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Despite the fact that high growth is not a guarantee of success, short men still have complexes about this.
With this selection, we will try to prove that the main thing is human qualities, talent and charisma, and not some centimeters.
Even with short stature, you can be courageous, strong and beautiful, so you should not worry about this.
10 Daniel Radcliffe
The British actor, who has been trying to realize himself for many years after the Harry Potter movie saga, has grown to just 165 см.
When he played the boy who survived, it was only a plus: short stature complemented the image of a modest schoolboy fighting the most powerful dark wizard.
Although, when viewing the Pottery, his height was never evident, especially in the last parts, where he got rid of his slenderness and looked like a rather large guy.
9. Al Pacino
The Oscar-winning actor is most often portrayed as strong, respected and even feared heroes, and growth. 170 см it doesn’t bother him at all.
In the cult trilogy “The Godfather”, as well as in the no less cult film “Scarface”, Al Pacino can’t be called a shorty.
Even when he was already aged, he did not lose his charisma: what are his work in the dramas “The Smell of a Woman” and “The Devil’s Advocate” worth, at the time of filming of which he had already exceeded 50.
8. Woody Allen
The director, actor and producer, who received the “Oscar” 4 times, has a height 165 см. This “little” man not only achieved great success in cinema, but is considered a living legend: monuments have been erected in his honor in many countries, even in Kaliningrad there is one.
On the love front, he also never experienced any problems: he officially married three times, but there were much more long-term novels.
The last wife was the cause of a series of high-profile scandalous litigation, since Sun-i Previn is the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, with whom Allen was in a relationship earlier.
7. Antonio Banderas
The Spanish actor, who has conquered millions of women’s hearts around the world, is one of the two “giants” on our list – his height is 174 см, but still he looks “small” against the background of many colleagues on the set.
For example, his partner in the painting “The Mask of Zorro” Catherine Zeta-Jones is only 4 cm shorter than Banderas, and if you wear heels, the difference is completely leveled.
His first notable role in Hollywood was in the Oscar-winning film Philadelphia, where he co-starred with Tom Hanks, whose height is 183 cm.
6. Elijah Wood
Famous for his role as the hobbit Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the actor seemed to be born for her: short (168 см), of a fragile physique and with the appearance of a teenager.
By the way, the complex of these features allows him to look very young even at 38 years old.
5. Tom Cruise
In the role of Ethan Hunt, the actor has been saving the world from terrorists for more than 20 years, looking quite convincing in the image of a fearless hero.
Growth 170 см absolutely does not prevent him from stacking opponents on his shoulder blades and performing dizzying stunts, many of which Cruz does himself, without understudies.
In his personal life, everything is also fine: in 1990 he married one of the main Hollywood beauties of those years, Nicole Kidman, and in 2006 he married actress Katie Holmes (she played Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins).
4. Robert Downey Jr.
And here is the second “giant” with growth 174 см, which is not lost in the frame with Chris Hemsworth (190 cm) and Tom Hiddleston (188 cm). This happens not only thanks to the Iron Man suit and the magic of cinema, but also due to the natural texture.
His popularity and crazy fees in The Avengers allow him to be one of the most successful actors in Hollywood and look down on others professionally.
3. Donald Hofffman
Two-time Oscar winner with height 167 см became famous in the early 80s, then received the first statuette for his role in the film Kramer vs. Kramer, although he began his career in the late 60s.
Playing a variety of characters in films, including villains and heroes, in life Hoffman is a rather modest and simple person, prone to perfectionism. Largely due to this trait of character, he achieved success, honing his skills and spending hours rehearsing one line.
In 2012, he became a hero in real life, or at least that’s what lawyer Sam Dempster called him. While jogging, he had a heart attack, and only thanks to Hoffman, who happened to be nearby and called an ambulance in time, did he survive.
2. Danny DeVito
actor with height 147 см never distinguished by athletic form or beauty, but he still manages to disarm the viewer.
Having started his career in the 70s, he immediately found his niche and firmly settled in it, starting his ascent to the top of the Hollywood Olympus with a successful role in the TV series Taxi.
The image of dispatcher Louis De Palma turned out so convincing that De Vito deservedly received an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
Someone can say that he never made it to the top, but he definitely managed to become one of the most recognizable, sought-after and beloved actors.
1. Peter Dinklage
The shortest popular actor in the world suffers from achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, which is why his height is only 132 см.
He began his career in 1995, and the first success came 8 years later, when he was given a role in the film “The Station Agent”.
Having demonstrated remarkable talent, he proved his worth, so he managed to avoid the fate of an episodic actor, who is called only when a dwarf is needed for a comic scene. Not everyone in Hollywood who has a similar diagnosis manages to achieve this.
Worldwide popularity, as you might guess, came to him with the release of the TV series Game of Thrones, in which his character Tyrion Lannister turned out to be the most vivid and memorable. It is he who many fans would like to see on the Iron Throne, despite the fact that he is a Lannister.