Which of these films stars is the tallest?

Though below average height at 5 foot 7 inches tall, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top grossing films of the 1980s including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). By the 1990s he was one of the highest paid actors in the world earning an average 15 million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996) for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for best actor.

Elijah Wood is 5' 6"
Daniel Radcliffe is 5' 5"
Michael J. Fox is 5' 4"

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William Laughlin

Shoy Verona Sinclair, Where is the trick? This was a straightforward question with an answer based on readily verifiable facts. No trick.

billyboy915

Boyd Tracy, I'm not going to tell you I'm sorry, but there is no trickery involved. All 4 actors are known for their lack of stature. The question is simple: of these relatively short actors, who among them is tallest? You either know or you don't. If that's a tricky for you, then you are probably naive and easily fooled. If I asked which actor had the most letters in his name as written, would that be tricky for you, too?

Carole Benner

A bunch of shorties

Charles Otto

To short to play Jack Reacher if you read the books he is described at 6ft 5in 250lbs

billyboy915

jackcascavelce, What in that question would make you think of tall men? They are all known for their short stature. Basically, the question asks, who is the tallest of these 4 short men? Your mind does not work logically if the likes of John Wayne, who was 6'4", came to mind!

Special Patrol Group

Irv Stark, Learn to read before you make rash comments. It clearly states all four actors heights and Cruise at 5' 7".

billyboy915

gdwhitton, Napoleon has been listed as 5'2" in outdated French units. In modern international units, Napoleon was just shy of 5 feet 7 inches. Now, you are saying “well that is still pretty short”. While that is true by modern day standards in certain places in the world, such as the United States, at the time in France, the average height for an adult male was about 5 feet 5 inches in modern international units. So in fact, he was quite tall for his day. The idea of his feeling some sort of complex because of his short stature is a fallacy and the so-called "Napoleon complex" is a misnomer.