Between Womens Rights and Mens Authorityby Robert Wyrod Critical Review
Men aren't immune to stereotypes, especially when "tall, dark and handsome" is considered an ideal. That'southward one reason why it'due south impressive that these famous actors have managed to carve out careers in a line of piece of work where appearance is and so important.
Perhaps you lot were aware that these guys are on the shorter side — but did you realize they're as short as they actually are? Observe out who the smaller-statured leading men in Hollywood are and how they measure up.
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman is, by appearances, an unlikely leading man. Not only is he not the "traditionally handsome" Cary Grant type, but part of that knock is that D-Hoff measures 5 feet 6 inches tall. Notwithstanding, Hoffman has e'er owned his top, taking roles that suit him and becoming a massive star as a consequence.
The list of smash hits starring Dustin Hoffman is non short, and older readers (and younger picture show buffs) will recognize classics similar Rain Man, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy and Tootsie. Newer fans volition know him from Meet the Fockers, among others.
Ken Jeong
Jeong — an actual physician who after became a comedian — broke onto the scene in The Hangover, and he'south connected to rely on his comedic chops (as opposed to his height) to remain relevant ever since.
The multitalented Jeong measures in at 5 feet 5 inches tall, making him far shorter than the typical leading homo. Only that hasn't stopped Jeong from carving out a respectable career — recently as a judge on The Masked Vocaliser.
Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller has not but made it big in Hollywood but has also institute cursory success in the world of professional modeling (not just as Derek Zoolander — ever heard of him?). And he'southward only 5 anxiety 7 inches tall. Equally the son of Seinfeld actor Jerry Stiller, Ben likely never had delusions of tall genetic grandeur, but being a leading man at his peak is impressive.
And make no mistake — Stiller is a bonafide leading human being, fifty-fifty if he's non the stereotypical hunk. Beyond Zoolander, the likes of Come across the Parents, Tropic Thunder, Along Came Polly, and Nighttime at the Museum cement Stiller as a box role draw.
Al Pacino
Al Pacino has played some larger-than-life characters throughout his storied career, Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy being chief amid them. But you may be surprised to learn that none of those characters were taller than 5 anxiety vii inches — Pacino'due south acme.
That's correct. Tony Montana may have been big on moving weight, but he wasn't large in the tiptop department. Pacino, commanding the screen in movies similar Serpico, Dog 24-hour interval Afternoon, Donnie Brasco, Any Given Sunday and so many others, is a testament to shorter guys' ability to succeed in Hollywood.
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Michael J. Fox was zilch short (pun intended) of a superstar in his immature days in Hollywood, with the Back to the Hereafter series exposing him every bit a witty, charming leading homo with boyish practiced looks that proved to last. Despite being diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991, Fox connected to human action.
Fox'due south height never held him dorsum — he stands at a reported five feet 4 inches alpine. Lately, his progressing Parkinson's has led him to do more voiceover work in movies like Stuart Picayune and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Dave Franco
Dave Franco, fifty-fifty with some recent success, might forever be known as James Franco's trivial brother. Information technology turns out that "little," in this case, could refer not simply to Dave's status every bit the younger Franco, only likewise to his height.
Dave measures in at v feet 7 inches tall, which is below the average American male person's summit of 5 anxiety 10 inches. In Hollywood, where height can be a determining cistron in the roles actors get (specially leading roles), Franco has still found a way to carve out a career. Movies similar Neighbors, At present You See Me and 21 Jump Street have proven that.
Joe Pesci
Fans of the Mafia genre take to know Joe Pesci, both by name and by advent. He seems to ever play a character who'south slightly off his rocker, whether it's Nicky Santoro in Casino, Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas or Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny.
These characters were inseparable from the perception that each of them had a fleck of a Napoleon complex, which was made more believable by Pesci'due south real-life height of five feet three inches. If anything, Pesci'south small stature added to the gusto that each of his movie-stealing characters possessed.
Jack Blackness
It's a mutual perception that beingness on the shorter side is far less of a ding to your job options if yous happen to be funny. This has proven true for Jack Black, who has commanded several leading roles in critically and financially successful movies — despite Blackness standing only 5 feet six inches tall.
He broke onto the scene with a series of cameos in movies similar Orangish County and Mars Attacks! but now is more of a leading human being, stealing the evidence in Schoolhouse of Rock, Shallow Hal, Nacho Libre, Tropic Thunder and Goosebumps.
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese is among the greatest movie directors of all fourth dimension, and many believe he may just be the best — with all respect to Stanley Kubrick. And while directors' heights aren't as scrutinized as actors', you should know that Marty has made a few on-screen cameos in his flicks.
Whether information technology's Hugo, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Hateful Streets or another one of his films, keep an eye out for the 5-foot 3-inch Scorsese to make a subtle advent as a bit grapheme.
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony should give the shorter male person population the world over hope of hooking their dream dates, as he was once married to Jennifer Lopez and a former Miss Universe. At 5 feet v inches alpine, Anthony has also managed to pull some prominent roles on the argent screen.
