‘The Masks’ Solid: The place Are They Now?

Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss / The Masks

Jim Carrey’s résumé has expanded exponentially since his breakout function because the suit-wearing superhero. The actor has starred in a number of critically acclaimed movies in his decades-long profession, together with The Truman Present and Man on the Moon, for which he claimed two Golden Globe Awards. He additionally performed reverse Kate Winslet within the traditional 2004 romantic drama Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts, incomes a BAFTA nomination and one other Golden Globe nod.

Within the 2010s, Carrey’s movie appearances grew to become extra sporadic, and by 2018, the actor needed a break from the business. 

“I simply did not wish to be within the enterprise anymore,” Carrey advised The Hollywood Reporter in 2018. “I did not like what was occurring, the firms taking up and all that. And possibly it is as a result of I felt pulled towards a unique sort of artistic outlet and I actually preferred the management of portray — of not having a committee in the best way telling me what the thought have to be to attraction to a four-quadrant no matter.”

His most up-to-date function is as Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik, the principle antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog film collection. Whereas doing press for the second installment in 2022, Carrey revealed that he was retiring from appearing. 

“If the angels deliver some kind of script that is written in gold ink, that claims to me that it will be actually necessary for individuals to see, I’d proceed down the street. However I am taking a break,” he clarified.

He’ll reprise his Sonic function for the third movie, however as of now has no extra initiatives within the pipeline. 

Carrey, 62, has one youngster with ex-wife Melissa Womer, a daughter named Jane Erin Carrey.

Cameron Diaz as Tina Carlyle

Cameron Diaz’s star flip as singer Tina Carlyle in The Masks got here at age 21, and she or he’s been within the highlight ever since. The model-turned-actress had a run of economic success over the subsequent decade with roles in 1997’s My Greatest Pal’s Wedding ceremony, 1998’s There’s One thing About Mary, 1999’s Being John Malkovich, the Charlie’s Angels collection and the Shrek movies. For There’s One thing About Mary and Being John Malkovich, she acquired a Golden Globe nomination for finest lead actress. 

Following her efficiency as Colleen Hannigan within the 2014 musical movie adaptation of Annie, Diaz took a decade off from appearing. In a 2018 Leisure Weekly interview with The Sweetest Factor costars Selma Blair and Christina Applegate, Diaz talked about that she was “retired,” however can be open to a sequel. 

A supply advised PEOPLE on the time that the actress “has different pursuits, causes she believes in, and time to pursue them,” however couldn’t affirm her retirement. 

“Cameron has made a beautiful life for herself. Marriage agrees together with her,” the supply stated of Diaz, who’s married to Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden. The couple have two children, daughter Raddix and son Cardinal.

The Dangerous Instructor star, 51, made her return to appearing in 2024, becoming a member of the forthcoming action-comedy Again in Motion alongside Jamie Foxx and Glenn Shut. She can even reprise her function as Princess Fiona in Shrek 5, slated for launch in 2026.

Peter Greene as Dorian Tyrell

Peter Greene is not any stranger to taking part in villains. The identical yr he took on the function of mobster Dorian Tyrell in The Masks, he additionally performed a minor antagonist in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. 

He was a part of the principle forged within the short-lived drama The Black Donnellys, and over time, held recurring roles in exhibits like Chicago P.D., Nonetheless the King and For Life. Most lately, the 58-year-old appeared within the John Wick prequel collection The Continental.

Orestes Matacena as Niko

Orestes Matacena portrayed head honcho Niko, whom Greene’s Tyrell sought to overthrow. The actor went on to amass dozens extra credit throughout movie, tv and theater. He additionally dabbled in different areas of the business, together with producing, screenwriting, directing and playwriting. 

Matacena, 82, is in a long-term relationship with actress and producer Orna Rachovitsky.

Peter Riegert as Lt. Mitch Kellaway

As Lt. Mitch Kellaway, Peter Riegert was nearly profitable in apprehending the Masks — till he escaped within the penultimate moments of the film by trapping Kellaway in a automobile. Already an Emmy-nominated actor when he signed onto The Masks, Riegert landed an Academy Award nomination for Greatest Dwell Motion Quick Movie six years later because the director of By Courier. 

Within the 2000s, Riegert, 77, picked up tv roles in HBO’s The Sopranos, FX’s Damages and Fox’s Dads. He most lately featured within the Apple TV+ anthology collection Extrapolations, which premiered in 2023 and had an ensemble that included Daveed Diggs, Package Harington and Meryl Streep.

