The Tallest Actors In Hollywood
Before he became an actor, Tom Selleck used his substantial height to his advantage as an athlete, playing college basketball at the University of Southern California. He also reportedly worked as a male model. In 1980, he landed the role of a lifetime and quickly shot to fame on the TV series Magnum P.I.
Although he’s already very tall, when RuPaul dons high heels, the host of RuPaul’s Drag Race becomes the tallest person in the room!
He may have gotten his start on Game of Thrones, but the 6-foot-4-inch Momoa is now a bonafide action star with movies like Justice League and Braven under his belt. He was also married to actress Lisa Bonet, who is a petite 5 feet 2 inches, but they’re currently separated.
As the star of Elf, it only added to the humor that Will Ferrell’s character was so much taller than all of the other elves and characters in the movie. The actor and comedian is also known for his work in movies like Anchorman and Old School, as well as for his seven-year run on Saturday Night Live.
As an action star and the hero of movies like Taken and Schindler’s List, Neeson’s height has no doubt been an asset to his acting career.
Only 6-foot-4-inch Alexander Skarsgård could make Nicole Kidman, his 5-foot-11-inch co-star on Big Little Lies, look petite. The Swedish actor is also known for his work as a bad boy vampire on True Blood and as the title role in 2016’s The Legend of Tarzan.
In the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel’s co-stars, Kristen Bell (5 feet 1) and Mila Kunis (5 feet 4) made him look super-tall in comparison! The actor and writer also starred on the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Chevy Chase’s career as an actor and comedian has spanned over four decades, all the way from when he was a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1970s to his role on the 2009 TV show Community.
Although he is very tall, John Lithgow wasn’t afraid to tackle the role of Winston Churchill in Netflix’s The Crown. This despite the fact that in real life Churchill was only 5 feet 6 inches tall. Lithgow also worked on TV shows like 3rd Rock From The Sun and as a villain on Dexter.
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