Carrey to receive acting accolade

Jim Carrey will receive the American Film Institute’s Star Award at the 2005 Comedy Arts Festival in February.

Carrey, winner of Golden Globes for The Truman Show and Man on the Moon, will be honoured in a career tribute in Aspen, Colorado.

“Jim Carrey is the rarest kind of actor,” said Jean Picker Firstenberg, chief executive officer of the American Film Institute.

“He has proven he can do comedy or drama in films that are both creatively brilliant and reach audiences of all ages.”

Previous Star Award winners include Billy Crystal, the Monty Python troupe and Diane Keaton.