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name: "Josh Ryan Evans"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 January 1982"
died: "5 August 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T00:39:17.644218+00:00"
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# Josh Ryan Evans

Actor. Born 10 January 1982 in Hayward, California, USA. Died 5 August 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 January 1982, Hayward, California, USA
- **Died:** 5 August 2002
- **Also known as:** Joshua Ryan Evans

## Biography

Josh Ryan Evans, also credited as Joshua Ryan Evans, was an American actor. He played the 8-Year-Old Grinch in the 2000 film *How the Grinch Stole Christmas*.

Born on 10 January 1982 in Hayward, California, Evans had achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and stood 3 feet 2 inches tall. He began his career in television commercials as a child and appeared in guest roles on series including *Ally McBeal* as Oren Koolie and voice work on *Hey Arnold!* and *Rugrats*. From 1999 he portrayed Timmy Lenox, a living doll, on the soap opera *Passions*, earning a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2000 and two Soap Opera Digest Awards in 2000 and 2001.

Evans died on 5 August 2002 in San Diego, California, aged 20, during surgery to correct a congenital heart condition.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *How the Grinch Stole Christmas* (2000), Fi1m 54, as 8-Year-Old Grinch — [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas.md)

## Also known for

- *Hey Arnold!* (1996), 3rd Grader (voice)
- *Rugrats* (1991), Small Boy / Lottsatot #2 (voice)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Oren Koolie
- *Family Matters* (1989), Stevil Double
- *7th Heaven* (1996), Adam

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