Not everyone enjoys the holidays. Sometimes you just feel like a a bad banana with a greasy black peel, and there is nothing wrong with that. No one understands this feeling better than Dr. Seuss‘ timeless character The Grinch. Though we knew of the character long before the 2000 live-action adaptation starring Jim Carrey, the mega-talented comedian and the motley crew of Whos really gave the story new life. See the cast of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas 15 years later!
Jim Carrey - The Grinch
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Funnyman Jim Carrey was a Hollywood legend long before he starred as the Christmas-hating Grinch. In the past 15 years since portraying The Grinch, Carrey has gone to have even more legendary roles in films like the critically acclaimed
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind alongside
Kate Winslet. He even portrayed another opponent of Christmas; the ill-tempered Ebenezer Scrooge in 2009's
Disney's A Christmas Carol. Despite his success as a comedian, Carrey seems to be moving away from comedy. His latest role is in the drama thriller,
True Crimes. Despite his mega success, the Canadian actor has stated that if he wasn't in show business, he would be working a steel mill in Ontario.
Taylor Momsen - Cindy Lou Who
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Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas was only a stepping stone for
Taylor Momsen. The 22-year-old was only 7 when she starred as Cindy Lou Who, the precocious little girl who was brave enough to befriend The Grinch. After
The Grinch Momsen went on to star in
Hansel and Gretel as well as
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams. She even auditioned for the starring role in
Disney Channel's Hannah Montana. (A role she has expressed she was happy she did not land in retrospect.) Momsen starred on
The CW's hit show
Gossip Girl as Little J during the first four seasons, but left the show to focus on her music career. She is the frontwoman for her rock band,
The Pretty Reckless and is currently signed to IMG Models.
Bill Irwin - Lou Lou Who
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We bet you didn't realize that Cindy Lou's Christmas loving postman daddy was also Mr.Noodle on
Sesame Street's Elmo's World! Seriously, how cool is that? Since his role in
The Grinch,
Bill Irwin has had recurring roles on both
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and on
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The Tony Award winning actor is currently slated to star alongside
Kerry Washington in the upcoming
HBO film,
Confirmation.
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Molly Shannon - Betty Lou Who
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Saturday Night Live alum
Molly Shannon has been cracking us up for decades. When Shannon left
SNL in 2001, she was the longest serving female cast member at the time. Since her role as the competitive Christmas decorator Betty Lou Who in
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Molly Shannon has gone on to star in a plethora of other films and television shows including,
Glee,
Kath and Kim and
Bob's Burgers. According to Shannon's IMDB, she currently has six films in some of form of production as well as a new HBO television series called
Divorce where she will starring with
Sarah Jessica Parker.
Christine Baranski - Martha May Whovier
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After appearing as Martha May Whovier, the woman who helped get The Grinch's blood flowing,
Christine Baranski went on to star in several critically acclaimed musicals including
Chicago,
Mamma Mia! and
Into the Woods. She also currently stars on two of
CBS' biggest shows
The Big Bang Theory and
The Good Wife. Baranski is a 14-time Emmy Award nominee and an acclaimed Broadway actress. Though she is adamant this rumor being false, it has been stated that Baranksi appeared on
The Brady Bunch as a child under the name "Chris Charney."
Jeffrey Tambor - Mayor Augustus May Who
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Though
Jeffrey Tambor's filmography stretches back nearly four decades, most people today will know him from his iconic portrayal of George Oscar Bluth Sr. on the hilarious
FOX/Netflix comedy
Arrested Development which came shortly after Tambor's portrayal of the narcissistic Mayor Augustus May Who in
The Grinch. Since then, Tambor has lent his voice to numerous animated series including
The Proud Family and
Bob's Burgers. He also starred in
The Hangover trilogy. Currently, Tambor portrays a transwoman named Maura Pfefferman on the
Amazon series
Transparent for which he has garnered two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. He is the first actor to win an Emmy for portraying a transgender character.
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Clint Howard - Whobris
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You're pretty much Hollywood royalty if your big brother is director
Ron Howard and you made your television debut on
The Andy Griffith Show. Since his role as Whobris, Mayor Augustus May Who's insane assistant,
Clint Howard has gone on to have roles in
Cinderella Man and
Fost/Nixon. Howard is an avid golfer and a World of Warcraft gamer. He also have numerous projects that he's working on for 2016.
T.J. Thyne - Stu Lou Who
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If you're obsessed with Fox's long running drama
Bones, then you certainly recognize
T.J. Thyne from his role as Dr. Jack Hodgins since he has starred on the series for the past decade. The same year Thyne starred as Stu Lou in
The Grinch, he also had roles in
Erin Brockovich and
What Women Want. The 40-year old actor's full name is Thomas Joseph Thyne just in case you were curious.
Jeremy Howard - Drew Lou
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Sir. Anthony Hopkins - Narrator
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Though many of us know Sir
Anthony Hopkins as the menacing Hannibal Lector or even as Thor's fallen father, the thespian was also the narrator in
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Since 2000, Hopkins has continued to be the icon that he is.
Hopkins filmography is beyond extensive and spans a near 50-year time frame. His most recent role will be in the upcoming HBO series
Westworld. He also has several films in post-production.
RIP - Josh Ryan Evans- 8 Year-Old Grinch
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One of the best parts about
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, was the fact that the film portrayed
The Grinch as a baby, and as a small child.
Josh Ryan Evans portrayed 8-year-old Grinch who comes to despise Christmas after his classmates torment him for being different. Sadly, Evans passed away in 2002 at the age of 20 years old. Evans had a rare form of dwarfism that gave him the appearance of a small child even though he was 18-years-old the year
The Grinch premiered. Evans was starring on the television soap opera
Passions at the time of his death.
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