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Robert Downey Jr.

How tall is Robert Downey Jr.?

Robert Downey Jr. is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm).

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Robert Downey Jr.’s 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 38 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 8 in

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The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Robert Downey Jr.: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm). The average US man is taller than Robert Downey Jr. by 1 in (2.4 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Robert Downey Jr.: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm). The average US man is taller than Robert Downey Jr. by 1 in (2.4 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).

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Robert Downey Jr. beside others

Robert Downey Jr. is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 1 in (63.3 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 0 in (91.4 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 8 in: Zac Efron, Salman Khan and Deepika Padukone.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 8 in (172.7 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: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Robert Downey Jr., 5 ft 8 in (173 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)