Jim Carrey honed his stand-up comedy act through ... He starred in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Batman Forever the following year and went on to land roles in Liar Liar (1997), The Truman ...

and Batman Forever (both 1995). The success of these five films led to Carrey being the first comic actor to receive an upfront $20 million salary for performing in films, beginning with The ...