Tall people
by Marshmallow97 | created - 19 Aug 2012 | updated - 17 Jul 2020 | Public
1. Daniel Gilchrist
Actor | Chained for Life
Daniel Gilchrist began his love of acting in high school where his initial interests were in production and writing. Upon graduating, he began working and volunteering for local theatre productions in his hometown of Topeka, Kansas. His first starring role was as The Creature in Topeka Civic ...
Height: 7' 7" (2.31 m)
2. Matthew McGrory
Actor | Big Fish
Originally a student of pre-law at Widener University, and later majoring in Criminal Justice at West Chester University, Matthew started his career by making appearances on The Howard Stern Show (1990), The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986), and music videos of Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, and Blondie. ...
Height: 7' 6" (2.29 m)
3. Kevin Peter Hall
Actor | Predator 2
This African American actor attended Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He started his junior year at 6' 5" and finished it at 6' 9"! He played basketball throughout his high-school years and won a scholarship. He averaged 18 points a game and 10 rebounds! He played basketball ...
Height: 7' 2½" (2.20 m)
4. Bolaji Badejo
Actor | Alien
Bolaji Badejo was a graphic designer from Lagos. He is primarily remembered for his single acting role, playing the titular predatory alien in the science fiction-horror film Alien (1979).The film was a box-office hit, having earned a worldwide gross of US$143 million by 1992 estimates.
In 1953, ...
Height: 7' 2" (2.18 m)
5. Dalip Singh
Actor | Get Smart
Dalip Singh was born on August 27, 1972 in Dhirana, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is an actor, known for Get Smart (2008), The Longest Yard (2005) and MacGruber (2010). He has been married to Harminder Kaur since February 27, 2002. They have one child.
Height: 7' 2" (2.18 m)
6. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Actor | Airplane!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record...
Height: 7' 2" (2.18 m)
7. Peter Mayhew
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Peter Mayhew was born on May 19, 1944 in Barnes, London, England, to Constance Elizabeth (Yeates) and Walter Henry Mayhew. Later resident in Texas, this former resident of Yorkshire, England, was working as a hospital attendant at the King's College Hospital in London when film producer Charles H. ...
Height: 7' 1¾" (2.18 m)
8. Richard Kiel
Actor | Moonraker
Towering 7' 2" tall actor who cornered the market on playing giants, intimidating henchmen, bayou swamp monsters and steel toothed villains! Kiel worked in numerous jobs including as a night club bouncer and a cemetery plot salesman, before breaking into film & TV in several minor roles in the late...
Height: 7' 1½" (2.17 m)
9. Conan Stevens
Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
A 7 foot tall extremely muscular and fit Australian of English/German ancestry, Conan is possibly the only Professional Wrestling Champion title holder to concurrently work in the Ballet, in Graeme Murphy's "Berlin" with Sydney Dance Company for not only the full season but also an additional five ...
Height: 7' 1" (2.16 m)
10. Ian Whyte
Actor | Andor
Born in Bangor, North Wales and raised in Brighton, on the South coast of England, Ian Whyte was 7'1" tall by the time he was 17 years old. Ian always stood out from the crowd. Tall, slim and athletic, little did he know of his future career in the limelight. Ian discovered basketball in his teens,...
Height: 7' 1" (2.16 m)
11. Shaquille O'Neal
Actor | Steel
Shaquille O'Neal is a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. He was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever. O'Neal ...
Height: 7' 1" (2.16 m)
12. André René Roussimoff
Actor | The Princess Bride
André René Roussimoff was born in a small farming community in Grenoble, France to Boris and Marian Rouismoff. His parents and four siblings were all of normal size, but André suffered from acromegaly, a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone. As the ...
Height: 7' (2.13 m)
13. Carel Struycken
Actor | Men in Black
Carel Struycken was born in the Hague, The Netherlands. When he was four years old his family moved to Curacao, an island in the Caribbean. At age sixteen, he returned to his home country, where he finished high school. He graduated from the directing program at the film school in Amsterdam, ...
Height: 7' (2.13 m)
14. Robert Maillet
Actor | Sherlock Holmes
Retired Canadian professional wrestler turned actor. Trained under Bret Hart, Leo Burke and Stephen Petitpas. Debuted in 1989 as the Acadian Giant for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. Competed for years in Canada, Japan and South Korea, using the name Goliath El Gigante. Arrived in the U.S. in 1997 ...
