Carrey holidays undercover

Jim Carrey

He may be Hollywood's man of a thousand faces, but comedian Jim Carrey decided to let someone else do the masquerading while on holiday in Israel this month.

Carrey, who crossed into Israel from Egypt unannounced last week only to be photographed by border staff, hired a local lookalike to camp out at a luxury Jerusalem hotel and throw the paparazzi off his trail.

Body double Amir Garfunkel said his job was to "sit in the hotel room".