Colin Firth is tall. He’s 6’1” tall which in Hollywood is a giant (remember height is relative). Several years ago my mom and my sister went to the Oscars. Upon reflection my sister recounted “Those people are really tiny!” Knowing what I know I believe it is safe to anoint Colin as our Gulliver among the Court of Lilliput. Last night the Lilliputian’s honored Colin with a Golden Globe for his amazing performance as King George VI of Britain in the must see movie The King’s Speech. What a performance. I was completely bowled over by the handsome tall man. He hailed amidst the field of talented, yet shorter actors. Mark Wahlberg 5’7”, Jessie Eisenberg, 5’9”, James Franco 5’10”. To be fair there was another tall guy in the running, Ryan Gosling, he’s 6’1”. I’ll be singing his praises too when he brings home the bacon (It’s a Tiger Momma Thing).
Anyway, I love Colin Firth which brings me to a topic that I stumbled upon recently; Tall Oscar winners. Believe it or not there have been lots of them. Not bad, seeing that the talls are in a minority in the acting community of Hollywood. Here is a list of some tall Oscar winners:
- John Wayne, 6’4”
- Jeremy Irons, 6’3”
- Charlton Heston, 6'3”
- James Stewart, 6’3”
- Gene Hackman, 6’2”
- John Voigt, 6’2”
- Morgan Freeman, 6’2”
- Sidney Poitier, 6’2”
- Henry Fonda, 6' 1”
- Burt Lancaster, 6’1”
- Adrian Brody, 6’1”
- Nicolas Cage, 6' 1”
- Jeff Bridges, 6’1”
- Daniel Day-Lewis, 6' 1”
- Geoffrey Rush, 6'
- Denzel Washington, 6’
- Clark Gable, 6’
