JIM CARREY | $180 MILLION

The Canadian-American actor, comedian, and producer Jim Carrey earned a total net worth of $180 million over the course of his career. He was dubbed as one of the highest-paid entertainers in the world when he got cast for The Cable Guy (1996) for a whopping $20 million. However, This biggest screen debut was his act as Ace Ventura on Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). People loved and swarmed Carrey’s films because of his natural talent in comedy that bore his unique facial expressions and mimicry skills. More hit films of his were The Mask (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Liar Liar (1997), and The Truman Show (1998).

In most of his films, he was given the creative freedom to act as himself and improvise in his roles. It is inevitable that fresh faces and new comedic acts will be taking the Hollywood spotlight— but that doesn’t mean that the original funnyman’s legacy will be forgotten. To this day, Jim Carrey remains an iconic comedy fixture who set the bar high and is looked up to by many. He showed off his documentary, I Needed Color, in 2017 and showed off his passionate side for art.