If the engine is an interference type (most are these days) there will almost certainly be a few bent valves when the timing belt breaks and possibly worse damage. Once you have verified the problem and gone as far as you can towards locating and diagnosing the likely faults the cylinder head will have to be replaced for further examination.
There should be no need to manually identify tdc of the timing cylinder (usually at the timing belt end but not always) as the manufacturer usually provides accurate timing marks. I would guess you need to read a bit about engines in general and about your engine specifically.
Good luck!
To clarify earlier replies, the 99 Camry engine is NOT an interference type, so it will not have bent valves from a snapped timing belt.
It sounds to me like you have no 1 cylinder on the exhaust/intake up stroke, not the compression/firing up stroke, which would produce the result you describe.
Try rotating the engine another 180 degrees.
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