Jordan Walker Ross (born 1990) is an American actor best known for portraying Little James in the Christian historical drama television series The Chosen .
Walker Ross was born in Arlington, Texas in 1990. [1] He was born two months premature. As a result, he has a celebral palsy, scoliosis and asthma. [1] He was homeschooled and enrolled in public school in the ninth grade. [2] He finished KD conservatory college of film and dramatic arts in 2010. [3]
Walker Ross' first role was that of Tiny Tim in the local staging of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol . [2] [4] He played Mikel in Paramount+ western miniseries 1883 (2021-2022). [1] [5] He played Captain La Force in a historical feature film Washington's Armor: The Journey (2022). [6] [7] He said that his role of Little James in The Chosen came at the perfect time because he didn't have a job for at least four years. [8] He had a role in the Christian science fiction thriller film The Shift (2023), written and directed by Brock Heasley. [9]
Walker Ross is married to Stacy Ross. The couple has three children. [10] He has a cerebral palsy, scoliosis and asthma, which he testified about in the media. According to his words, he was a subject of bullying. [11] His health condition negatively affected his acting career. [12] He said that he was surprised when Dallas Jenkins asked him to make his own disability part of the The Chosen character. [13] Since then, he advocates for visibility of disabilities and tries to inspire others. [14] [15]