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”
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, 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 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″
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″
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″
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″
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)
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″
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″
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 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″
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″
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″
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″
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″
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″
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.
