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e e e e e e Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom shatak and written by Steve Corin Marco Keefe and Steve ekerk the film stars Jim Carry as Bruce Nolan a down on his luck television reporter who complains to God played by Morgan Freeman that he is not doing his job correctly and is offered the chance to try being God himself for one week it co-stars Jennifer Aniston Philip Baker Hall and Tony Bennett the film is shatak and car's third collaboration after Ace Ventura Pet Detective 1994 and Liar Liar 1997 when released in American theaters on May 23rd 23 Bruce Almighty received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success and grossed $ 86.4 million in its opening weekend a Memorial Day record at the time five the films surpris the industry's pundits when it beat the Matrix Reloaded the following weekend it went on to gross 48 $4 million worldwide becoming the fifth highest grossing film of 2003 Evan Almighty a spin-off sequel focusing on Steve Carol's character with shatak and edk returning to direct and write respectively and Freeman also reprising his role was released on June 22nd 27 Bruce Nolan is a television field reporter for eyewitness news on WKBW TV in Buffalo New York but desires to be the news Anchorman when Bruce is insulted by his rival Evan Baxter a vulgar on camera Outburst leads to his dismissal from the station after a series of misfortunes Bruce complains to God that he's the one that should be fired Bruce receives a message on his pager which takes him to an empty Warehouse where he meets God God offers to give Bruce's powers to prove that he is doing the job correctly God tells Bruce that he cannot tell others he is God's powers to avoid the media attention nor can he use the powers to alter Free Will Bruce is initially jubilant with the powers us them for personal gains such as regaining his previous job and impressing his girlfriend Grace Connelly Bruce finds ways of using his powers around Buffalo to cause miraculous events to occur at otherwise mundane events that he covers such as discovering Jimmy Hoffa's body during a segment on police training or causing a meteor to harmlessly land near a cook off earning him the nickname Mr exclusive Bruce then causes Evan to embarrass himself on air causing Evan to be fired in favor of Bruce as the new anchor Bruce continues to hear voices in his head and reencounters God who explains the voices are prayers that Bruce must deal with Bruce creates a computerized email-like system to receive the prayers and respond but finds that the influx is far too many for him to handle and sets the program to answer every prayer yes automatically Bruce attends a party celebrating his promotion when Grace arrives she finds Bruce kissing his co-anchor Susan Orga after she forcefully comes on to him and quickly leaves Bruce follows her trying to use his powers to convince her to stay but cannot influence her Free Will as Bruce looks around he realizes that Buffalo has fallen into chaos due to his actions parts of the city believe the apocalypse is nearly upon Earth due to the meteor strikes while a large number of people all having prayed to win the multi-million dollar lottery and received only $17 in return have started rioting in the streets Bruce returns to God who explains that he cannot solve all the problems and Bruce must figure out a way himself Bruce then starts to help others without using his powers including giving Evan his job back he returns to his computer at home and goes about answering prayers earnestly as he reads through them he finds a prayer from Grace wishing for his success and well-being as Bruce reads it another prayer from Grace arrives this one wishing not to be in love with him anymore stunned by this development Bruce walks alone on a highway asking God to take back his powers and leaving his Fate In His Hands Bruce is suddenly hit by a truck and regains Consciousness in a white void God Appears and he asks Bruce what he really wants Bruce admits that he only wants to make sure Grace Finds a man that would make her happy God agrees and Bruce finds himself in the hospital where his doctors help him recover Grace finally arrives at the hospital and reconciles with Bruce following his recovery Bruce returns to his field reporting job but decides to take more pleasure in the simple stories in Buffalo instead in June 2000 it was announced that Universal Pictures had paid over $1 million for a spec script titled Bruce Almighty 6 with the intention of positioning the script as a directing vehicle for Tom shatak via his Universal Bas production company Shady Acres six Jim Carrey signed on to star in March 2002 with Steve eirk rewriting the script seven previously Carri had been slated to star in another comedy for Universal titled dog years to be directed by Gary Ross but following that film's cancellation Universal was eager to get carry on to another project seven filming of Buffalo was done in the New York Street at Universal Studios Hollywood the restaurant with Tony Bennett was filmed at cicada in the James ovette building downtown Los Angeles at the spa scene with Jennifer Aniston was filmed in the showing building at the Japanese Garden in Los Angeles Bruce Almighty earned $ 67.9 million during its opening weekend which made it the highest for a gym film surpassing How the Grinch Stole Christmas 18 This Record would be held until the opening of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 2022 19 at the time it was one of three Universal films of 2003 to make opening weekends of $50 million joining two Fast Too Furious and Hulk 20 in its first 4 days the film generated a total of $ 86.4 million becoming the second highest Memorial Day Weekend debut behind the Lost World Jurassic Park it opened in the number one spot at the box office beating the Matrix Reloaded 21 this would only last for a week as the spot was taken away by Finding Nemo 22 the film was released in the United Kingdom on June 27th 23 and topped the country's box office that weekend 23 there it made a total of $8.3 million beating Batman Forever to have the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film in the country 24 Bruce Almighty joined the Matrix Reloaded finding Nemo X2 and Pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl to become the first five films to earn over $200 million at the box office in one summer season 25 by the end of its theatrical run the film had made $242 million domestically and a total $484 million worldwide making it Aniston and car's highest grossing film worldwide as well as the fifth highest grossing film of 23 for critical response un Rotten Tomato the film has an approval rating of 48% based on 191 reviews with an average rating of 5 710 the site's critical consensus reads Carrie is hilarious in the slapstick scenes but Bruce Almighty gets bogged down and trial 26 on Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 35 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 27 audiences surveyed by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of a on an A plus to f scale Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film three out of four stars calling it a charmer the kind of movie where Bruce learns that while he may not ever make a very good God the experience May indeed make him a better television newsman ibert praised Aniston's performance Aniston as a sweet kindergarten teacher and fiance shows again after the good girl that she really will have a movie career 28 varieties Robert kler gave the film a mixed review there's remarkably little done with a premise snatched from high concept Heaven adding yet another file to the growing cabinet of under realized comedies 29 the Los Angeles Times gave it a negative review and called it not so mighty 30 controversies the film was banned in Egypt Saudi Arabia Iran Kuwait and Qatar because of its portrayal of God as an ordinary man and blasphemous to Islam bands in both Malaysia and Egypt were eventually lifted after the nation censorship boards gave the film their highest rating 18pl in the case of Malaysia 3 of 132 as God contacts Bruce using an actual phone number rather than one in the standard fictional 555 telephone exchange several people and groups sharing this number received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God including a church in North Carolina us where the minister was named Bruce a pastor in northern Wisconsin and a man running a sandwich shop in Manchester England 33 The Producers noted that the number 776 2323 was not in use in the area code 716 which was never specified on screen in the film story but did not check anywhere else for the home video and television versions of the film the number was changed to the fictional he continued to have success as a leading actor in comedies such as Liar Liar 1997 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 Bruce Almighty 2 and3 lemony snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events 24 and yes man 20 8 starting in the 2010s krie began to appear in fewer films with his notable roles since then including reprising the part of Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber To 2014 and portraying Dr Robotnik and Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 and its 2022 and 2024 sequels although largely tight cast as a comedic actor Carrie has had success in dramatic roles the dramatic performance he first received major praise for was in the Emy award nominated television film doing time on Maple Drive his critically acclaimed performances include Truman Burbank in The Truman Show 1998 and Andy Kaufman and man on the moon 1999 winning Golden Globe awards for each film he later starred in the psychological science fiction romantic drama film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mine 2004 for which he was nominated for both a bafta award and another Golden Globe Award he also starred as Jeff pixo in the showtime tragic comedy series kidding 2018 2020 for which he received his seventh gold Golden Globe nomination Carrie was born in New Market Ontario Canada to to Kathleen n Orum a homemaker and Percy carry a musician and accountant five he was raised Catholic and has three older siblings John Patricia and Rita 67 his mother was of French Irish and Scottish descent and his father was of French Canadian ancestry the family's original surname was Kare 8910 at age 8 he began making faces before a mirror and discovered a talent for doing impressions 11 at age 10 Carrie wrote a letter to Carol Bernett of the Carol Bernett show pointing out that he was already a master of Impressions and should be considered for a role on the show he was overjoyed when he received a form letter reply 12 a fan of Monty Python whose TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus aired in the 1970s in 2014 Carrie appeared on Monty Python's best bits mostly and recall the effect on him of Ernest Scribbler played by Michael Palin laughing himself to death in the funniest joke in the world sketch 13 radio time States you'll see why immediately Palin's performance is uncanny kis 13 K spent his early years in the burough of Scarboro Ontario part of Metropolitan Toronto where he attended Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary School in North York his family later moved to Burlington Ontario where they would spend 8 years Jim attended Aldershot High School while there 14 sometime later his family became homeless and lived together in a Volkswagen van while teenage Jim and his brother spent months living in a tent in Charles daily park on the Lake Ontario Shore in Lincoln Ontario 2516 the family struggled financially however their situation started improving once his father found employment in the accounting department at the Titan Wheels Tire Factory in Scarboro 16 furthermore in return for living in the house across the street from the factory the family primarily teenage Sons Jim and John would work as janitors and secure guards at the tire factory doing 8 hour shifts from 600 p.m. into the next morning 16 moving back to Scarboro teenage Jim started attending Ain Court Collegiate Institute before dropping out of school on his 16th birthday he began to perform comedy in downtown Toronto while continuing to work at the factory in a 2007 Hamilton Spectator interview Carrie said if my career in Show Business hadn't panned out I would probably be working today in Hamilton Ontario at the def Fasco steel mill as a young man he could see the steel mills across the Burlington Bay and often thought that was where the great jobs were car's first standup comedy experience took place in 1977 at the age of 15 with his father trying to help him put together a stage act driving him to downtown Toronto to debut at the recently opened yuck yuck's Comedy Club operating one night a week out of community center the 519 basement on Church Street went in 618 for the performance Carrie had his attire a polyester leisure suit chosen by his mother who reasoned that's how they dress on The Dean Martin celebrity roast 1916 pubescent carries conventional impersonations bombed proving ill- suited for a club with a runchy comedic sensibility and giving him doubts about his