Tall Guys
by cocochene2006 | created - 26 May 2018 | updated - 4 days ago | Public
1. Humphrey Ker
Actor | Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher
Humphrey Ker was educated at Eton College. He entered Edinburgh University on a military scholarship. But after feeling let down by the base he would be training at, and deciding that comedy was more fun, he gave up on a potential career in the military. Ker read history at Edinburgh University, ...
2. Rob Delaney
Actor | Catastrophe
Rob Delaney was born on January 19, 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Robert Archer Delaney. He is an actor and writer, known for Catastrophe (2015), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019).
3. Owain Yeoman
Actor | The Belko Experiment
Owain Sebastian Yeoman is a Welsh actor born in Oxford, England to parents Michael and Hilary Yeoman. He has one sister Ailsa. An honors English graduate of Brasenose College (1996-99), Oxford University Owain also graduated from the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London with ...
4. Victor Webster
Actor | Surrogates
Victor Webster was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In the summer of 1986 Victor and his family moved to San Clemente, Ca. where he attended high school. After graduation he attended Saddleback Junior College, and then went on to become a stockbroker. He later owned and operated an import/export ...
5. Alexander Skarsgård
Actor | True Blood
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård was born in Stockholm, Sweden and is the eldest son of famed actor Stellan Skarsgård. Among his siblings are actors Gustaf Skarsgård, Bill Skarsgård, and Valter Skarsgård. For most of his formative years, his father was an acclaimed actor in Europe but had not yet ...
6. Jonathan Chase
Actor | Gamer
Jonathan Chase was born on October 26, 1979 in Plantation, Florida, USA as Jonathan Shane Greenfield. He is an actor, known for Gamer (2009), Oh Em Gee (2016) and Eagle Eye (2008).
7. Tug Coker
Actor | Now We're Talking
Tug Coker is an actor and writer, known for Now We're Talking (2016) and The Office (2005).
8. Pablo Schreiber
Actor | 13 Hours
Pablo Tell Schreiber was born in Ymir, British Columbia, Canada, to Lorraine Reaveley, a Canadian psychotherapist, and Tell Schreiber, an American actor. His paternal half-brother is actor Liev Schreiber. Pablo, who is named after Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, was raised in Ymir, and moved to Seattle,...
9. Corey Stoll
Actor | Midnight in Paris
Corey Stoll was born on March 14, 1976 in New York City, New York, USA as Corey Daniel Stoll. He is an actor, known for Midnight in Paris (2011), Ant-Man (2015) and House of Cards (2013). He has been married to Nadia Bowers since June 21, 2015. They have one child.
10. Christopher Heyerdahl
Actor | Stockholm
An award-winning Canadian actor, Christopher Heyerdahl co-stars in WGNA's "Pure", USA's "Damnation" Sky Atlantic's "Tin Star", SyFy's "Van Helsing" and AMC's hit series "Hell On Wheels," playing the enigmatic 'Swede." This post-Civil War drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in ...
11. Adam Driver
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Adam Douglas Driver was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Nancy (Needham) Wright, is a paralegal from Mishawaka, Indiana, and his father, Joe Douglas Driver, who has deep roots in the American South, is from Little Rock, Arkansas. His stepfather is a Baptist minister. His ancestry includes...
12. Maximilian Osinski
Actor | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Maximilian Osinski is an actor and writer, known for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013), Shameless (2011) and In Time (2011). He has been married to Dichen Lachman since January 24, 2015. They have one child.
13. Rory McCann
Actor | Game of Thrones
Six foot six inches tall, with brown eyes and dark hair, Rory McCann from Glasgow began his working life at the top - as a painter on the Forth Bridge in Scotland. He came to notice in a television commercial for Scotts' Porridge Oats, in which he appeared as a scantily-clad hunk in a vest and kilt...
14. Paul Bettany
Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Paul Bettany is an English actor. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 (2000), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale (2001). He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), ...
15. Bill Skarsgård
Actor | It
Bill Skarsgård was born on August 9, 1990 in Vällingby, Sweden as Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård. He is an actor and producer, known for It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019) and Deadpool 2 (2018).
