James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, and artist. He is known for his energetic slapstick performances. Carrey first gained recognition in America in 1990 after landing a recurring role in the sketch comedy television series In Living Color.
His first leading roles in motion pictures came with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), The Mask (1994), and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), as well portraying the Riddler in Batman Forever (1995) and the lead role in Liar Liar (1997).
He gained attention starring in serious roles in The Truman Show (1998) and Man on the Moon (1999), with each garnering him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
“Swan Song,” the Todd Stephens movie starring Udo Kier and inspired by a flamboyant hairdresser in Stephens’ hometown of Sandusky, Ohio, is available starting today via video on demand.
The movie also stars Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie, and Jonah Blechman. The movie follows local legend Pat Pitsenberger (Kier) in a fictionalized story recounting the escape of the “Liberace of Sandusky” from a nursing home in order to perform one last hairdressing assignment for an old client (Evans) with whom he had a bittersweet relationship.
Mr. Pat, as he prefers to be called, soon discovers that the world he left behind no longer exists. Stephens (“Edge of Seventeen,” “Another Gay Movie”) told Deadline that as a child he “would see this
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