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Marie Claire - AU
Marie Claire - AU
Amy Bradney-George

Who Are The Shortest Male Celebrities?

On screen it can be difficult to discern how tall or short our favourite male celebrities are—and, sometimes, we just have to know!

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for famous actresses to be taller than their partners on or off screen. However, this hasn’t stopped the Hollywood machine employing a few height illusions when the cameras are rolling. So, how can you really tell?

Without further ado, here are some of the short male celebs we’ve come to know and love.

Tom Holland

Tom Holland height: 173cm or 5’7½”

Tom Holland
Tom Holland is officially a ‘short king’. (Credit: Getty)

There is some debate around Tom Holland‘s actual height. While IMDb cites the actor is around 5’6″ (and a half), other sources claim he is 5’8″. But the Spiderman actor himself has said in an interview: “five foot seven and a half is how tall I am, proudly.”

Holland’s height has not had any effect on his heartthrob status, with millions referring to him as their ‘short king’. In fact, Holland was one of the actors who inspired the term ‘Short King Spring’, alongside Donald Glover. At approximately 173cm, Holland is shorter than his girlfriend Zendaya, whose height is roughly 178cm or 5’10” (depending who you ask). 

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe height: 165cm or 5’5″

Daniel Radcliffe's height of 165cm or 5'5" makes him a short male actor by Hollywood standards.
Daniel Radcliffe is shorter than his ‘Harry Potter’ co-stars. (Credit: Getty) (Credit: Getty)

Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter, is a bit shorter than the other members of the Golden Trio. Daniel is 165cm, which is actually the same height as Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), who is taller in heels, and shorter than Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), who is 173cm.

In April 2023, Radcliffe welcomed his first child with long-term partner Erin Darke. Darke is a few centimetres taller than her partner, coming in at 170cm.

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise height: 170cm or 5’7″

Tom Cruise's short stature hasn't stopped him playing larger than life action heros.
Tom Cruise is below average height for a man, but his most famous partners are above average height. (Credit: Getty) (Credit: Getty)

Tom Cruise is perhaps the original short king. Although the Top Gun star is 5’7″ himself, he is known for his choice in rather tall partners, including Katie Holmes and Nicole Kidman, who are 5’9″ and 5’10” respectively. 

Zac Efron

Zac Efron height: 173cm or 5’8″

Zac Efron's height is reportedly 173cm or 5'8".
‘Adopted Aussie’ Zac Efron is 173cm. (Credit: Getty) (Credit: Getty)

At 173cm, Efron was still taller than his ex-girlfriend and High School Musical co-star, Vanessa Hudgens, who is around 155cm tall.

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo height: 173cm or 5’8″

Mark Ruffalo's height is 173cm or 5'8".
Mark Ruffalo, aka The Hulk, is 173cm tall. (Credit: Getty)

He may be The Hulk, but Mark Ruffalo is ever-so-slightly shorter than average.  This makes him the same height as his Suddenly 30 love interest, Jennifer Garner—who is above average height for a woman. But he’s still taller than his more recent Poor Things co-star, Emma Stone, who comes in at 168cm or around 5’6″.

Al Pacino

Al Pacino height: 167cm or 5’6″

Al Pacino.
Al Pacino is 167cm tall. (Credit: Getty)

His famous characters are larger than life, but actor Al Pacino is quite slight in stature at 167cm. That makes him about 12cm taller than House of Gucci co-star Lady Gaga, but shorter than male co-stars Jared Leto and Adam Driver.

Robert Downey Jr

Robert Downey Jr Height: 174cm or 5’8″

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Iron Man Robert Downey Jr is reportedly 174cm. (Credit: Getty)

Another Marvel superhero on the shorter side, with Robert Downey Jr has a height of around 174cm or 5’8″. That means he’s just a fraction taller than fellow Oppenheimer actor and Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy.

