Actors over 7'0"
by pgrass13 | created - 11 May 2011 | updated - 21 May 2018 | Public
1. Igor Vovkovinskiy
Actor | Hall Pass
Igor Vovkovinskiy was born on September 8, 1982 in Bar, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Bar, Ukraine). He was an actor, known for Hall Pass (2011), The Dr. Oz Show (2009) and Verbal Shenanigans (2014). He died on August 20, 2021 in Rochester, MInnesota, USA.
7'8" 1/4
2. 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.
7'7" 1/2
3. Sandra Elaine Allen
Actress | Il Casanova di Federico Fellini
Sandra Elaine Allen was born on June 18, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Casanova (1976), Side Show (1981) and Being Different (1981). She died on August 13, 2008 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA.
7' 7¼" world's tallest woman
4. 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 ...
7'7"
5. Lock Martin
Actor | The Day the Earth Stood Still
One of the tallest actors ever, he held various odd jobs before his debut on the silver screen. He worked for Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Ardens Dairy (in California,) as a Cowboy for Public Relations and at Knotts Berry Farm, (in California) also as a Cowboy. It was while he was working as ...
7'7"
6. Daniel Gilchrist
Actor | Chained for Life
Daniel Gilchrist began his love of acting in high school where his initial interests were in production and writing. Upon graduating, he began working and volunteering for local theatre productions in his hometown of Topeka, Kansas. His first starring role was as The Creature in Topeka Civic ...
7'7"
7. Shawn Bradley
Actor | Space Jam
Shawn Bradley was born on March 22, 1972 in Landstuhl, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Space Jam (1996), The Singles Ward (2002) and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993). He has been married to Carrie Cannon since January 2018. He was previously married to Annette Evertson.
7'6"
8. 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. ...
7'6"
9. Yao Ming
Actor | Seola's Journal
Yao Ming was born on September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China. He is an actor, known for Seola's Journal, Amazing (2013) and Yao Ming and Children Affected b HIV/AIDS (2005). He has been married to Ye Li since August 6, 2007. They have one child.
7' 5½"
10. 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 ...
7' 2½"
11. 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...
7' 2½"
12. 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).
7'2"
13. 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. ...
7'2"
14. 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...
7'2"
15. 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...
7'2"
16. 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.
7'1"
17. Paul Randall
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Paul Randall is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
7'1"
18. 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 ...
7'1"
19. 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 ...
7'1"
20. Robert 'Big Buck' Maffei
Actor | The Lord of the Rings
Robert 'Big Buck' Maffei was born on July 13, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lord of the Rings (1978), Star Trek (1966) and Klondike (1960). He died on November 16, 1982 in San Diego, California, USA.
7'1"
21. 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 ...
7'0"
22. 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 ...
7'0"
23. 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, ...
7'0"
24. 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.
7'
25. 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 ...
7'
26. Patrick Ewing
Actor | Space Jam
Patrick Ewing is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and head coach of the Georgetown University men's basketball team. He played most of his career as the starting center of the NBA's New York Knicks and also played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic.
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7'
27. Dirk Nowitzki
Actor | Hustle
Dirk Nowitzki was born on Monday, June 19th, 1978, in Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, as Dirk Werner Nowitzki. Dirk is a very active athlete & has become an actor, in sports events, especially basketball. He is best-known for being 24 for 24 in Western Conference Finals' Game 1, on Tuesday, May...
7'
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