potential as a professional Entertainer 16 decades later recalling car's stand-up debut yuck yuck's owner Mark Breslin described it as bad Rich Little 16 his family's Financial struggles made it difficult for them to support car's Show Business ambitions eventually the family's financial situation improved and they moved into a new home in Jackson's point when he te 20 with more domestic stability Carrie returned to the stage in 1979 with a more polished act that led to his first paid gig a 20-minute spot at the hay loft Club on Highway 48 in Scarboro for a reported kollar 20 compensation on a bill with the mother of pearl performer from the pig and whistle 21 he soon faced his fears and went back downtown to the site of his debacle from 2 years earlier duck yucks that had in the meantime moved into a permanent location on Bay Street in the fashionable Yorkville District in a short period of time the 17-year-old went from Open Mic nights at the club to regular paid shows building his reputation in the process parallel to his increasing local Toronto area popularity as an impressionist standup comic Carrie tried to break into sketch comedy auditioning to be a cast member for the 1980 81 season of NBC's Saturday Night Live Carrie ended up not being selected by the Show's new executive producer Jean Doman who picked 31-year-old Charles rocket instead 22 decades later after establishing himself as a Hollywood film star Carrie would host the show in May 1996 January 2011 and October 2014 2324 after not getting Saturday Night Live Carrie took a voice acting job performing Clutch Cargo inspired bits on the all night show an overnight program airing locally on the cfmt TV channel branded as multilingual television MTV 25 continuing to perform his standup Act of contortionist impressions in the city of Toronto and surrounding towns in February 1981 19- old Cary was booked as the opening act for the rock band Gotto at the Roxy Theater in Barry for two shows on consecutive nights The Rock crowd booed him off stage and he refused to return for the second night 262 weeks later however a review of one of car's spots at yuck yucks alongside a sizable photo of him doing a stage impression of Sammy DAV Miser appeared in the Toronto Star on the front page of its entertainment section with the writer Bruce blackadar raving about a genuine star coming to life 2728 save for a brief mention in the barry examiner it was the first time Carrie received significant mainstream corporate media coverage and the glowing praise in one of Canada's highest circulation da created demand for his impressionist standup act throughout the country 20D 21 in April 1981 he appeared in an episode of the televis standup show and evening at The Improv 29 that summer he landed one of the main roles in introducing Janet a made for TV movie that premiered in September 1981 on the CBC drawing more than a million viewers for its first airing in Canada 30 playing a struggling impressionist comic Tony it was car's first acting role the CBC promotion the movie had received as well its subsequent High Nationwide viewership further solidified the youngsters comedic status in the country by the time the movie finished it CBC run of repeats several years later its title for the home video release on VHS was changed to rubberface in order to take advantage of the comics by then established prominence for doing elaborate contortionist Impressions 30 making more Comedy Club appearances in the United States Carrie was noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield who signed Cary to open his tour performances by December 1981 a well-known comic in Canada Toronto Star reported about Carrie waiting for United States work permit having received interest from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show largely off his reputation from Canada 3D 132 in the early part of 1982 Carrie reportedly performed for the tonight's show Bookers Jim mcau and Bud Robinson as part of the program's audition process for standup comic spots 33 however rather than being booked on the show Carrie got advised to further hone his act so he went back home to the Toronto area where he had already built a significant following 33 touring venues throughout North America as the opening act for Rodney Dangerfield Carrie made a stop at home in Toronto on the 19th of June 1982 performing two soldout shows at Massie Hall 19831 1994 moved to Hollywood in early 1983 Carrie decided to move to Hollywood where he began regularly performing at the comedy store getting on the tonight's show became his immediate career goal and by Spring 1983 he appeared to have achieved it after getting booked for a standup set on the highly rated late night show 34 however a lukewarm Club set at The Improv got him unbooked 34 though struggling to replicate his success in Los Angeles Carrie continued being a big hit in his hometown Toronto where he returned during late April 1983 to perform at the short-lived BB magon theatrical venue on blor Street on three consecutive nights while in town ctv's Flagship news magazine program W5 did a feature on carry that aired nationally in Canada back in La within months he landed the main role on the duck Factory a sitcom being developed for NBC and in late November 1983 still got to debut his impressionist act on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson via a promotional appearance for the sitcom about to start airing nationally in the United States on the same network 34 in the meantime he was cast for a supporting role in the Warner Bros comedy production Finders Keepers shot in the Canadian province of Alberta during late summer 1983 for his Tonight Show appearance that aired on American Thanksgiving 21-year-old Carrie went through his most popular Impressions Elvis Presley Len bnov Jack Nicholson Bruce D Clint Eastwood Charles Bronson Michael Landon James Dean at the Extraterrestrial Charles Nelson Riley characters from My Three Sons and Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in Rapid succession 35 after completing his set though getting the okay gesture from Carson the impressionist comic was notably not waved over by the host to join him on the couch a usual indication that while sufficiently pleased the powerful host was probably not ecstatic about the performance 36 the end of 1983 saw car go back home to Toronto once more for a publicized New Year's Eve performance at the Royal York hotel's Imperial Room originally scheduled to start airing in January 1984 the duck Factory sitcom debuted in April airing Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. between cheers and Hill Street Blues 3 738 the same month Carrie took a job hosting the 198 for youo awards ceremony held in Toronto at the Royal York hotel's Ballroom 39 by the time he made his debut appearance on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman in Late July 1984 the network had already canel the duck Factory Carrie went back to Tran with his impressionist act including off an opening for Rodney Dangerfield after being noticed doing standup by producer Samuel Goldwin Jr and contacted to audition for a teen horror sex comedy being developed by the Samuel Goldwin company Carrie landed a starring role and Once Bitten shot in early 1985 40 Cary would continue getting film roles throughout late summer and early fall 1985 he shot a supporting part in Francis Ford capa's Peggy Sue got married which went into a long post-production process 40 in parallel he decided to try out for Saturday night life again this time ahead of the show's 1985 86 season being prepared by returning executive producer Lauren Michaels who was looking to hire an allnew cast 5 years removed from his previous SNL audition 23-year-old Cary was rejected again reportedly never even getting the chance to audition his material post nuclear Elvis hybrid impression and impersonation of Henry Fonda from On Golden Pond in front of executive producer Michaels due to the show's producers and Senior writers Al Frankin Tom Davis and Jim Downey deciding that Michaels would not like it 41 unlike his previous SNL rejection Carrie now had a bit of a film career to fall back on in addition to his impressionist standup act Once Bitten with released in mid November 1985 and turned out to be a modest box office hit despite drawing poor reviews back on the comedy club circuit with impressions in Fall 1986 Carrie audition for SNL's upcoming season his third attempt at getting on The Ensemble sketch comedy show finally managing to perform for the show's executive producer Lauren Michaels at a Burbank studio with returning cast members Dennis Miller John litz and Nora Dunn also watching the audition Carrie was rejected again 41 among the group of hopefuls auditioning alongside Carrie on this occasion were Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman both of whom were hired 41 sensing that doing only Impressions was turning into a career dead end Carrie set out to develop a new Live Comedy Act 4 too much to the dismay of comedy club Owners booking him he began abandoning trademark celebrity Impressions opting instead to try adding observational and character humor to his comedic repertoire a process that often involved forcing himself to improvise and scramble in front of dissatisfied live audiences that came to see him do Impressions 42 from 1990 to 1994 Carrie was a regular cast member of The Ensemble comedy television series and Living Color 43 the popularity of the series helped him to land his first few major film roles 1994 1998 rise to fame Carrie played the lead role in Ace Ventura Pet Detective which was released in February 1994 and went on to grow $72 million in the United States Canada 44 following its success and before the release of his next film The Mask which was anticipated to be another hit Morgan Creek Productions paid him $5 million to reprise his role as Ace Ventura and new line Cinema offered him $7 million to make a sequel to the mask and paid him $7 million to appear in Dumb and Dumber a nearly 10-fold increase on his salary for Ace Ventura 4546 The Mask released in July 1994 gross $351 million worldwide 4748 and Dumb and Dumber released in December 1994 was another Commercial Success grossing over $270 million worldwide 49 Cary received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor for his work in the mask and was voted second on Quigley's top 10 money making Stars poll behind Tom Hanks 50 Carrie portrayed the Batman villain The Riddler and the Joel Schumacher directed superhero film Batman Forever 1995 the film received mixed reviews but was a box office success he reprised his role as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura when Nature Calls which was also released in 1995 like the original film it was well received by the public but poorly received by critics it was a huge box office success earning $212 million worldwide in addition to Breaking records with a 40 million opening weekend 51 Carrie became the first actor to be paid $20 million for next film The Cable Guy 1996 52 directed by Ben Stiller the film was a satirical black comedy in which Carrie played a lonely menacing cable TV installer who infiltrates the life of one of his customers played by Matthew broadrick the role was a departure from the hapless hyper overconfident characters he had been known for however it did not fare well with most critics many reacting to car's change of tone from previous films 53 Carrie also starred in the music video of the film's closing song Leave Me Alone by Jerry cantrol 54 despite the reviews The Cable Guy grossed $12 million worldwide 55 he soon bounced back with the critically acclaimed comedy Liar Liar 1997 playing Fletcher Reed an unethical lawyer rendered unable to lie by his young son's birthday wish Carrie was praised for his performance earning a second Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor Janet Maslin of the New York Times said well into his tumultuous career Mr Cary finally turns up in a straightforward comic vehicle and the results are much Wilder and funnier than this mundane material should have allowed 56 Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom shatak and written by Steve Corin Marco Keefe and Steve ekerk the film stars Jim car as Bruce Nolan a down on his luck television reporter who complains to God played by Morgan Freeman that he is not doing his job job correctly and is offered the chance to try being God himself for one week it co-stars Jennifer Aniston Philip Baker Hall and Tony Bennett the film is shatak and car's third collaboration after Ace Ventura Pet Detective 1994 and Liar Liar 1997 when released in American theaters on May 23rd 23 Bruce Almighty received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success and grossed $ 86.4 million in its opening weekend a memorial day record at the time five the films surprised the industry's pundits when it beat the Matrix Reloaded the following weekend it went on to gross $484 million worldwide becoming the fifth highest grossing film of 2003 Evan Almighty a spin-off sequel focusing on Steve Carrol's character with shatak and edk returning to direct and write respectively and Freeman also reprising his role was released on June 22nd 27 Bruce