How tall is Samuel L. Jackson?

Samuel L. Jackson is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).

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Samuel L. Jackson’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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Samuel L. Jackson beside others

Samuel L. Jackson 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.

Also listed at 6 ft 2 in: Ryan Reynolds, Will Smith and Elizabeth Debicki.

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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.

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Samuel L. Jackson, 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)