The shortlist reportedly included Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp, another pair of future stars still figuring things out.

Carrey broke into acting with roles in the 1994 films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. He starred in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Batman Forever the following year ...

A pet detective whose hundreds of solved cases include a landlord taking a dog over unpaid rent has said he is a "terrier who won't give up" and not Ace Ventura. Simon Henson, 50, a private ...