Nolan is a television field reporter for eyewitness news on WKBW TV in Buffalo New York but desires to be the news Anchorman when Bruce is insulted by his rival Evan bter a vulgar on camera Outburst leads to his dismissal from the station after a series of misfortunes Bruce complains to God that he's the one that should be fired Bruce receives a message on his pager which takes him to an empty Warehouse where he meets God God offers to give Bruce his powers to prove that he is doing the job correctly God tells Bruce that he cannot tell others he has God's powers to avoid the media attention nor can he use the powers to alter Free Will Bruce is initially jubilant with the powers using them for personal gains such as regaining his previous job and impressing his girlfriend Grace Connelly Bruce finds ways of using his powers around Buffalo to cause miraculous events to occur at otherwise mundane events that he covers such as discovering Jimmy Hoffa's body during a segment on police training or causing a meteor to harmlessly land near a cook off or earning him the nickname Mr exclusive Bruce then causes Evan to embarrass himself on air causing Evan to be fired in favor of Bruce as the new anchor Bruce continues to hear voices in his head and reencounters God who explains the voices are prayers that Bruce must deal with Bruce creates a computerized email-like system to receive the prayers and respond but finds that the influx is far too many for him to handle and sets the program to answer every prayer yes automatically Bruce attends a party celebrating his promotion when Grace arrives she finds Bruce kissing his co-anchor Susan Orga after she forcefully comes on to him and quickly leaves Bruce follows her trying to use his powers to convince her to stay but cannot influence her Free Will as Bruce looks around he realizes that Buffalo has fallen into chaos due to his actions parts of the city believe the apocalypse is nearly upon Earth due to the meteor strikes while a large number of people all having prayed to win the multi-million dollar lottery and received only $17 in return have started rioting in the streets Bruce returns to God who explains that he cannot solve all the problems and Bruce must figure out a way himself Bruce then starts to help others without using his powers including giving Evan his job back he returns to his computer at home and goes about answering prayers earnestly as he reads through them he finds a prayer from Grace wishing for his success and well-being as Bruce reads it another prayer from From Grace arrives this one wishing not to be in love with him anymore stunned by this development Bruce walks alone on a highway asking God to take back his powers and leaving his Fate In His Hands Bruce is suddenly hit by a truck and regains Consciousness in a white void God Appears and he asks Bruce what he really wants Bruce admits that he only wants to make sure Grace Finds a man that would make her happy God agrees and Bruce finds himself in the hospital where his doctors help him recover Grace finally arrives at the hospital and reconciles with Bruce following his recovery Bruce returns to his field reporting job but decides to take more pleasure in the simple stories in Buffalo instead in June 2000 it was announced that Universal Pictures had paid over 1 million for a spec script titled Bruce Almighty 6 with the intention of positioning the script as a directing vehicle for Tom shatak via his Universal based production company Shady Acres six Jim Carry signed on to star in March 2002 with eirk rewriting the script seven previously Carrie had been slated to star in another comedy for Universal titled dog years to be directed by Gary Ross but following that film's cancellation Universal was eager to get carry on to another project seven filming of Buffalo was done in the New York Street at Universal Studios Hollywood the restaurant with Tony Bennett was filmed at cicada in the James ovet building downtown Los Angeles at the spa scene with Jennifer Aniston was filmed in the showing building at the Japanese Garden in Los Angeles Bruce Almighty earned $ 67.9 million during its opening weekend which made it the highest for a Jim Carrey film surpassing How the Grinch Stole Christmas 18 This Record would be held until the opening of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 2022 19 at the time it was one of three Universal films of 2003 to make opening weekends of $50 million joining Too Fast Too Furious and Hulk 20 in its first 4 days the film generated a total of 86.4 million becoming the second highest Memorial Day Weekend debut behind the Lost World Jurassic Park it opened in the number one spot at the box office beating the Matrix Reloaded 21 this would only last for a week as the spot was taken away by Finding Nemo 22 the film was released in the United Kingdom on June 27th 23 and topped the country's box office that weekend 23 there it made a total of $8.3 million beating Batman Forever to have the highest opening weekend for a jimm Carrey film in the country 24 Bruce Almighty joined the Matrix Reloaded Finding Nemo X2 and Pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl to become the first five films to earn over $200 million at the box office in one summer season 25 by the end of its theatrical run the film had made 242 million domestically and a total $484 million worldwide making it Aniston and car's highest grossing film worldwide as well as the fifth highest grossing film of 234 critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 48% based on 191 reviews with an average rating of five 710 the site's critical consensus reads Carrie is hilarious in the slapstick scenes but Bruce Almighty gets bogged down in trial 26 on Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 35 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 27 audiences surveyed by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of a on an A plus to f scale Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film three out of four stars calling it a charmer the kind of movie where Bruce learns that while he may not ever make a very good God the experience May indeed make him a better television newsman ibert praised Aniston's performance Aniston as a sweet kindergarten teacher and Beyonce shows again after the good girl that she really will have a movie career 28 varieties Robert kler gave the film a mixed review there's remarkably little done with a premise snatched from high concept Heaven adding yet another file to the growing cabinet of under realized comedies 29 the Los Angeles Times gave it a negative review and called it not so mighty 30 controversies the film was banned in Egypt Saudi Arabia Iran Kuwait and Qatar because of its portrayal of God as an ordinary man and blasphemous to Islam bands in both Malaysia and Egypt were eventually lifted after the nation censorship boards gave the film their highest rating 18pl in the case of Malaysia 3 of 132 as God contacts Bruce using an actual phone number rather than one in the standard fictional 555 telephone exchange several people and groups sharing this number received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God including a church in North Carolina us where the minister was named Bruce a pastor in northern Wisconsin and a man running a sandwich shop in Manchester England 33 The Producers noted that the number 776 2323 was not in use in the area code 716 which was never specified on screen in the film story but did not check anywhere else for the home video and television versions of the film the number was changed to the fictional he continued to have success as a leading actor in comedies such as Liar Liar 199 7 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 Bruce Almighty 2 and3 lemony snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events 24 and Yes Man 2008 starting in the 2010s Carrie began to appear in fewer films with his notable roles since then including reprising the part of Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber To 2014 and portraying Dr Robotnik and Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 and its 2022 and 2024 sequels although largely tight cast as a comedic actor Carrie has had success in dramatic roles the dramatic performance he first received major praise for was in the Emy award nominated television film doing time on Maple Drive his critically acclaimed performances include Truman Burbank in The Truman Show 1998 and Andy Kaufman and man on the moon 1999 winning Golden Globe awards for each film he later starred in the psychological science fiction romantic drama film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless M 2004 for which he was nominated for both a bafta award and another Golden Globe Award he also starred as Jeff pixo in the showtime tragic comedy series kidding 2018 2020 for which he received his seventh Golden Globe nomination Carrie was born in New Market Ontario Canada to to Kathleen mayorum a homemaker and Percy Cary a musician and accountant five he was raised Catholic and has three older siblings John Patricia and Rita 67 his mother was of French Irish and Scottish descent and his father was of French Canadian ancestry the family's original surname was Kare 8910 at age 8 he began making faces before a mirror and discovered a talent for doing impressions 11 at age 10 krie wrote a letter to Carol Bernard of the Carol Bernett show pointing out that he was already a master of Impressions and should be considered for a role on the show he was overjoyed when he received a form letter reply 12 a fan of Monty Python whose TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus aired in the 19 7s in 2014 Carri appeared on Monty Python's best bits mostly and recalled the effect on him of Ernest Scribbler played by Michael Palin laughing himself to death in the funniest joke in the world sketch 13 radio time States you'll see why immediately Palin's performance is uncan kis 13 krie spent his early years in the burrow of Scarboro Ontario part of Metropolitan Toronto where he attended Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary School in North York his family later moved to Burlington Ontario where they would spend 8 years Jim attended Aldershot High School while there 14 sometime later his family became homeless and lived together in a Volkswagen van while teenage Jim and his brother spent months living in a tent in Charles daily park on the Lake Ontario Shore in Lincoln Ontario 2516 the family struggled financially however their situation started improving once his father found employment in the accounting department at the Titan Wheels Tire Factory in Scarboro 16 furthermore in return for living in the house across the street from the factory the family primarily teenage Sons Jim and John would work as janitors and security guards at the tire factory doing 8-hour shifts from 600 p.m. into the next morning 16 moving back to Scarboro teenage Jim started attending Ain Court Collegiate Institute before dropping out of school on his 16th birthday he began to perform comedy in downtown Toronto while continuing to work at the factory in A7 Hamilton spectat interview Carrie said if my career in Show Business hadn't panned out I would probably be working today in Hamilton Ontario at the defco steel mill as a young man he could see the steel mills across the Burlington Bay and often thought that was where the great jobs were car's first stand-up comedy experience took place in 1977 at the age of 15 with his father trying to help him put together a stage act driving him to downtown Toronto to debut at the recently opened yuck yuck's Comedy Club operating one night a week out of community center the 519 basement on Church Street went in 618 for the performance Carrie had his attire a poliester leisure suit chosen by his mother who reasoned that's how they dress on The Dean Martin celebrity roast 1916 pubescent carries conventional impersonations bombed proving ill- suited for a club with a runchy comedic sensibility and giving him doubts about his potential as a professional Entertainer 16 decades later recalling car's stand-up debut yuck yuck's owner Mark Breslin described it as bad Rich Little 16 his family's Financial struggles made it difficult for them to support car's Show Business Ambitions eventually the family's financial situation improved and they moved into a new home in Jackson's point when te 20 with more domestic stability Carrie returned to the stage in 1979 with a more polished act that led to his first paid gig a 20-minute spot at the hay loft Club on Highway 48 in Scarboro for a reported can dollar 20 compensation on a bill with the mother of pearl performer from the pig and whistle 21 he soon faced his fears and went back downtown to the site of his debacle from two years earlier yuck yucks that had in the meantime moved into a permanent location on Bay Street in the fashionable Yorkville District in a short period of time the 17-year-old went from Open Mic nights at the club to regular paage shows building his reputation in the process parallel to his increasing local Toronto area popularity as an impressionist standup comic Carrie tried to break into sketch comedy auditioning to be a cast member for the 1980 81 season of