"The Number 23” (Unrated Infinifilm Edition) Jim Carrey plays Walter Sparrow , an animal-control officer who becomes obsessed with the numerological significance of the number 23 in "The Number 23.” Walter's wife, Agatha ( Virginia Madsen ), buys Walter a used book for his birthday, a red-covered novel that appears to have been published by the author, "Topsy Kretts.” As Walter begins reading the novel, he finds ...