Jim Carrey Net Worth: $180 Million (approx.)
Net Worth: $180 Million (approx.)
Date of Birth: Jan 17, 1962
Gender: 60 years
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.87 m)
Profession: Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Voice Actor
Nationality: Canada
Jim Carrey net worth is around $180 million. Jim Carrey is a global actor, comedian and producer. In the late 1990s and 2000s, Jim Carrey was consistently one of the highest-paid entertainers in the world.
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What is Jim Carrey’s Net Worth?:
Jim Carrey net worth is around $180 million. Jim Carrey was the first actor in history to earn $20 million for a single film, a feat he accomplished with 1996’s “The Cable Guy”.
During his career to date Jim Carrey has earned millions of dollars from film salaries and backend bonuses.
Jim Carrey Salary :
Jim Carrey first major paycheck came from In Living Color, where he was paid $25,000 per episode. Jim Carrey earned around $3.2 million from the show’s 127 episodes. That’s the same as around $6 million today. Jim Carrey was paid $350,000 for the first Ace Ventura movie. Next year, Jim Carrey would charge $15 million to appear in the sequel. Jim Carrey charged $540,000 to star in The Mask, then $7 million for Dumb & Dumber.
Jim Carrey earned $20 million for the following movies, The Cable Guy, Batman Forever, Liar Liar, Me, Myself & Irene, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Yes Man. For How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Jim Carrey was also entitled to a percentage of merchandise sales.
For Yes Man, Jim Carrey was entitled to 36.2% of profits which brought his total earnings to be around $35 million. That is one of the 30-largest earnings in film history. FYI, earning $20 million in the mid-1990s is the same as earning around $34 million per movie today after adjusting for inflation.
Between 1994 and 2008 alone, Jim Carrey earned $200 million from salaries and bonuses. Over the next decade he earned at least another $100 million. To date, Jim Carrey has likely earned more than $300 million in film salary.
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Jim Carrey House:
Jim Carrey owns a number of homes around the United States. His longtime primary residence has been a sprawling compound in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. Jim Carrey bought the first house in his compound in 1994 for $3.8 million (the same as around $6.6 million today). In 2000 Jim Carrey spent $1.7 million for the 1-acre lot next door. Today the property features a large guest house, swimming pool and tennis court.
In 2002 Jim Carrey spent $9.75 million on a beachfront mansion in Malibu. Jim Carrey listed the home for sale in 2011 for $18 million. Jim Carrey finally found a buyer in 2013 for $13.4 million. Jim also owns an apartment in New York City.
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Jim Carrey Biography:
Nаmе: Јіm Саrrеу
Rеаl Nаmе: Јаmеѕ Еugеnе Саrrеу
Gеndеr: Маlе
Аgе: 60 уеаrѕ
Віrth Dаtе: 17 Јаnuаrу 1962
Віrth Рlасе: Nеwmаrkеt, Саnаdа
Nаtіоnаlіtу: Саnаdіаn, Аmеrісаn
Неіght: 1.86 m
Wеіght: 82 kg
Ѕехuаl Оrіеntаtіоn: Ѕtrаіght
Маrіtаl Ѕtаtuѕ: Dіvоrсеd
Wіfе/Ѕроuѕе (Nаmе): Lаurеn Ноllу (m. 1996–1997), Меlіѕѕа Wоmеr (m. 1987–1995)
Сhіldrеn: Yеѕ (Јаnе Еrіn Саrrеу)
Dаtіng/Gіrlfrіеnd
(Nаmе): N/А
Рrоfеѕѕіоn: Саnаdіаn-Аmеrісаn асtоr, соmеdіаn, wrіtеr, аnd аrtіѕt
Nеt Wоrth: $180 mіllіоn
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Jim Carrey was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada on January 17, 1962. His mother was a homemaker and his father was an accountant. When Jim Carrey was 12, his father lost his job and the family was suddenly homeless.
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They entire family lived out of a van and worked overnight as janitors and security guards at a nearby factory to make ends meet. After a full day of school, a teenage Jim would frequently work a full eight-hour shift at the factory.
Always a natural comedian and impersonator (as was his father), Jim got his professional start doing stand-up in Toronto comedy clubs when he was just 15. In his early days, his father would drive him to clubs.
Jim Carrey dropped out of high school to pursue his dreams and later moved to Los Angeles, where Rodney Dangerfield saw him perform at The Comedy Store and signed him as an opening act.
Jim Carrey Movies career:
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Blank Check Come True:
According to legend, at one point in 1985 an extremely broke and depressed Jim Carrey drove his beat-up Toyota Camry into the Hollywood Hills. Overlooking all of Los Angeles, Jim wrote himself a check for $10 million “for acting services rendered”.
Jim Carrey post-dated it 10 years later and kept the check in his wallet. Spoiler alert – his dream came true within that 10 year period. When Jim’s dad died in 1994, he slipped the check into his father’s casket.
Jim Carrey Movies Success:
Jim Carrey first taste of stardom came in 1990 on the Wayans brothers’ sketch comedy show “In Living Color”. It was on this show, where he wowed audiences with characters like the masochistic and accident-prone Fire Marshal Bill.
Jim Carrey remained on In Living Color until it ended in 1995, but shortly before its cancellation, his major movie debut “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” hit theaters. The movie was a smash hit that made him a household name overnight. The same year, he starred in “The Mask” and “Dumb and Dumber”, both of which were box-office hits. For his next film, “The Cable Guy”, he earned $20 million, setting a salary record.
Jim Carrey other notable comedic vehicles include “Liar, Liar”, “Bruce Almighty”, “Me, Myself, and Irene”, and “Yes Man”. He has also appeared in a number of dramas and dramedies, including “The Truman Show”, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, “The Majestic”, “Man on the Moon”, and the thriller “The Number 23”.
Jim Carrey Wife:
Jim Carrey has been married twice. Jim Carrey was married to Melissa Womer from 1987 to 1995. They have a daughter together named Jane Erin Carrey who was a contestant on American Idol in 2012. In 1996, Jim Carrey married his Dumb & Dumber co-star Lauren Holly. The marriage lasted less than a year. Between 2005 and 2010 Jim Carrey dated model/actress Jenny McCarthy.