NBC's Saturday Night Live Carrie ended up not being selected by the show's new executive producer Jean Doman who picked 31-year-old Charles rocket instead 22 decades later after establishing himself as a Hollywood film star Carrie would host the show in May 1996 January 2011 and October 2014 2324 after not getting Saturday Night Live Carrie took a voice acting job per performing Clutch Cargo inspired bits on the allnight show an overnight program airing locally on the cfmt TV channel branded as multilingual television MTV 25 continuing to perform his standup Act of contortionist impressions in the city of Toronto and surrounding towns in February 1981 19-year-old Cary was booked as the opening act for the rock band Gotto at the Roxy Theater in Barry for two shows on consecutive nights The Rock crowd booed him off stage and he refused to return for the second night 262 weeks later however a review of one of car's spots at yuck yucks alongside a sizable photo of him doing a stage impression of Sammy Davis Jer appeared in the Toronto Star on the front page of its entertainment section with the writer Bruce blackadar raving about a genuine star coming to life 2728 save for a brief mention in the barry examiner it was the first time Carrie received significant mainstream corporate media coverage and the glowing praise in one of Canada's highest circulation da created demand for his impressionist standup act throughout the country 20D 21 in April 1981 he appeared in an episode of the televised stand-up show in evening at The Improv 29 that summer he landed one of the main roles in introducing Janet a made for TV movie that premiered in September 1981 on the CBC drawing more than a million viewers for its first airing in Canada 30 playing a struggling impressionist comic Tony it was K's first acting role the CB promotion the movie had received as well its subsequent High Nationwide viewership further solidified the youngsters comedic status in the country by the time the movie finished its CBC run of repeats several years later its title for the home video release on BHS was changed to rubberface in order to take advantage of the comics by then established prominence for doing elaborate contortionist Impressions 30 making more Comedy Club appearances in the United States Carrie was noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield who signed Cary to open his tour performances by December 1981 a well-known comic in Canada Toronto Star reported about Carrie waiting for United States work permit having received interest from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show largely off his reputation from Canada 3D 132 in the early part of 1982 Carrie reportedly performed for The Tonight Show Bookers Jim mcau and Bud Robinson as part of the program's audition process for standup comic spots 33 however rather than being booked on the show Carri got advised to further hone his act so he went back home to the Toronto area where he had already built a significant following 33 touring venues throughout North America as the opening act for Rodney Dangerfield Carrie made a stop at home in Toronto on the 19th of June 1982 performing two soldout shows at Massie Hall 1983 1994 moved to Hollywood in early 1983 krie decided to move to Hollywood where he began regularly performing at the comedy store getting on the tonight's show became his immediate career goal and by Spring 1983 he appeared to have achieved it after getting booked for a standup set on the highly rated late night show 34 however a lukewarm Club set at The Improv got him unbooked 34 though struggling to replicate his success in Los Angeles Carrie continued being a big hit in his hometown Toronto where he returned during late April 1983 to perform at the short-lived BB magon theatrical venue on blor Street on three consecutive nights while in town ctv's Flagship news magazine program W5 did a feature on carry that aired nationally in Canada back in La within months he landed the main role on the duck Factory a sitcom being developed for NBC and in late November 1983 still got to debut his impressionist act on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson via a promotional appearance for the sitcom about to start airing nationally in the United States on the same network 34 in the meantime he was cast for a supporting role in the Warner Bros comedy production Finders Keepers shot in the Canadian province of Alberta during late summer 1983 for his Tonight Show appearance that aired on American Thanksgiving 21-year-old Carrie went through his most popular Impressions Elvis Presley Leen bnov Jack Nicholson Bruce D Clint Eastwood Charles Bronson Michael Landon James Dean at the Extraterrestrial Charles Nelson Riley characters from My Three Sons and Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in Rapid succession 35 after completing his set though getting the okay gesture from Carson the impressionist comic was notably not waved over by the host to join him on the couch a usual indication that while sufficiently pleased the powerful host was probably not ecstatic about the performance 36 the end of 1983 saw Carrie go back home to Toronto once more for a publicized New Year's Eve performance at the Royal York hotel's Imperial Room originally scheduled to start airing in January 1984 the duck Factory sitcom debuted in April airing Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. between cheers and Hill Street Blues 3 738 the same month Carrie took a job hosting the 1984 youo awards ceremony held in Toronto at the Royal York hotel's Ballroom 39 by the time he made his debut appearance on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman in Late July 1984 the network had already canceled the duck Factory Carrie went back to turn with his impressionist act including off an opening for Rodney Dangerfield after being noticed doing stand up by producer Samuel Goldwin Jr and contacted to audition for a teen horror sex comedy being developed by the Samuel Goldwin company car landed a starring role in Once Bitten shot in early 1985 40 Cary would continue getting film roles throughout late summer and early fall 1985 he shot a supporting part in Francis Ford capa's Peggy Sue got married which went into a long post-production process 40 in parallel he decided to try out for Saturday night life again this time ahead of the the show's 1985 886 season being prepared by returning executive producer Lauren Michaels who was looking to hire an allnew cast 5 years removed from his previous SNL audition 23-year-old Carrie was rejected again reportedly never even getting the chance to audition his material post nuclear Elvis hybrid impression and impersonation of Henry Fonda from On Golden Pond in front of executive producer Michaels due to the show's producers and Senior writers Al Franken Tom Davis and Jim Downey deciding that Michaels would not like it for 41 unlike his previous SNL rejection Carri now had a bit of a film career to fall back on in addition to his impressionist standup act Once Bitten was released in mid November 1985 and turned out to be a modest box office hit despite drawing poor reviews back on the comedy club circuit with impressions in Fall 1986 Carrie audition for SNL's upcoming season his third attempt at getting on The Ensemble sketch comedy show finally managing to perform for the show's executive producer Lauren Michaels at a Burbank studio with returning cast members Dennis Miller John litz and Nora Dunn also watching the audition Carrie was rejected again 41 among the group of hopefuls auditioning alongside Carrie on this occasion were Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman both of whom were hired 41 sensing that doing only Impressions was turning into a career dead end Carrie set out to develop a new life comedy act 42o much to the dismay of comedy club Owners booking him he began abandoning trademark celebr Impressions opting instead to try adding observational and character humor to his comedic repertoire a process that often involved forcing himself to improvise and scramble in front of dissatisfied live audiences that came to see him do Impressions 42 from 1990 to 1994 Carrie was a regular cast member of The Ensemble comedy television series and Living Color 43 the popularity of the series helped him to land his first few major film roles 1994 1998 rise to fame Carrie played the lead role in Ace Ventura Pet Detective which was released in February 1994 and went on to gross $72 million in the United States and Canada 44 following its success and before the release of his next film The Mask which was anticipated to be another hit Morgan Creek Productions paid him $5 million to reprise his role as Ace Ventura and new line Cinema offered him $7 million to make a sequel to the mask and paid him $7 million to appear in Dumb and Dumber a nearly 10-fold increase on his salary for Ace Ventura 4546 The Mask released in July 1994 gross $351 million worldwide 4748 and Dumb and Dumber released in December 1994 was another Commercial Success grossing over $270 million worldwide 49 Cary received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor for his work in the mask and was voted second on Quigley's top 10 money making Stars poll behind Tom Hanks 50 Carrie portrayed the Batman villain The Riddler and the Joel schoemer directed superhero film Batman Forever 1995 the film received mixed reviews but was a box office success he reprised his role as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura when Nature Calls which was also released in 1995 like the original film it was well received by the public but poorly received by critics it was a huge box office success earning $212 million worldwide in addition to Breaking records with a $40 million opening weekend 51 Carrie became the first actor to be paid $20 million for his next film The Cable Guy 1996 52 directed by Ben Stiller the film was a satirical black comedy in which Carrie played a lonely menacing cable TV installer who infiltrates the life of one of his customers played by Matthew brri the role was a departure from the hapless hyper overconfident characters he had been known for however it did not fare well with most critics many reacting to car's change of tone from previous films 53 krie also starred in the music video of the film's closing song Leave Me Alone by Jerry cantrol 54 despite the reviews The Cable Guy grossed $12 million worldwide 55 he soon bounced back with the critically acclaimed comedy Liar Liar 1997 playing Fletcher Reed an unethical lawyer rendered unable to lie by his young son birthday wish Carrie was praised for his performance earning a second Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor Janet masin of the New York Times said well into his tumultuous career Mr Cary finally turns up in a straightforward comic vehicle and the results are much Wilder and funnier than this mundane material should have allowed 56 Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom shatak and written by Steve Corin Marco Keefe and Steve Ed Kirk the film star is Jim Carry as Bruce Nolan a down on his luck television reporter who complains to God played by Morgan Freeman that he is not doing his job correctly and is offered the chance to try being God himself for one week it co-stars Jennifer Aniston Philip Baker Hall and Tony Bennett the film is shatak and car's third collaboration after Ace Ventura Pet Detective 1994 and Liar Liar 1997 when released in American theaters on May 23rd 23 Bruce Almighty received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success and grossed $ 86.4 million in its opening weekend a Memorial Day record at the time five the films surprised the industry's pundits when it beat the Matrix Reloaded the following weekend it went on to gross $484 million worldwide becoming the fifth highest grossing film of 2003 Evan Al Mighty a spin-off sequel focusing on Steve Carrol's character with shatak and edk returning to direct and right respectively and Freeman also reprising his role was released on June 22nd 27 Bruce Nolan is a television field reporter for eyewitness news on WKBW TV in Buffalo New York but desires to be the news Anchorman when Bruce is insulted by his rival Evan Baxter a vulgar on camera Outburst leads to his dismissal from the station after a series of misfortunes Bruce complains to God that he's the one that should be fired Bruce receives a message on his pager which takes him to an empty Warehouse where he meets God God offers to give Bruce his powers to prove that he is doing the job correctly God tells Bruce that he cannot tell others he has God's powers to avoid the media attention nor can he use the powers to alter Free Will Bruce is initially jubilant with the powers using them for personal gains such as regaining his previous job and impressing his girlfriend Grace Connelly Bruce finds ways of using his powers around Buffalo to cause miraculous events to occur at otherwise mundane events that he covers such as discovering Jimmy Hoffa's body during a segment on police training or causing a meteor to harmlessly land near a cook off earning him the nickname Mr exclusive Bruce then causes Evan to embarrass himself on air causing Evan to be fired in favor of Bruce as the new