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Forest Whitaker

How tall is Forest Whitaker?

Forest Whitaker is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).

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Forest Whitaker’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Forest Whitaker is taller than the average US woman by 10.5 in (26.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Forest Whitaker: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Forest Whitaker is taller than the average US man by 5 in (12.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Forest Whitaker is taller than the average US woman by 10.5 in (26.8 cm).Forest Whitaker is taller than the average US woman by 10.5 in (26.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Forest Whitaker: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Forest Whitaker is taller than the average US man by 5 in (12.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Forest Whitaker is taller than the average US woman by 10.5 in (26.8 cm).

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Forest Whitaker beside others

Forest Whitaker is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 7 in (48 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 6 in (106.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

  • Dolph Lundgren: 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm), 3 in (7.6 cm) taller than Forest Whitaker.
  • Wesley Snipes: 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm) shorter than Forest Whitaker.
  • William Shatner: 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm), 5 in (12.7 cm) shorter than Forest Whitaker.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 2 in (188 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.

Photo: Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Forest Whitaker, 6 ft 2 in (188 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)