He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Acting
Carrey's rubber-faced physical comedy at absolute peak unhinged.
Direction
Shadyac lets Jim run wild, barely holding chaos together.
Writing
Screenplay built around Carrey's improv, not the other way around.
Director
Tom Shadyac
Jim Carrey
Ace Ventura
Courteney Cox
Melissa Robinson
Sean Young
Lt. Lois Einhorn
Tone Loc
Emilio
Dan Marino
Dan Marino
Noble Willingham
Riddle
Troy Evans
Roger Podacter
Raynor Scheine
Woodstock
Udo Kier
Ronald Camp
Frank Adonis
Vinnie
Tiny Ron
Roc
David Margulies
Doctor
John Capodice
Sgt. Aguado
Judy Clayton
Martha Mertz
Bill Zuckert
Mr. Finkle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Carrey improvised the 'Rhino birth' scene—he was actually stuck and panicking, and they kept rolling.
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