- 2008: Lent his voice to Horton the Elephant in the animated feature, "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!"
- 2008: Produced and starred in the comedy "Yes Man"
- 2005: Co-starred with Téa Leoni in "Fun with Dick and Jane," an update of the 1977 comedy
- 2004: Co-starred with Kate Winslet as a couple who have their memories erased in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"; penned by Charlie Kaufman; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor
- 2004: Portrayed Count Olaf in "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"; based on the children's book by Daniel Handler
- 2003: Co-starred with Jennifer Aniston in the metaphysical comedy "Bruce Almighty"
- 2001: Played an amnesiac screenwriter in "The Majestic"; set against the 1950s blacklist in Hollywood
- 2000: Reteamed with the Farrelly brothers for the comedy "Me, Myself and Irene" co-starring Renee Zellweger
- 2000: Had title role in the live-action "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" directed by Ron Howard
- 1999: Portrayed late comic Andy Kaufman in Milos Forman's "Man on the Moon"
- 1998: First dramatic lead in features, the Peter Weir directed, "The Truman Show"
- 1998: Narrated "Simon Birch" based on John Irving's novel A Prayer for Owen Meany; also appeared in a cameo
- 1997: Rebounded with the successful "Liar Liar"; film grossed $20 million its first week; film reunited Carrey and "Ace Ventura" director Tom Shadyac
- 1996: Cast in the Ben Stiller directed, "The Cable Guy"; film broke Carrey's four-picture string of pictures that had grossed $100 million domestically; film earned around $60 million domestically
- 1995: Initial screen collaboration with the Farrelly brothers, "Dumb and Dumber"
- 1995: Signed contract for $20 million to appear in feature "The Cable Guy"
- 1994: First film in a starring role, the surprise hit, "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"
- 1994: First film with credit as song performer, "The Mask"
- 1992: Had rare TV dramatic role as a troubled alcoholic son in the Fox TV-movie "Doing Time on Maple Street"
- 1991: Headlined the Showtime comedy special, "Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act"
- 1990: Hired as an ensemble member of the FOX sketch comedy show "In Living Color"; depicted a series of memorable characters such as Fire Marshal Bill and female body builder Vera De Milo; also wrote for the show (sometimes billed as James Carrey)
- 1986: Played a back-up singer to Nicolas Cage in "Peggy Sue Got Married"
- 1985: Portrayed a vampire's victim in "Once Bitten"
- 1984: Feature acting debut, "Finders Keepers"
- 1984: TV series debut as star of "The Duck Factory" a short-lived NBC sitcom
- 1983: Appeared on "The Tonight Show"
- 1981: Moved to L.A. at the age of 19
- 1981: Portrayed a struggling stand-up comic in "Rubberface" a 48-minute Canadian TV-movie
- 1979: Appeared in Las Vegas as opening act for comedian Rodney Dangerfield
- 1977: Began performing stand-up comedy at the age of 15 at Yuk Yuks, a comedy club in Toronto
- Featured in two Clint Eastwood vehicles, "The Dead Pool" (1988) and "Pink Cadillac" (1989); hired after Eastwood had seen Carrey do impressions of him
- In the late 1980s, teamed with Judd Apatow writing stage material, creating characters like Fire Marshal Bill