Though he's known primarily every bit a Latin-music vocaliser, he has appeared in several movies, including Hackers. He even had a role alongside Denzel Washington in the edge-of-your-seat thriller Man on Fire, in which Anthony played the begetter of the kidnapped Dakota Fanning.
James McAvoy
James McAvoy has become an increasingly recognizable Hollywood leading man by taking on roles that concenter large audiences. He has played a young Charles Xavier in several of the X-Men films and has recently become synonymous with Kevin Wendell Nibble in the movies Carve up and Glass.
Yet McAvoy, who stands at 5 feet vii inches tall, has also taken on more than critically praised roles in films like The Last King of Scotland while dabbling in the action genre with Wanted, which he starred in aslope Angelina Jolie. The guy really does it all.
Daniel Radcliffe
The thespian all-time known for playing Harry Potter was ever a bit more believable equally a teenager, even once he had grown out of his teens in existent life. That's in part because he's only 5 anxiety 5 inches tall.
Radcliffe has admitted to personal struggles with fame and alcohol, just he has continued to put out impressive performances in largely niche movies such as Swiss Regular army Man, receiving consistent critical praise as he proves that he's much more equally an actor than Harry Potter — not that Harry Potter is annihilation to turn our noses upwards at.
Tom Cruise
Tom Prowl is the affiche boy for those who believe y'all don't have to be over 6 feet tall to be a bonafide movie megastar. In fact, considering that Prowl is just 5 feet seven inches tall, you lot patently don't fifty-fifty need to be the height of the average American male person to become an international superstar.
Cruise is non without his share of controversy, merely there's no denying that, even as he nears age 60, he'south still a box office draw. He continues to pump out Mission Impossible films, along with blockbuster flicks similar Jack Reacher, Edge of Tomorrow and American Made.
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart is one of those movie stars who isn't succeeding in spite of his short stature but arguably succeeding because of information technology. He stands at 5 feet iv inches tall, and he's fabricated self-deprecation well-nigh his elevation a staple of his routines from the outset of his comedy career.
Whether he'southward mocking himself in stand-up comedy sets or taking roles alongside relative giants like The Rock, Hart knows how to brand his lack of height an nugget in a style that few actors before him have washed.
Seth Green
Seth Green has go more than of a behind-the-scenes presence in the entertainment manufacture as the years take gone by, but he remains i of the more recognizable "curt guys" in show business concern. Dark-green primarily produces animated comedy shows today, but his list of on-screen appearances remains impressive.
He played a prominent role every bit Dr. Evil's son, Scott Evil, in the Austin Powers movies, appeared in the hit Television show Entourage and appeared prominently in films like The Italian Job, Party Monster, Sex Drive and Tin can't Hardly Wait. And to retrieve Green is merely 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Zac Efron
Zac Efron is known as a major heartthrob in Hollywood, but he's lacking 1 quality commonly plant in the heartthrob population: superlative. He'southward not exactly super-brusk at five feet 8 inches tall, but he's too not quite as tall as the typical leading human being.
Despite people's misconceptions about what height a leading man is "supposed to" measure in at, Efron has carved himself a prissy career by actualization in films like Baywatch, Neighbors, Dirty Granddaddy and Mike and Dave Demand Wedding Dates.
Jonah Hill
Jonah Loma was once known for beingness a scrap chubby (a fact he'due south made clear doesn't sit well with him), but fans may not realize that he'south also not very tall. There'south no meanness involved here, only information technology'due south clear that Jonah Loma isn't cut from the cloth of the classic leading men, height-wise — and that's totally fine.
Hill has gotten by on his swell sense of humour and surprisingly versatile interim abilities. At v feet seven inches tall, Hill has played a Wall Street trader, a baseball game executive and a horny loftier schooler. How'southward that for interim chops?
Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari establish his breakthrough in comedy, where being brusque tin exist an asset when y'all play it the right way like Kevin Hart does. Simply Ansari has begun to announced more than in TV shows and movies that aren't traditional comedies, and he's served as the leading man in some of them — a five-foot 6-inch leading homo, in fact.
His roles in Parks and Recreation and the prove he created, directed and starred in, Chief of None, involved the right amount of comedy. And tiptop was not a major issue in any of that one-act. Ansari knows he's not the traditional hunk type, and he makes his stature piece of work.
Josh Hutcherson
Josh Hutcherson is known for his role every bit Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games picture serial, but he has appeared as the leading man in several other movies. He measures in at 5 feet seven inches tall.
He has a varied resume that includes comedies similar RV, The Disaster Artist and Kicking and Screaming. He's been in fun flicks like Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and in dramas like Escobar and Fire. He'due south even done activity movies, including The Hunger Games and its subsequent iterations. Cipher is stopping this guy.
David Spade
There are lots of comedic actors on this list, and information technology'southward no coincidence. It always helps to exist funny if y'all're under the traditional tiptop for a leading man. David Spade is no exception, as information technology was his ability to make audiences laugh on Sabbatum Night Live that earned him his Hollywood break.
