Career
James' first leading roles in motion pictures were Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Dumb and Dumber in 1994. Dumb and Dumber was a commercial success. It grossed over $270 million worldwide. From 1990 to 2019 he starred in various movies and shows such as Finders Keepers, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Batman Forever, The Bad Batch,Once Bitten,Pink Cadillac, Earth Girls Are Easy,All in Good Taste,True Crimes,Drunk History Christmas,Kids,Doing Time on Maple Drive,Introducing... Janet,Copper Mountain,Jim Carrey: Unnatural Act,Comic Relief V,Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable,Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All,Comic Relief IV,Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth,On Location: The Comedy Store's 11th Anniversary Show,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,The Mask,Bruce Almighty,Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,Liar Liar,A Series of Unfortunate Events,Yes Man,Man on the Moon,Me, Myself & Irene,The Majestic,Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Simon Birch, The Cable Guy, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, High Strung, Kick-Ass 2, The Number 23, Fun with Dick and Jane, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, I Love You, Phillip Morris, Peggy Sue Got Married,The Dead Pool,Dumb and Dumber To, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond,The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling and Liar Liar.