glenn says on 6/Jun/08
jonak has a good point.but that would be very difficult.

jonak says on 5/Jun/08
can anyone come up with other sizes, ie chest, waist size and weight then we may be able to work out how tall these guys are from them? just an idea!

glenn says on 28/May/08
i wouldnt be wearing the same shoes over a 18 year period in these pics.lol.i wear all kinds of shoes.so i couldnt really tell you.boots,not often.

BK_Daniel says on 27/May/08
Glenn, you sometimes seem taller than 5'8", what shoes do you wear?

glenn says on 22/May/08
weird the 6-2 sightings and how i agree he can look it.

Clay says on 22/May/08
He did look 6'2'' in Of Mice and Men.

Mark 1/Apr/08 says on 23/Apr/08
I think looking at John's films he is 5'10".

I watched a tv show once The brady and the bride or soemthing like that and the person who plays one of the Brady's had his shoes altered so he would look taller.

I think at best John Malcovich is 5'11" depending on the shoes.

I am 6'4" and 6'3 1/2" without shoes on. John does not seem that tall.

When I was watching behind the making of BeoWulf he look shorter then allot of the cast.

william says on 1/Feb/08
I have a friend who photographed Malkovich for a fashion shoot. He said he was 6ft 2" and very stocky

D-lurker says on 27/Dec/07
this man is one of the most impressive actors on screen..and interesting, you should hear him talk about how much of a terror he was growing up..beating up on his siblings and all..I must watch con-air again and compare john to nicholas :).

Salvatore says on 15/Nov/07
183cms. I saw his measured in studio.

jimbo says on 3/Oct/07
Stood beside him at the Eurostar terminal at London Waterloo when he was buying a coffee. I am 176cm and he seemed 2 inches taller than me, max. I would say a shade under 6ft. I was surprised because I thought he was taller. If you watch Dangerouse Liasons, he stands a little taller than Uma Thurman, so I don't think he quite makes 6ft.

shane says on 2/Oct/07
its funny becuase i always thought he looked short like 5'9

Anonymous2 says on 30/Jul/07
Only 6' eriously?! I think me must have shrunk. Wasn't he like 6'3" to play Lenny in "Of Mice And Men" where he towered over Gary Sinise?

Glenn says on 29/Jul/07
Interesting Santana.I believe its possible.but he has serious posture issues.

Santana says on 28/Jul/07
Once I saw an interview with him where, from his own mouth, he states that his height is [...] I am 6' 1" and 3/4 [..] I swear to God...

That's weird...

nejv tha man says on 28/Jul/07
haha, cool picture, is it malkovich or cyrus the virus? :)
6' tops for him.

dmeyer says on 25/Jul/07
he seemed 1.5 in taller than vin diesel he looks about 4 in taler than glenn so 182 no less

Anonymous says on 25/Jul/07
prolly 5'11-6ft, i really like this actor

Ivan 6'2.25 says on 21/Jul/07
his peak height was 6'1

glenn says on 19/Jul/07
if i reluctantly must rob. ;-)

glenn says on 18/Jul/07
well i agree derek.i always thought he was tall.but to my eyes and as my photo proof shows.he changed.

derek says on 18/Jul/07
I don't know guys he's always looked over 6' maybe even close to 6'2 in movies..... I mean this could be the case of him loosing height over the past few years due to certain health issues... Just because he is shorter now doesn't mean he was always this hieght.

Its True says on 17/Jul/07
Yeh its true. What PJ did at Sundance was he took him to one side, asked him to remove his shoes, then measured him with an exact stadiometer. And he was at most, 5'11" (180.3 cm). I can vouch for that, coz I remember thinking, wow its unusual when a guy looks at least 6' for the whole of his acting career, never ever been recorded as under this, that you should then meet him and he is actually UNDER that. Really stood out on me. Still at least now its been proven. You know what he's probably 5'10".

glenn says on 17/Jul/07
thats what he gave me,a 5-11 appearence at the most.5-10.5 minimum.

PJ says on 17/Jul/07
Met him at Sundance a few years ago, he's 5'11 at most.

KingNick says on 17/Jul/07
In the movie Con Air, there's a very brief shot of him on a small TV screen in front of a height chart. If I remember correctly, the chart put him at just over 6'. That could make sense because if he is 6' or close to it, shoes would make him just over it.

glenn says on 16/Jul/07
this was a foreign film done by someone that escapes me.did a highly praised war film in 1982 that also escapes my memory.gave me a speech on how taking 500 photos a day with fans cant be fun.

glenn says on 16/Jul/07
as bizzare as he plays his roles.i heard not common in posing.never signs.bumped into him near the mens room of a screening.seemed much shorter than i expected. 5-10.5.maybe he had horrendous posture.

G-unit says on 9/Apr/07
its really hard for me to believe that john is taller than 6'.

dmeyer says on 21/Mar/07
he was taller than vin diesel in knockaround guys

Boxing Fighter says on 11/Nov/06
He looks smaller than dicaprio in The Man in the Iron Mask.

