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Strauss says on 1/Jul/09
Saw Gibson in Maine when filming " man with no face" I was surprised how short he was : 5'8" sounds correct
bam says on 27/Jun/09
I'm perplexed. One minute he's 5'8, another he's described as 5'10 in sandles... That quote should definately be on top of the page rob. Its just plain bizarre. DMaN says on 26/Jun/09
id say 5foot9.5 in his prime 5foot9 now Barry Langcaster says on 26/Jun/09
Did see Mel in person back in the 90's did indeed look near 5'9 he did not look short, but I think he might have been wearing boots also. Frank2 says on 25/Jun/09
"am says on 24/Jun/09
frank2, shalyman isn't 5'11. He is 5'9.5, possibly less. Even glenn said that..."
Anything Glenn said should automatically be considered suspect. But lets say he's correct and that Shalyman is under 5'10". That just makes it all the more evident that Gibson is around 5'8". Dr. D says on 25/Jun/09
I know it is not that height related - but did ever someone notice that Mel has massive forearms? He does look like a strong guy. James says on 25/Jun/09
Well maybe the person who saw him that tall in sandlas was overestimating his height. bam says on 24/Jun/09
frank2, shalyman isn't 5'11. He is 5'9.5, possibly less. Even glenn said that... Anonymous says on 24/Jun/09
Frank2 says on 24/Jun/09
I've seen Gibson and without the aid of lifts. I'm telling you, he's no more than 5'8". Add lifts and he's 5'11".
Then how do you explain "at least 5-foot-10 in flat sandals"?????? Frank2 says on 24/Jun/09
Mel ceratinly doesn't appear any taller than 5'8" Joaquin Phoenix and is obviously three inches shorter than 5'11" director M. Night Shyamalan:
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I've seen Gibson and without the aid of lifts. I'm telling you, he's no more than 5'8". Add lifts and he's 5'11". Editor Rob says on 24/Jun/09
I read an interview from near 10 years ago where the interviewer said "Gibson looks taller than you'd expect, at least 5-foot-10 in flat sandals" RisingForce says on 23/Jun/09
We can't assume that Antonio because Mel could have a 2 inch cowboy heel/1 inch lift combo which would put his footwear about even with Sly's if Sly was in elevators. In the early 90's Mel almost always wore cowoboy boots, if he had something in them is something nobody knows.
I'm personally not convinced that Mel wears lifts outside of movies, but you never know. ACG says on 23/Jun/09
between mel and sly only god knows who has the footwear advantage!!!! Antonio says on 22/Jun/09
... But, guys, can't we assume that Sly has the footwear advantage? RisingForce says on 22/Jun/09
Mel defintley isn't taller than Sly there. Best case for Mel is they're the same height there, but I'd give Sly a half inch taller there. peteyork says on 21/Jun/09
Antonio, sly looking up, mel's got him by 2cm, further away from the camera. Also you can not run properly as he did in lethal weopean movies in lifts. I would bet more money he is 5'10 than sly or matt damon. Think Rob's spot on, on mel. Brad says on 20/Jun/09
Bo0069, you've been reading too much Glenn 0-6. Try June 0-9 and all is fine. Bo0069 says on 20/Jun/09
Matt Damon is 5'10, so mel gibson should be a strong 5'10-5'11 right??? Antonio says on 18/Jun/09
Mel looks a little taller than Damon. Again though are they heightening?
Click Here Antonio says on 18/Jun/09
I know this pic has been up before, but thought I should show it again.
Sly appears .5" taller, but is posturing a bit. Again What are they wearing on their feet.
I believe barefoot they are very close to the same height...5-8 & 5-8.5"
Click Here Barry Langcaster says on 18/Jun/09
I have seen Mel in person back in the 90s he did not look that short I am unsure of him wearing lifts or large footware at the time, did seem a tad under 5'9.5 id say, he appeared around 5'8.75. James says on 17/Jun/09
rob are you still going to stick to your guns on the 5'9.5 for Mel Gibson. A lot of people seem to think he's only 5'8. Maybe a downgrade to 5'9 in the future? dman says on 17/Jun/09
id say 5'9" in his prime Frank2 says on 13/Jun/09
Maybe hard for some to pin down in photos and on film, but not in person. At least not for me. Brad says on 12/Jun/09
Glenn was correct in that Gibson is very hard to pin down and is all over the place in height. He must have wild custom boots & shoes. He's worth near a billion so he can get the best stealth there is. TELLEM says on 12/Jun/09
ACG says on 12/Jun/09
Danny, read RisingForce's posts. Gibson is actually in the 5'10 range.
