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The 50 Tallest Male Actors in Hollywood

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The following curated list highlights the 50 greatest male actors in Hollywood films, past and present.

1. Max Palmer

Height – 2.49 m or 8 feet 2 inches

American actor with professional wrestler who worked in the film Killer Monkey in 1953.

2. Sun Mingming

Height – 7 feet 9 inches or 2.36 m

Chinese professional basketball player and actor. Sun is known for his role in the 2007 film Rush Hour 3 .

3. Bao Xishun

Height – 7 feet 9 inches or 2.36 m

Chinese Shepherd who appeared on the hit TV reality show The Amazing Race in May 2010 as the pit stop greeter.

4. Igor Vovkovinskiy

Height – 7 feet 8 inches or 2.35 m

Ukrainian-American law student and actor who starred in the 2011 film Hall Pass .

5. Jóhann K. Pétursson

Height – 7 feet 8 inches or 2.34 m

Pétursson was an Icelandic actor and circus performer whose films included the film Prehistoric Women in 1950. He died in 1984.

6. George Bell

Height – 7 feet 8 inches or 2.34 m

American actor who played college basketball and is also the deputy sheriff of Norfolk, Virginia. He has appeared in 2 seasons of AMC show Freakshow from 2013 to 2014.

7. Neil Fingleton

Height – 7 feet 7½ inches or 2.33 m

Neil was an English actor for X-Men: First Class (2011) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) before his untimely death in 2017 at the age of 37.

8. Gheorghe Muresan

Height – 7 feet 7 inches or 2.31 m

Romanian basketball player (retired) and actor who played the title role in the film My Giant along with comedian Billy Crystal in 1998.

9. Lock up Martin

Height – 7 feet 7 inches or 2.31 m

Lock Martin was an American actor who took on the role of the robot Gort in the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still .

10. Daniel Gilchrist

Height – 7 feet 7 inches or 2.31 m

As an American actor, Daniel Gilchrist has appeared in the 2017 fantasy film Enauttii as the character of the same name.

11. Christopher Greener

Height – 7 feet 6¼ inches or 2.29 m

British basketball player and actor who played the circus giant in the film The Elephant Man in 1980.

12. Matthew McGrory

Height – 7 feet 6 inches or 2.29 m

McGrory was a well-known American actor in films such as Bubble Boy (2001), Big Fish (2003) and The Devil Rejects (2005). He died of heart failure in 2005 at the age of 32 while filming a biography of André the Giant.

13. Andre the Giant

Height – 7 feet 4 inches or 2.24 m

André Roussimoff was a professional wrestler and actor whose most notable film appearance was in the film Princess Bride as Fezzik the Giant in 1987.

14. George McArthur

Height – 7 feet 4 inches or 2.24 m

American actor and variety artist who appeared in Big Fish (2003). His TV credits include Loud Jim , Highway to Heaven , etc.

15. Peter Mayhew

Height – 7 feet 3 inches or 2.21 m

An English-American actor best known for playing the legendary Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga from 1980 to 2015.

16. John Aasen

Height – 7 feet 2.4 inches or 2.20 m

An American silent film actor, Aasen appeared in the silent film Why Annoy? in 1923.

17. Kevin Peter Hall

Height – 7 feet 2 inches or 2.19 m

African-American actor known for playing the title role of Predator in the Predator series in 1987 and 1990.

18. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Height – 7 feet 2 inches or 2.19 m

An American professional basketball player and actor who enjoyed appearing in TV shows Full House , Different Strokes , The Fresh Prince , etc. He also acted on Bruce Lee ‘s Game of Death in 1972.

19. Richard Kiel

Height – 2.17m

American actor popular for playing the steel-toothed jaws in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).

20. Shaquille O’Neal

Height – 7 feet 1 inch or 2.16 m

American basketball player, actor, and rapper who has appeared on TV shows Restrain Your Enthusiasm , My Wife & Kids , and The Parkers .

21. Ian Whyte

Height – 7 feet 1 inch or 2.16 m

Welsh actor notorious for playing White Walkers, Wun Wun and Ser Gregor Clegane on the HBO series Game of Thrones .

His films include Alien vs Predator (2004), Alien vs Predator: Requiem (2007), Prometheus (2012) and Clash of the Titans (2010).

22. Wilt Chamberlain

Height – 7 feet 1 inch or 2.16 m

American basketball player and actor best known for playing the villain warrior opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Destroyer (1984).

23. Dalip Singh Rana

Height – 7 feet 1 inch or 2.16 m

An Indian-born American wrestler and actor known affectionately as The Great Khali has appeared in the series The Longest Court (2005) and Get Smart (2008).

