Me, Myself & Irene is a 2000 American slapstick black comedy film produced, co-written, and directed by the Farrelly brothers, and starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger. The film is about a Rhode Island state trooper named Charlie (Carrey) who, after years of continuously suppressing his feelings, suffers a psychotic breakdown that results in a second personality, Hank, and must deal with his newfound condition while escorting a woman named Irene (Zellweger) who is being hunted by her mob-affiliated ex-boyfriend. Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, and Richard Jenkins also star.