

In addition to launching Carrey's film career, it also started a franchise, spawning the sequel film Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), the animated television series Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (three seasons, 1995–2000), and later, standalone made-for-television sequel Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective (2009).Īce Ventura is an unorthodox Miami-based private detective who specializes in retrieving tame or captive animals.


Carrey's performance led to the film having a cult following among male adolescents. It grossed $72.2 million in the United States and Canada and $35 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $107.2 million. Morgan Creek Productions produced the film on a budget of $15 million, and Warner Bros. The film co-stars Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Sean Young, and then-Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and features a cameo appearance from death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, who wrote the screenplay with Jack Bernstein and Jim Carrey. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a 1994 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the abducted dolphin mascot of the Miami Dolphins football team.