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy height: 170cm or 5’7″ (according to media reports)

Robert Downey Jr, Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt.
(Credit: Getty)

Similar to Tom Holland, there is plenty of speculation about Cillian Murphy’s actual height. IMDb lists it as 175cm or 5’9″ but fans have pointed out that this would make him taller than some of his co-stars like Robert Downey Jr – and when pictured together it’s clear that Cillian Murphy is shorter.

According to a report in Express, Murphy’s height is actually 5’7″ or around 170cm, but he definitely appears taller on-screen.

James McAvoy

James McAvoy height: 170cm or 5’7″

James McAvoy.
James and wife Lisa Liberati at the Met Gala 2023. (Credit: Getty)

This Scottish heartthrob is 170cm tall, around the same height—perhaps slightly taller—than his former Atonement co-star, Keira Knightley

Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd)

The Weeknd height: 173cm or 5’8″

The Weeknd's reported height of 173cm or around 5'8" puts him on the list of short male celebs.
The Weeknd and his ‘The Idol’ co-star at Cannes. (Credit: Getty) (Credit: Getty)

At 173cm, The Weeknd—who has shirked his stage name for his given name, Abel Tesfaye—still towers over his The Idol co-star Lily-Rose Depp. Depp measures 160cm tall, or 5’3″.

Jack Black

Jack Black height: 168cm or 5’6″

Jack Black has made the most of his short stature for comedy but has also shown he can be a serious actor in films like The Holiday.
(Credit: Getty)

Jack Black is shorter than the average male in height, but he’s mighty in stage presence and vocal range! Black is allegedly a centimetre shorter than his The Holiday counterpart, Kate Winslet, but quite a bit shorter than his School Of Rock love interest, Joan Cusack (175cm). 

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg height: 173cm or 5’8″

Mark Wahlberg.
Marky Mark is a studly 173cm (Credit: Getty) (Credit: Getty)

Former Calvin Klein model and Boogie Nights heartthrob, Mark Wahlberg, is reportedly 173cm. That makes him almost the same height as his wife, Rhea Durham, with the former model reported to be 175cm.

Kit Harington

Kit Harington height: 173cm or 5’8″

Kit Harington's height is 173cm or around 5'8".
Kit Harington is shorter than actress Gemma Chan. (Credit: Getty) (Credit: Getty)

Game Of Thrones hero Kit Harington is 173cm tall and a few centimetres shorter than his Eternals co-star Gemma Chan, who is reportedly around 5’9″ (and taller in heels, as seen above).

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac height: 174cm or 5’8″

Oscar Isaac.
What a dreamboat! Oscar Isaac is around 174cm tall. (Credit: Getty)

This not-that-short celeb is just shy of average. Oscar Isaac is 174cm—which is still 11cm taller than his Scenes From A Marriage co-star, Jessica Chastain.

Donald Glover

Donald Glover height: 174cm or 5’8″

Donald Glover's height of 174cm or 5'8" makes him a short male actor by Hollywood standards.
Donald Glover is reportedly 174cm. (Credit: Getty) (Credit: Getty)

Like Oscar Isaac, this short king is on the taller side. Glover, an actor-slash-musician-slash-writer, is a powerhouse both on-screen and on-stage, producing some of the most ground breaking work of the 2010s and 2020s.

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart height: 165cm or 5’5″

Kevin Hart has confirmed his height as 5'5" or 165cm.
(Credit: Getty)

Comedian and actor Kevin Hart has joked about his height in comedy routines before, but there has still been differences in his reported height. In fact, details have ranged from 5’2″ to 5’5″ depending on which media source you referred to. But in an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes in 2024, Kevin Hart confirmed that he is 5’5″.

“Five foot five like with a shoe on, like a sneaker. Now if I put a boot on I can get to five [foot] five and a half,” he said.

Seth Green

Seth Green height: 160cm or 5’3″

Seth Green.
‘Buffy’ star Seth Green is between 160-162cm tall (Credit: Getty)

This Buffy star might have played a werewolf, but in his mortal form, Seth Green is around 160cm. The actor’s height is not confirmed with different sources reporting he might be 162cm.

This article originally appeared on Marie Claire Australia and is republished here with permission.

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