anchor Bruce continues to hear voices in his head and reencounters God who explains the voices are prayers that Bruce must deal with Bruce creates a computerized email- likee system to receive the prayers and respond but finds that the influx is far too many for him to handle and sets the program to answer every prayer yes automatically Bruce attends a party celebrating his promotion when Grace arrives she finds Bruce kissing his co-anchor Susan Orga after she forcefully comes on to him and quickly leaves Bruce follows her trying to use his powers to convince her to stay but cannot influence her Free Will as Bruce looks around he realizes that Buffalo has fallen into chaos due to his actions part parts of the city believe the apocalypse is nearly upon Earth due to the meteor strikes while a large number of people all having prayed to win the multi-million dollar lottery and received only $17 in return have started rioting in the streets Bruce returns to God who explains that he cannot solve all the problems and Bruce must figure out a way himself Bruce then starts to help others without using his powers including giving Evan his job back he returns to his computer at home and goes about answering prayers earnestly as he reads through them he finds a prayer from Grace wishing for his success and well-being as Bruce reads it another prayer from Grace arrives this one wishing not to be in love with him anymore stunned by this development Bruce walks alone on a highway asking God to take back his powers and leaving his Fate In His Hands Bruce is suddenly hit by a truck and regains Consciousness in a white void God Appears and he asks Bruce what he really wants Bruce admits that he only wants to make sure Grace Finds a man that would make her happy God agrees and Bruce finds himself in the hospital where his doctors help him recover Grace finally arrives at the hospital and reconciles with Bruce following his recovery Bruce returns to his field reporting job but decides to take more pleasure in the simple stories in Buffalo instead in June 2000 it was announced that Universal Pictures had paid over $1 million for a spec script titled Bruce Almighty 6 with the intention of positioning the script as a directing vehicle for Tom shatak via his Universal Bas production company Shady Acres six Jim Carry signed on to star in March 2002 with Steve eirk rewriting the script seven previously Carrie had been slated to star in another comedy for Universal titled dog years to be directed by Gary Ross but following that film's cancellation Universal was eager to get carry on to another project seven filming of Buffalo was done in the New York Street at Universal Studios Hollywood restaurant with Tony Bennett was filmed at cicada in the James ovette building downtown Los Angeles at the spa scene with Jennifer Aniston was filmed in the showing building at the Japanese Garden in Los Angeles Bruce Almighty earned $ 67.9 million during its opening weekend which made it the highest for a Jim Carrey film surpassing How the Grinch Stole Christmas 18 This Record would be held until the opening of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 2022 19 at the time it was one of three Universal films of 2003 to make opening weekends of $50 million joining Too Fast Too Furious and Hulk 20 in its first 4 days the film generated a total of $ 86.4 million becoming the second highest Memorial Day Weekend debut behind the Lost World Jurassic Park it opened in the number one spot at the box office beating the Matrix Reloaded 21 this would only last for a week as the spot was taken away by Finding Nemo 22 the film was released in the United king Kingdom on June 27th 23 and topped the country's box office that weekend 23 there it made a total of 8.3 million beating Batman Forever to have the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film in the country 24 Bruce Almighty joined the Matrix Reloaded Finding Nemo X2 and Pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl to become the first five films to earn over $200 million at the box office in one summer season 25 by the end of its theatrical run the film had made $242 million domestically and a total $484 million worldwide making it Aniston and car's highest grossing film worldwide as well as the fifth highest grossing film of 234 critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 48% based on 191 reviews with an average rating of five 710 the site's critical consensus reads Carri is hilar in the slapstick scenes but Bruce Almighty gets bogged down and trial 26 on Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 35 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 27 audiences surveyed by Cinemas score gave the film an average grade of a on an A plus to f scale Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film three out of four stars calling it a charmer the kind of movie where Bruce learns that while he may not ever make a very good God The Experience May indeed make him a better television newsman ibert praised Aniston's performance Aniston as a sweet kindergarten teacher and fiance shows again after the good girl that she really will have a movie career 28 varieties Robert kler gave the film a mixed review there's remarkably little done with a premise snatched from high concept Heaven adding yet another file to the growing cabinet of under realized comedies 29 the Los Angeles Times gave it a negative review and called not so mighty 30 controversies the film was banned in Egypt Saudi Arabia Iran Kuwait and Qatar because of its portrayal of God as an ordinary man and blasphemous to Islam bands in both Malaysia and Egypt were eventually lifted after the nation censorship boards gave the film their highest rating 18pl in the case of Malaysia 3 of 132 as God contacts Bruce using an actual phone number rather than one in the standard fictional 555 telephone exchange several people and groups sharing this number received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God including a church in North Carolina us where the minister was named Bruce a pastor in northern Wisconsin and a man running a sandwich shop in Manchester England 33 The Producers noted that the number 776 2323 was not in use in the area code 716 which was never specified on screen in the film story but did not check anywhere else for the home video and television versions of the film the number was changed to the fictional he continued to have success as a leading actor in comedies such as Liar Liar 1997 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 Bruce Almighty T and three lemony snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events 24 and Yes Man 2008 starting in the 2010s K began to appear in fewer films with his notable roles since then including reprising the part of Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber To 2014 and portraying Dr robotnick and son the Hedgehog 2020 and its 2022 and 2024 sequels although largely tight cast as a comedic actor Carry has had success in dramatic roles the dramatic performance he first received major praise for was in the Emy award nominated television film doing time on Maple Drive his critically acclaimed performances include Truman Burbank in The Truman Show 1998 and Andy Kaufman in man on the moon 1999 winning Golden Globe awards for each film he later starred in the psychological science fiction romantic drama film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 for which he was nominated for both a bafta award and another Golden Globe Award he also starred as Jeff pixo in the showtime tragic comedy series kidding 2018 2020 for which he received his seventh Golden Globe nomination Carrie was born in New Market Ontario Canada two to Kathleen n Oram a homemaker and Percy Cary a musician and accountant five he was raised Catholic and has three older siblings John Patricia and Rita 67 his mother was of French Irish and Scottish descent and his father was a French Canadian ancestry the family's original surname was Kare 8910 at age 8 he began making faces before a mirror and discovered a talent for doing impressions 11 at age 10 Carrie wrote a letter to Carol Bernard of the Carol Bernett show pointing out that he was already a master of Impressions and should be considered for a role the show he was overjoyed when he received a form letter reply 12 a fan of Monty Python whose TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus aired in the 1970s in 2014 Carrie appeared on Monty Python's best bits mostly and recalled the effect on him of Ernest Scribbler played by Michael Palin laughing himself to death in the funniest joke in the world sketch 13 radio time States you'll see why immediately Palin's performance is uncanny kis 13 krie spent his early years in the burough of Scarboro Ontario part of Metropolitan Toronto where he attended Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary School in North York his family later moved to Burlington Ontario where they would spend eight years Jim attended Aldershot High School while there 14 sometime later his family became homeless and lived together in a Volkswagen van while teenage Jim and his brother spent months living in a tent in Charles daily park on the Lake Ontario Shore in Lincoln Ontario w516 the family struggled financially however their situation started improving once his father found employment in the accounting department at the Titan Wheels Tire Factory in Scarboro 16 furthermore in return for living in the house across the street from the factory the family primarily teenage Sons Jim and John would work as janitors and security guards at the tire factory doing 8h hour shifts from 6:00 p.m. into the next morning 16 moving back to Scarboro teenage Jim started attending Ain Court Collegiate Institute before dropping out of school on his 16th birthday he began to perform comedy in downtown Toronto while continuing to work at the factory in a 2017 Hamilton Spectator interview Carrie said if my career in Show Business hadn't panned out I would probably be working today in Hamilton Ontario at the defco steel mill as a young man he could see the steel mills across the Burlington Bay and often thought that was where the great jobs were car's first stand-up comedy experience took place in 1977 at the age of 15 with his father trying to help him put together a stage act driving him to downtown Toronto to debut at the recently opened yuck yuck's Comedy Club operating one night a week out of community center the 519 basement on Church Street went in 618 for the performance carry had his attire a polyester leisure suit chosen by his mother who reasoned that's how they dress on The Dean Martin celebrity roast 1916 pubescent carries conventional impersonations bombed proving ill- suited for a club with a runchy comedic sensibility and giving him doubts about his potential as a professional Entertainer 16 decades later recalling car's stand-up debut yuck yuck's owner Mark Breslin described it as bad Rich Little 16 his family's Financial struggles made it difficult for them to support carries Show Business Ambitions eventually the family's financial situation improved and they moved into a new home in Jackson's point when he te 20 with more domestic stability Carrie returned to the stage in 1979 with a more polished act that led to his first paid gig a 20-minute spot at the hay loft Club on Highway 48 in Scarboro for a reported can2 compensation on a bill with the mother of pearl performer from the pig and whistle 21 he soon faced his fears and went back downtown to the site of his debacle from two years earlier yuck yucks that had in the meantime moved into a permanent location on Bay Street in the fashionable Yorkville District in a short period of time the 17-year-old went from Open Mic nights at the club to regular page shows building his reputation in the process parallel to his increasing local Toronto area popularity as an impressionist stand-up comic Carrie tried to break into sketch comedy auditioning to be a cast member for the 1980 81 season of NBC's Saturday Night Live Carrie ended up not being selected by the show's new executive producer Jean Doman who picked 31-year-old Charles rocket instead 22 decades later after establishing himself as a Hollywood film star Carrie would host the show in May 1996 6 January 2011 and October 2014 2324 after not getting Saturday Night Live krie took a voice acting job performing Clutch Cargo inspired bits on the allight show an overnight program airing locally on the cfmt TV channel branded as multilingual television MTV 25 continuing to perform his standup Act of contortionist impressions in the city of Toronto and surrounding towns in February 1981 19- old Cary was booked as the opening act for the rock band Gotto at the Roxy Theater in Barry for two shows on consecutive nights The Rock crowd booed him off stage and he refused to return for the second night 262 weeks later however a review of one of car's spots at yuck yucks alongside a sizable photo of him doing a stage impression of Sammy Davis Jour appeared in the Toronto Star on the front page of its entertainment section with the writer Bruce blackadar raving about a genuine star coming to life 2728 save for a brief mention in the barry examiner it was the