16. Anders Holm
Actor | Workaholics
Anders Holm was born on May 29, 1981 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Workaholics (2011), The Intern (2015) and Game Over, Man! (2018). He has been married to Emma Nesper Holm since September 2011. They have one child.
17. John Behlmann
Actor | Riverdale
John Behlmann is an actor and writer, known for Riverdale (2017), Good Behavior (2016) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
18. Tom Hopper
Actor | Black Sails
English-born Tom Hopper has come a long way in his acting career. A former student of Rose Bruford College where he studied acting, Tom Hopper has become widely known for his involvement in both films and in some of television's highly popular drama series including Merlin (2008) as the strongman ...
19. Dylan Kenin
Actor | Sicario
Dylan Kenin starred and shot the run of picture in Joseph Kosinki's, Only the Brave, for Lionsgate. He is recurring on Orville for Seth MacFarlane. He was last seen in The Magnificent Seven for Antoine Fuqua with Denzel Washington, and the Oscar nominated Hell or Highwater. Other recent credits ...
20. Rahul Kohli
Actor | Supergirl
Rahul Kohli was born on 13th November 1985 in London. Rahul began acting in school plays at an early age, but it wasn't until he was 17 that drama became his main focus. After leaving college having studied Film, Rahul applied for drama schools with the hope to begin his career as a performer. ...
21. Ike Barinholtz
Actor | Suicide Squad
Isaac "Ike" Barinholtz, born February 18, 1977, is an American actor, comedian, voice actor and writer, known as a cast member on MADtv (1995), from 2002-2007, and for his roles on The Mindy Project (2012) and Eastbound & Down (2009). He spent two years in Amsterdam with the famed comedy ...
22. Idris Elba
Actor | Beasts of No Nation
An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...
23. Chris Sullivan
Actor | This Is Us
Chris Sullivan is an actor and producer, known for This Is Us (2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and The Knick (2014). He has been married to Rachel Reichard since June 20, 2010.
24. Charles Dance
Actor | Gosford Park
Charles Dance is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child (1986),...
25. Henry Simmons
Actor | No Good Deed
Henry Simmons was born in Stamford, Connecticut, one of three children to Aurelia, a school teacher, and Henry Simmons, Sr., an IRS agent. One of his sisters is his twin. Simmons earned a basketball scholarship at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire. He graduated with a business degree and ...
26. Billy Campbell
Actor | The Rocketeer
Billy Campbell can currently be seen on the CTV/HULU television series, "Cardinal" This year Billy won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in "Cardinal" for the second year in a row as well as nominated for a 2018 International Emmy Award for Best Actor in a series. He is also known for his work...
27. Brett Dalton
Actor | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward in ABC's series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). Dalton graduated in 2001 from Westmont High School in Campbell, California, where he became interested in acting after auditioning for a ...
28. Brian Patrick Wade
Actor | The Guardian
Brian Patrick Wade was born on June 9, 1978 in the USA. He is an actor, known for The Guardian (2006), Generation Kill (2008) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). He is married to Jill Wade. They have two children.
29. Dave Bautista
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
David Michael Bautista, Jr. was born on January 18, 1969 in Washington, D.C., to Donna Raye (Mullins) and David Michael Bautista, a hairdresser. His father is Filipino, and his mother has Greek ancestry.
When WCW officials told him he'd never make it in sports entertainment, Bautista pushed himself ...
30. Westley LeClay
Stunts | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Westley LeClay is known for his work on Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), Star Trek: Picard (2020) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).
31. Javier Botet
Actor | It
Javier Botet was born on July 30, 1977 in Ciudad Real, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for It (2017), REC (2007) and The Conjuring 2 (2016).
32. Clive Russell
Actor | The Wolfman
Clive Russell was born in England but raised in Fife, Scotland, UK from 3 months old. He originally trained as a teacher, but when his drama lecturer resigned and took over a theatre in the provincial town of Bolton, Lancashire, Russell joined him. Russell has been working solely in film and ...
33. Eddie Davenport
Stunts | Logan
Eddie Davenport is an actor, stunt double, and entrepreneur from Tarpon Springs, FL. Being overweight for the majority of his life, Eddie was challenged both physically and mentally to develop his fun-loving personality, strong determination, and the dedication needed for his career in ...
