Talk:Jim Carrey

Nationality

Is there a reason Carrey is called a "Canadian and American" actor, instead of a "Canadian-American" actor? OrdinaryOtter (talk) 11:46, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

In the United States, it is common to refer to people with some hyphenated form of American (e.g. Italian-American or African-American) to indicate their heritage. An Italian-American is not necessarily an Italian citizen, and an African-American may never have set foot in Africa.

I suppose that's the reason Jim Carrey is called "Canadian and American". To make it clear that he is indeed a Canadian citizen and not simply an American who can trace his ancestry to Canada. ~2026-13846-72 (talk) 16:30, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! OrdinaryOtter (talk) 17:19, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

I never noticed that, I always thought which ever race is first I thought that's where there're from.

Canada 6-7 Kid remix (talk) 17:13, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2026

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Change "He was raised Catholic and has three older siblings" to "He was raised Catholic and had three older siblings." in the early life section, as this reflects past tense appropriately for biographical context. ~2026-18496-51 (talk) 03:03, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done Day Creature (talk) 03:29, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Change is him name, in his early life he was raised catholic and had three brothers or sisters, therefore he was the youngest sibling in his biographical group! ~2026-27406-52 (talk) 06:05, 6 June 2026 (UTC)