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Is Tom Cruise taller than Mark Wahlberg?

No. Mark Wahlberg is taller than Tom Cruise by 3 in (7.8 cm).

Tom Cruise: shorter than about 75 in 100 US men. Mark Wahlberg: taller than about 63 in 100 US men.

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Tom Cruise

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Both heights are published listings, not a side-by-side measurement, so treat the gap as approximate.

Where these heights come from

Tom Cruise is commonly listed at 5 ft 7 in (170 cm). See all of Tom Cruise’s listed heights.

Mark Wahlberg is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm). See all of Mark Wahlberg’s listed heights.

Photos: Tom Cruise by Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0; Mark Wahlberg by U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jorge A. Rosales, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Mark Wahlberg

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