Actors Over 6' 7" (2,00 m) in Height

1. James Cromwell

Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie-Mellon University, James Cromwell is the son of film director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. He studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon, and went into the theatre (like his parents) doing everything from ...

2. Kevin Peter Hall

Actor | Predator 2

This African American actor attended Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He started his junior year at 6' 5" and finished it at 6' 9"! He played basketball throughout his high-school years and won a scholarship. He averaged 18 points a game and 10 rebounds! He played basketball ...

3. Joonas Suotamo

Actor | Solo: A Star Wars Story

Joonas Suotamo was born on October 3, 1986 in Espoo, Finland. He is an actor, known for Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).

4. Peter Mayhew

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Peter Mayhew was born on May 19, 1944 in Barnes, London, England, to Constance Elizabeth (Yeates) and Walter Henry Mayhew. Later resident in Texas, this former resident of Yorkshire, England, was working as a hospital attendant at the King's College Hospital in London when film producer Charles H. ...

5. Richard Kiel

Actor | Moonraker

Towering 7' 2" tall actor who cornered the market on playing giants, intimidating henchmen, bayou swamp monsters and steel toothed villains! Kiel worked in numerous jobs including as a night club bouncer and a cemetery plot salesman, before breaking into film & TV in several minor roles in the late...

6. Fred Gwynne

Actor | My Cousin Vinny

Fred Gwynne was an enormously talented character actor most famous for starring in the television situation comedies Car 54, Where Are You? (1961) (as Officer Francis Muldoon) and The Munsters (1964) (as the Frankenstein clone Herman Munster). He was very tall at 6'5" and had a resonant, baritone ...

7. Ted Cassidy

Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Ted Cassidy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Philippi, West Virginia. He was a well respected actor who portrayed many different characters during his film and television career. His most notable role was Lurch, the faithful butler on the television series The Addams Family (1964)....

8. Abraham Benrubi

Actor | Christmas Bloody Christmas

Abraham Benrubi was born on October 4, 1969 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022), Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990) and ER (1994).

9. Robert Maillet

Actor | Sherlock Holmes

Retired Canadian professional wrestler turned actor. Trained under Bret Hart, Leo Burke and Stephen Petitpas. Debuted in 1989 as the Acadian Giant for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. Competed for years in Canada, Japan and South Korea, using the name Goliath El Gigante. Arrived in the U.S. in 1997 ...

10. Carel Struycken

Actor | Men in Black

Carel Struycken was born in the Hague, The Netherlands. When he was four years old his family moved to Curacao, an island in the Caribbean. At age sixteen, he returned to his home country, where he finished high school. He graduated from the directing program at the film school in Amsterdam, ...

11. Matthew McGrory

Actor | Big Fish

Originally a student of pre-law at Widener University, and later majoring in Criminal Justice at West Chester University, Matthew started his career by making appearances on The Howard Stern Show (1990), The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986), and music videos of Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, and Blondie. ...

12. Neil Fingleton

Actor | X: First Class

Neil Fingleton was born on December 18, 1980 in Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for X: First Class (2011), 47 Ronin (2013) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). He died on February 25, 2017 in London, England, UK.

13. John Aasen

Actor | Why Worry?

Like Charles Chaplin's sidekick, Eric Campbell, Harold Lloyd needed his own giant when casting Why Worry? (1923) in 1922. Lloyd first had his eyes on George Auger (Cardiff Giant) who worked at Ringling Brothers sideshow as a giant. But Auger died before the film started, and a search went out for a...

14. Brad Garrett

Actor | Everybody Loves Raymond

Standing 6 feet 9 inches tall, Garrett grew up in Woodland Hills outside of Los Angeles. His father was a hearing aid specialist working in geriatrics and his mother was a housewife. Garrett spent a whopping six weeks at UCLA before going into stand-up comedy full time. He began performing his act ...

15. André René Roussimoff

Actor | The Princess Bride

André René Roussimoff was born in a small farming community in Grenoble, France to Boris and Marian Rouismoff. His parents and four siblings were all of normal size, but André suffered from acromegaly, a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone. As the ...

16. Richard Moll

Actor | But I'm a Cheerleader

Charles Richard Moll was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992. He has also done extensive work as a voice actor, typically using his deep voice to portray villainous ...

17. James Arness

Actor | Gunsmoke

American leading man famed as the star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness, had formerly been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Rolf and Ruth Duesler Aurness. His father was a traveling salesman ...

