 Carrey in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Jim Carrey.
Contents
- Major associations
- BAFTA Awards
- Critics' Choice Awards
- Emmy Awards
- Golden Globe Awards
- Grammy Awards
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Critics awards
- Miscellaneous awards
- Honorary awards
- See also
- References
- External links
Jim Carrey is a Canadian actor, comedian and producer. Over the course of career he has received various accolades including two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a British Academy Film Award, a Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, two Critics' Choice Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2010, he was honored with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Minister of Culture.
Carrey started his career in Canadian comedy films and the sketch comedy series In Living Color from 1990 to 1994. He gained stardom starring as Ace Ventura in the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), both earned him the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor. He continued his comedy stardom with The Mask (1994) and Liar Liar (1997) both of which earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. He portrayed The Grinch in the live action Christmas fantasy film How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) earning another Golden Globe nomination. He also starred in the comedy films Dumb and Dumber (1994), Bruce Almighty (2003), Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), and Yes Man (2008). He has voiced roles in Horton Hears a Who! (2008) and A Christmas Carol (2009). He currently stars as Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise starting in 2020.
Carrey is also known for taking on mature roles starting first playing the title role in the psychological dramedy The Truman Show (1998) for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. The following year he portrayed Andy Kauffman in the biographical comedy-drama Man on the Moon (1999) winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and being nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role. He starred in the surrealist romance drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. He portrayed Steven Jay Russell in the black comedy I Love You Phillip Morris (2009).
On television, he starred in Showtime tragicomedy series Kidding (2018–2020) earning a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He also was featured in the Netflix documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special nomination. He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for narrating A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (2006).