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The following year he played the role of the young Grinch (Jim Carrey's character) in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He also appeared as General Tom Thumb in the A&E original movie P.T. Barnum. Evans also had guest spots on Ally McBeal, 7th Heaven, and Poltergeist: The Legacy. [2] In 1999, Evans began portraying Timmy on the soap opera Passions.
The following is a list of actors who have played animated characters. There have been several live action films based on animated series. This list indicates which actors represented the animated characters in the live performance. This is not a list of voice actors playing animated characters.
Molly Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for playing Joanne Mulcahey in the Chris Kelly autobiographical film Other People.
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (/ ˈ θ ɜːr l ˈ r eɪ v ən z k r ɒ f t /; February 6, 1914 – May 22, 2005) was an American actor and bass singer. He was well known as one of the booming voices behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 American animated television special, directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. Based on the 1957 children's book of the same name by Dr. Seuss, the special features the voice of Boris Karloff (also a narrator) as the Grinch.
In February 2013, Illumination was developing a 3D animated feature film based on the Dr. Seuss book, with the working title How the Grinch Stole Christmas, later shortened to The Grinch. [6] Peter Candeland and Yarrow Cheney were set to direct, [ 7 ] though in 2018 producer Scott Mosier took over from Candeland.
In 2002, TV Guide ranked The Grinch number 5 on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list. [27] He also made a brief appearance on the television in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. The Grumple is a green monster featured in the Christmas special "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" of The Simpsons, who is a parody of the Grinch.
In December 2020, he starred as The Grinch in NBC's production of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live!. [24] On April 4, 2022, he was announced as a judge for the seventeenth season of So You Think You Can Dance, [2] along with JoJo Siwa and Stephen "tWitch" Boss. [25] However, on May 27, he was fired from the show. [26]