Grinch
Sign in to saveThe Grinch is a character created by children's author and cartoonist Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the titular main protagonist of the 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! He has been portrayed and voiced by many actors, including Boris Karloff, Zero Mostel, Hans Conried, Bob Holt, Walter Matthau, Anthony Asbury, Jim Carrey, Rik Mayall, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Morrison, David Howard Thornton, and James Austin Johnson.
Key facts
- Character.name
- The Grinch
- Character.series
- Grinch
- Character.image
- The Grinch.png
- Character.caption
- The Grinch with his pet dog Max.
- Character.first
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
- Character.creator
- Dr. Seuss
- Character.designer
- Dr. Seuss
- Character.gender
- Male
- Character.spouse
- Martha May Whovier (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
- Character.family
- Max (pet dog)
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The Grinch is a character created by children's author and cartoonist Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the titular main protagonist of the 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! He has been portrayed and voiced by many actors, including Boris Karloff, Zero Mostel, Hans Conried, Bob Holt, Walter Matthau, Anthony Asbury, Jim Carrey, Rik Mayall, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Morrison, David Howard Thornton, and James Austin Johnson.
==Character description== The Grinch is depicted as a green, furry, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed humanoid creature with a cat-like face and a cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville.