A childhood photo of Jim Carrey as a gap-toothed child has circulated online in celebration of the fact the star has reached a landmark birthday.
On Monday, the Canadian comedy legend turned the grand age of 60 – and he was celebrating with fans via social media.
Followers shared a snap of the Ace Ventura legend from his school days as they marked all the years he had been alive and entertaining fans.
While Jim himself took to Twitter to record a special video message to make the fact he has reached six decades worth of life.
Uploading the short video to the micro-blogging site, Jim captioned the post: “It’s ma birthday! Whoohoo! I’m old but I’m gold! I Love you all!!!”
In the video itself, Jim pretended he had no teeth as he declared: “I’m 60 and sexy! And tonight I'm having cream corn and strained peaches."
His comment was a throwback to an interview with David Letterman on his version of CBS’s The Late Show where Jim was a guest decades ago.
At the time, Jim had the host and the live studio audience in stitches as he looked forwards to his landmark 60th birthday.
He said at the time that he was effectively “the Madonna of comedy”.
He joked: “[I’m] always reinventing myself so that someday I can look out at that crowd and go 'I'm 60 and sexy'."
Fans were delighted to see the star goofing around on Twitter as he marked his birthday – and were quick to flood his comments section with positive feedback.
One fan remarked: "Happy Birthday Jim! May you have many fulfilling, creative and peaceful years ahead of you."
And another gushed: "Happy 60th!! I just friggin love you!"
Jim hails from Toronto in Canada and began practicing with his famously rubbery face from a young age – perfecting his skills at impressions and slapstick humour.
He cut his chops as a comedian after dropping out of college as a teen and working on the Toronto comedy scene while also working at a factory.
He was just 15 years old when he enjoyed his first booking as a stand-up comedian in Toronto’s Yuk Yuk comedy club – landing more and regular stage work by the late 1970s.
He moved to Hollywood in 1983 and eventually made his way into life in front of cameras – with his first major break being in The Duck Factors in 1984.
By the ‘90s he had transitioned into being a huge Hollywood star with Ace Venture: Pet Detective hitting cinemas in 1994.
He featured in The Mask opposite Cameron Diaz that same year, and played the Riddler in Batman Forever in 1995.
Other major film achievements include starring in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls in 1995, Cable Gut in 1996, Liar Liar in 1997, The Truman Show in 1998 and his Oscar nominated role in the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