No he's not. Did you watch signs when gibson and joaquin phoenix were barefoot? that wasn't EVEN 2 inches apart. Zach says on 12/Jun/09
Glenn insisted for a long time here - at least a year - that Gibson was in the 5'7-8 range. Strangely he then started insisting that he was 5'9-10. When I asked him about the discrepencies he said he'd have to meet Gibson again to verify his height. Brad says on 12/Jun/09
Correct Danny. Hey ACG, take your shoes for a walk on this one, he burnt little G by 2.5. ACG says on 12/Jun/09
Danny, read RisingForce's posts. Gibson is actually in the 5'10 range. Danny says on 10/Jun/09
Gibson always looked like a 5ft 7.75 guy to me, not much taller. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt as ever and say 5ft 8, he sure as heck ain't taller than that. Brad says on 10/Jun/09
He brought out the big boot customs with Seagal. Weaver wears flats in all her films, you can't destroy actors in 3" heels. James says on 10/Jun/09
Well he did look near 5'10 next to man mountain Steven Seagal. Frank2 says on 10/Jun/09
"But Russel can look 5'10."
Yeah, I guess that's the case when he next to actors who claim to be 5'10" but in reality are shorter. James says on 9/Jun/09
But Russel can look 5'10. Ed(1) says on 9/Jun/09
After watching The Year of Living Dangerously(1982) last night, I'm really thinking Gibson is more like 5ft8-5ft8.5 tops. Sigourney Weaver(5ft11) while wearing flat soled sandals was still taller then him by a good inch, and Gibson wore cowboy boots with what looked like 2" heels throughout the whole movie.
I'd say he might be in the 5ft10 range with his boots, but is more like 5ft8 without them. Frank2 says on 8/Jun/09
Kurt Russell is about 5'9". RisingForce says on 8/Jun/09
Amanda, Mel Gibson was constantly criticized about his height in the press. Only recently when the press had other reasons to target him, did they stop targeting his height. Mel is often called 5'7" or 5'8" in the press, ocassionally, 5'6" and as low as 5'4". He was known as a short man. Throughout the 80's and 90's Mel's height was a popular topic. I actually always thought he was 5'11" because that's what he looked in movies to me and I didn't know much about lifts until the last few years.
I really don't think Mel cares about his height much. I doubt he would have taken his boots off on Letterman's show and I doubt he would gave pointed to his shoes and said there were no lifts in Parkinson's show. Mr T-Cakes says on 8/Jun/09
I'm somewhat skeptical because Gibson has very short arms and legs for a man of 5ft9/10.Check out Lethal Weapon when he's running barefoot for the freeway. Russell looks more in proportion for a man that size, which is my argument.And Brad that ain't no assertion he "is" taller than Mel, rather he definitely "looked" it in Tequila Sunrise. Be it down to lifts, or whatever. Brad says on 8/Jun/09
Uh Vibram...even with no custom wedge he'd own Phoenix with them. He has specially made boots to make him taller. Kurt & Mel are notorious lift wearers with Russell wearing blatant cowboy boots with massive heel (watch him on Arsenio with Sly with heels as big as Burt Reynolds' '78ers) a lot of the time. Uh, Cakes, if he's "a few inches taller" than Mel, then it would be Mel dissuaded. I've seen him plenty of times in stealthy LeBlancers and a touch of Jason mountain boots with Vin tread sometimes. He brings out the cowboy boots with the 6+ footers. I've never seen him in Sly/Vin Boris Karloffers or Glenn Portmans. Amanda Taylor says on 7/Jun/09
Yeah, I don't believe he could be less then 5'9", and he is probably about 5'10". If he were less, I would have noticed his height and lumped him in with celebs such as Cruise, as many have said. Vibram says on 7/Jun/09
I watched "Signs" last night and he was 1 to 1 1/2 taller than Joaquin Phoenix, that makes Mel 5ft9.25 / 176cm in my opinion if Phoenix is 5ft8 / 173cm. He was wearing Wolverine-type boots in the movie, and Phoenix a baseball trainer-type shoe. Hard to tell if he packed lifts into those Wolverines. He doesn't look as small as people make out... certainly not in that movie. Mr T-Cakes says on 7/Jun/09
so what's the popular opinion on the Gibson/Kurt Russell height difference? saw Tequila Sunrise the other day, and Russsell certainly has a couple of inches on Mel. I was thinking director Robert Towne may have dissuaded Russell from wearing lifts so not to "eclipse", as it were, Mel Gibson: as they have equal billing. But some on here say Russell was a notorious lifts wearer,,,help me out here! RisingForce says on 7/Jun/09
I've never seen Mel in chunky Le Blanc type boots Brad. Always cowboy boots. Brad says on 6/Jun/09
Hollywood cowboy boots are full of wedge. He wears those Priestley/LeBlanc boots. I can picture both of them in shorts at Malibu with them on. James says on 4/Jun/09
Mels height is a mystery to me Frank2 says on 4/Jun/09
That was a joke.
