# Jim Carrey's tooth **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 17, 1999, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384 "1999-12-17T01:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freejack00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Freejack00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejack00)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384/1 "1999-12-17T01:39:00Z")
Did Jim Carrey really chip his tooth for Dumb & Dumber? ---
**Author:** ![randomlyblanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@randomlyblanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomlyblanks)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384/2 "1999-12-17T01:49:00Z")
nope! it’s a childhood injury. he was resting his head on his desk and a classmate jumped on him. i read that in an interview ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384/3 "1999-12-17T01:56:00Z")
I’ve read the same. Jim Carrey usually has a cap to cover up the chipped tooth, and he removed it for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384/4 "1999-12-17T06:09:00Z")
uh, isn’t removing a cap essentially the same as re-chipping it? I think the point of the question is “did he make it that way on purpose.” * * * “There’s a snake in my boot!” ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384/5 "1999-12-17T06:16:00Z")
I’m not sure, since I’ve never had caps, but I would think that caps are not made out of ivory. So he didn’t purposely have a chunk knocked out of the original tooth, but the “artificial” cap was removed to reveal the original tooth. And yes, it was done for “authenticity” of his character in the movie (according to what I’ve read.) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384/6 "1999-12-17T06:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Jim Carrey usually has **a cap** to cover up the chipped tooth Just ONE? I thought that face full of Chiclets were all caps! The guy’s smile looks like two octaves of a piano in a one octave mouth. Seriously, does anybody else think JC would be a great Darren Stevens for a _Bewitched_ remake? * * * TT “Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it.” --Andre Gide ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384/7 "1999-12-17T13:32:00Z")
Didn’t Brad Pitt chip his tooth for _Fight Club_? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carreys-tooth/5384/8 "1999-12-17T14:51:00Z")
IIRC, Brad Pitt chipped his tooth by accident during the filming of the movie “Fight Club” and didn’t have a cap put in until after the movie was over, because he thought the chipped tooth added to his character.