Jim Carrey and the Elusive Oscar | Why He's Never Been Nominated 

Comedy is harder than drama. I will always stand by that. You can cover up bad dramatic acting with good writing but as far as comedy goes either it makes you laugh or it doesn’t. I get tired of comedic actors feeling that they need to turn “serious” to be validated. The people who make us laugh typically have greater truths behind what they’re saying

I do think Jim Carrey's lack of nominations definitely comes from academy snobbery. I think many people ithin the academy never wanted to give him a nomination because they perceived him of not being a "serious actor"

Jim Carey was snubbed for The Truman Show was a crime...and he still can make a fun of himself during the telecast about the whole situation...he is a legend

Living proof that the Academy's all about politics, Jim Carrey is one of the best actors of his generation.

I have faith that he'll receive an Honorary Academy Award for his legendary career. And there, finally there will be Justice.

Robin Williams was on a league of his own. Not a regular comedian. He was extraordinary, rest his soul!

I’m glad you brought up the Robin Williams comparison. While I mostly agree with the argument that Carrey has to overcome a bias as “the comedian in the rhino’s ass”, it’s fascinating that Williams was mostly immune to this. For three of his nominations (The Fisher King, Dead Poets Society, and Good Morning Vietnam), Williams plays characters that exhibit his trademark comedic mania, funny faces and all. They’re great performances, but they never let the audience forget that he’s a comedian. And the Academy didn’t care. And while he’s far more mellow in Good Will Hunting, he’s still got his fair share of zingers. But for Carrey, any element of his silliness seemed to be a death sentence to his Oscar chances, even in a more serious film like The Truman Show and Man on the Moon. But then he takes an explicitly dramatic turn in Eternal Sunshine and that doesn’t work either. All that said, I think Carrey’s comments about the nature of campaigning are explicitly telling. Williams was a fantastic campaigner and universally beloved among his peers. Meanwhile, Carrey was more shy and reserved. That might work on the Globes, with their tiny membership and bias toward popular actors, but the Academy requires a far larger press tour. The more introverted Carrey might just not be fit for the “shaking hands and kissing babies” element of the Oscars.

He definitely should’ve been nominated at least twice, if not a winner. Unfortunately he hasn’t done anything since Eternal Sunshine worth nominating.

Kidding should have received so much more love, it's a fantastic show !

I totally agree that he should have been nominated for Eternal Sunshine, one of my favourite films of all time and Kate Winslet should have won that year btw - but he should also have been nominated and won for The Truman Show. It was such an iconic role!!! And better than Benigni's for sure..

I love The Majestic. His speech during the hearing and his final words with Martin Landau can always bring me to tears. Such an underrated film. Yes, there are some cliches but overall, just a wonderful feel-good movie.

Jim Carrey is amazing and I have been a fan since when I was a child in the 1990s!!

He's an artist now doing out there paintings - it's his happy place and I understand that TOTALLY! Zen land.

I've liked him since Once Bitten. He was so funny and handsome at the same time. I think this is one of those cases where people don't take him seriously because the impression is Jim himself doesn't take himself seriously or doesn't seem to care. And, that's just heartbreaking if you ask me.

I hate that good comedy isn’t awarded as much, but I too hope we see more great work fro JC

I LOVE The Majestic so so much - critics and the general audience missed the boat on that one! BEAUTIFUL film with great performances from everyone!

Make a video about Glenn Close's 8 nominations without winning...

It is hard to express how wonderful this video is. Great work!

Tbh I wasn’t initially a fan of the channel. Now I just can’t stop watching. Very nice video essays.

This magnificent appreciation appeared as suggested viewing, leading me to watch it, go to your channel and subscribe. You deftly detail that for each of the three possible Oscar nominations, the competition was tough. Jim Carrey eventually gave up on being the next Tom Hanks and went off in other directions. We hope he comes back…

Indeed, we love, admire and worship #JimCarrey, since the #Mask, #AceVentura, #iloveyouphilipmorris, Truman's show, spotlight.... Wow, he's being so prolific

The first time I remember seeing Jim Carrey was in the Kathleen Turner/Nic Cage film Peggy She Got Married. It was the first time I had seen someone do that kind of physical comedy. He's Legend.

