Grimaces and contortions are among the hallmarks of a person Canadian comedy geniuseswhich had its first series lead role in the short-lived US format The Duck Factory. A year later, his first leading film role followed in 1985’s One Bite Please, a teen comedy about a virginal student from Los Angeles who falls for a vampire lady (Lauren Hutton).
Do you recognize him? A little tip before the resolution: With films like The Truman Show and Forget Me Not, the actor we were looking for also demonstrated his dramatic talent.
Comedy legend Jim Carrey played his first leading role in a film 40 years ago
That’s right, none other than a slapstick artist Jim Carrey played a teenager 40 years ago in Please Bite Once, even though he was already 23 in real life. The film failed both critically and at the box office and is now considered a cult film at best. Nevertheless, he opened further doors for Carrey for a career that was shaped by titles such as Ace Ventura, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and The Grinch.
So in an interview with The Herald in the 80s, Carrey was right when he said: “When people see this movie, it won’t change their lives. But it will change mine.”
More star puzzles:
Jim Carrey: triumph of a facial acrobat
Not even the relative flop of the almost forgotten vampire comedy could stop Jim Carrey’s career, because just a year later he was already seen in the Francis Ford Coppola comedy Peggy Sue Got Married. Another stepping stone for his big breakthrough in the 90s.
After a four-year break from the screen, Jim Carrey appeared in the video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog in 2020, which now has three parts under its belt. In the old style, he plays the brilliantly crazy antagonist Dr. Robotnik at its best – with lots of slapstick and mustache.
Carrey’s last series lead role was as the tragicomic children’s TV host Jeff Pickles in Kidding, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. He has taken home the golden ball twice so far: for his role in The Truman Show and the biopic Man on the Moon about comedian Andy Kaufman.