bowie fan says on 16/Dec/09
He can still be a leading actor even if he is 5'5". Look at Daniel Radcliffe. He is only 5'5" and he is going to become a leading actor as an adult. Jackie Earle Haley's feet are so small. His shoe size is 8 womens. I am 5'9". My shoe size is 13 womens. I have huge feet.

Rorschach fan says on 23/Jul/09
I have been wondering about this a lot. Everyone comments on how short he is. For example, Robert Englund said of him "Jackie is not big, and I think that Jackie's size is gonna really work for him as Freddy Krueger. Because I've always in my mindset imagined… One of the metaphors or one of the images I've used for Freddy is a little rabid dog that just bites your ankle and holds on. A little yelping dog. And I think Jackie brings that, with his own physicality, to the role, without ever having to work it a little bit. He doesn't really have to work that. He brings that naturally with who he is, which I think is really part of the way I see it." (Source: Click Here) However, 5 ft. 5 in is not terribly short as far as actors are concerned, right? So is it that he is particularly slight, as well, making him look shorter?

eric says on 12/Jul/09
it was awesome to see a short guy be so intimidating in watchmen. In most cases the biggest bad ass in a movie is at least 6' tall so it was refreshing to see him play the leading role

Anonymous 2 says on 13/Mar/09
Apparently his character in Watchmen (Rorschach) was only 5'6". Interesting, I wasn't expecting the actor to be short.

Anonymous says on 7/Mar/09
It's great to see that a 5'5 guy had such a powerful role in a movie like Watchmen. He really had presence. Everyone was afraid of him. I initially thought that character was tall but I noticed he was short in the scene in prison.

FT says on 5/Mar/09
"After his teen success, only growing to 5-foot-5 meant there were no leading-man roles for the adult Haley"

That's a strange comment. Think of Pacino, Schwarzman, Hoffman, Michael J Fox, Alan Ladd, etc., Guys his size are in the smallest 5% percentile or so for American men, but I'd imagine they fill at LEAST 5% of leading roles. No?

If you're a great actor, you're a great actor. I think history has proved that the last place you'll find a major height bias is on the Hollywood screen.

Anonymous says on 23/Jun/08
His height makes him ideal for the part of Rorschach in the upcoming Watchmen film. Rorschach is only 5 ft 6, and he wears platform shoes.

sf says on 3/Mar/07
Rob - thanks for adding. Just happened to see a lot of him lately, and I remember him from lots of movies/shows in the 70's. It's nice to see a guy make a comeback, but you gotta wonder about his 5'5" claims...

[Editor Rob: he could be 5ft 4.5ish, I will have a look sometime at him]