Talented Canadian American comic actor, James Eugene Carrey popularly referred to as Jim Carrey was born January 17, 1962, in Toronto Canada.
The actor and producer who was consistently one of the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the 1990s and 2000s has been married twice to different women. Carrey’s first marriage was to former actress and Comedy Store waitress Melissa Womer on the 28th of March, 1987.On the 6th of September 1987, Carrey and Womer gave birth to their daughter, Jane Erin Carrey and in 1995, the couples divorced each other.
Carrey later married his Dumb and Dumber co-star Lauren Holly in September 23, 1996 and they got divorced in less than a year. The comic star has dated a number of women since then including his ‘Me, Myself and Irene’ co-star Renée Zellweger, to whom he was engaged from1999 to 2000.
The 61 year old’s acting career has earned him hundreds of millions of dollars in film salaries and backend bonuses. According to Forbes, Jim made an average of $44.5 million in 1999 alone with the film ‘Man on the Moon’ which fetched him his second Golden Globe award in a row.
Jim earned approximately $200 million in movie salaries and bonuses between 1994 and 2008 and $100 million over the next decade.
Jim currently has the net worth of $180 million. He was the first actor in history to ever earn $20 million for a single movie. He earns the said amount with “The Cable Guy” (1996) which according to the LA Times was a “historic and troubling” move. It is also reported that in addition to the $20 million, Jim received 15% of every dollar The Cable Guy made at the box office which means in all he made approximately $35 million.