Jim Carrey To Be Honoured With France’s Honorary César Award
Recent recipients of the award – meted out by France’s
Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma with the support of the ceremony’s
broadcast partner Canal+ – have included Julia Roberts (2025), Christopher
Nolan (2024), David Fincher (2023) Cate Blanchett (2022), Robert Redford (2019)
and George Clooney (2017).
Born in Canada, Jim Carrey first made a name for himself on
the stand-up comedy scene and then on television, notably in In
Living Color.
He broke onto the big screen in 1994 with a
trio of hit films, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber, becoming the first actor to star in three box office
topping films in a single year.
Carrey then cemented his reputation with
critically-acclaimed performances in The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Man
on the Moon, winning two Golden Globe awards for Best Actor.
The actor was made a Knight
(Chevalier) in France’s National Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et
des Lettres) in 2010 by French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand for his
significant contributions to art and film.
He has also been honored with
the Charlie Chaplin Award at the BAFTA Britannia Awards for his work in comedy
films like Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, and How the Grinch Stole
Christmas, among many others.
More recent credits have
included the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
as well as the Showtime series Kidding, in which he played a famous
children’s television icon, struggling to retain his sanity as his family falls
apart.
Carrey was also the subject
of the Emmy-nominated documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, and
has also branched into writing with his novel Memoirs and Misinformation.
“His work, on screen and off,
reminds audiences that cinema can do more than entertain: it can challenge,
move, and even enlighten; that creativity and artistry need not be contained to
just one medium. His journey embodies an unrelenting boldness, constantly
pushing the boundaries of performance and art,” the César Academy said in the
statement announcing the honor.
The 51st César Ceremony will take place in the
Olympia Theatre in Paris on February 27, 2026.
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