Owner of two and a nominee of the six «Golden globes», nominee for the award BAFTA, as well as the holder of a number of other awards. In the mass media many times, it was noted that Kerry never in my career was not nominated for «Oscar».
James Eugene Carrey was born January 17, 1962 in the town of Newmarket, Canada. His parents were Kathleen Kerry (nee Orams), singer, and later a housewife, and Percy Kerry, saxophonist self-taught and accountant. Jim is the older sister of Pet and Rita, the elder brother of John. Jim grew up in a Catholic family. His ancestors were Irish, Scottish, French, and was originally his name sounded as Karre[2]. When Jim was 14 years old, his family moved to Scarborough, Ontario, where Jim within two years of age to attend School, Blessed Trinity in North York. The next year he studied in Агинкортском Institute, and then briefly attended Secondary School Норсвью (in General Jim spent three years in the 10-th class).
Financial problems in the family began when Jim was in school. When his father was laid off from work, the whole family had to move in Scarborough, where Percy found himself a job of a security guard at the factory «Titanium wheels» in the suburbs of Toronto, produce steel ободы and bus. There had to work and the whole family Kerry. After school, Jim and his sisters and brother had to do the cleaning, wash the floors and toilets. At this time, Jim becomes closed the child. Recalls the actor himself: