Mike Myers Canadian-American Actor And Comedian

 

 

James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. Carrey was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, to Kathleen (née Oram), homemaker, and Percy Carrey, musician, and accountant. He was raised Catholic, having three older siblings, John, Patricia, and Rita. His mother was of Irish and Scottish descent and his father French-Canadian; the original family surname was Carré.

At the age of eight, he started making faces in front of the mirror and found out that he could also do impressions. At ten, Carrey wrote a letter to Carol Burnett of the Carol Burnett Show, stating that he was already a master of impressions and that she should consider him for a part on the show; he was elated to receive an answer in the form of a letter.He was a fan of Monty Python, and in 2014, while appearing on Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly), Carrey recounted the effect on him of the character of Ernest Scribbler (played by Michael Palin) laughing himself to death in "The Funniest Joke in the World" sketch. According to Radio Times, "You'll see why immediately: Palin's performance is uncannily Carreyesque."

Carrey spent the early days at Scarborough, Ontario, a suburb in the greater Toronto area, where he studied at Blessed TrinityCatholic Elementary School in North York, later moving to Burlington, Ontario, where they would spend eight years, with Jim going to Aldershot High School during that time. Some time later, the family lost its home and lived together in a Volkswagen van while teenage Jim and his brother spent months living in a tent at Charles Daley Park on the Lake Ontario shore in Lincoln, Ontario. The family was much in financial distress during that time, but their condition started to improve when his father got a job in the accounting department at the Titan Wheels tire factory in close proximity in Scarborough.

Also, in exchange for living in the house across the street from the factory, the family, mainly teenage sons Jim and John, worked at the tire factory as custodians and security guards, putting in eight-hour night shifts from 6 p.m. till the next morning. Returning to Scarborough, adolescent Jim began attending Agincourt Collegiate Institute before dropping out on his sixteenth birthday. He performed comedy in downtown Toronto while working at the factory. In a 2007 interview with the Hamilton Spectator, Carrey stated, "If my career in show business hadn't panned out, I would probably be working today in Hamilton, Ontario, at the Dofasco steel mill." He could see the steel mills across Burlington Bay and often thought that's where "the great jobs were" as a young man.

Relationships

In 1983, Carrey dated singer Linda Ronstadt for eight months. On March 28, 1987, Carrey married his second wife, former actress and wait-staff at The Comedy Store, Melissa Womer. Their daughter, Jane Erin Carrey, was born on September 6, 1987. Carrey and Womer divorced in 1995.

On September 23, 1996, Carrey married his co-star from Dumb and Dumber, Lauren Holly; this second marriage lasted for less than a year. From 1999 to 2000, Carrey was engaged to his co-star from Me, Myself and Irene, Renée Zellweger. In 2002, he dated January Jones. In 2005, Carrey met model and actress Jenny McCarthy, with whom he publicly announced his relationship in June 2006; they broke up in April 2010, with McCarthy noting in October 2010 that they remained good friends. In 2012, Carrey met the makeup artist from County Tipperary, Ireland, Cathriona White. They were in a relationship from 2012 to 2015. White was found dead from a prescription drug overdose on September 28, 2015; the death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Carrey was a pallbearer at the funeral in Cappawhite, Ireland. Ginger Gonzaga was Carrey's guest at the Golden Globes 2019 Party in January 2019.They broke up less than a year after they began dating.

Highest Paid Actor

In the late 90s till the 2000s, Jim was often named one of the highest-paid entertainers in the world. Jim Carrey was the first actor to earn $20 million for a single film, which was for "The Cable Guy" in 1996. He has earned hundreds of millions of dollars in film salaries and backend bonuses throughout his career thus far.

A Blank Check Comes True

As the legend has it, Jim Carrey, who was very broke and heavily depressed one day in 1985, drove his beat-up Toyota Camry into the hills of Hollywood. Standing there overlooking all of Los Angeles, he wrote himself a check for $10 million "for acting services rendered." He postdated the check ten years down the line and put it in his wallet. Spoiler alert - within 10 years, his dream came true. He later put the check into his father's coffin when he died in 1994.