Have you ever thought about making and elusive Oscar video of Cameron Diaz? She starred in several Oscar nominated movie, one of her movies was even nominated for best picture, Gangs of new york, plus for Being John Malkovich she was literally nominated for any other major award (GG, SAG, Bafta) except for the Oscars.

Hope He will get back ❤️❤️❤️ this video is a masterpiece ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks a lot. Hope he will get what he deserves❤️

VERY nicely made video bravo!!! I went to see the Majestic at the cinema and really enjoyed it and couldn't at all understand why the cinema was mostly empty!! Even more so for I Love You Phillip Morris, which I tried to get everyone to see after I saw it, but people just didn't show any interest.

Fun fact: Jim Carrey was considered by Christopher Nolan to star in a biopic of Howard Hughes, which Nolan shelved when he learned that Martin Scorsese was developing The Aviator.

It's always so bizarre when Golden Globe winners don't even get nominated for the Oscar. Same happened to Madonna for Evita, which was her hour of glory in the acting world.

Dude should at least have one for sure!!

My favourite dramatic performance from Jim is Andy Kaufman in Man on the moon...... Criminally snubbed at the Oscars...

Your videos are top quality like others who have produced professional content here you are going to go on to major success with a broadcaster and not have time for RU-vid anymore. Let's enjoy while we still can! Cheers!

Jim Carrey is the best actor almost of all time and hilarious. Kid friendly and yet never been nominated. Next Oscar should bring back classics like ace ventura or even mask Batman etc bringing him in number one. He earned it. (They would rather nominate best streaming movies that are over seas and not even American movies in an American Oscar nomination. Just like our jobs, Oscar’s are even going overseas

i liked jim best in his eeeeeeaaaarly tv movie "DOING TIME ON MAPLE DRIVE"!! now THAT blew me away!! :D

His impersonations could be amusing for a second, and then it becomes grating. I was a tween in the mid 90s and if I found him annoying, no doubt the academy was there with me. He was too low-brow for them to later take seriously. Not to mention, once you start complaining about not having a nomination-you’ll definitely be passed over.

I love Jim so much. It wasn't always like that. Hated "Ace Ventura", "Dumb and dumber" & "Batman forever". I started to appreciated him with "The cable guy" & " Liar Liar" and he won my heart and loyalty with "The Truman show". I own like a dozen of his movies including "I love you Philip Morris" - highly underrated but understandably not for everyone - & "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" - one of my favorite movies of all time. He should have been nominated and even awarded, but most comedy actors (especially when they come out from SNL and shows like that) are never taking seriusly by the Academy. Take Will Ferrell: he took a similar risk like Jim when he did "Stranger than fiction", an excellent comedy/drama sharing the screen with Oscar winners Emma Thompson & Dustin Hoffman. Was Ferrell overlooked? Obviously dah! Paul Rudd will never win an Oscar either nor will Robert Downey Jr, who has done plenty of dramatic movies before Iron Man. He lost his one shot with Chaplin. How that happened? 🤷‍♀️ Robin Williams (God bless him, I still have a hard time re-watching his movies) was the exception to the rule..

What a beautiful video

I actually like Mr Poppers penguins. Although my favorite part is Angela Lansbury not Carry himself.

I just want to understand how is it that career comedians (because they are mostly know for comedy) don't get any respect from the academy. Just also look at Adam Sandler who has given some great dramatic performances but no nominations.

I liked him in yes man

I don't know if you still check comments on older videos but I did some research some time back and discovered some interesting stats about Jim Carrey and the Oscars, which I then submitted to Carrey's IMDb trivia page. One, Jim Carrey is the only actor (male or female) to win a Golden Globe for Best Lead Actor/Actress (in a motion picture) in BOTH the drama and comedy/musical categories without being nominated for an Oscar. But more interestingly, Carrey is also the only actor (male or female) to win the Golden Globe for a lead performance in the drama category (motion picture) without ever being nominated for an acting Oscar. The only one. You can check it yourself. Every person who has ever won the Golden Globe for Best Actor (Drama) or Best Actress (Drama) has been nominated for an acting Oscar at some point (except for Jim Carrey), even if the actor in question wasn't nominated for the Oscar that they won their Golden Globe for. For example, Omar Sharif won the Globe for Best Actor (Drama) for _Dr. Zhivago,_ however he wasn't nominated by the Academy for that same performance. Although, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for _Lawrence of Arabia._ Another example, Spencer Tracy won the Globe for Best Actor (Drama) for _The Actress_ (1953) however he wasn't nominated for the Oscar that year. BUT he does have two Best Actor Oscars. Or Kate Winslet who won Best Actress (Drama) for _Revolutionary Road,_ wasn't nominated for the Oscar for it but she still has an acting Oscar. Or Shirley MacLaine who won Best Actress (Drama) for _Madame Sousatzka_ (1988), wasn't nominated for the Oscar but she has won an Oscar (for _Terms of Endearment)._ So, yea, Jim Carrey is the ONLY one. I thought that was a very interesting stat.

