Best Actor Winners: Shortest to Tallest
Publish date: 2024-07-20
Listed below is all winners of the Best Actor Oscars Award, with heights ranked from shortest to tallest.| Actor | Height | Best Actor Win | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Cagney |  | 5ft 5 (165cm) | 1942 - Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Richard Dreyfuss |  | 5ft 5 (165cm) | 1977 - The Goodbye Girl |
| Dustin Hoffman |  | 5ft 5.5 (166cm) | 1979 - Kramer vs. Kramer 1988 - Rain Man |
| Al Pacino |  | 5ft 6 (168cm) | 1992 - Scent of a Woman |
| Roberto Benigni |  | 5ft 6.5 (169cm) | 1998 - Life is Beautiful |
| George Arliss |  | 5ft 7 (170cm) | 1929/1930 - Disraeli |
| Bing Crosby |  | 5ft 7.5 (171cm) | 1944 - Going My Way |
| Ben Kingsley |  | 5ft 7.75 (172cm) | 1982 - Ghandi |
| Lionel Barrymore |  | 5ft 8 (173cm) | 1930/1931 - A Free Soul |
| Humphrey Bogart |  | 5ft 8 (173cm) | 1951 - The African Queen |
| Yul Brynner |  | 5ft 8 (173cm) | 1956 - The King and I |
| Sean Penn |  | 5ft 8 (173cm) | 2003 - Mystic River 2008 - Milk |
| Charles Laughton |  | 5ft 8.5 (174cm) | 1932/1933 - The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Spencer Tracy |  | 5ft 8.75 (175cm) | 1937 - Captains Courageous 1938 - Boys Town |
| Paul Muni |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 1936 - The Story of Louis Pasteur |
| Marlon Brando |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 1954 - On the Waterfront 1972 - The Godfather |
| Jack Lemmon |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 1973 - Save the Tiger |
| Peter Finch |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 1976 - Network |
| Robert DeNiro |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 1980 - Raging Bull |
| Anthony Hopkins |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 1991 - Silence of the Lambs |
| Jamie Foxx |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 2004 - Ray |
| Phillip Seymour Hoffman |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 2005 - Capote |
| Casey Affleck |  | 5ft 9 (175cm) | 2017 - Manchester by the Sea |
| Alec Guinness |  | 5ft 9.25 (176cm) | 1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Ernest Borgnine |  | 5ft 9.5 (177cm) | 1955 - Marty |
| Jack Nicholson |  | 5ft 9.5 (177cm) | 1975 - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1997 - As Good as It Gets |
| Robert Duvall |  | 5ft 9.5 (177cm) | 1983 - Tender Mercies |
| Paul Newman |  | 5ft 9.5 (177cm) | 1986 - The Color of Money |
| Michael Douglas |  | 5ft 9.5 (177cm) | 1987 - Wall Street |
| Rod Steiger |  | 5ft 9.75 (177cm) | 1967 - In the Heat of the Night |
| Kevin Spacey |  | 5ft 9.75 (177cm) | 1999 - American Beauty |
| Ronald Colman |  | 5ft 10 (178cm) | 1947 - A Double Life |
| Laurence Olivier |  | 5ft 10 (178cm) | 1948 - Hamlet |
| Jose Ferrer |  | 5ft 10 (178cm) | 1950 - Cyrano De Bergerac |
| Cliff Robertson |  | 5ft 10 (178cm) | 1968 - Charly |
| Art Carney |  | 5ft 10 (178cm) | 1974 - Harry and Tonto |
| F Murray Abraham |  | 5ft 10 (178cm) | 1984 - Amadeus |
