How tall was Charles Bronson?

Charles Bronson is commonly listed at 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm).

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Charles Bronson’s 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) is about average for a US man: about 44 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height falls Everyone about 5 ft 9 in

Charles Bronson beside others

Charles Bronson is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 0.5 in (62 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 0.5 in (92.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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5 ft 8.5 in (174 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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Charles Bronson, 5 ft 8.5 in (174 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)