Hollywood's Vertically Challenged
Trying to guess someone’s height from the screen is basically a trap. Filmmakers have a whole bag of tricks—strategic camera angles, clever blocking, and the occasional well-placed step stool—to make actors look taller than they really are. That’s why some of your favorites, like Tom Cruise, Scott Caan, Rob Schneider, and Kevin Hart, are actually shorter than you’d probably assume.
From tallest to shortest, here are 46 actors who are 5-foot-7 and under.
Martin Sheen
Let's start with Martin Sheen—an American actor known best for his roles in Grace and Frankie, Badlands, Apocalypse Now, and more.
Martin isn't the shortest actor, but he is only 5-feet-7-inches tall.
Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg is an American actor best known for his roles in Get Real, Adventureland, Zombieland, The Social Network, Now You See Me, and more.
Jesse is also only 5-feet-7-inches tall.
Josh Hutcherson
Josh Hutcherson is an American actor known best for his roles in Little Manhattan, Bridge to Terabithia, The Kids are All Right, The Hunger Games, Five Nights at Freddy’s and The Beekeeper.
Josh joins the club at 5-feet-7-inches tall.
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is an actor, producer, and director. He is known for his roles in Mission: Impossible, Top Gun, Jack Reacher, Knight and Day, and more.
Tom is also only 5-feet-7-inches tall.
Robin Williams
Robin Williams was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for many roles, including: Good Will Hunting, Good Morning Vietnam, Patch Adams, Jack, Flubber, Mrs. Doubtfire, RV, and so many more.
Robin's undeniable talent made up for his 5-feet-7-inches stature.
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Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood is an American actor and producer. He is known for his role as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings.
Elijah makes the list at just 5-feet-6-inches tall.
Jack Black
Jack Black is an American actor, comedian, and musician known for scene-stealing roles in Jumanji, Tropic Thunder, Shallow Hal, Year One, School of Rock, and Nacho Libre.
And for the record, Jack isn’t exactly towering over anyone—he’s about 5-foot-6.
Charlie Day
Charlie Day is an American actor, producer and writer. He is known for his role in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Pacific Rim, Horrible Bosses, Fist Fight, Fool’s Paradise, and more.
Charlie stands just 5-feet-6-inches.
Jet Li
Jet Li is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, actor and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most iconic Chinese film stars and one of the most renowned martial arts stars of his generation.
Jet is known for his role in Lethal Weapon, The Expendables, and more.
Jet is only 5-feet-6-inches tall.
Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan is a Canadian actor, producer and director. He is best known for his roles in I Killed My Mother, Tom at the Farm, and Heartbeats.
Xavier is just 5-feet-6-inches.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles in When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, Analyze This, Father’s Day, Running Scared, and more.
Billy is only 5-feet-6-inches tall.
Freddy Rodriguez
Freddy Rodriguez is an American actor known for his roles in Six Feet Under, Ugly Betty, and Bull.
Freddy stands just 5-feet-6-inches tall.
Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in The Outsiders, Men at Work, and Mission: Impossible.
Emilio is only 5-feet-6-inches tall.
Scott Caan
Scott Caan is an American actor, writer, director, and photographer, best known for his roles on Hawaii Five-0 and HBO’s Entourage.
Despite often playing tough, confident characters, Scott stands at just 5-foot-5.
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles in Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, The Graduate, Little Big Man, Meet the Fockers, Stranger than Fiction, and more.
Dustin joins the others at only 5-feet-5-inches tall.
Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane is an American actor with numerous awards under his belt. He is best known for his roles in Fraser, Mad About You, Modern Family, The Good Wife, The Gilded Age, along with numerous Broadway musicals
Nathan is also only 5-feet-5-inches tall.
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Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe is an English actor famous for playing the role of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series.
Daniel is also only 5-feet-5-inches tall.
Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie is an American actor and director famous for his roles in The Bad News Bears and Breaking Away.
Jackie joins the club at 5-feet-5-inches tall.
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Breckin Meyer
Breckin Meyer is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for appearing in films such as Rat Race and Road Trip.
Breckin is also just 5-feet-5-inches tall.
Toby Jones
Toby Jones is an English actor known for his character roles on stage and on screen. He is best known for his role in the film, Orlando.
Toby is also only 5-feet-5-inches.
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Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss is an American actor known for his roles in Jaws, American Graffiti, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, and more.
Richard is only 5-feet-5-inches.
Johnny Galecki
Johnny Galecki is an American actor best known for playing Leonard Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory, along with memorable roles in Roseanne, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Rings, and more.
And despite sharing the screen with plenty of larger-than-life personalities, Johnny stands at just 5-foot-5.
