Today, on January 17, one of the most extraordinary actors of our time is celebrating his birthday. Jim Carrey turns 64 and looks back on a life shaped by extreme poverty as much as by global fame, ...

For his role in the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which came out in 2000, Jim Carrey’s tortuous costume and makeup had him on the verge of walking away from a $20 million paycheck. In an ...

The actor says the eight-hour prosthetics process sparked panic attacks and nearly ended the movie before a weekend “endurance” crash course. Jim Carrey has played a lot of larger-than-life weirdos, ...