24. Robert Maffei

Height – 7 feet 1 inch or 2.16 m

American actor known for appearing in films such as Star Trek (1966), The Lord of the Rings (1978) and Sweet Dreams (1981).

25. Patrick Ewing

Height – 7 feet or 2.14 m

Jamaican-American basketball player who, like himself, has appeared in films Space Jam (1996) and Pointless (1998).

26. Tag “Conan” Stevens

Height – 7 feet or 2.14 m

Stevens is an Australian actor who played Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane in season 1 of Game of Thrones and also portrayed the title role of the green swamp monster in Marvel’s film Men ‘s Business .

27. Carel Struycken

Height – 7 feet or 2.14 m

He is a Dutch actor known for his roles in TV shows like Twin Peaks (1990-91, 2017) Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1992).

28. Little Ron Taylor

Height – 7 feet or 2.14 m

An American former basketball player and actor, Taylor is best known for his role as Lothar in The Rocket Launcher in 1991.

29. Paul Wight

Height – 7 feet 0 inches or 2.13 m

American wrestler and actor who appeared in films such as The Waterboy (1998) and MacGruber (2010).

30. Kristian Nairn

Height – 6 feet 11 inches or 2.11 m

Born in Northern Ireland, he is a DJ and actor best known for playing the gullible Hodor on the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones .

31. Joonas Suotamo

Height – 6 feet 10 inches or 2.09 m

Finnish basketball player and actor who portrayed the role of Chewbacca (originally played by Peter Mayhew) in the 2003 Star Wars saga Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).

32. Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson

Height – 6 feet 9 inches or 2.06 m

A professional strongman actor from Iceland who has appeared in Game of Thrones as Gregor Clegane since 2014.

33. John DeSantis

Height – 6 feet 9 inches or 2.06 m

Canadian actor best known for portraying Lurch in the television series The New Addams Family (1998).

34. Brad Garrett

Height – 6 feet 8½ inches or 2.05 m

American actor and stand-up comedian known for playing Robert Barone on the sitcom Everyone Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005.

35. Stephen Merchant

Height – 6 feet 7 inches or 2.01 m

The English writer, director, actor, comedian and radio host best known for his collaboration with Ricky Gervais on the British sitcom The Office (2001-2003).

36. James Cromwell

Height – 6 feet 6½ inches or 2 m

The American actor is known for his work on The Green Mile (1999), The Artist (2011) and The American Horror Story: Asylum (2012).

37. Kevin Durand

Height – 6 feet 6 inches or 1.98 m

Canadian actor and singer best known for his work in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Butterfly Effect (2004).

38. Penn Jillette

Height – 6 feet 6 inches or 1.98 m

Penn was a successful actor, magician, comedian, author, musician and filmmaker who starred in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas In 1998.

39. Fess Parker

Height – 6 feet 5½ inches or 1.97 m

American actor and winemaker Fess Parker was known for playing the title character in The Davy Crockett miniseries from 1954-1955.

40. David Prowse

Height – 6 feet 5¼ inches or 1.96 m

The English bodybuilder, weightlifter, and character actor best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the Star Wars trilogy.

41. Armie Hammer

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

Armie Hammer is an American actor known for playing the role of Oliver in the romantic drama Call Me by Your Name in 2017.

42. John Cleese

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

English actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter John Cleese is known for his roles in the James Bond films The World Is Not Enough (1999) as R and Die Another Day (2002) as Q.

43. Howard Stern

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

American actor, author, photographer, radio and television personality, and producer Howard Stern was in the film Ryder PI (1986).

44. Vince Vaughn

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

American comedian, screenwriter, producer and actor who has appeared in the films Wedding Crashers (2005) and the HBO television series True Detective (2014).

45. Dolph Lundgren

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

Swedish actor, martial artist, director, producer and screenwriter Lundgren had a breakthrough role in 1985’s Rocky IV as Soviet boxer Ivan Drago.

46. ​​Tim Robbins

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

American actor, musician, producer, director, screenwriter, and activist who played a key role in The Shawshank Redemption and Mystic Flow for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2004.

47. Dwayne Johnson

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

American professional wrestler, actor and producer known for playing Luke Hobbs in the Fast and the Furious franchise.

48. Tyler Perry

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

American actor, songwriter, comedian, filmmaker and writer Perry is known for his roles in Madea’s Family Reunion (2006) and Ex- Girlfriend (2014).

49. Christopher Lee

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

English character actor, writer and singer famous for his roles in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003), The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014) etc.

50. Joe Manganiello

Height – 6 feet 5 inches or 1.96 m

American actor, narrator, producer, director and writer best known as Alcide Herveaux in HBO series True Blood along with films Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL .

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