Who's the coolest short actor? (or Who'll Play YOU in the movie?)

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I’ve decided. For a while there I was havering, but now there can be only one. I’ve often thought of myself as a Harrison Ford/Clint Eastwood kinda guy, but the fact is I’m 5 feet 8 inches tall. 5 feet 7 with a proper haircut.

So there’s only one option. Unless I give up on being cool at all and opt for Dudley Moore, Joe Pesci or Lou Costello, my only real option is the Godfather II himself. Al Pacino.

That’s MY choice. Pacino is a little guy, admittedly, but adored by women, hopelessly charismatic, and quite capable of biting your face off if annoyed. And Tom Cruise, besides looking like a hamster, insists on looking tall in movies. So does Mel “disarming charm” Gibson. I need an actor who’s too dangerous for anyone to mind that he looks short.

Hmmm. Maybe Harvey Keitel… I dunno.

So who’ll play you? Given that Pacino is BOOKED?

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Mr. S (5’6") nominates Dustin Hoffman. I picked Steve Zahn, myself.

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I’m 6’5" 160lbs (That’s not as skinny as it sounds!) I don’t think there is an actor out there that has the same build as me. Conan O’Brien comes close but he’s not quite as tall and he has a really big head. Tim Robbins is close but he’s alot heavier than me. I guess Howard Stern comes the closest but he is about 27 years older than me and I have short brown hair.

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I’m 5’9," which makes me the same height as Robert Redford. (I noticed when he stood next to me while shooting “The Way We Were.”) So don’t assume your favorite actor is all that tall. (Barbara Streisand, BTW, is only about 5 feet.)

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Well, she’s not just known as an actress, in fact, is probably most known as a singer, but Dolly Parton.

She’s about four feet, eleven inches, and I’d bet that would be exaggerating.

She wears four inch spikes just to make her on a “nearly normal” visual size in movies, from what I’ve read.

Like anybody really gives a flying rat’s ass about her height! :slight_smile:

And I can fake the boobs. Lord knows she has for about twenty-something years. :smiley:

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Johnny Depp is very short and (from data gathered in field studies amongst women-folk) very sexy.

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Hey man, you’re a foot taller than me. I think one of us is in the wrong thread :D.

(jinty wants to be) Alan Ladd, in Shane.

(jinty knows he is) Mickey Rooney, in one of those roles where he spends his time getting overlooked (literally) by taller actors.

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RealityChuck:

The IMDB says Barbra is 5’5", well within the range of normal for a woman.

I’d want Michael J. Fox to play me, but I’d settle for Sean Astin after he loses all that Sam Gamgee weight (he gained 30 pounds for the role).

Of course, at 5’7" I think I’m taller than either of them.

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Short women with big breastesses! Nothing finer!

[quick peak down]

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Well, until her recent breast augmentation, I would have to say I would pick Janeane Garafolo. But, you would have to take Dolly Parton’s chest and put it on her to play me.

That’s the only person I can think of right now.

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Janeane Garafolo had breast augmentation? Say it isn’t so! Cite? Why on Earth would she do that? I always thought Janeane didn’t need something like that to respect herself.

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Robert Downey Jr. So much potential. I think he’s short, but those orange jumpsuits make everyone look shorter.

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Davy Jones.