| Fredric March |  | 5ft 10.25 (178cm) | 1931/1932 - Dr Jekyl. and Mr Hyde 1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Russell Crowe |  | 5ft 10.5 (179cm) | 2000 - Gladiator |
| Warner Baxter |  | 5ft 10.75 (180cm) | 1927/1928 - The Way of All Flesh/The Last Command |
| William Holden |  | 5ft 11 (180cm) | 1953 - Stalag 17 |
| Maximilian Schell |  | 5ft 11 (180cm) | 1961 - Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Jean Dujardin |  | 5ft 11 (180cm) | 2011 - The Artist |
| Matthew McConaughey |  | 5ft 11 (180cm) | 2013 - Dallas Buyer's Club |
| David Niven |  | 5ft 11.25 (181cm) | 1958 - Separate Tables |
| Eddie Redmayne |  | 5ft 11.25 (181cm) | 2014 - The Theory of Everything |
| Leonardo DiCaprio |  | 5ft 11.25 (181cm) | 2016 - The Revenant |
| Wallace Beery |  | 5ft 11.5 (182cm) | 1931/1932 - The Champ |
| Geoffrey Rush |  | 5ft 11.5 (182cm) | 1996 - Shine |
| Emil Jannings |  | 6ft (183cm) | 1928/1929 - In Old Arizona |
| Robert Donat |  | 6ft (183cm) | 1939 - Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| Paul Lukas |  | 6ft (183cm) | 1942 - Watch on the Rhine |
| Broderick Crawford |  | 6ft (183cm) | 1949 - All the King's Men |
| Paul Scofield |  | 6ft (183cm) | 1966 - A Man for All Seasons |
| George C. Scott |  | 6ft (183cm) | 1970 - Patton |
| Tom Hanks |  | 6ft (183cm) | 1993 - Philadelphia 1994 - Forrest Gump |
| Nicolas Cage |  | 6ft (183cm) | 1995 - Leaving Las Vegas |
| Adrien Brody |  | 6ft (183cm) | 2002 - The Pianist |
| Rex Harrison |  | 6ft 0.25 (184cm) | 1964 - My Fair Lady |
| Denzel Washington |  | 6ft 0.25 (184cm) | 2001 - Training Day |
| Clark Gable |  | 6ft 0.5 (184cm) | 1934 - It Happened One Night |
| Burt Lancaster |  | 6ft 1 (185cm) | 1960 - Elmer Gantry |
| Ray Milland |  | 6ft 1.25 (186cm) | 1945 - The Lost Weekend |
| Henry Fonda |  | 6ft 1.25 (186cm) | 1981 - On Golden Pond |
| Daniel Day Lewis |  | 6ft 1.25 (186cm) | 1989 - My Left Foot 2007 - There Will Be Blood 2012 - Lincoln |
| Lee Marvin |  | 6ft 1.5 (187cm) | 1965 - The Cat Ballou |
| Jeremy Irons |  | 6ft 1.5 (187cm) | 1990 - Reversal of Fortune |
| Jeff Bridges |  | 6ft 1.5 (187cm) | 2009 - Crazy Heart |
| Colin Firth |  | 6ft 1.5 (187cm) | 2010 - The King's Speech |
| Gene Hackman |  | 6ft 2 (188cm) | 1971 - The French Connection |
| William Hurt |  | 6ft 2 (188cm) | 1985 - Kiss of the Spider Women |
| Forest Whitaker |  | 6ft 2 (188cm) | 2006 - The Last King of Scotland |
| Charlton Heston |  | 6ft 2.5 (189cm) | 1959 - Ben Hur |
| Sidney Poitier |  | 6ft 2.5 (189cm) | 1963 - Lilies of the Field |
| Jon Voight |  | 6ft 2.5 (189cm) | 1978 - Coming Home |
| Gregory Peck |  | 6ft 2.75 (190cm) | 1962 - To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Victor McLaglen |  | 6ft 3 (190.5cm) | 1935 - The Informer |
| James Stewart |  | 6ft 3 (190.5cm) | 1940 - The Philadelphia Story |
| Gary Cooper |  | 6ft 3 (190.5cm) | 1941 - Sergeant York 1952 - High Noon |
| John Wayne |  | 6ft 3.75 (192cm) | 1969 - True Grit |
| Best Actor Winners Height List compiled by CelebHeights.com | |||
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