Question: Jim Carrey played the role of which American con artist in the movie " I Love You Phillip Morris?"
Context: I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 black comedy drama film based on the 1980s and '90s real-life story of con artist, impostor, and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey.  While incarcerated, Russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor).  After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times to be reunited with Morris.  The film was adapted from "I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks" by Steve McVicker.  The film is the directorial debut of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa.  It grossed a little over $20 million worldwide after its limited theatrical release. The Number 23 is a 2007 American psychological thriller film written by Fernley Phillips and directed by Joel Schumacher.  Jim Carrey stars as a man who becomes obsessed with the 23 enigma once he reads about it in a strange book that seemingly mirrors his own life.  The film was released in the United States on February 23, 2007.  This is the second film to pair Schumacher and Carrey, the first being "Batman Forever".  The film grossed $77.6 million and has an approval rating of 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.  Carrey was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his performance in the film, but he lost to Eddie Murphy for "Norbit". Founded by Bob Mair in 1991, Black Toast Music is an independent music publisher/production music library located in Los Angeles, CA.  Since its launch, the company has placed music in television series (including “True Blood,” “Dexter,” “Treme,” and “The Wire,” and others), motion pictures (including “Arthur” with Russell Brand, “When In Rome” with Kristen Bell, “I Love You, Phillip Morris” with Jim Carrey, “Dead Silence,” “Jiminy Glick in Lalawood,” and others).  Black Toast Music has also licensed its artists’ music to a variety videogames, national advertising campaigns, internet advertising campaigns, as well as, numerous multi-media presentations. David Hampton (April 28, 1964 – July 18, 2003) was an American con artist and robber who became infamous in the 1980s after he managed to convince a group of wealthy Manhattanites to give him money, food, and shelter, convincing them he was the son of Sidney Poitier.  His story became the inspiration for a play and a film.  He died of AIDS-related complications in 2003. William Douglas Street, Jr. is the American con artist and impersonator upon whose life the 1989 film Chameleon Street, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival and written and directed by Wendell Harris, was based. Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro (] ; born August 22, 1975) is a Brazilian actor.  He has appeared in many successful movies, including "Brainstorm" (2001), "Carandiru" (2003), "Love Actually" (2003), "Che" (2008), "I Love You Phillip Morris" (2009), and "Rio" (2011).  He is perhaps most famous for his portrayal of Xerxes in the movie "300" (2006) and its sequel "" (2014).  He was a series regular on the television series "Lost" portraying the character Paulo, and plays Hector Escaton in HBO's "Westworld" (2016). Melvin "Mel" Weinberg (born December 4, 1924) is a former American con artist, charlatan and federal government informant who is known for his involvement in the Abscam sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  Weinberg was, at the time of the scandal, a convict who was hired by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct the operation in exchange for a probation sentence.  His story was portrayed in the 2013 film "American Hustle", with Christian Bale playing Irving Rosenfeld, based on Weinberg's role in the scandal. Once Bitten is a 1985 American comedy horror fantasy film starring Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, and Karen Kopins.  Carrey stars as Mark Kendall, an innocent and naive high school student who is seduced in a Hollywood, California, nightclub by a sultry blonde countess (Hutton), who unknown to him, is really a centuries-old vampire.  The film was Carrey's seventh film and his first main role. Steven Jay Russell (born September 14, 1957) is an American con artist known for escaping from prison multiple times. " I Love You Phillip Morris", a film about his life and crimes, was produced in 2009.  In 2011, his crimes were featured on the TV show "I Almost Got Away with It" in the episode "Got a Boyfriend to Support".  He was also the subject of the 2005 "On The Run" episode "King of Cons" on Discovery Channel. Maverick is a 1994 American Western comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by William Goldman, based on the 1950s television series of the same name created by Roy Huggins.  The film stars Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick, a card player and con artist collecting money to enter a high-stakes poker game.  He is joined in his adventure by Annabelle Bransford (Jodie Foster), another con artist, and lawman Marshall Zane Cooper (James Garner).  The supporting cast features Graham Greene, James Coburn, Alfred Molina and a large number of cameo appearances by Western film actors, country music stars and other actors.
Answer: Steven Jay Russell