When I saw him on the Fox lot, Mel was considerably shorter than me and I'm just about six feet wearing normal shoes with an inch heel.
I'd venture to guess that barefoot Mel is around 5'8". RisingForce says on 3/Jun/09
Frank2 says on 3/Jun/09
"it's hard to tell if he had elevator shoes on."
Mel wears them to bed.
Well Frank, that's extremely possible but I haven't seen him wear anything that looks like elevator shoes. Nothing bigger than standard 2" heeled cowboy boots. Although you can put lifts in them. Midget says on 3/Jun/09
Frank2-what are your thoughts on Mel's barefoot height. 5'8" ish or a tad over? Ali says on 3/Jun/09
Derek you wrote that Clinton prime
was almost 6'2. This is wrong.
Here is a picture of Bill Clinton
and Blair before Clinton had surgery
etc..
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You can see that Clinton is only half an inch or so
taller. We know that Blair is 6'0. So Clinton
is 6'0.5 maybe 6'0.75.
Perhaps his peak height might have been 6'1 which
I strongly doubt. Frank2 says on 3/Jun/09
"it's hard to tell if he had elevator shoes on."
Mel wears them to bed. Antonio says on 2/Jun/09
Again I remind you, that having open-heart surgery will rob most of height. That's why Arnold & Clinton have, indeed lost height. Letterman included. The surgery causes poor posture, which in turn causes more spinal curvature over time. Stiffelio says on 2/Jun/09
Great video clip. Letterman looks 3 in taller than Gibson. Add to that that Mel is wearing aprox 2 in heel cowboy boots. That would make anywhere from 3 1/2 to 4 in height difference between the two guys. derek d says on 1/Jun/09
Clinton in his prime was close to 6'2... He probably has lost height, i mean he's getting kind of old. Letterman may be loosing height as well but that video is from 1995 and he probably still was 6'1.5. RisingForce says on 1/Jun/09
Letterman looked 1" taller than Sly max to me. I think Mel is 5'10" though. Ali says on 31/May/09
Risingforce Letterman is not 6'1.5. He is
the same height and even a tad shorter than
Bill Clinton who is 6'0.5. How do I know
Bill Clinton is 6'0.5? Let me tell you.
Bill Clinton is about an inch shorter than Obama who
said he is about 6'1. So Clinton is shorter than
6'1.
Here are pictures to prove that Obama is clearly
taller:
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Since Obama is 186-187cm and an inch or more taller
than Clinton that makes clinton about 184cm. Which is
6'0.75
Letterman being the same height as Clinton would be 183-184cm max.
It's that simple. Ryan Dallas says on 31/May/09
Mel Gibson is 5'8 and Stallone is 5'7 Since I'm 5' 10" and met both . If they wish to wear shoes or boots to elevate their height, so be it. Their egos are well over six feet!! derek d says on 31/May/09
Great clip Christian, check out Mel and Letterman standing side by side at 3:32 - 3:35. Mel looks 2 inches shorter tops. Thats how much shorter Sly was with Letterman while he was in his huge customs and Mel's boots seem quite normal to me... Hmm confusing. He even takes them off and stands up at one point barefoot next to Letterman! Would a man wearing lifts do that?? Ali says on 30/May/09
Mel Gibson is short dude. 170-173cm, nothing
more. RisingForce says on 30/May/09
Letterman had no more than 2 inches on Mel when Mel was wearing the boots. Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here If Letterman is listed accurately here at 6'1.5" then he'd be about 6'2.5" in those shoes meaning Mel would measure over 6 feet in those boots. They're cowboy boots with 2 inch heels. Even if he had a 1 inch lift in there, that'd still make him Rob's listing of 5'9.5", but I'm not convinced he had a 1 inch lifts in there because I have my doubts that he'd be so quick to take them off if he did.
That has made me more sure than ever about Mel being 5'10". The 5'8" stuff is just incorrect. 5'9" flat is possible but it seems a bit too low now. Christian says on 29/May/09
In this clip Mel has boots on on Letterman. At the end of the clip he is taking them off. Click Here leonari says on 28/May/09
Brad: So Stallone and him are basically identical in height? Both a tad over 5'8.5. Right? RisingForce says on 28/May/09
I'm fine with 5'9" for Mel. I'm not sure if he wears elevators which makes him tricky. He's looked 5'11" in a lot of pictures and movies. TELLEM says on 28/May/09
i agree with brad, weak 5'9 for this guy. Brad says on 28/May/09
Weak 5' 9" at best. Was just over a 5' 6.5" Glenn. Wears custom boots a lot. leonari says on 27/May/09
Brad: Whats your estimate for Gibson? RisingForce says on 27/May/09
i'd be shocked if stallone or gibson were a hair under 5-9. if you want to see guys around 5-8 look at tom cruise, mark wahlberg and robert downey jr. they're all visibly shorter than guys like stallone and gibson.
based on the first video the shortest mel could be is 5-8.5 and that's assuming he was in 3 inch elevators which i doubt he was. Antonio says on 26/May/09
RF - Mel had heeled boots on your first link. You can see them when he walks out. Last night on the "Tonight Show", it looked like he was, in fact wearing elevators. The shoes had that odd look to them. They looked a little higher than normal shoes. I thought Jay had him by 1.5-2" last night. I think Mel is very close to 5-8 or 5-8.5. Very similar to Stallone. RisingForce says on 26/May/09
here are some comparisons with mel and 5-11 jay leno.
in 1998 they look pretty much the same height. Click Here leno may be half an inch taller.
now in 2009, mel looks about an inch shorter. Click Here
it's hard to tell if he had elevator shoes on. RisingForce says on 24/May/09
i haven't heard much about kurt russell wearing lifts, much less anything that would rival burt reynold's footwear in the 70's. i believe burt had a 2.5" heel+1 inch lift combo that almost made him fall while walking.
mel looked 5-11 throughout the lethal weapon series next to 6-3/6-3.5 danny glover. though his cowboy boots helped him that still suggests he's even the 5-9, 5-10 range to me. yoyo says on 24/May/09
i believe without shoes Mel Gibson hit 5ft8.75(174cm). Brad says on 24/May/09
He's no dummy, he'll cast short around himself, he's the boss hoss. vladimir303 says on 24/May/09
He looked decently tall in Mad Max/Road Warrior.....I say he is 5'9 but has shrinked to 5'8 and a half in the last few decades Brad says on 23/May/09
Russell is a notorious lifts guy. He lives in boots a lot also. He had boots that you could trim trees with on during an Arsenio Hall Show with Sly. I haven't seen things like that since Burt Reynolds on The Tonight Show in '78. Mr T-Cakes says on 22/May/09
it is difficult to judgde Mel's height: in some films he appears taller than others. He looked bigger than Joaquin Phoenix in the picture Rising Force put up from the Signs premiere. He just looks "bigger"as a whole:a much bigger head and everything. Big Mike was right that Mel was considerably shorter than 5ft 10 Kurt Russell in Tequila Sunrise. If the latter wasn't in lifts, I'd say Mel was 5ft6/7.God knows what that'll make Phoenix! big mike says on 22/May/09
i don't think so because mel was shorter then kurt russell
and kurt russell is suppose to be 5 ft 10 so he must be shorter then 5 ft 9
i say he's about 5 ft 6 at most jessie says on 18/May/09
In Payback, he clearly was shorter than the two agents hunting him down (though they were well over 6 foot). I'd say he's about 5' 8 1/2"...maybe 5' 9". calvinator says on 18/May/09
More like 5'8.5 to 5'9 max! James says on 17/May/09
Yeah but in interviews you can tell that maddona is a bit self absorbed and not always interested in other people. glenn says on 17/May/09
and sometimes i dont approach them.i watch them being rude to others and hear reports. James says on 16/May/09
gilipollas its not glenns fault sometimes celebs aren't always friendly. glenn says on 16/May/09
gee,i never thought of that.act normal.she is rude with everyone for 20 years in new york city.i never act loud or crazy.never assume. gilipollas says on 16/May/09
glenn, i also met madonna in 1990 and she was so cool with everyone. Maybe if u act as a normal person instead of a fan they just feel more comfortable. James says on 15/May/09
Yeah nothing agianst Maddona but you can tell she's the kind of person who is good at blanking out people. glenn says on 15/May/09
you met him on a good day.notorious for being the worst actually .next to madonna. gilipollas says on 14/May/09
5-9 for Mel. Such a nice guy when i met him. Very friendly and down to eath. RisingForce says on 13/May/09
i'm fine with 5-9 flat or 5-10. i don't think he looks 5-8 often enough to be that and he doesn't have the body of a 5-8 man. bam says on 12/May/09
5'9 flat would not surprise me. The thing is a person should never adjust an estimate based off 1-2 pictures, such as the jim carrey pic. I think 5'9 would be accurate. I'm sure 5'10+ guys would distort the small difference in height and say mel is 5'7. glenn says on 12/May/09
yup.there is more where you see full body.and mel looks 5-8.my friends were there at that event.all said mel was 5-8.but when they saw him recently,they said 5-10. RisingForce says on 12/May/09
here it is glenn. Click Here incredible, one minute he's towering over him and another, they're dead even. i still say 5-9 minimum for mel, but he's confusing. glenn says on 12/May/09
tellem-phoenix could be 5-7ish.sure.but i think he is closer to 5-8 evening.unlike me. glenn says on 12/May/09
risingforce-phoenix could be 5-8 to 5-8.5 morning. glenn says on 12/May/09
i remember that mel taller than phoenix pic.pull up the ones were they are equal.so brad and i can salivate.ron howard is here today.but i think im taking the day off.i lost my 1993 pic with him. RisingForce says on 11/May/09
mel looks 2 inches taller than 5-9 ron howard. Click Here even if he were in huge 3 inch elevators and ron was in 1 inch shoes, that'd still mean mel is 5-9 barefoot. but who knows if that's the case, that does point to mel being in the 5-9, 5-10 range though.