Height: 7' (2.13 m)
15. Dirk Nowitzki
Actor | Hustle
Dirk Nowitzki was born on Monday, June 19th, 1978, in Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, as Dirk Werner Nowitzki. Dirk is a very active athlete & has become an actor, in sports events, especially basketball. He is best-known for being 24 for 24 in Western Conference Finals' Game 1, on Tuesday, May...
Height: 7' (2,13 m)
16. Tiny Ron
Actor | Last Man Standing
Tiny Ron was born on November 21, 1947 in Torrance, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Last Man Standing (1996), Road House (1989) and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). He died on November 28, 2019 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.
Height: 7' (2.13 m)
17. Ned Rolsma
Actor | How I Met Your Mother
Ned Rolsma was born on October 11, 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for How I Met Your Mother (2005), Wild West Tech (2003) and As Seen on TV (2005).
Height: 7' (2.13 m)
18. Patrick Ewing
Actor | Space Jam
Patrick Ewing is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and head coach of the Georgetown University men's basketball team. He played most of his career as the starting center of the NBA's New York Knicks and also played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic.
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Height: 7' (2.13 m)
19. Paul Wight
Actor | Jingle All the Way
Paul also played college basketball at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1992 to 1993, and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Cougars basketball team. Paul is a member of the Xi Beta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Southern ...
Height: 7' (2.13 m)
20. Bill Walton
Actor | Little Nicky
William Theodore Walton III (born November 5, 1952) is an American retired basketball player and television sportscaster. Walton played for John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins in the early 1970s, winning three successive College Player of the Year Awards. He led the UCLA Bruins to two NCAA ...
6' 11½" (2,12 m)
21. John Salley
Actor | Confessions of a Shopaholic
John Salley is an American retired professional basketball player, and talk show host. He was the first player in NBA history to win championships with three franchises, as well as the first player (and only one of two, the other being Tim Duncan) in the NBA to win a championship in three decades.
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Height: 6' 11" (2.11 m)
22. Amar'e Stoudemire
Actor | MacGruber
Amar'e Stoudemire was born on November 16, 1982 in Lake Wales, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for MacGruber (2010), Trainwreck (2015) and New Year's Eve (2011). He has been married to Alexis Welch since December 12, 2012. They have four children.
Height 6' 11" (2,11 m)
23. Kristian Nairn
Actor | Game of Thrones
Kristian Nairn is a Northern Irish Actor and Musician. He is a successful DJ, having performed alongside acts such as the Scissor Sisters. He has worked Worldwide. Game of Thrones (2011) marks Nairn's first major acting role. He plays the role of the enigmatic fan favorite character, Hodor. He also...
Height: 6' 11" (2.11 m)
24. Stephen R. Hart
Actor | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Stephen Hart has a strong background in live theater and solo performance. He has performed with a variety of dangerous, live edgy shows, including the renown sideshow Carnival Diablo (1998-2002) as Stevan Hart the Scandinavian Giant. His voice is part of a nationally known daily opening rant on ...
Height: 6' 11" (2.11 m)
25. Nathan Jones
Actor | Mad Max: Fury Road
Nathan Jones's saga is a tapestry of raw power and entertainment, woven from the rugged landscapes of Australia to the glitz of global arenas. A towering figure at 6' 11", he carved his niche as a colossus in strength athletics, power-lifting his way to stardom in the mid-90s. His moniker "Megaman"...
Height: 6' 11" (2.11 m)
26. David Mattey
Actor | Better Call Saul
David Mattey was born on November 5, 1969 in Rochester, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Better Call Saul (2015), Hancock (2008) and Mighty Med (2013). He has been married to Cristina Van Valkenburg since June 30, 2007.
Height: 6' 10" (2.08 m)
27. Kevin Nash
Actor | Magic Mike XXL
Native Detroiter Kevin Nash is an actor and equal rights advocate who discovered his love of comedy as the class clown in elementary school and to this day, he can find humor in almost any situation. One day he could not find humor was April 4th, 1968 as that was the day his father died of a heart ...
