# Tall Artists / Actors / Musicians? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078 "2006-01-09T00:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/41 "2006-01-10T04:10:23Z")
Since the OP mentioned the doubter is Asian, there’s [Chow Yun-Fat](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000334/) who is listed on IMDb as being 6’1", on that CelebHeights site\* as 6’0.5" (talk about precise!). I can confirm either of those as I’ve stood within a few people of him at a film opening. \*Pet peeve: They alphabetized him under “Y” rather than “C.” Chow is his family name, Yun-Fat is his personal name. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/42 "2006-05-24T14:18:54Z")
Don’t Americans go by last name rather than family name? hh ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/43 "2006-05-24T14:25:26Z")
Paula Prentiss is 5’10", and Kay Kendall was 5’9". ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/44 "2006-05-24T14:32:13Z")
Tommy Tune, song and dance man, 6’6" Wow, I didn’t remember Harry Anderson being that tall. I could have sworn he had to strain to look up at Bull. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/45 "2006-05-24T14:39:48Z")
[QUOTE=Stark Raven Mad] Bill Murray is 6 foot 3 or so. [/QUOTE] I never really noticed that he was that tall until I saw him in a movie with Owen Wilson (Life Aquatic, I think?), who I always thought looked tall and lanky. Murray had a good couple of inches on Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/46 "2006-05-24T15:07:31Z")
O\_O I think this may be the first time one of my threads has come back after a 2 month period of quiet. In any case, I took a nice long list to my roommate and he had no idea what I was talking about. Apparently he completely forgot the discussion which started this thread off, so the list was moot. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/47 "2006-05-24T15:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=Kizarvexius] - Richard Moll (already mentioned) - 6’7.5" - Harry Anderson - 6’4" - John Larroquette - 6’4" [/quote] I was going to post this is someone else didn’t. (And once I’d looked up Anderson’s height.) > [@](#): > > I understand that Charles Robinson, who played Mac on the show, was also up there with the other guys, but I can’t find a reference for his height. ISTR him being about the same height as Harry (and Dan, apparently…didn’t realise they were the same height). Marsha Warfield (Ros) is 5’11" - rather tall, for a woman. Markie Post is only 5’6", which is a bit taller than average - but surprisingly short relative to the rest of the regular cast. I can’t find how tall Selma Diamond or Florence Hallop (who played the ballifs before Ros) were, but given how massive the rest of the cast is, I suddenly suspect they’re not as short as they always seemed. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/48 "2006-05-24T18:29:05Z")
Samuel L. “Snakes on a Plane” Jackson clocks in at 6’3". David Duchovny, of _The X-Files_ and _Twin Peaks_, is just over 6 feet. Of the SW leading men: Hayden Christensen is 6’2", Liam Neeson is the tallest at 6’4", Harrison Ford is 6’1", and James Earl Jones is 6’1 1/2". Mark Hamill is the shortest at 5’9", just beating out Ewan McGregor (5’10"). ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/49 "2006-05-24T18:37:02Z")
Jim Carroll is 6’3" or 6’4", or roughly a foot taller than Leonardo DiCaprio. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/50 "2006-05-24T18:44:36Z")
[QUOTE=The Sausage Creature] Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead is 6’4" [/QUOTE] If he is then I’m taller then 6’2". I would put him around 5’10" give or take. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/51 "2006-05-24T19:13:47Z")
I met Peter Buck (of REM) a while back, and I was surprised at how tall he was (6’2", per IMDB). I don’t know why that surprised me, but it did. Of course, I’m 5’5", so everybody is tall to me. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/52 "2006-05-24T19:36:56Z")
[QUOTE=UselessGit] Also… six feet is tall now? [/QUOTE] Oh crap, now I’m short? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/53 "2006-05-24T19:44:44Z")
Conan O’Brien is 6’4". His freakishly large head makes him look normal from a distance. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/54 "2006-05-25T01:22:42Z")
Sebastian Bach of Skid Row is somewhere between 6’3 and 6’5, depending on the source. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/55 "2006-05-25T01:28:19Z")
I’m all three, and I’m 6’2" ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/56 "2006-05-25T13:13:53Z")
The incomparable Jimmy Stewart is listed at 6’3" and 1/2 on IMDB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078.md?page=2)