How tall was Burt Reynolds?

Burt Reynolds is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180 cm).

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Burt Reynolds’s 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 74 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height falls Everyone about 5 ft 11 in

Burt Reynolds beside others

Burt Reynolds is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 10 in (56 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 3 in (98.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Burt Reynolds, 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)