Later on in 1995, Jim Carrey signed to star, but because of commitments with The Cable Guy and Liar Liar, he would not be ready to start filming for at least another year.

Many believed Carrey would be nominated for Best Actor, but he was not.

) that always fits one of the four choices ( in this example, the answer would be Elephant, as Jim Carrey voiced the elephant Horton in the 2008 film Horton Hears a Who ).

The film's script was initially written with Jim Carrey in the role of Greg and contained much more physical comedy, something that Stiller did not think would be successful with himself playing the role.

Roach cast Stiller only after it became clear that Carrey would not be taking on the role.

The film was also noted for its similarities to the Australian telemovie The Plumber ( 1979 ), which was written and directed by Peter Weir, who would later direct Carrey in The Truman Show ( 1998 ).

Not long after the release of The Mask, it was announced in Nintendo Power that Jim Carrey would be returning in a sequel called The Mask II.

He was hoping Carrey would come back as The Mask, along with Amy Yasbeck, who played reporter Peggy Brandt in the original.

He would originally be voiced by Jim Carrey, but he declined when he found out that he was too busy to record his lines.

Originally, the part would be played by Canadian-American actor and comedian Jim Carrey, who had asked for a role in an episode.

Jeni would also star on the short-lived UPN sitcom Platypus Man and appeared in the Jim Carrey film The Mask.

She was preparing to work again with The Mask co-star Jim Carrey for the film Fun with Dick and Jane, but resigned to feature in In Her Shoes.

Shortly afterward, Oedekerk again worked alongside Carrey as the project consultant for Tom Shadyac's first film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective ( 1994 ).

* Actor Jim Carrey made the song famous once again for a short time in 2004, when he sang it on the Late Night with Conan O ' Brien show when the show travelled to Toronto to tape four episodes.

Along with Bubba Ho-tep, he also played a supporting role in Sky High, He also was featured in the Jim Carrey drama The Majestic.

* Fun with Dick and Jane, starring Jim Carrey: The closing credits begin with a Special Thanks To list, naming executives at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, ImClone Systems, Arthur Andersen, Cendant and HealthSouth.

However, it did win a Golden Globe for Carrey's performance, as well as a nomination for Best Musical or Comedy, along with several other acting nominations for Carrey.

The first was that of a bachelor in The Cable Guy with Jim Carrey.

The Avery Wolf was referenced in the film The Mask ( 1994 ), when Stanley / The Mask ( performed by Jim Carrey ) briefly transforms into him while watching Tina Carlyle perform in a Red Hot Riding Hood-like performance, howling and whistling at her and then banging his head with a mallet.

Carrey and Weir initially found working together on set difficult ( Carrey's contract gave him the power to demand rewrites ), but Weir was impressed with Carrey's improvisational skills, and the two became more interactive.

For instance, Carrey was frequently used to ridicule white musicians such as Snow and Vanilla Ice, who performed in genres more commonly associated with black people.

** Jim Carrey auditioned to be one of the repertory members on SNL's ill-fated 1980-1981 season, but was dropped in favor of Charles Rocket ( who later appeared in the 1989 film Earth Girls Are Easy and the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber with Carrey ).

* In the 1997 film Liar Liar, Jim Carrey reprised his " Fire Marshal Bill " character ( albeit with no lines ) in the background of one of the closing scenes.

She attends high school classes and meets with old ( now-young ) friends as well as their now-young boyfriends ( Jim Carrey in one of his earliest roles is among them ).

In January 2011 David Copperfield joined the cast of the new feature film Burt Wonderstone with Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini, and Olivia Wilde.

Jim Carrey played the Riddler in the 1995 film Batman Forever with Gorshin as his inspiration.

* Jim Carrey portrays Edward Nygma / The Riddler in Batman Forever, and is one of two primary antagonists ( along with Two-Face ).

Along with The Mask and Dumb and Dumber, the film is widely credited with launching the career of actor Jim Carrey.

The film's popularity spawned a 1995 sequel, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, with Carrey returning in the lead role.

Cooper also starred in Yes Man with Jim Carrey.

A film adaptation of Yes Man was developed with Warner Bros. and stars Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel.

* In Living Color-Kim Wayans plays Grace Jones as the Whitney Houston character and Jim Carrey plays the Kevin Costner character, complete with bad hair.

Carrey received critical acclaim for his chameleonic performance and won a Golden Globe — his second win in a row after receiving an award for The Truman Show previously.

Carrey ( Best Actor ), Harris ( Best Supporting Actor ) and Weir ( Direction ) also received nominations.

Jim Carrey, based on the box office success of the first Ace Ventura film, received a salary of $ 15 million for this sequel.

A 2000 live-action feature film based on the story, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey in the title role, was a major financial success, though it received many mixed reviews and holds a 53 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

In 1986 Coppola released the comedy Peggy Sue Got Married starring Kathleen Turner, Coppola's nephew Nicolas Cage, and Jim Carrey.

* The Truman Show, a comedy movie starring Jim Carrey

The sketch comedy show helped launch the careers of male comedians / actors Jim Carrey ( then credited as " James Carrey "), one of only two Caucasian members of the original cast, Jamie Foxx, who joined the cast in the third season and David Alan Grier ( an established theatre actor, who had worked in Keenen Ivory Wayans ' 1988 motion picture I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ).

In January 1995, the band released " The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead " ( a cover of XTC's 1992 track ) as a single and on the soundtrack of the Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels comedy Dumb and Dumber.

* The song was featured during the 2008 Jim Carrey comedy film Yes Man.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey.

The sketch comedy show In Living Color, parodied Informer featuring Jim Carrey as Snow in a not-so-subtle parody titled " Impostor.

The soundtrack of the 2008 Jim Carrey comedy film Yes Man features nine songs by the Eels, including " Man Up ," a brand new song.

Liar Liar is a 1997 American family slapstick comedy film written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey.

The Cable Guy is a 1996 American dark comedy film, directed by Ben Stiller, and starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick.

He co-starred opposite Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey in the 1985 horror comedy Once Bitten.

Me, Myself & Irene is a 2000 American comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers, and starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger.

" Phone Booth " first appeared on the soundtrack to the Jim Carrey dark comedy film The Cable Guy in May 1996, and a slightly remastered Rocket was released the following month.

She appeared as Mary Swanson, Lloyd Christmas's love interest in the 1994 Jim Carrey comedy Dumb & Dumber.

Allen is also well known for playing a sexy virtual reality character Maitreya / Jade Blue Afterglow in an episode of The X-Files, and is remembered for her brief appearance as the " Elevator Girl " in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar.

Two video board operators, Dean Fraulino and Jaysen Humes, took a clip of a monkey jumping around from the 1994 Jim Carrey movie comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and superimposed the words " RALLY MONKEY!

John Du Prez has also scored various films including the Rob Lowe vehicle Oxford Blues ( 1984 ), the Comedy film A Private Function ( 1984 ), the Jim Carrey Horror comedy Once Bitten ( 1985 ), and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies ; his piece of music-or Suite-Shredder's Suite is taken from the soundtrack to the first of the three films, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 1990 ).

Her first film role was a small part in the 1997 Jim Carrey comedy, Liar Liar.

* Once Bitten ( 1985 film ), a 1985 American vampire comedy film starring Jim Carrey