first time Carrie received significant mainstream corporate media coverage and the glowing praise in one of Canada's highest circulation DA's created demand for his impressionist standup act throughout the country 20D 21 in April 1981 he appeared in an episode of the televised stand-up show in evening at The Improv 29 that summer he landed one of the main roles in introducing Janet a made for TV movie that premiered in September 1981 on the CBC drawing more more than a million viewers for its first airing in Canada 30 playing a struggling impressionist comic Tony it was car's first acting role the CBC promotion the movie had received as well its subsequent High Nationwide viewership further solidified the youngsters comedic status in the country by the time the movie finished its CBC run of repeats several years later its title for the home video release on VHS was changed to rubberface in order to take advantage of the comics by then established prominence for doing elaborate contortionist impression 30 making more Comedy Club appearances in the United States Carrie was noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield who signed car to open his tour performances by December 1981 a well-known comic in Canada Toronto Star reported about Carrie waiting for United States work permit having received interest from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show largely off his reputation from Canada 3D 132 in the early part of 1982 Carrie reportedly performed for The Tonight Show Bookers Jim mcau and Bud Robinson as part of the program's audition process for standup comic spots 33 however rather than being booked on the show Carrie got advised to further hone his act so he went back home to the Toronto area where he had already built a significant following 33 touring venues throughout North America as the opening act for Rodney Dangerfield Carrie made a stop at home in Toronto on the 19th of June 1982 performing two soldout shows at Massie Hall 1983 1994 move to Hollywood in early 1983 Carrie decided to move to Hollywood where he began regularly performing at the comedy store getting on the tonight's show became his immediate career goal and by Spring 1983 he appeared to have achieved it after getting booked for a standup set on the highly rated late night show 34 however a lukewarm Club set at The Improv got him unbooked 34 though struggling to replicate his success in Los Angeles Carrie continued being a big hit in his hometown Toronto he returned during late April 1983 to perform at the short-lived BB magon theatrical venue on blor Street on three consecutive nights while in town ctv's Flagship news magazine program W5 did a feature on carry that aired nationally in Canada back in La within months he landed the main role on the duck Factory a sitcom being developed for NBC and in late November 1983 still got to debut his impressionist act on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson via a promotional appearance for the sitcom about to start airing nationally in the United States on the same network 34 in the meantime he was cast for a supporting role in the Warner Bros comedy production Finders Keepers shot in the Canadian province of Alberta during late summer 1983 for his Tonight Show appearance that aired on American Thanksgiving 21-year-old Carrie went through his most popular Impressions Elvis Presley Leon bnov Jack Nicholson Bruce D Clint Eastwood Charles Bronson Michael Landon James Dean at the Extraterrestrial Charles Nelson Riley characters from My Three Sons and Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in Rapid succession 35 after completing his set though getting the okay gesture from Carson the impressionist comic was notably not waved over by the host to join him on the couch a usual indication that while sufficiently pleased the powerful host was probably not ecstatic about the performance 36 the end of 1983 saw Carrie go back home to Toronto once more for a publicized New Year's Eve performance performance at the Royal York hotel's Imperial Room originally scheduled to start airing in January 1984 the duck Factory sitcom debuted in April airing Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. between cheers and Hill Street Blues 3 738 the same month Carrie took a job hosting the 1984 youo awards ceremony held in Toronto at the Royal York hotel's Ballroom 39 by the time he made his debut appearance on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman in Late July 1984 the network had already cancelled the duck Factory Carrie went back to turn with his impressionist act including off an opening for Rodney Dangerfield after being noticed doing standup by producer Samuel Goldwin Jr and contacted to audition for a teen horror sex comedy being developed by the Samuel Goldwin company Cary landed a starring role in Once Bitten shot in early 1985 40 Cary would continue getting film roles throughout late summer and early fall 1985 he shot a supporting part in Francis Ford capa's Peggy Sue got married which went into a long post- production process 40 in parallel he decided to try out for Saturday night life again this time ahead of the show's 1985 86 season being prepared by returning executive producer Lauren Michaels who was looking to hire an allnew cast 5 years removed from his previous SNL audition 23-year-old Carrie was rejected again reportedly never even getting the chance to audition his material post nuclear Elvis hybrid impression and impersonation of Henry Fonda from On Golden Pond in front of executive producer Michaels due to the show's producers and Senior writers Al Franken Tom Davis and Jim Downey deciding that Michaels would not like it 41 unlike his previous SNL rejection krie now had a bit of a film career to fall back on in addition to his impressionist standup act Once Bitten was released in mid November 1985 and turned out to be a modest box office hit despite drawing poor reviews back on the comedy club circuit with impressions in Fall 1986 kri a for SNL's upcoming season his third attempt at getting on The Ensemble sketch comedy show finally managing to perform for the show's executive producer Lauren Michaels at a Burbank studio with returning cast members Dennis Miller John Lovitz and Nora Dunn also watching the audition Carrie was rejected again 41 among the group of hopefuls auditioning alongside Carrie on this occasion were Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman both of whom were hired 41 sensing that doing only Impressions was turning into a career dead end Carrie set out to develop a new Live Comedy act 402 much to the dismay of comedy club Owners booking him he began abandoning trademark celebrity Impressions opting instead to try adding observational and character humor to his comedic repertoire a process that often involved forcing himself to improvise and scramble in front of dissatisfied live audiences that came to see him do Impressions 42 from 1990 to 1994 krie was a regular cast member of The Ensemble comedy television series and living color 43 the popularity of the series helped him to land his first few major film roles 1994 1998 rise to fame Carrie played the lead role in Ace Ventura Pet Detective which was released in February 1994 and went on to grow $72 million in the United States and Canada 44 following its success and before the release of his next film The Mask which was anticipated to be another hit Morgan Creek Productions paid him $5 million to reprise his role as Ace Tura and new line Cinema offered him $7 million to make a sequel to the mask and paid him $7 million to appear in Dumb and Dumber a nearly 10-fold increase on his salary for Ace Ventura 4546 The Mask released in July 1994 gross $351 million worldwide 4748 and Dumb and Dumber released in December 1994 was another Commercial Success grossing over $270 million worldwide 49 KY received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor for his work in the mask and was voted second on Quigley's top 10 money making Stars pole behind Tom Hanks 50 Carrie portrayed the Batman villain The Riddler and the Joel schoemer directed superhero film Batman Forever 1995 the film received mixed reviews but was a box office success he reprised his role as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura when Nature Calls which was also released in 1995 like the original film it was well received by the public but poorly received by critics it was a huge box office success earning $22 million worldwide in addition to Breaking records with a $40 million opening weekend 51 Carrie became the first actor to be paid $20 million for his next film The Cable Guy 1996 52 directed by Ben Stiller the film was a satirical black comedy in which Carrie played a lonely menacing cable TV installer who infiltrates the life of one of his customers played by Matthew broadrick the role was a departure from the hapless hyper overconfident characters he had been known for however it did not fare well with most critics many reacting to car's change of tone from previous films 53 Carrie also starred in the music video of the film's closing song Leave Me Alone by Jerry cantrol 54 despite the reviews The Cable Guy grossed $12 million worldwide 55 he soon bounced back with the critically acclaimed comedy Liar Liar 1997 playing Fletcher Reed an unethical lawyer rendered unable to lie by his young son's birthday wish Carrie was praised for his performance earning a second Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor Janet Maslin of the New York Times said well into his tumultuous career Mr Cary finally turns up in a straightforward comic vehicle and the results are much Wilder and funnier than this mundane material should have allowed 6 Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom shatak and written by Steve Corin Marco Keefe and Steve Eder the film stars Jim Cary as Bruce Nolan a down on his luck television reporter who complains to God played by Morgan Freeman that he is not doing his job correctly and is offered the chance to try being God himself for one week it co-stars Jennifer Aniston Philip Baker Hall and Tony Bennett the film is shatak and car's third collaboration after Ace Ventura Pet Detective 1994 and Liar Liar 1997 when released in American theaters on May 23rd 23 Bruce Almighty received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success and grossed 86.4 million in its opening weekend a Memorial Day record at the time five the films surprised the industry's pundits when it beat the Matrix Reloaded the following weekend it went on to gross $484 million worldwide becoming the fifth highest grossing film of 2003 Evan Almighty a spin-off sequel focusing on Steve Carrol's character with shatak and Ed Kirk returning to direct and write respectively and Freeman also reprising his role was released on June 22nd 27 Bruce Nan is a television field reporter for eyewitness news on WKBW TV in Buffalo New York but desires to be the news Anchorman when Bruce is insulted by his rival Evan Baxter a vulgar on camera Outburst leads to his dismissal from the state after a series of misfortunes Bruce complains to God that he's the one that should be fired Bruce receives a message on his pager which takes him to an empty Warehouse where he meets God God offers to give Bruce his powers to prove that he is doing the job correctly God tells Bruce that he cannot tell others he has God's powers to avoid the media attention nor can he use the powers to alter Free Will Bruce is initially jubilant with the powers using them for personal gains such as regaining his previous job and impressing his girlfriend Grace Connelly Bruce finds ways of using his powers around Buffalo to cause miraculous events to occur at otherwise mundane events that he covers such as discovering Jimmy Hoffa's body during a segment on police training or causing a meteor to harmlessly land near a cook off earning him the nickname Mr exclusive Bruce then causes Evan to embarrass himself on air causing Evan to be fired in favor of Bruce as the new anchor Bruce continues to hear voices in his head and reencounters God who explains the voices are prayers that Bruce must deal with Bruce creates a computerized email like system to receive the prayers and respond but finds that the influx is far too many for him to handle and sets the program to answer every prayer yes automatically Bruce attends a party celebrating his promotion when Grace arrives she finds Bruce kissing his co-anchor Susan Orga after she forcefully comes on to him and quickly leaves Bruce follows her trying to use his powers to con Vin her to stay but cannot influence her Free Will as Bruce looks around he realizes that Buffalo has fallen into chaos due to his actions parts of the city believe the apocalypse is nearly upon Earth due to the meteor strikes while a large number of people all having prayed to win the multi-million dollar lottery and received only $17 in return have started rioting in the streets Bruce returns to God who explains that he cannot solve all the problems and Bruce must figure out a way himself Bruce then starts to help others without using his powers including giving Evan his job back he returns to his computer at home and goes about answering prayers earnestly as he reads through