Celebrities: How Tall Are They Really?
Posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
by Ben Morrish
http://alltruism.blogspot.com
I've been hearing a lot of people go on about how short all the Hollywood actors are, how Tom Cruise wears special shoes to boost his height etc. But could this be true?
Are all the Hollywood action heroes really suffering from inhibited verticality?
I've read the heights of various celebrities on various websites and magazines (don't ask why I read such horrific celebrity nonsense, the shame is still to great for me to answer!), but seeing numbers on a page doesn't really give a good idea of how they all compare to each other.
Thanks to the wonders of modern computing I can now present a meaningful comparison of celebrity heights - ever wanted to know how far up Shaquille O'Neal Gary Coleman's head would be?
I hope not, but if you did, then your question is about to be answered:
I've included myself as a comparison (I'm about average height, maybe an inch or so above it), and as you can clearly see a monkey up a pole (me, at 6 foot) comes up to about Shaq's neck.
I'm about half a head taller than both Cruise and Banderas, who are both widely rumoured to be tiny, but as this graph shows, actually are quite normal. At least as far as height is concerned anyway.
The top of pint-sized popster Kylie's head would come up to about nose height on both these Hollywood heroes, and to just under my chin.
She'd probably come up to just under the height of Shaq's nipples. Yes, see how modern technology can reveal highly useful (and not even slightly disturbing) information - even 20 years ago we would have had no way to find out how far up basket-ball stars pop-stars' heads would come (save getting them to stand near each other - a highly expensive proposition!), but now we can calculate it in the privacy of our own homes.
Who knows that wonders technology will enable in the next 20 years?
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Top-level comments on this article: (5 total)That is just too coool, Ben. I have heard a lot about 'short' actors and I'm sure it is true of some. But some short ones have been great actors even so.I personally don't care how tall they are, if they are good at what they do.Have a good one.Sandra
Ben! great. Some funny information. Enjoyed it. keep writing buddy.
Ben,I once saw Robert Redford in NYC and he is short as well. Not only is Tom Cruise short, but I understand they boost the bass in his voice.Interesting article.NancyMy girlfriend saw Dustin Hoffman filming something at the local train station, apparently he is very short indeed. But a great actor!I hadn't heard about Tom Cruise's voice being given a bass-boost, but nothing I hear about him surprises me any more. Not since I heard his leaked discussion of scientology and saw him on Oprah!
Ben, this was funny stuff here...I am about Dustin Hoffman's height. I am also a stuntman/actor/singer/entertainer. John Wayne was an interesting fellow, I met him on the set of Commandcheros, he was about 6'1" in height, at least when he was younger, but did you know his shoe size was only size 9? That is why he always leaned forward, and you hardly ever seen him run, or laugh for that matter...he was a really nice guy though. Great article, and funny read....you fan, and friend in pen....Gary
I got Lurch's autograph in the mid-1960s, when he was walking through a department store in Norwalk, California. He was tall.I ran into Richard Dreyfus when I was washing dishes at the Williams Inn in Massachusetts. Well, actually, I kind of dropped a bug zapper on the floor next to where he was eating. He was pretty short...short tempered. I caught Art Garfunkle on a date with Penny Marshall there as well. We weren't allowed to bother them, but they weren't too tall. The late Chris Reeves used to sing on cabaret night at the Inn, as well, and he wasn't that tall. then there was Frank Langella, and the waitresses were bribing me to give them his water glass. I washed it.- G
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