Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is 6’9"
tyler mane is 6’8"
Hulk Hogan is 6’7"
Most people who are tall tend to be lanky, most are not well proportioned, and an even smaller % are muscular.
So who are the actors who are extremely tall, but also well proportioned and muscular who play in movies?
Are they all lifted from worlds strongest man competitions and professional wrestling?
I recently saw a movie with Rock Hudson in it, the first time in many years I’d seen him. The instant he appeared on set I thought that it was a shame he lived before the superhero movie era. He was 6’5" and 215 pounds, bigger than Chris Hemsworth and equal to Liam Hemsworth.* He was a slab of granite and his physical presence was far bigger than theirs.
The greatest of them all: André the Giant was 7’4".
Clint Walker
6-6, 255
I saw him in a movie with Rock Hudson and Doris Day (the hypochondriac one) and he made Hudson look puny.
Ted “Lurch” Cassidy (second from left) was 6’9" and pretty bulked up (especially given the time frame)
Not extremely tall(6-2, 190-200) but he competed in the 1953 Mr. Universe contest.
That was his billed height. He was closer to 6 ’ 10" but even at that height he was massive. There are some pictures with him and Arnold S and he dwarfs him
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, 6’4", 260lbs.
Channing Tatum. I think he’s about 6’4", not sure about his weight.
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Eep!! Never mind. He’s only 6’1".
You might remember Joe Manganiello from True Blood; IMDB says he’s 6’5".
And Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is 6’5", again according to IMDB.
John Matuszak, whose best known acting role was probably Sloth in The Goonies, was a former NFL defensive lineman (#72 in white here). In his playing days, he was listed as 6’8" and 280 pounds.
I was going to mention him. Saw him recently on an episode of “The Jack Benny Show”. The opening scene had them on stage in suits talking. Benny in an earlier show (renewing his driver license) said he was 5’11" and 148 pounds. Walker just towered over Benny and, more so, had massively broad shoulders. John Wayne was 6’4" and I assume put on weight as he got older. Mike Mazurki was a 6’5" former professional wrestler with a hundred film roles, ranging from “Murder, My Sweet” to the Rod Stewart video for “Infatuation”.
If you want athlete with a brief acting job, Wilt Chamberlain was 7’1" and eventually around 300 pounds but all accounts have him as extremely strong. Of course he costarred with Ah-nold in “Conan the Destroyer”.
Steve Reeves in those wonderful cheesy “Hercules” movies.
There’s of course Chris “unless I’m playing Thor nobody comes to my movies” Hemsworth…
And I found the a screenshot of the scene I was thinking of.
Michael Dorn - you might remember him as Lieutenant Worf.
Lou Ferrigno, who at 6’5" and 285 fits the bill. He is not an “actor” actor, but he has a ton of credits.
Jason Momoa (Aquaman) is listed as 6’ 4", 214.
I was surprised to see that Ben Batman Affleck is also 6’4"
Gwendoline Christie from Game of Thrones is 6’3". Various sites put her at around 160lbs which I find to be highly unlikely.
He may have been tall and strong but let’s be honest, he was fat. A lot of his strength was due to his size.
In recent news, John Krasinski (6’3’') is pretty ripped these days.