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars is an American singer, with some film experience. Bruno appeared in a cameo role in the film Honeymoon in Vegas, as well as That’s My Boy and Rio.
Bruno joins the club at just 5-feet-5-inches.
Kevin Connolly
Kevin Connolly is an American actor and director known for his roles in Entourage, The Notebook, and John Q.
Kevin is only 5-feet-5-inches tall.
Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz is an American actor and singer known best for her role as Malcolm in Malcolm in the Middle, as well as Big Fat Liar, Agent Cody Banks, and more.
Frankie is also just 5-feet-5-inches tall.
Ken Jeong
Ken Jeong is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Leslie Chow in The Hangover, as well as Community, Role Models, Knocked Up, Ride Along 2, and more.
Ken is only 5-feet-5-inches tall.
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is best known for his roles in Take the Money and Run, Love and Death, Bananas, Sleeper, Annie Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and many more.
Woody is only 5-feet-5-inches tall.
Seth Green
Seth Green is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles in Rat Race, Without a Paddle, Be Cool, Austin Powers, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Seth is 5-feet-4-inches.
Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander is an American actor and comedian best known for his iconic role as George Costanza on Seinfeld.
Much like George himself, Jason isn’t exactly tall—he stands at just 5-foot-4.
BD Wong
BD Wong is an American actor known for his roles in Mr. Robot, Father of the Bride, Law & Order: SVU, and more.
BD is just 5-feet-4-inches.
Simon Helberg
Simon Helberg is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles in Florence Foster Jenkins, Old School, Good Night, and Good Luck, A Serious Man, Annette, and more.
Simon is also only 5-feet-4-inches.
Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox is a Canadian and American activist and retired actor. He is best known for his roles in Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf, Doc Hollywood, and more.
Michael stands just 5-feet-4-inches.
Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles in Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman.
Joe is only 5-feet-3-inches.
Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his roles in The King of Queens, Seinfeld, Parks and Recreation, Two and a Half Men, and more.
Patton is also only 5-feet-3-inches.
David Faustino
David Faustino is an American actor best known for his role as Bud Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married…with Children. He is also known for his roles in The Legend of Korra and Winx Club.
David is only 5-feet-3-inches.
Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider is an American actor and comedian best known for roles in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Animal, The Hot Chick, The Benchwarmers, Big Stan, and more.
And despite often playing outsized characters, Rob stands at just 5-foot-3.
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Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in Ride Alone, Central Intelligence, Jumanji and more.
Kevin Hart uses his short stature for laughs as he stands only 5-feet-2-inches.
Elliott Page
Elliott Page is a Canadian actor, producer and activist. He is best known for his roles in Juno, Hard Candy, X-Men, and The Umbrella Academy.
Elliott stands just 5-feet-1-inch.
Moises Arias
Moises Arias is an actor, director and producer. He is best known for his roles in Hannah Montana, The Kings of Summer, Ender’s Game, Nacho Libre, Pitch Perfect and more.
Moises stands just 4-feet-11-inches.
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Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Matilda, Twins, Deck the Halls, Jumanji, and more.
Danny’s short stature—4-feet-8-inches—is the result of multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (Fairbank's disease), a rare genetic disorder that affects bone growth. It is considered a form of supported Disease by the Little People of America, but is not specifically a type of Dwarfism.
Peter Donald Badalamenti II
Peter Donald Badalamenti II is an American actor and stunstperson, known for his roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Bad Boys II.
Peter also stands at just 4-feet-5-inches tall.
Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage is an American actor best known for his roles in Game of Thrones, Elf, X-Men, The Hunger Games, and more.
Peter was born was a common form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia and stands 4-feet-5-inches tall. He has used his celebrity status to raise social awareness of dwarfism.
Jason “Wee Man” Acuna
Jason Acuna is an Italian actor and writer known best for his role as Wee Man in Jackass, as well as his role in Elf-Man.
Jason has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and stands just 4-feet tall.
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Tony Cox
Tony Cox is an American Actor and comedian, known for his roles in Bad Santa, Me, Myself & Irene, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Leprechaun 2, and more.
Tony was born was dwarfism, and stands just 3-feet-6-inches.
Warwick Davis
Warwick Davis is an English actor and television presenter. He’s been active in the industry since he was 12 years old and is one of the highest grossing supporting actors of all time and has the highest average gross revenue of all time.
He is best known for his roles in Willow, Leprechaun, Star Wars, and Harry Potter.
Warwick was born with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare bone growth disorder that results in dwarfism. He stands just 3-feet-6-inches tall.
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Verne Troyer
Verne Troyer was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer. He was best known for his role as Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series.
Verne had cartilage–hair hypoplasia and was 2-feet-8-inches tall.
