Talk:Jim Carrey

Skip to table of contents

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Jim Carrey article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the subject of the article.

Add new text under old text.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Start a new topic

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1: 3 months

This article is written in Canadian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, centre, travelled, realize, analyze) and some terms may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Jim Carrey is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
May 4, 2012	Featured article candidate	Not promoted

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Actors and Filmmakers

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography
	This article is supported by WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers (assessed as High-importance).

Canada: Ontario / Toronto Low‑importance

	Canada portal Canada notice board This article is within the scope of WikiProject Canada, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Canada articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CanadaWikipedia:WikiProject CanadaTemplate:WikiProject CanadaCanada-related
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Ontario portal This article is supported by WikiProject Ontario.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Toronto (assessed as Mid-importance).

Comedy High‑importance

	Comedy portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Comedy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of comedy on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ComedyWikipedia:WikiProject ComedyTemplate:WikiProject ComedyComedy
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

United States Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Autism Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Autism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of all aspects of autism and autistic culture on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AutismWikipedia:WikiProject AutismTemplate:WikiProject AutismAutism
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Nationality

Latest comment: 4 months ago4 comments3 people in discussion

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)Reply

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)Reply

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

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)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2026

Latest comment: 2 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

{{subst:trim|1=

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)Reply

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

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)Reply