Carrey's first (of many) films to develop a cult following was Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in 1994, in which he portrayed the eponymous sleuth who's tasked with finding the abducted mascot of the ...

A pet detective whose hundreds of solved cases ... he said he is asked about the 1994 film starring Jim Carrey at least once a fortnight, saying it makes him "laugh every time".

Jim Carrey honed his stand ... cast of the comedy series In Living Color. Carrey broke into acting with roles in the 1994 films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber.

He broke out as a film star after starring in a string of box office hits, such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective ... above from the Wikipedia article Jim Carrey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full ...