18. Gheorghe Muresan

Actor | My Giant

Gheorghe, a native of the Transylvania region of Romania, has become one of the top centers in the NBA. A dominant force in Europe, he began his NBA career feeling a little out of place. That quickly changed when he bumped the Bullets regular center and became the starter. He contributed almost ...

19. Kevin Nash

Actor | Magic Mike XXL

Native Detroiter Kevin Nash is an actor and equal rights advocate who discovered his love of comedy as the class clown in elementary school and to this day, he can find humor in almost any situation. One day he could not find humor was April 4th, 1968 as that was the day his father died of a heart ...

20. Jeff Chase

Actor | Escape Plan: The Extractors

Born Jeffrey Lance Sniffen. Graduate of Passiac Valley Regional Valley Regional High School Little Falls NJ. Graduate of West Virginia University. Played football for the Mountaineers 1986-1991. Married to Kimberly 1991-2015 (Divorced). One son Cory Chase. Best Known for The Mechanic 2011, Mission ...

21. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Actor | Airplane!

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record...

22. Shaquille O'Neal

Actor | Steel

Shaquille O'Neal is a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. He was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever. O'Neal ...

23. Tiny Ron

Actor | Last Man Standing

Tiny Ron was born on November 21, 1947 in Torrance, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Last Man Standing (1996), Road House (1989) and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). He died on November 28, 2019 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.

Famous for playing "Al", the tall guy at the station on Police Squad whose face is never seen. See image: (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083466/mediaviewer/rm1519536384/)

24. Olivier Richters

Actor | Black Widow

Debut in Marvel Black Widow (2021) as Ursa Major, mutant that appears in MCU. Olivier Richters is a Dutch-born actor, professional bodybuilder and fitness model. His nickname, "The Dutch Giant" barely does justice to his 7'2" (2.18m) stature. Crowds converge to marvel at not only his physique but ...

25. Martyn Ford

Actor | Final Score

Martyn Ford was born in Staffordshire, England to (Mother Lorraine and Father Stephen. From a young age, Martyn showed natural athletic ability and excelled in many sports and to a professional level. This was the stepping stone to building a successful career in the fitness industry with his work ...

26. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

Actor | Game of Thrones

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player.

On 31 January 2015, Björnsson beat a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway, where he carried a 10 m (33 ft) long 650 kg (1,430...

27. Conan Stevens

Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

A 7 foot tall extremely muscular and fit Australian of English/German ancestry, Conan is possibly the only Professional Wrestling Champion title holder to concurrently work in the Ballet, in Graeme Murphy's "Berlin" with Sydney Dance Company for not only the full season but also an additional five ...

28. Stu 'Large' Riley

Actor | Gotham

Stu 'Large' Riley was born on August 19, 1963 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA as Stewart Riley. Height: 2.06m He is an actor, known for Gotham (2014), The Blacklist (2013) and Kick-Ass (2010). His birth name is Stewart Riley. He is the best known as his role as Stu, also known as Huge Goon, in ...

29. Matthew G. Taylor

Actor | Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Matthew G. Taylor is a Canadian born Actor who has been a part of the Television and Film industry since 1998. He grew up in a Toronto suburb and attended College in Hamilton, Ontario, graduating in 1994. Matthew is an ex-police officer and has often been able to use his experiences on the force ...

30. Ben Davidson

Actor | Conan the Barbarian

Ben Davidson was born on June 14, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Conan the Barbarian (1982), Necessary Roughness (1991) and How the West Was Won (1976). He was married to Kathy. He died on July 2, 2012 in San Diego, California, USA.

31. Wilt Chamberlain

Actor | Conan the Destroyer

Wilton Norman Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Olivia Ruth (Johnson), a domestic worker, and William Chamberlain, a welder, custodian, and handyman. Wilt didn't come from a race of giants as many thought. Both his parents were no bigger than 5-9, but as a young boy he began a ...

32. Hulk Hogan

Actor | Suburban Commando

Terry Eugene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler and television personality. He is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 1980s.

Hogan began his professional wrestling career in ...

33. Nathan Jones

Actor | Mad Max: Fury Road

Nathan Jones's saga is a tapestry of raw power and entertainment, woven from the rugged landscapes of Australia to the glitz of global arenas. A towering figure at 6' 11", he carved his niche as a colossus in strength athletics, power-lifting his way to stardom in the mid-90s. His moniker "Megaman"...