I would consider myself a winner for life if Jack Nicholson did one of my gags while accepting a speech!

Can u make a video about "Why Madonna wasn't nominated for Best Actress for her Golden Globe winning performance as Eva Perron in Evita"

robin williams was a trained dramatic actor first, he studied at julliard

The Truman Show was brilliant....but the Oscars doesn't respect comedy talents....they didn't nominate Steve Martin in All of Me either.... both were brilliant performances, in my opinion.

He should have won for The Truman Show

And what about laura linney?

Is it just me that thinks Jim Carrey is at his complete best in Grinch?

Just like diamonds, the Oscars only mean something because a lot of people have agreed that it does. It's a football trophy at the end of the day. 😂

comedy is much harder to perform convincingly than drama. For some reason we’ve all been brainwashed to think otherwise.

Think Art Carney winning for Harry and Tonto. I also think Phillip Morris is a great performance by Carey.

is he retired?

I think he still has time. Yet I don't think he cares about showbiz and cashing an Oscar. He's beloved as a comedian and he can act in dramatic roles. I however don't think he can act in any role and every role.

I agree with his nomination snubs, but I feel his refuge in the safety of lackluster comedies and lesser movie roles dampened his prominence in Academy voters. Perhaps, even his antics outside and around other award circles rubbed many the wrong way. Recently, much to my dismay, he decided cast a stone at Will Smith for the infamous slap when he himself has exhibited problematic behavior at past MTV movie award ceremonies such as an attempted forced kiss on Will Smith, and kissing Alicia Silverstone without consent accepting his award. Also, being apart of anti-vaxxer movement with his ex-wife Jenny McCarthy, I find it difficult to see him reemerge to prestige. His strongest performance was Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and should have been his Oscar nomination. I don’t think that it’s out of the realm of possibility that he could be ignored if the right role comes along, but it’s still an upward battle. Some people say that you should separate the art from the artist, but it’s difficult to do that when their behavior doesn’t reflect the prestige the Academy typically goes for. This is not to say the Academy hasn’t been hypocritical when awarding/nominating disgraced figures such as Roman Polanski, Mel Gibson and Woody Allen. Who knows? Carrey can always have a comeback 🤷‍♂️.

Steve Martin has also sat on the sidelines for far too long.

Help ! What are the 2 movies where he won an award againt himself ? Funny speach

Liar Liar, The Truman Show, The Majestic.

I think the difference between him and Williams is that William's would bounce from drama and comedy and so that just kept it always fresh in the Academy that Williams could be taken seriously as a dramatic actor. I think because Carey has never consistently done drama after The Eternal and The Number 23 being a box office/critics bomb, the Academy has just never been able to shae off his comedy persona.

Andy Kaufman was really annoying in retro spect. No one cared about him and that movie. When u look back at his “ comedy” it just wasn’t funny. Jim took himself way too seriously w that role and it wasn’t his “ gump” or Philadelphia

i dont care about the oscars anymore cause jim hasnt won any .whats the point of an oscar if the actor as great as jim carry haven t even been nominated..fking bs

Because his acting isn't that great. He's the same dude in every movie just like Jeff Goldblum or Gary Shandling or Norm McDonald. There seems to be four kinds of actors: personality actors, range actors, actors with connections, and actors who sleep their way to the top/attractive actors. Jim's a personality actor, like Nicolas Cage or Jack Nicholson, to give you a higher range of actors in his genre.

One thing I don’t like about Carry is that he is an anti-vaxer 😡👎

If you haven’t done it already,Roger Deacon’s long road till finally winning Best Cinematography.