Jim Carrey is a self taught actor whose roots lie in stand up comedy which obviously lends to his extremely humorous character. He started practicing stand up at an early age performing for almost anyone who would listen, eventually once he became older he started looking for professional work both on tv and film and ended up working the comedy club scene for a while. This background of performing in front of a live audience is most likely a huge factor in his abilities in improvisation, wide range of easily read facial expressions, and loud often exaggerated way of acting.

I chose Jim Carrey because unlike any other actor he seems to have a unique ability to almost transform his face into a wide range of expressions which lends to his acting skills. Jim's more serious roles are also just as effective as he can use his impressionistic skills to imitate a wider variety of emotions then some of the other famous comedic actors.