Jim Doughan as Detective Doyle

Jim Doughan performed Detective Doyle, the comedic sidekick of Riegert’s Kellaway. After The Masks, the actor stepped into the recording sales space for his subsequent movie function, voicing a cat named Fortunate in 1999’s Stuart Little. He made a bodily look within the sequel as a soccer coach. As well as, Doughan has quite a few visitor appearances on tv exhibits reminiscent of The Golden Ladies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and That’s So Raven. 

Doughan, 64, married fellow actress Kate Benton in 1988. The couple have each stepped again from appearing and at the moment are lecturers at a college in Los Angeles.

Richard Jeni as Charlie Schumaker

One of many late Richard Jeni’s most notable roles was in The Masks as Charlie Schumaker, Stanley’s coworker and finest good friend. The comic starred in a short-lived sitcom in 1995 referred to as Platypus Man, titled after his comedy particular on The HBO Comedy Hour. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Jeni No. 54 on their listing of the “100 Best Stand-Ups of All-Time.”

On March 10, 2007, Jeni’s girlfriend Amy Murphy discovered him useless of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his West Hollywood. residence. In line with the coroner’s report, the actor had a historical past of schizophrenia and had been identified with “extreme scientific despair coupled with suits of psychotic paranoia.” Jeni was 49 years previous.

Jay Leno paid tribute to the late actor on The Tonight Present with footage of Jeni’s remaining look, whereas Invoice Maher devoted an episode of his present Actual Time with Invoice Maher to him.

Ben Stein as Dr. Arthur Neuman

Ben Stein’s pivot from politics into leisure included a task in The Masks as Dr. Arthur Neuman, a psychiatrist who informs Stanley concerning the Masks’s origins. He reprised the function for the critically panned 2005 sequel Son of the Masks.

The commentator, 79 — the son of Richard Nixon’s Council of Financial Advisers chairman Herbert Stein — continued to lend his opinions on political and financial points on networks like Fox, CNN and CNBC. He has additionally printed 28 books and a number of editorials. Stein is married to leisure lawyer Alexandra Denman.

Reg E. Cathey as Freeze

Earlier than The Wire and Home of Playing cards cemented the late Reg E. Cathey as considered one of TV’s most beloved stars, he had a minor function as Tyrell’s henchman Freeze. For his recurring function as restaurant proprietor Freddy Hayes in Home of Playing cards, Cathey earned three consecutive Emmy nominations for excellent visitor actor in a drama collection, taking residence the award in 2015.  

Cathey died on Feb. 9, 2018, in his New York Metropolis residence at age 59. The Wire creator David Simon reported his loss of life, writing on X (previously referred to as Twitter), “Not solely a fantastic, masterful actor — however merely one of the pleasant human beings with whom I ever shared some lengthy days on set. On wit alone, he might double any man over and depart him considering. Reg, your reminiscence is a superb blessing.”

His remaining roles included the 2018 movie Tyrel and a seven-episode stint on Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix.

Tim Bagley as Irv Ripley

Comic Tim Bagley’s Irv Ripley — alongside Johnny Williams’ Burt Ripley — contributed to Stanley’s preliminary distress within the movie as grasping automobile mechanics who mortgage him a defective automobile. The Masks was considered one of Bagley’s first appearing credit, however the actor would go on to amass greater than 100 in his profession with visitor spots in exhibits like The X-Recordsdata, Will & Grace, Shake It Up, Determined Housewives and 2 Broke Ladies, amongst many others. 

Bagley, 66, is overtly homosexual, and in 2014, he opened up on EJ Scott’s podcast Scratch the Floor about shedding his accomplice of 10 years in 1995 of AIDS-related issues.

Joely Fisher as Maggie

Though Joely Fisher’s time on set was transient, she claimed to EW that her character ignoring Stanley’s flirtations “set the tone and units up his character.” She had her breakthrough efficiency the identical yr The Masks premiered, taking part in Paige Clark within the ABC sitcom Ellen. Her efficiency nabbed her a Golden Globe nomination. The actress led the 1999 comedy Inspector Gadget and likewise had starring roles in Lifetime’s Wild Card and Fox’s ‘Til Loss of life. 

Fisher, 56, married cinematographer Christopher Duddy in 1996, and the couple have three daughters collectively: Skylar Grace, born in 2001, True Harlow, born in 2006 and Collin, welcomed by adoption in 2008. She is the half-sister of late actress Carrie Fisher, and following the Star Wars icon’s loss of life in 2016, launched her memoir Rising Up Fisher: Musings, Recollections and Misadventures in 2017.