them he finds a prayer from Grace wishing for his success and well-being as Bruce reads it another prayer from Grace arrives this one wishing not to be in love with him anymore stunned by this development Bruce walks alone on a highway asking God to take back his powers and leaving his fate in his hands Bruce is suddenly hit by a truck and regains Consciousness in a white void God Appears and he asks Bruce what he really wants Bruce admits that he only wants to make sure Grace Finds a man that would make her happy God agrees and Bruce finds himself in the hospital where his doctors help him recover Grace finally arrives at the hospital and reconciles with Bruce following his recovery Bruce returns to his field reporting job but decides to take more pleasure in the simple stories in Buffalo instead in June 2000 it was announced that Universal Pictures had paid over $1 million for a spec script titled Bruce Almighty 6 with the intention of positioning the script as a directing vehicle for Tom shatak via his Universal base production company Shady Acres six Jim Carry signed on to star in March 2002 with Steve eirk rewriting the script seven previously Carrie had been slated to star in another comedy for Universal titled dog years to be directed by Gary Ross but following that film's cancellation un I was eager to get carry on to another project seven filming of Buffalo was done in the New York Street at Universal Studios Hollywood the restaurant with Tony Bennett was filmed at cicada in the James ovette building downtown Los Angeles at the spa scene with Jennifer Aniston was filmed in the showing building at the Japanese Garden in Los Angeles Bruce Almighty earned $ 67.9 million during its opening weekend which made it the highest for a Jim Carrey film surpassing How the Grinch Stole Christmas 18 This Record would be HED until the opening of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 2022 19 at the time it was one of three Universal films of 2003 to make opening weekends of $50 million joining Too Fast Too Furious and Hulk 20 in its first 4 days the film generated a total of $ 86.4 million becoming the second highest Memorial Day Weekend debut behind the Lost World Jurassic Park it opened in the number one spot at the box office beating the Matrix Reloaded 21 this would only last for a week as the spot was taken away by Finding Nemo 22 the film was released in the United Kingdom on June 27th 23 and topped the country's box office that weekend 23 there it made a total of $8.3 million beating Batman Forever to have the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carry film in the country 24 Bruce Almighty joined the Matrix Reloaded Finding Nemo X2 and Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl to become the first five films to earn over $200 million at the box office in one summer season 25 by the end of its theatrical run the film had made $242 million domestically and a total $484 million worldwide making it Aniston and car's highest grossing film worldwide as well as the fifth highest grossing film of 23 for critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 48% % based on 191 reviews with an average rating of five 710 the site's critical consensus reads Carri is hilarious in the slapstick scenes but Bruce Almighty gets bogged down and trial 26 on Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 35 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 27 audiences surveyed by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of a on an A plus to f scale Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film three out of four stars calling it a charmer the kind of movie where Bruce learns that while he may not ever make a very good God the experience May indeed make him a better television newsman ibert praised Aniston's performance anisten as a sweet kindergarten teacher and fiance shows again after the good girl that she really will have a movie career 28 varieties Robert kovler gave the film a mixed review there's remarkably little done with a premise snatched from high concept Heaven adding yet another file to the growing cabinet of under realized comedies 29 the Los Angeles Times gave it a negative review and called it not so mighty 30 controversies the film was banned in Egypt Saudi Arabia Iran Kuwait and Qatar because of its portrayal of God as an ordinary man and blasphemous to Islam bands in both Malaysia and Egypt were eventually lifted after the nation censorship boards gave the film their highest rating 18pl in the case of Malaysia 3 of 132 as God contacts Bruce using an actual phone number rather than one in the standard fictional 555 telephone exchange several people and groups sharing this number received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God including a church in North Carolina us where the minister was named Bruce a pastor in northern Wisconsin and a man running a sandwich shop in Manchester England 33 The Producers noted that the number 776 2323 was not in use in the area code 716 which was never specified on screen in the film story but did not check anywhere else for the home video and television versions of the film the number was changed to the fictional he continued to have success as a leading actor in comedies such as Liar Liar 1997 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 Bruce Almighty Twi and three lemony snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events 24 and Yes Man 2008 starting in the 2010s car began to appear in fewer films with his notable roles since then including reprising the part of Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber To 2014 and portraying Doctor Robotnik and Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 and its 2022 and 2024 sequels although largely tight cast as a comedic actor Carrie has had success in dramatic roles the dramatic performance he first received major praise for was in the Emy award nominated television film doing time on Maple Drive his critically acclaimed performances include Truman B Bank in The Truman Show 1998 and Andy Kaufman and man on the moon 1999 winning Golden Globe awards for each film he later starred in the psychological science fiction romantic drama film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 for which he was nominated for both a bafta award and another Golden Globe Award he also starred as Jeff pixo in the showtime tragic comedy series kidding 2018 2020 for which he received his seventh Golden Globe nomination Carrie was born in New Market Ontario Canada two to Kathleen n Oram a homemaker and Percy Cary a musician and accountant five he was raised Catholic and has three older siblings John Patricia and Rita 67 his mother was a French Irish and Scottish descent and his father was a French Canadian ancestry the family's original surname was Kare 8910 at age 8 he began making faces before a mirror and discovered a talent for doing impressions 11 at age 10 krie wrote a letter to Carol Bernett of the Carol Bernett show pointing out that he was already a master of Impressions and should be considered for a role on the show he was overjoyed when he received a form letter reply 12 a fan of Monty Python whose TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus aired in the 1970s in 2014 Carrie appeared on Monty Python's best bits mostly and recalled the effect on him of Ernest Scribbler played by Michael Palin laughing himself to death in the funniest joke in the world sketch the 13 radio time States you'll see why immediately Palin's performance is uncannily kis 13 K spent his early years in the burough of Scarboro Ontario part of Metropolitan Toronto where he attended Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary School in North York his family later moved to Burlington Ontario where they would spend eight years Jim attended Aldershot High School while there 14 sometime later his family became homeless and lived together in a Volkswagen van while teenage Jim and his brother spent months living in a tent in Charles daily park on the Lake Ontario Shore in Lincoln Ontario 2516 the family struggled financially however their situation started improving once his father found employment in the accounting department at the Titan Wheels Tire Factory in Scarboro 16 furthermore in return for living in the house across the street from the factory the family primarily teenage Sons Jim and John would work as janitors and security guards at the tire factory doing 8 hour shifts from 6:00 p.m. into the next morning 16 moving back to Scarboro teenage Jim started attending Ain Court Collegiate Institute before dropping out of school on his 16th birthday he began to perform comedy in downtown Toronto while continuing to work at the factory in A7 Hamilton Spectator interview Carrie said if my career in Show Business hadn't panned out I would probably be working today in Hamilton Ontario at the defco steel mill as a young man he could see the steel mills across the Burlington Bay and often thought that was where the great jobs were car's first standup comedy experience took place in 1977 at the age of 15 with his father trying to help him put together a stage act driving him to downtown Toronto to debut at the recently opened yuck yuck's Comedy Club operating one night a week out of community center the 519 basement on Church Street went in 618 for the performance Carrie had his attire a polyester leisure suit chosen by his mother who reasoned that's how they dress on The Dean Martin celebrity roast 1916 pubescent carries conventional impersonations bombed proving ill- suited for a club with a runchy comedic sensibility and giving him doubts about his potential as a professional Entertainer 16 decades later recalling car's standup debut yuck yuck's owner Mark Breslin described it as bad Rich Little 16 his family's Financial struggles made it difficult for them to support car's Show Business Ambitions eventually the family's financial situation improved and they moved into a new home in Jackson's point when team 20 with more domestic stability Carri returned to the stage in 1979 with a more polished act that led to his first paid gig a 20-minute spot at the hay loft Club on Highway 48 in Scarboro for a reported canar 20 compensation on a bill with the mother of pearl performer from the pig and whistle 21 he soon faced his fears and went back downtown to the site of his debacle from two years earlier yuck yucks that had in the meantime moved into a permanent location on Bay Street in the fashionable Yorkville District in a short period of time the 17-year-old went from Open Mic nights at the club to regular paid shows building his reputation in the process parallel to his increasing local Toronto area popularity as an impressionist standup comic Carrie tried to break into sketch comedy auditioning to be a cast member for the 19881 season of NBC's Saturday Night Live Carrie ended up not being selected by the show's new executive producer Jean Doman who picked 31-year-old Charles rocket instead 22 decades later after establishing himself as a Hollywood film star Carrie would host the show in May 1996 January 2011 and October 2014 2324 after not getting Saturday Night Live kri took a voice acting job performing Clutch Cargo inspired bits on the all night show an overnight program airing locally on the cmtv channel branded as multilingual television MTV 25 continuing to perform his standup Act of contortionist impressions in the city of Toronto and surrounding towns in February 1981 19 old Cary was booked as the opening act for the rock band goto at the Roxy Theater in Barry for two shows on consecutive nights The Rock crowd booed him off stage and he refused to return for the second night 262 weeks later however a review of one of car's spots at yuck yucks alongside a sizable photo of him doing a stage impression of Sammy Davis J appeared in the Toronto Star on the front page page of its entertainment section with the writer Bruce blackadar raving about a genuine star coming to life 2728 save for a brief mention in the barry examiner it was the first time Carrie received significant mainstream corporate media coverage and the glowing praise in one of Canada's highest circulation DA's created demand for his impressionist standup act throughout the country 20D 21 in April 1981 he appeared in an episode of the televised standup show an evening at The Improv 29 that summer he landed one of the main roles in introducing Janet a made for TV movie that premiered in September 1981 on the CBC drawing more than a million viewers for its first airing in Canada 30 playing a struggling impressionist comic Tony it was car's first acting role the CBC promotion the movie had received as well its subsequent High Nationwide viewership further solidified the youngsters comedic status in the country by the time the movie finished its CBC run of repeats several years later its title for the home video release on BHS was changed to rubberface in order to take advantage of the comics by then established prominence for doing elaborate contortionist Impressions 30 making more Comedy Club appearances in the United States Carrie was noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield who signed Carri to open his tour performances by December 1981 a