And Spade, at 5 anxiety 5 inches, is still relying on his humor to push out movies. His comedy-movie resume remains impressive, with Tommy Boy, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Joe Dirt and the Grown Ups movies standing out for so many reasons.
Elijah Wood
Most moving picture fans know Elijah Wood as Frodo, a main character in the Lord of the Rings films, but Wood has put on a number of noteworthy performances. He's gotten those roles despite being synonymous with a character equally iconic equally Frodo and standing only 5 anxiety 6 inches tall.
One of his almost memorable performances came relatively early on in his career in Green Street Hooligans, in which he portrays an impressionable bad boy who gets sucked into the earth of soccer hooliganism.
Emile Hirsch
Emile Hirsch seemed destined for a bright career in Hollywood, starring in a few major films early on on in his career and displaying a versatile range of comedic and dramatic performances that seemed primed to launch him into long-term stardom.
Five-foot half dozen-inch Hirsch's acting stock has cooled off considerably since he won audition and critical acclamation for leading roles in films like Into the Wild, Alpha Canis familiaris and fifty-fifty The Daughter Adjacent Door. Information technology started to seem as though he couldn't handle leading roles any longer — he ran into some personal troubles — but he made a comeback in 2019'south Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman is a British thespian who has get increasingly well-known amid American audiences for roles in movies similar Blackness Panther and the popular tv set series Fargo. He has shown a versatile range and a knack for injecting dark comedy into several of his roles.
Freeman is ofttimes cast as somewhat nerdy, mildly timid characters, and his 5-foot 6-inch frame at times lends itself to such portrayals. Yet, Freeman has very much constitute his footing as an actor, playing roles in popular films such as Love Actually and The Hobbit, in which he played Bilbo Baggins.
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito is in a class with the likes of Joe Pesci — his meridian is inseparable from his identity as an actor, and it has its own particular amuse. DeVito's ability to own his 4-foot ten-inch stature is i thing that'due south made him so successful; he'due south been eager to poke fun at himself in movies like Twins, in which he played Arnold Schwarzenegger's unlikely brother.
Aside from Twins, DeVito has padded his resume and bank account with timeless roles in movies such as Matilda, Batman Returns, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Space Jam, Go Shorty and Hoffa.
Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz was introduced to virtually audiences as Malcolm, the titular character in Malcolm in the Middle — a timeless comedy series that likewise shone a light on Bryan Cranston. Muniz went on to star in a slew of movies aimed at teens and young adults, Agent Cody Banks being probably the about well-known.
And while Muniz has since ventured into race auto driving as a passion career, he remains one of the shorter actors to have establish success in Hollywood. He measures in at around 5 feet 5 inches tall.
Macaulay Culkin
"KEVIN!" If you lot don't know what movie that comes from, then you've missed out on arguably the best Christmas movies of best in Home Solitary and Home Lone 2. Both starred Macaulay Culkin as the clever protagonist, Kevin McAllister.
Culkin hasn't grown a whole lot since his days playing Kevin, equally he measures in at 5 feet 7 inches even as he continues a more than relaxed acting career as an adult. Some of Culkin's afterwards films include Political party Monster, Saved! and Changeland.
Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez is the son of Martin Sheen and the brother of Charlie Sheen, and he'due south too kind of short. Well, by Hollywood standards anyway. The homo Saturday Nighttime Alive rebranded every bit "Emilioooooo!" is 5 feet vii inches tall.
Because that at that place'due south something of a elevation bias in most industries (and life in general), Emilio has done quite well for himself, starring in the cult classic The Breakfast Club and the Mighty Ducks serial, which remains shut to many a Disney child's heart to this day.
Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage gained near-household name recognition playing Tyrion Lannister on the smash-hit series Game of Thrones. In Dinklage'due south example, his 4-human foot iv-inch tiptop was a serious advantage in gaining this role of a lifetime.
Dinklage did well with the roles he played before landing his spot on Game of Thrones, besides. The Station Agent is perhaps his virtually critically acclaimed motion picture to date, but he also appeared in Elf, The Chronicles of Narnia and Death at a Funeral earlier Game of Thrones.
Jet Li
Jet Li is one of the almost decorated martial creative person actors of our fourth dimension, following in the footsteps of other idols like Bruce Lee. His films are almost ever high-flight diplomacy, even though he'south stationed close to the ground at a height of v feet 6 inches.
His stature arguably makes him fifty-fifty better suited to do the crazy stunts that his movies almost always require. Those movies include the activity-packed Kiss of the Dragon, Cradle two The Grave, Fearless, Lethal Weapon 4, Romeo Must Die and The Expendables.
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg is far from the shortest leading human in Hollywood, but because his stardom and typical part equally the manlike human being, some fans may exist surprised to learn that Wahlberg's reported tiptop is 5 feet 8 inches. That'south below the national boilerplate for American men and below the average for leading men in Hollywood.
Really, it'southward a testament to his expert looks, big muscles and don't-mess-with-me mental attitude that so few fans discover that Wahlberg is rather small-scale in the acme section. Roles in films like Transformers: Historic period of Extinction and Patriots Day reinforce Wahlberg'southward arable machismo.
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