Elf star is now a proud grandfather – despite character being just ‘26 years old’ in 2003 Christmas classic

A STAR from the hit movie Elf is now a proud grandfather.

The Mailroom Guy from the 2003 Christmas flick Elf is all grown up, despite his age being a confusing matter in the hit movie.

The classic American Christmas comedy film starring Will Ferrell as Buddy came out more than 20 years ago.

The film's synopsis reads: "Buddy, a human, is raised amongst elves at the North Pole. When he discovers that he is not an elf, he travels to New York to search for his biological father."

In the movie, when Buddy travels to New York from the North Pole, he gets a job in a mailroom working with a guy, who is credited in the film as Mailroom Guy.

Mailroom Guy was played by actor Mark Acheson, who recently opened up about his stint in the Christmas classic movie.

But on his Instagram page, the actor can be seen posing with his family.

Standing with two young children who are presumably his grandchildren, and an older guy thought to be his son, Mark looked overjoyed and content to be standing with his family.

The 67-year-old recently said that he was only supposed to have one line in the scene in which Buddy the Elf, but things soon took an unexpected turn when on set.

Director Jon Favreau then decided that he wanted Mark to improvise with Will.

During the mailroom scene, Mark's character of Mailroom Guy turns to Will's character of Buddy and reveals that he's 26 years old and he's "got nothing to show for it".

'YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU'RE SO YOUNG'

"You're young, you're so young," Buddy then responds.

The banter was then improvised and almost got cut, but the director was keen for it to stay.

"The producers wanted to axe the whole scene because of that. I think, ‘Who is gonna believe this guy is 26?’ I mean, seriously," Mark told People in a recent chat.

"I believe I was 46 at the time and an older, 46 even at that. Because I never looked young in my life."

He went on: "Jon Favreau fought for it. He said that the joke, that's the funny part, right?

'IT CHANGED MY CAREER QUITE A BIT'

"He kept me in but they, they didn't want me but he did and thank God for me because it changed my career quite a bit."

Elf isn't Mark's only acting credit, with the actor having starred in several other flicks.

Mark played the role of R. Tripoli in Fargo, with him also starring in The 13th Warrior and Watchmen.

He has also done a substantial amount of voiceover work, with him lending his voice to several cartoons and movies.

Mark's voice can be heard in the likes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Hulk Vs. Wolverine, and The Transformers.

Elf is available to stream on Hulu and Max, Disney+, and Amazon Prime.