well-known comic in Canada Toronto Star reported about Carrie waiting for United States work permit having received interest from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show largely off his reputation from Canada 3D 132 in the early part of 1982 Kerry reportedly performed for the tonight's show Bookers Jim MCCA and Bud Robinson as part of the program's audition process for standup comic spots 33 however rather than being booked on the show Carrie got advised to further hone his act so he went back home to the Toronto area where he had already built a significant following 33 touring venues throughout North America as the opening act for Rodney Dangerfield car made a stop at home in Toronto on the 19th of June 1982 performing two soldout shows at Massie Hall 1983 1994 moved to Hollywood in early 1983 Carrie decided to move to Hollywood where he began regularly performing at the comedy store getting on the tonight's show became his immediate career goal and by Spring 1983 he appeared to have achieved it after getting booked for a standup set on the highly rated late night show 34 however Al lukor Club set at The Improv got him unbooked 34 though struggling to replicate his success in Los Angeles carry continued being a big hit in his hometown Toronto where he returned during late April 1983 to perform at the short-lived BB magon theatrical venue on blor Street on three consecutive nights while in town ctv's Flagship news magazine program W5 did a feature on Carrie that aired nationally in Canada back in La within months he landed the main role on the duck Factory a sitcom being developed veloped for NBC and in late November 1983 still got to debut his impressionist act on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson via a promotional appearance for the sitcom about to start airing nationally in the United States on the same network 34 in the meantime he was cast for a supporting role in the Warner Bros comedy production Finders Keepers shot in the Canadian province of Alberta during late summer 1983 for his Tonight Show appearance that aired on American Thanksgiving 21-year-old Carrie went through his most popular Impressions Elvis Presley lii bnov Jack Nicholson Bruce D Clint Eastwood Charles Bronson Michael Landon James Dean at the Extraterrestrial Charles Nelson Riley characters from My Three Sons and Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy and Rapid succession 35 after completing is set though getting the okay gesture from Carson the impressionist comic was notably not waved over by the host to join him on the couch a usual indication that while sufficiently pleased the powerful host was probably not ecstatic about the performance 36 the end of 1983 saw Carrie go back home to Toronto once more for a publicized New Year's Eve performance at the Royal York hotel's Imperial Room originally scheduled to start airing in January 1984 the duck Factory sitcom debuted in April airing Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. between cheers and Hill Street Blues 3 738 the same month Carrie took a job hosting the 1984 youo awards ceremony held in Toronto at the Royal York hotel's Ballroom 39 by the time he made his debut appearance on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman in Late July 1984 the network had already cancelled the duck Factory Carrie went back to turn with his impressionist act including off an opening for Rodney Dangerfield after being noticed doing standup by producer Samuel Goldwin Jr and contacted to audition for a teen horror sex comedy being developed by the Samuel Goldwin company Carrie landed a starring role in Once Bitten shot in early 1985 40 Cary would continue getting film roles throughout late summer and early fall 1985 he shot a supporting part in Francis Ford capa's Peggy Sue got married which went into a long post- production process 40 in parallel he decided to try out for Saturday night life again this time ahead of the show's 1985 86 season being prepared by returning executive producer Lauren Michaels who was looking to hire an all new cast 5 years removed from his previous SNL audition 23-year-old Cary was rejected Ed again reportedly never even getting the chance to audition his material post nuclear Elvis hybrid impression and impersonation of Henry Fonda from On Golden Pond in front of executive producer Michaels due to the show's producers and Senior writers Al Franken Tom Davis and Jim Downey deciding that Michaels would not like it 41 unlike his previous SNL rejection Carrie now had a bit of a film career to fall back on in addition to his impressionist standup act Once Bitten was released in mid November 1985 and turned turned out to be a modest box office hit despite drawing poor reviews back on the comedy club circuit with impressions in Fall 1986 Carrie audition for SNL's upcoming season his third attempt at getting on The Ensemble sketch comedy show finally managing to perform for the show's executive producer Lauren Michaels at a Burbank studio with returning cast members Dennis Miller John Lovitz and Nora dun also watching the audition Carrie was rejected again 41 among the group of hopefuls auditioning alongside carrye on this occasion were Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman both of whom were hired 41 sensing that doing only Impressions was turning into a career dead end Carrie set out to develop a new Live Comedy act 42 much to the dismay of comedy club Owners booking him he began abandoning trademark celebrity Impressions opting instead to try adding observational and character humor to his comedic repertoire a process that often involved forcing himself to improvise and scramble in front of dissatisfied live audiences that came to see him do Impressions 42 from 1990 to 1994 Kerrie was a regular cast member of The Ensemble comedy television series and Living Color 43 the popularity of the series helped him to land his first few major film roles 1994 1998 rise to fame Carrie played the lead role in Ace Ventura Pet Detective which was released in February 1994 and went on to grow $72 million in the United States and Canada 44 following its success and before the release of his next film The Mask which was anticipated to be another hit Morgan Creek Productions paid him $5 million to reprise his role as Ace Ventura and new line Cinema offered him $7 million to make a sequel to the mask and paid him $7 million to appear in Dumb and Dumber a nearly 10-fold increase on his salary for Ace Ventura 4546 The Mask released in July 1994 gross $351 million worldwide 4748 and Dumb and Dumber released in December 1994 was another Commercial Success grossing over $270 million worldwide 49 Carrie received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor for his work in the mask and was voted second on Quigley's top 10 money making Stars poll behind Tom Hanks 50 Carrie portrayed the Batman villain The Riddler and the Joel schacher directed superhero film Batman Forever 1995 the film received mixed reviews but was a box office success he reprised his role as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura when Nature Calls which was also released in 1995 like the original film it was well received by the public but poorly received by critics it was a huge box office success earning $212 million worldwide in addition to Breaking records with a $40 million opening weekend 51 Cary became the first actor to be paid $20 million for his next film The Cable Guy 1996 52 directed by Ben Stiller the film was a satirical black comedy in which Carrie played a lonely menacing cable TV installer who infiltrates the life of one of his customers played by Matthew broadrick the role was a departure from the hapless hyper overconfident characters he had been known for however it did not fare well with most critics many reacting to car's change of tone from previous films 53 carrye also starred in the music video of the film's closing song me alone by Jerry cantrol 54 despite the reviews The Cable Guy grossed $12 million worldwide 55 he soon bounced back with the critically acclaimed comedy Liar Liar 1997 playing Fletcher Reed an unethical lawyer rendered unable to lie by his young son's birthday wish Carrie was praised for his performance earning a second Golden Globe Award nomination for best actor Janet Maslin of the New York Times said well into his tumultuous career Mr Cary finally turns up in a straightforward comic vehicle and the results are much Wilder and funnier than this mundane material should have allowed 56 Bruce Almighty is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom shatak and written by Steve Corin Marco Kee and Steve Eder the film stars Jim Cary as Bruce Nolan a down on his luck television reporter who complains to God played by Morgan Freeman that he is not doing his job correctly and is offered the chance to try being God himself for one week it co-stars Jennifer Aniston Philip Baker Hall and Tony Bennett the film is shatak and car's third collaboration after Ace Ventura Pet Detective 1994 and Liar Liar 1997 when released in American theaters on May 23rd 23 Bruce Almighty received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success and grossed 86.4 million in its opening weekend a Memorial Day record at the time five the film surprised the industry's pundits when it beat the Matrix Reloaded the following weekend it went on to gross $484 million worldwide becoming the fifth highest grossing film of 2003 Evan Almighty a spin-off sequel focusing on Steve Carol's character with Shak and edk returning to direct and write respectively and Freeman also reprising his role was released on June 22nd 27 Bruce Nolan is a television field reporter for eyewitness news on WKBW TV in Buffalo New York but desires to be the news Anchorman when Bruce is insulted by his rival Evan Baxter a vulgar on camera Outburst leads to his dismissal from the station after a series of misfortunes Bruce complains to God that he's the one that should be fired Bruce receives a message on his pager which takes him to an empty Warehouse where he meets God God offers to give Bruce his powers to prove that he is doing the job correctly God tells Bruce that he cannot tell others he has God's powers to avoid the media pension nor can he use the powers to alter Free Will Bruce is initially jubilant with the powers using them for personal gains such as regaining his previous job and impressing his girlfriend Grace Connelly Bruce finds ways of using his powers around Buffalo to cause miraculous events to occur at otherwise mundane events that he covers such as discovering Jimmy Hoffa's body during a segment on police training or causing a meteor to harmlessly land near a cook off earning him the nickname Mr exclusive Bruce then causes Evan to embarrass himself on air causing Evan to be fired in favor of Bruce as the new anchor Bruce continues to hear voices in his head and reencounters God who explains the voices are prayers that Bruce must deal with Bruce creates a computerized email like system to receive the prayers and respond but finds that the influx is far too many for him to handle and sets the program to answer every prayer yes automatically Bruce attends a party celebrating his promotion when Grace arrives she finds Bruce kissing his co-anchor Susan Orga after she forcefully comes on to him and quickly leaves Bruce follows her trying to use his powers to convince her to stay but cannot influence her Free Will as Bruce looks around he realizes that Buffalo has fallen into chaos due to his actions parts of the city believe the apocalypse is nearly upon Earth due to the meteor strikes while a large number of people all having prayed to win the multi-million dollar lottery and received only $17 in return have started rioting in the streets Bruce returns to God who explains that he cannot solve all the problems and Bruce must figure out a way himself Bruce then starts to help others without using his powers including giving Evan his job back he returns to his computer at home and goes about answering prayers earnestly as he reads through them he finds a prayer from Grace wishing for his success and well-being as Bruce reads it another prayer from Grace arrives this one wishing not to be in with him anymore stunned by this development Bruce walks alone on a highway asking God to take back his powers and leaving his Fate In His Hands Bruce is suddenly hit by a truck and regains Consciousness in a white void God Appears and he asks Bruce what he really wants Bruce admits that he only wants to make sure Grace Finds a man that would make her happy God agrees and Bruce finds himself in the hospital where his doctors help him recover Grace finally arrives at the hospital and reconciles with Bruce following his recovery Bruce returns to his field reporting job but decides to take more pleasure in the simple stories in Buffalo instead in June 2000 it was announced that Universal Pictures had paid over $1 million for a spec script titled Bruce Almighty 6 with the intention of positioning the script as a directing vehicle for Tom shatak via his Universal based production company Shady Acres six Jim Cary signed on to star in March 2002 with Steve eirk rewriting the script seven previously Carrie had been slated to