34. Paul Larsson

Actor | Altered States

Paul Larsson is known for Altered States (1980), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and The Kidnapping of the President (1980).

35. Glenn Jacobs

Actor | See No Evil

Glenn Thomas Jacobs better known by the ring name Kane, is an American politician, actor, and professional wrestler. He has been the Republican Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee since 2018. He is signed to WWE.

He began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1992, wrestling in...

36. Chris Greener

Actor | The Elephant Man

Chris Greener was born on November 21, 1943 in New Brighton, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Elephant Man (1980), The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) and Birdie Blues (2007). He died on February 11, 2015 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK.

37. Aaron W Reed

Actor | Free Guy

Aaron W. Reed is a very accomplished athlete turned actor. He is a SuperLeague Pro Bodybuilder, Author of The SuperNatural Lifestyle, former WWE Pro Wrestler (Lift Sawyer) and also Cancer survivor. Leukemia ALL. He is now known as the Worlds Tallest Bodybuilder which has lead him to travel the ...

38. John Bloom

Actor | The Great Outdoors

The big, bulky and extremely tall John F. Bloom was an imposingly massive 7 foot 4 inch tall giant who was born on February 19, 1944 and grew up both in and around Los Angeles, CA. He originally worked as an accountant until he was convinced to take up acting in 1971 by the legendary Grade Z ...

39. Paul Wight

Actor | Jingle All the Way

Paul also played college basketball at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1992 to 1993, and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Cougars basketball team. Paul is a member of the Xi Beta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Southern ...

40. Brian Steele

Actor | Hellboy

As a child, Brian Steele knew only two speeds: full throttle and off. Perpetually hyperactive and adventurous, young Brian constantly pushed boundaries and tested the patience of his parents and teachers.

But Brian's boundless energy and ambition had no direction, growing up in small-town Highland, ...

41. Carey Jones

Actor | The Book of Boba Fett

Carey Jones is known for The Book of Boba Fett (2021), Predators (2010) and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019).

42. Nicholas Braun

Actor | Succession

Nicholas was born in Bethpage, New York. His parents are actor Craig Braun and Elizabeth Lyle. He made his debut in Disney productions such as Sky High (2005) and Princess Protection Program (2009). He also had a recurring role as Cameron in ABC Family's 2009-2010 series 10 Things I Hate About You ...

43. Michael Homick

Stunts | Avatar: The Way of Water

Michael Homick is known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) and Mortal Engines (2018).

44. Jaime Cardriche

Actor | Malcolm & Eddie

Jaime Cardriche was born on March 20, 1968 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Malcolm & Eddie (1996), Freaked (1993) and Deep Cover (1992). He died on July 28, 2000 in Torrance, California, USA.

45. Jason D. Henderson

Actor | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

Jason D. Henderson is known for Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992).

46. John Thompson

Actor | He Got Game

John Robert Thompson Jr. (born September 2, 1941) is a former American college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas. He is now a professional radio and TV sports commentator. In 1984, he became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship, capturing the NCAA ...

47. Dalip Singh

Actor | Get Smart

Dalip Singh was born on August 27, 1972 in Dhirana, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is an actor, known for Get Smart (2008), The Longest Yard (2005) and MacGruber (2010). He has been married to Harminder Kaur since February 27, 2002. They have one child.

48. Dane DiLiegro

Actor | Prey

Dane DiLiegro has had quite the journey on his way to Hollywood.

Born in Massachusetts, he was a four-year starter for the NCAA Division I University of New Hampshire Wildcats basketball team. While attending UNH, Dane won a gold medal at the 2009 summer Maccabiah Games in Israel. He graduated with ...

49. Kyle Strauts

Stunts | The Predator

Kyle Strauts was born in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. He has three brothers, one older and two younger. Kyle grew up in a very tight family and played a multitude of sports and extra curricular activities. Kyle even took one of the sports, lacrosse, to the professional level before leaving ...

50. Emil Rached

Actor | Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas

Emil Rached was born on June 20, 1943 in Vera Cruz, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas (1978), As Aventuras de Mário Fofoca (1982) and O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão (1977). He died on October 15, 2009 in Campinas, São Paulo, ...

51. Mike Lane

Actor | The Harder They Fall

Mike Lane was born on January 6, 1933 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Harder They Fall (1956), Ulysses Against Hercules (1962) and Frankenstein 1970 (1958). He died on June 1, 2015 in Palmdale, California, USA.