Success

Carrey's first taste of success was when he gained prominence in 1990 through a Wayans' brothers sketch comedy show known as In Living Color, where Jim wowed audience members with characters like the masochistic and accident-prone Fire Marshall Bill. Jim remained on In Living Color until the show was canceled in 1995; however, shortly before its cancellation, his first major feature film was released, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The film instantly rocketed him to stardom. The same year saw him in major box-office hits, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. His new salary on The Cable Guy of $20 million would set a record.

Other notable comedic vehicles for Carrey included Liar, Liar, Bruce Almighty, Me, Myself, and Irene, and Yes Man. He has also worked in several drama films and dramedies such as The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Majestic, Man on the Moon, and thriller The Number 23. More recently, Jim Carrey has returned to comedy playing Dr. Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, appearing in Sonic the Hedgehog in 2020 and its sequel in 2022. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 gave Carrey the best opening of his career, with an estimated $72 million opening weekend box office in the United States.

Salary Highlights

Jim's first big paycheck came from In Living Color. He earned $25,000 per episode of the sketch series, which totaled about $3.2 million from the show's 127 episodes. That's equivalent to about $6 million today.

In 1994, Jim was paid $350,000 for the first Ace Ventura movie. Then Jim was paid $15 million for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls due to the $100 million gross of God Bar's Box of records off a $15 million budget. Jim earned $540,000 for The Mask, released in 1994, which earned around $350 million. He was paid $7 million for starring in Dumb and Dumber.

Jim became the first actor to cross the coveted $20 million base salary barrier with The Cable Guy in 1996. His $20 million salary was just under half the film's total budget. Earning $20 million in the mid-'90s is about equivalent to earning around $34 million per movie today.

Jim received base salaries of $20 million for the following movies:

·         The Cable Guy

·         Batman Forever

·         Liar Liar

·         Me, Myself and Irene

·         How the Grinch Stole Christmas

·         Yes Man

Jim was also entitled to a percentage of the merchandise sales for How the Grinch Stole Christmas. For Yes Man, he got 36.2% of the profit, which added to $35 million to his payday. This is one of the 30 Largest paychecks in movie history.

A whopping $200 million was earned by Jim in salaries and bonuses between 1994 and 2008 alone. At least $100 million more was made in the next decade. So far, he has possibly earned over an estimated $300 million from film salaries.

Awards

Jim during his career has won more than 40 leading awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture for The Truman Show in 1999 and Man on the Moon in 2000. Carrey was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2006. The Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award was given to him in 2013 for his children's story, "How Roland Rolls."

Brentwood Estate

Jim owns several houses around the United States. His longtime primary residence has been a sprawling compound in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The first property in his compound was bought by him in 1994 for $3.8 million (the equivalent today is around $6.6 million). He spent $1.7 million in 2000 for the one-acre lot next door. The property now has a big guesthouse, swimming pool, and tennis court. About 300 feet of fencing and hedges protect the two-acre compound with 13,000 square feet of living space. In February 2023, Jim listed his Brentwood estate for $28.9 million.

Other Properties

He spent $9.75 million in 2002 for a beachfront mansion in Malibu. He put the property up for sale in 2011 for $18 million and eventually found a buyer in 2013 for $13.4 million. Jim also has an apartment in New York City.

 

Screen Name	Mike Myers
Real Name	Michael John Myers
Date of Birth	May 25, 1963
Age	62 years (as of September 22, 2025)
Birth Place	Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mother	Alice E. Myers (née Hind)
Father	Eric Myers
Sibling	Peter Myers, Paul Myers
Children	3 (Sidney, Spike, and a third child with Kelly Tisdale)
Weight	79 kg (approx)
Eyes Colour	Blue
Hair Colour	Blonde (now grey)
Spouse	Robin Ruzan (1993 – 2006), Kelly Tisdale (m. 2010 – present)
Net Worth	$200 Million
Country	Canada
Profession	Actor, Comedian
Nationality	Canada
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