34. Ross Mullan
Actor | Clash of the Titans
Ross Mullan, originally from Montreal, Canada, has been living in the UK now for 20+ years. He began his performing career working mostly in mask and physical theatre companies and then began writing his own material and playing clubs and bars doing comedy. He then started working in theatre doing ...
35. Clint Walker
Actor | The Dirty Dozen
Clint Walker was born Norman Eugene Walker in Hartford, southwestern Illinois, to Gladys Huldah (Schwanda), a Czech immigrant, and Paul Arnold Walker, who was from Arkansas. Walker almost single-handedly started the western craze on TV in the 1950s as Cheyenne Bodie in Cheyenne (1955). Growing up ...
36. Diarmaid Murtagh
Actor | Vikings
Diarmaid Murtagh was born in Kingscourt, County Cavan, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Vikings (2013), Dracula Untold (2014) and The Monuments Men (2014).
37. Matthew Daddario
Actor | Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments
Matthew Daddario was born and raised in New York to Richard and Christina Daddario, both lawyers. He studied business at Indiana University in Bloomington. He graduated in 2010, after which he began studying acting and started auditioning.
He is the middle child, with a younger sister, Catharine ...
38. Kevin McNamara
Actor | A Night to Regret
Kevin McNamara was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. After learning his love and talent for acting and singing at an early age, his mother began taking Kevin to theater and musical auditions at the age of 7 where he excelled traveling with several companies. At the age of 20, Kevin began taking...
39. Matt Leinart
Actor | The House Bunny
Matt Leinart was born on May 11, 1983 in Santa Ana, California, USA as Matthew Stephen Leinart. He is an actor, known for The House Bunny (2008), The Simpsons (1989) and WWE Smackdown! (1999). He has been married to Josie Loren since May 26, 2018.
40. Method Man
Actor | How High
Method Man was born on April 1, 1971 in Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA as Clifford Smith. He is an actor, known for How High (2001), Garden State (2004) and Method & Red (2004). He has been married to Tamika Smith since March 3, 2001.
41. Dave East
Soundtrack | Elementary
Dave East is an actor, known for Elementary (2012), Boogie and Beats (2019).
42. Myles Pollard
Actor | X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Myles Pollard was born on November 4, 1972 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), McLeod's Daughters (2001) and Looking for Grace (2015). He has been married to Brigitta Wuthe since October 2006. They have one child.
43. Peter Hermann
Actor | United 93
Peter Hermann lived in Germany until he was age 10. He was later educated at Yale University.
He met his wife Mariska Hargitay, on the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
Before becoming an actor, Peter taught ESL and Special Ed as part of Teach For America Program. After that, he ...
44. Gustaf Skarsgård
Actor | Vikings
Gustaf Skarsgård was born on November 12, 1980 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden as Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård. He is an actor and director, known for Vikings (2013), Westworld (2016) and The Way Back (2010).
45. Cheyenne Jackson
Actor | American Horror Story
Cheyenne Jackson was born on July 12, 1975 in Newport, Washington, USA as Cheyenne David Jackson. He is an actor, known for American Horror Story (2011), 30 Rock (2006) and Glee (2009). He has been married to Jason Landau since September 13, 2014. They have two children. He was previously married ...
46. Sam Heughan
Actor | Outlander
Sam Roland Heughan was born April 30, 1980 in Balmaclellan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. An accomplished stage and screen actor best known for his leading roles in Starz TV Series Outlander (2014-2021), A Princess for Christmas (2011), and A Very British Sex Scandal (2007). He attended the ...
47. Adam Copeland
Actor | Vikings
Adam Copeland is an actor and retired professional wrestler, who wrestled as Edge in the WWE. He starred as one of the leads in the fifth season of the popular television series Haven on Syfy. He also starred as a recurring character on the History Channel series Vikings. Canadian-born, Copeland's ...
48. Adam David Thompson
Actor | Godless
Adam David Thompson is an actor, known for Godless (2017), Glass (2019) and The Sinner (2017).
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