Height: 6' 10" (2.08 m)
28. Robert Allen Mukes
Actor | House of 1000 Corpses
Robert Allen Mukes was born on March 14, 1964 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for House of 1000 Corpses (2003), Westworld (2016) and Coffin 2 (2017).
Height: 6' 10" (2,08 m)
29. Glenn Jacobs
Actor | See No Evil
Glenn Thomas Jacobs better known by the ring name Kane, is an American politician, actor, and professional wrestler. He has been the Republican Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee since 2018. He is signed to WWE.
He began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1992, wrestling in...
Height: Height: 6' 10" (2.08 m)
30. Bill Russell
Actor | On the Right Track
The term Dynasty might have never applied to Basketball had it not been for Bill Russell. In the History of professional sports there has never been an athlete who has more accolades or championships, in other words Bill Russell was not only a champion, but he was perhaps the definition of a ...
Height 6' 9½" (2,07 m)
31. Larry Bird
Actor | Space Jam
Larry Bird graduated from Springs Valley High School in French Lick, Indiana in 1974. He attended Indiana University briefly, then transferred to Indiana State University in Terre Haute. He then embarked on an outstanding basketball career, establishing himself as one of the best shooting forwards ...
Height: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
32. Magic Johnson
Producer | Obsessed
Magic Johnson was born on August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Obsessed (2009), Dead Tone (2007) and Hair Show (2004). He has been married to Cookie Johnson since September 14, 1991. They have two children.
Height: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
33. Kevin Durant
Producer | Swagger
Kevin Durant was born on September 29, 1988 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Swagger (2021), Two Distant Strangers (2020) and The 2017 NBA Finals (2017).
Height 6' 9" (2,06 m)
34. F.W. Murnau
Director | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
F.W. Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air ...
Height: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
35. Phil Gordon
Producer | Expert Insight: Beating Blackjack
Phil Gordon is known for Expert Insight: Beating Blackjack (2006), Celebrity Poker Showdown (2003) and Joey (2004).
Height: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
36. Ted Cassidy
Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ted Cassidy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Philippi, West Virginia. He was a well respected actor who portrayed many different characters during his film and television career. His most notable role was Lurch, the faithful butler on the television series The Addams Family (1964)....
Height: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
37. John DeSantis
Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
John DeSantis was born on November 13, 1973 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) and The 13th Warrior (1999).
Height: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
38. Karl Malone
Actor | After the Sunset
Karl Malone is an American retired professional basketball player.
Malone played the power forward position and spent his first 18 seasons (1985-2003) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton. Malone also played one ...
Height 6' 9" (2,06 m)
39. Torsten Voges
Actor | The Big Lebowski
Torsten was born 1962 in Germany. He studied acting in Germany and at ACT in San Francisco. Before he came to live in the US, he worked as an actor in one of the biggest repertory companies in Germany. His parents were both lawyers. His 23 year old daughter Lena studies Psychology in Vienna. ...
Height: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
40. Tyler Mane
Actor | X-Men
Tyler Mane is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor from Saskatoon. He is known for playing Sabretooth in X-Men and a 2006 video game, Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's Halloween film duology and Ajax from Troy. He also acted in Joe Dirt, The Scorpion King, Playing with Fire, Doom Patrol and The ...
Height: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
41. Brad Garrett
Actor | Everybody Loves Raymond
Standing 6 feet 9 inches tall, Garrett grew up in Woodland Hills outside of Los Angeles. His father was a hearing aid specialist working in geriatrics and his mother was a housewife. Garrett spent a whopping six weeks at UCLA before going into stand-up comedy full time. He began performing his act ...
Height: 6' 8½" (2.04 m)
42. Quinton Aaron
Actor | The Blind Side
Quinton Aaron is best known for his portrayal of Michael Oher, aka Big Mike, alongside Oscar winner Sandra Bullock, in the Academy Award winning hit movie, The Blind Side (2009), which has grossed over $300 million in U.S. box office alone.
Aaron has guest-starred on many television shows including ...
Height: 6' 8" (2.03 m)
43. Mark Calaway
Actor | Suburban Commando
Born on March 24, 1965. Best known as "The Undertaker" from World Wrestling Entertainment. He first came to the WWF in 1990 as Ted DiBiase's mystery partner at The Survivor Series (1990). At first, he was a heel, but later turned face, around WrestleMania VIII (1992). He has held the WWF World ...
