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Puzzle #757: Laurence Fishburne → Jim Carrey

Friday, September 11, 2026

Laurence FishburneLaurence Fishburne
Jim CarreyJim Carrey

On Friday, September 11, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Laurence Fishburne and Jim Carrey. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 15 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Laurence Fishburne as Whitey Powers in Mystic River (2003), which also stars Laura Linney as Annabeth Markum.
  2. Laura Linney as Meryl in The Truman Show (1998), alongside Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank.

The full chain: Laurence Fishburne → Mystic River (2003) → Laura Linney → The Truman Show (1998) → Jim Carrey.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Laurence Fishburne → Contagion (2011) → Kate Winslet → Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) → Jim Carrey
  • Laurence Fishburne → John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) → John Leguizamo → Kick-Ass 2 (2013) → Jim Carrey
  • Laurence Fishburne → Man of Steel (2013) → Brad Kelly → Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) → Jim Carrey

About Laurence Fishburne

Born
July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, USA
Film career
1979–2025
Widely seen films
68 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Jim Carrey

Born
January 17, 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Film career
1983–2024
Widely seen films
35 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: