Jim Carrey as "Mark Kendall"

James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is an actor and comedian from an obscure, out-of-the-way area of northern frozen tundra sometimes referred to by the local tribes as "Canada", to Kathleen (née Oram), a homemaker, and Percy Carrey, a musician and accountant. "Jim" (as I call him) was raised Catholic and had three older siblings.

Carrey's first stand-up comedy experience took place in 1977 at the age of 15 with his father trying to help him put together a stage act, driving him to downtown Toronto to debut at the recently opened Yuk Yuk's comedy club. For the performance, Carrey had his attire—a polyester leisure suit—chosen by his mother who reasoned "that's how they dress on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast."

After being noticed doing stand-up by producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. he was contacted to audition for his teen horror sex comedy, Once Bitten which was shot in early 1985. After Once Bitten... well, we're not sure what happened. Carrey seems to have dropped off the map and out of the public record. It happens in movies—your castmates and crew become your family, but then three months later the film wraps and you never see those people again. Carrey did this interview and then just disappeared. He apparently returned to Canada and faded into obscurity. We scoured the Internet, searched phonebooks, voting lists, prison records, but found nothing. Jim... are you out there? We are worried about you. If anyone has any information on "Jim" (as I call him), please contact the author.

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