Don Lahey says on 8/May/08
Well, I also met Leonard Nimoy over 30 years ago, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, and I was shocked that stout little me at 5'7" was looking down a little at him. I am convinced some time after that he either always used elevator shoes or had an operation to lengthen his legs.
[Editor Rob: your memory is failing you...he was sitting down when you saw him.] Kevint says on 23/Mar/08
A woman I knew once, who was a very tall lady (around 5' 11"- 6' 0" in bare feet) said she met Nimoy at a convention, and he was a "very tall man". I take this as pretty good anecdotal evidence that he was probably at least 6' 1" or 6' 2" in his prime (which would realistically make him one of the tallest actors in Hollywood in his day).
I think Nimoy is often supposed to be shorter because I think Shatner is often downgraded as shorter than life, due to his vanity and pugnacious persona.
I think
hi says on 6/Feb/08
i think some of you guys are forgetting about posture.I am 5 11 and one of my friends is bang on the 6 1 mark sometimes he appears taller than me and sometimes he does not due to the way he stands. clark says on 21/Jan/08
I met Mr. Nimoy at a trek convention. He IS over 6 feet.
Oh.. and he is about to turn 77 years of age.....give him a break if he not at his prime, but then again he is a Vulcan, so he should be around for another 130 years. Bass-baritone says on 24/Jun/07
I am a true 182cm 5' 11 1/2" and I looked directly eye to eye with Mr. Nimoy while attending a musical in Washington DC about 20 years ago. Although, while singing with the SF Opera, I was listed at 6'0". Brad says on 1/May/07
6' 1" last week next to me at StarCon. He's been that for decades. patrick says on 14/Mar/07
Nimoy looked 6'1 very long and perhaps he has "shrunk" a bit or affectionates a leaning position more often now? Very interesting man anyway and good actor too even though even him could never replace Martin Landau in Mission Impossible! Brad says on 12/Mar/07
6' 1" in '75 meeting him at a Star Trek Convention and again in '86 at another con & at a restaurant called "Lucy's" near Paramount around same time. Same height. Anonymous says on 31/Jan/07
Dear Anonymous,
Perhaps he was slouching a bit and so seemed shorter? Because I have read that he often does that in real life. He seems pretty tall on Star Trek - he just towers over the rest of the cast and I swear is about 7 inches taller than George Takei. Anonymous says on 12/Nov/06
I met him at the this year at Star Trek's 40th anniversary convention. My dad was also with me, and my dad is 5ft11.5 (182cm) Nimoy seemed nearly the same hieght as my dad, maybe 1cm taller. aerotive says on 5/Oct/06
I saw him at a convention a couple years ago. He looked right a bit over 6ft.
Interesting person. Glenn says on 20/Sep/06
Thank you Jordan.actually,he looked possibly taller. Jordan says on 19/Sep/06
Nimoy looks 6'0 at the shortest. He is prolly what Glenn says he is . 6'1. Glenn is a major contributor to this site and has no reason to lie so for me, what gleen says is the truth. Nimoy is 6'1. Star Fox says on 7/Sep/06
He was always noticebly the tallest regular cast member on Star Trek. He was always a couple of inches taller than Shatner, so I guess he was 6'1 in his prime, and now a days I'd guess he's just over or around 6ft. Viper652 says on 29/Jul/06
Hahaha,It had to have been a double. Nimoy is pretty tall. Glenn says on 29/Jul/06
Then you met his short double.he was 6-1 when I met him. sf says on 29/Jul/06
uhhhh....you SURE it was Nimoy???? Anonymous says on 28/Jul/06
I have met Leonard Nimoy in person. Now, granted, it was over 30 years ago but as I recall, I was shocked at how NOT tall he was. I am 5'10" and by my memory, he was at least 2-3" shorter than I am. |