[Padraig: The very first comment at the bottom of this page. I can see that man telling the truth, he is a little under 6 feet.]

Paul says on 11/Sep/06
I saw John Malkovich on stage in the play " A slip of the tongue" in 1992 in London. He didn't look like 185 cm. I would say he is probably around 180 cm.

Larry says on 9/Jun/06
Editor Rob - In VARIETY it stated that Malkovitch wore boots that raised his height by 3". That was the year the movie came out. If John is 6', then that would boost him into "Lennie territory". :-) John Steinbeck was 6'2", so he wouldn't have considered a 6' man "huge". Though there is NO specific description of Lennie OR George's height; Lennie is described as being a "very big & tall man".

dmeyer says on 8/Jun/06
he looked 4" taller than bary peper so 6'2" in lifts

Picture says on 20/Apr/06
He was also never the 6 ft 1.
Slighty taller than Uma Thurman and 1-1.5 inch shorter than Keanu Reeves in Dangerous Liaisons

jello says on 4/Mar/06
He is 6ft max. Look at the pics of the Klimt premiere (getty images). Malkovich beside Veronica Ferres. She's 2 inches taller than John. Ferres says that she's 5'10.

CelebHeights Editor says on 16/Feb/06
2003 telegraph article describe him: "a solidly built six foot, one (185 centimetres)"

kenneth soh says on 18/Nov/05
haha..yes his 6"ft only 5cm shoes on.. his only 5"10.5(1.78m)tall in real person.. believe me everybody..

CelebHeights Editor says on 17/Aug/05
A reviewer from FlickVille said in relation to Big Malky: " recently sat down with Malkovich in Washington, D.C., mere hours before he was about to unveil "The Dancer Upstairs" at the opening night of FilmFest D.C. I found him to be a quiet, soft-spoken man who measures his words and thoughts before completing an answer. He's quite tall in person. I would say probably 6'1" or 6'2" at least. And lemme tell ya! His height certainly makes him imposing! But so does his demeanor. He just has this way about him. Not exactly cold or cruel. Let's just say, I knew I had to be on my toes."

Drew says on 15/Jun/05
http://www.impawards.com/1992/of_mice_and_men_ver1.html

That's Malkovich next to Gary Sinise (who's listed at 176.cm). Was Malchovic wearing 5 inch lifts in the movie?

[Editor Rob: he wore special boots to maintain the 'big lenny' type character. No idea how big his lifts were though...]

Mr.K says on 17/May/05
A total surprise that John Malkovich should be 6'1". I have seen him with Gerard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons and many others. Mr.X has compared him with Sam Waterston and he is absolutely correct. A very happy day Mr. Malkovich would reach 6'. Mr.X is correct. He has never been taller than around 6'

Issheuhboy says on 17/May/05
Everything on this site's getting really confusing! Can't we make it the rule when we're talking height, we're talking barefoot? Otherwise, we're just talking about shoes!

[Editor Rob: yeah every height listed is barefeet. I added the word somewhere at bottom of the pages.]

Mr. X says on 16/May/05
In the movie the Killing Fields Sam Waterston's passport says Sam's 6 ft 1, and in that movie Sam looks about an inch taller than Malkovich.

PLain knowledge says on 14/Apr/05
727: I read it again, it still doesn't make much sense to me, sorry..
But anyway you say he is taller..

REAL727 says on 13/Apr/05
Hey Plain Knowledge; you should change your nickname to "No Knowledge". First, I do not wear big-heeled shoes or lifts. Never have. I'm happy with my height. The night that I was lucky enough to be introduced to Mr. Malkovich, I wore regular dress shoes, with a heel measured at about 0.75 to 1-inch. And, your calculations are entirely off. Read my comments again, carefully. More importantly, you were not there in person. So, why share comments about Mr. Malkovich's height, when you have no knowledge or " in-person " experience with him???

Big Dave says on 12/Apr/05
John Malkovich is 6'1. There is no way that he is anything less than that. Just watch Con Air. He is a fraction taller than Nic Cage And about and inch shorter than Nic Chinlund. There is a particular scene where he is standing opposite Chinlund, he looks an inch shorter. I definitely agree with the height listed above.

Plain knowledge says on 11/Apr/05
Hey Wiseguy 727: you say you are 182 cm, correct? so (if it's so) if you wore then normal 3 cm shoes you are 185 cm, if you say he was taller, he-now comes the part: he must have been really with shoes on maybe maximum 187 cm, so he's 184 cm, unless you were wearing flat shoes..but if you were measured with shoes makes you: 179 cm without, then Malkovich is 180 cm without his shoes.. which theory is right???

[Editor Rob: hmm, I didn't really read 727's comment but on reading it now it confuses me :)]

REAL 727 says on 8/Apr/05
Through friends in the entertainment industry, I met John Malkovich at a fundraiser while working in London. After a recent physical, my physician measured my height at exactly 5'11.5". John, who was wearing chunky-heeled dress shoes(an inch and one-half), stood about 6'0"; just barely taller than me. I'd approximate that he is about 5'10.5" or 5'10.75" standing barefoot.