5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: Wikipedia
How tall is James McAvoy?
James McAvoy is commonly listed at 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
James McAvoy’s 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 26 in 100 US men are shorter.
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James McAvoy beside others
James McAvoy is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 2 in (65.8 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 2 ft 11 in (88.9 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 7 in: Cillian Murphy, Laetitia Casta and Robin Williams.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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