Jim Carrey as The Grinch, a misanthropic green creature who despises Christmas and the Whos of Whoville. It is revealed in his origin story that he started to hate Christmas after his school classmates humiliated him when he tried to shave his face. Before Jim Carrey was cast to play the Grinch, Jack Nicholson and Eddie Murphy were briefly considered. Josh Ryan Evans as an 8 - year - old Grinch; his humiliation at school by May Who is what drives him into a hatred of Christmas.
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