island state trooper with a split personality. He is otherwise mild-mannered and non confrontational until somebody or something pushes him a little too far. That's when his maniacal alter-ego, Hank, takes over. ...more about Me
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Comedy/Romance
15
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.5399 out of 4 stars for Dumb & Dumber2.5399
Harry and Lloyd are two brainless losers who try to return a suitcase full of money to its pretty owner. After a journey full of accidents they arrive in snowy Aspen, Colorado and try to find her. ...more about Dumb & Dumber
16
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.3772 out of 4 stars for Ace Ventura: Pet Detective2.3772
To be a Pet Detective, you have to understand both the criminals and animals. Ace Ventura goes even further... He behaves like a criminal animal. ...more about Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Comedy, On Video
  • Kids' Choice Awards, USA - Favorite Movie Actor
17
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 2.2752 out of 4 stars for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls2.2752
Ace Ventura, emerging from self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway, travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred bat which is told will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes. ...more about Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Actor Awards
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • Kids' Choice Awards, USA - Favorite Movie Actor
18
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 1.9450 out of 4 stars for Peggy Sue Got Married1.9450
A 43 year old mother and housewife that's facing divorce is thrust back in time when she tries to plan a high-school reunion. Given the chance to change the course of her life she finds herself making many of the same choices. ...more about Peggy Sue Got Married
19
Number 23, The (2007)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 1.8555 out of 4 stars for Number 231.8555
A man becomes increasingly obsessed with an obscure book that seems to tell the story of his life. However, the ending foretells a future of murder and dire consequences beyond anyone's imagination. ...more about Number 23
Actor Awards
  • Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
  • Teen Choice Awards - Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller
20
Once Bitten (1985)
Jim Carrey scores a combined 1.8139 out of 4 stars for Once Bitten1.8139
The Countess has a problem. She is a 400 year old vampire who will cease to look young unless she is able to feed on a virgin three times before Holloween, a week away. She sends Sebastian, her servant and all of her lesser vampires out to find one. ...more about Once Bitten
21
All In Good Taste (1983)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Copper Mountain (1983)
No Reviews Available
23
Finders Keepers (1984)
No Reviews Available
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. He gets more than he bargained for from the train and the coffin. ...more about Finders Keepers
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Introducing... Janet (1983)
No Reviews Available
Adah Glassbourg plays Janet in this 40 minute long made for TV movie. Janet is an over-weight girl who has a knack for making the other children in school laugh...by making fun of her own weight. ...more about Introducing... Janet
25
Junket Whore (1998)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Pecan Pie (2003)
No Reviews Available
A "bed-car", driven by a man in his pajamas (Jim Carrey) who joyously sings "Pecan Pie", pulls over in a gas-station where two employee (french stand-up comedians Eric & Ramzy) change his blankets. Until the "bed-car" disappears into the night... ...more about Pecan Pie
  • Not Available on DVD