10 Movie Stars Who Gave Their Best Ever Performance On TV

10. Jim Carrey - Kidding

Though Jim Carrey is best known for his broad, multiplex-filling studio comedy movies, he's also received plaudits for his more dramatic work, particularly his exceptional performances in the likes of The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and I Love You Phillip Morris.

But Carrey's best performance is the one that far too many have slept on - his turn as troubled children's TV presenter Jeff Pickles in Showtime's dark dramedy series Kidding.

It's a part which harnesses both the energetic pep of Carrey's comedy roles and the more considered melancholy of his dramatic parts, as both a Mr. Rogers-esque icon of family TV and a man crippled by grief following the death of his young son.

Carrey is mesmerising in a way like never before - having been away from the mainstream stage for quite some time now, he's is exceptional as a man trying to make sense of inestimable tragedy in middle-age.

It is a role that absolutely came to Carrey at the perfect time in his life and career.

Sadly Kidding was cancelled following the airing of its second season last year, but it nevertheless gave Carrey his richest character to date, and he more than rose to the occasion with a jaw-droppingly full-bodied performance.