Jim Carrey reprises his Cable Guy role 26 years later for new Verizon 5G Super Bowl commercial

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Jim Carrey is back as eccentric cable technician Chip Douglas in a new Verizon 5G Super Bowl commercial that will debut during the Big Game on Sunday.In the ad's 10-second teaser titled Suiting Up, the 60-year-old actor was seen putting on his gear as he reprises his role from the 1996 black-comedy The Cable Guy.The spot featured the Dumb & Dumber star in his uniform as he tightened his belt, assembled his drill, flipped a wrench, patted down the row of pens in his pocket, and ran a lint roller over his name patch, which read 'The Cable OG'.

The latest:Jim Carrey is back as eccentric cable technician Chip Douglas in a new Verizon 5G Super Bowl commercial that will debut during the Big Game on Sunday.

He's back:In the ad's 10-second teaser titled Suiting Up, the 60-year-old actor was seen putting on his gear as he reprises his role from the 1996 black-comedy The Cable GuyThe teaser ended with the comedian looking menacing as he brandished his drill under a spotlight in the dark.

The ad was created to promote Verizon's 5G Home and 5G Business Internet.Verizon CCO and SVP Andrew McKechnie told Adweek that Jim 'was pretty psyched to do this and felt like this was the right time—you can't get a better moment than the Super Bowl to do something like this.' Suiting up: The spot featured the Dumb & Dumber star in his uniform as he tightened his belt, assembled his drill, flipped a wrench, patted down the row of pens in his pocket, and ran a lint roller over his name patch, which read 'The Cable OG' Eerie: The teaser ended with the comedian looking menacing as he brandished his drill under a spotlight in the darkHe continued, 'Hopefully, when the viewers see it, it will feel like a great story both from a cultural standpoint and,.