The Truman Show star Jim Carrey will be feted with an Honorary César at the 51st César Ceremony in Paris in February 2026.

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.

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