Who's The Bigger Star? Part 7

Here is a fun post where a compare two actors/actresses, sports stars, TV personalities, etc against each other and determine who is the bigger star.  Let's see who wins this time:

Will Ferrell v. Jim Carrey

Will Ferrell

• Biggest Role:  I guess it was Ron Burgundy
• My Favorite Role:  I loved him as Chazz Michael Michaels in Blades of Glory, but Mugatu from Zoolander was better.
• Top Earning Movie:  Surprisingly, Elf ($173.4 million)
• Biggest Flop:  I'm going with Land of the Lost
• Awards:  2 Golden Globe Nomination (0 Wins), 3 Emmy Nominations (0 Wins)
• Career:  Obviously, Will got his start on Saturday Night Live and we all knew he was destined for a great future.  He took a bunch of small roles in movies like Austin Powers, Zoolander, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and then he left SNL and things took off.  Elf, Old School, and Anchorman were some of his first big roles after TV and has been going strong since.  For the past 8 years or so, he has been doing any and everything from leading roles to cameos.  He really doesn't have much in production right now, but I'm sure he will find work.

Jim Carrey

• Biggest Role:  Ace Ventura
• My Favorite Role:  It has to be Lloyd Christmas from Dumb & Dumber
• Top Earning Movie:  The Grinch ($260.0 million)
• Biggest Flop:  Definitely The Number 23
• Awards:  6 Golden Globe Nomination (2 Wins)
• Career:  Just like Will, Jim got his start on TV on a little show called In Living Color.  He had some small parts and then Ace Ventura came out and everything changed.  His next two movies were The Mask and Dumb & Dumber.  That's a pretty damn good stretch.  For awhile he was the biggest comedy star in Hollywood, then he got weird and did movies like The Majestic, Man on the Moon, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.  For the past few years, he really hasn't done much besides supporting roles, but all that will change soon, because a Dumb & Dumber sequel will be coming out in November and there is no way that won't be awesome.

These two guys have had an eerily similar career arc.  Both started on TV, then had some huge hits, followed by a stint in some serious movies, and then went back to their bread and butter of being funny.  At first, I figured that Will would run away with this, but I really did forget how hilarious Jim Carrey was in his prime, but in the end, Will Ferrell is the bigger star today.  That could change if Dumb & Dumber 2 is a hit and Jim figures out that he should stick with comedy, but for now, Will is our winner.