Height: 6' 8" (2.03 m)
44. Jamal Duff
Actor | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Jamal Duff was born on March 11, 1972 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and The Marine (2006).
Height: 6' 8" (2.03 m)
45. Richard Moll
Actor | But I'm a Cheerleader
Charles Richard Moll was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992. He has also done extensive work as a voice actor, typically using his deep voice to portray villainous ...
Height: 6' 8" (2.03 m)
46. Scottie Pippen
Actor | He Got Game
Scottie Pippen is an American former professional basketball player. He played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Scottie Pippen, along with Michael Jordan, played an important role in transforming the Chicago Bulls into a ...
Height: 6' 7½" (2,02 m)
47. LeBron James
Producer | Space Jam: A New Legacy
LeBron James is an American basketball player and film producer who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers. He is one of the most accomplished basketball players of the 21st century. He played himself in Space Jam: A New Legacy and Trainwreck. He is the owner of a ...
Height: 6' 7½" (2.02 m)
48. Bubba Smith
Actor | Police Academy
The athletically gifted 6' 7" Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith played defensive end / defensive tackle for the National Football League's Baltimore Colts (1967-1971), Oakland Raiders (1973-1974), and Houston Oilers (1975-1976). After the conclusion of his football career, Smith moved into a TV & film ...
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
49. Dennis Rodman
Actor | Double Team
Dennis Rodman is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was nicknamed "The Worm" and is famous for his fierce defensive and ...
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
50. Anthony Robbins
Actor | Shallow Hal
Anthony Robbins was born on February 29, 1960 in Glendora, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Shallow Hal (2001), Sound of Freedom (2023) and Man's Search for Meaning. He has been married to Sage Bonnie Humphrey since October 14, 2001. They have one child. He was previously ...
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
51. Marnix Van Den Broeke
Stunts | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Marnix van den Broeke used to be a professional dancer before he changed his career to become an actor. After 4 years of education in Musical Theater at the Fontys Dance Academy Tilburg in The Netherlands, and an Internship with The Dutch National Ballet, he graduated in 1999. He then stayed with ...
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
52. Penn Jillette
Writer | Penn & Teller Get Killed
Penn Jillette was born on March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989), Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003) and Hackers (1995). He has been married to Emily Zolten Jillette since November 23, 2004. They have two children.
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
53. Stephen Merchant
Producer | Extras
Stephen James Merchant is an English actor, comedian, director, presenter and writer.
Alongside Ricky Gervais, Merchant was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001-2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras (2005-2007) and Life's Too Short (...
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
54. James Cromwell
Actor | L.A. Confidential
Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie-Mellon University, James Cromwell is the son of film director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. He studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon, and went into the theatre (like his parents) doing everything from ...
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
55. James Arness
Actor | Gunsmoke
American leading man famed as the star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness, had formerly been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Rolf and Ruth Duesler Aurness. His father was a traveling salesman ...
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
56. Abraham Benrubi
Actor | Christmas Bloody Christmas
Abraham Benrubi was born on October 4, 1969 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022), Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990) and ER (1994).
Height: 6' 7" (2.01 m)
57. Brian Posehn
Actor | Run Ronnie Run
Brian Posehn was born on July 6, 1966 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Run Ronnie Run (2002), The Sarah Silverman Program. (2007) and Knights of Badassdom (2013). He has been married to Melanie Truhett since September 4, 2004. They have one child.
Height: 6' 6¾" (2.00 m)
58. Reggie Miller
Actor | He Got Game
Reggie Miller is an American retired professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Indiana Pacers.
Miller was known for his precision three-point shooting, especially in pressure situations and most notably against the New York ...
Height 6' 6½" (2 m)
59. Magnus Dugdale
Actor | Kampen om Narvik
Magnus Dugdale is an English/Norwegian actor who has been acting since a very young age. He currently resides in Norway but regularly travels to the US and the rest of Europe.
Magnus was always a performer. He would act out characters from films and perform for family and friends. Having an active ...
Height: 6' 2" (1,88 m)
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