oddly mel looks quite a bit bigger than phoenix in this picture from that signs premiere. Click Here RisingForce says on 11/May/09
davidoff, arnold schwarzenegger is about 6' even today and his height gets made fun of as much, or more than mel's height does.
5-8 flat is too low for mel. he's not around the same height as cruise and downey. he's clearly bigger than those guys. picture either of them looking as tall as mel did with jim carrey. Davidoff says on 11/May/09
There is no chance in hell Gibson is 177cm, do you realise Rob, that a guy who is 177cm would never ever be called short, even in hollywood! He is 175cm. Brad says on 10/May/09
Phoenix & Mel are the same. RisingForce says on 9/May/09
so 5-8 morning height for phoenix glenn? that's what i always had him at. in some premiere pics mel and joaquin oddly looked about the same. Brad says on 8/May/09
Willis would be the one to get sloshed. They still talk about pulling him off the floor to do scenes in '85 while Cybil cried in her dressing room. TELLEM says on 8/May/09
wow glenn, so joaquin phoenix can be 5'7ish? glenn says on 8/May/09
yeah,simpson even fooled me once in person.give mel a bottle of johnny walker and watch him down it,and he will state "im the height you pretend to be glenn,5-8". like that one brad?lol. glenn says on 8/May/09
m night shalaman(sp) is the director of signs.in the behind the scenes footage or photos rather,they looked of similar height i think.at the premiere,m night was an inch,1.5 taller than mel and phoenix,who were both pretty much the same.and did i hear someone say phoenix was 5-8? anyone out there? phoenix for the record has looked 5-10 to me 12 years ago,not knowing who he was.in lifts for a nobody then.he was 5-8,with his arms on my shoulders 2 years ago,telling me he appreciates me,but would rather not pose.and yes,i hate to say it,but we were pretty much the same in height.maybe i was 5-7 flat,and he was 5-7.5 to be perfectly honest in height loss that is.it was 1am. Brad says on 8/May/09
Get Mel drunk and after he shats on his ex, jewish people, he'll reveal his height. There is no other guy that has a height enigma like Gibson. He's in Lethal Weapon looking almost 6' in carefully directed angles and like a shorty on that dinky horse and running with his pack of 5' 8"ers on the countryside in Braveheart. Who is M Night? Jessica Simpson gets the award for looking the tallest through carefully shot videos/casting etc.. I swear to god I thought she was a tall Texan gal but is a shrimp. glenn says on 6/May/09
oh,m night is 5-9.5.i asked him.and he said "put it this way,mel isnt 5-11",when i metioned mel had stated that as his height. glenn says on 6/May/09
he looked a solid 5-8 at the signs premiere next to m night.he looked as tall as i do in my pic with m night.and we all know im not a solid 5-8. Brad says on 6/May/09
He's the biggest mystery. He's also the richest which means means the best stealth shoes/boots. In Braveheart he looked really short on the dinky horse they had him on and running with the dinky actors screaming at their enemies.In the massive Priestley-LeBlanc's (hiking boots with lift) he can slog around in scenes at 5' 11". glenn says on 6/May/09
i dont agree.mel can look 5-10 plenty of times.can he be? sure.but this one i cant argue until i see him again.its been 12 years.can he be 5-8? sure. glenn says on 5/May/09
ill agree with brad on this one.mel could be anywhere from 5-8 to 5-10.the biggest mystery to me. TELLEM says on 5/May/09
i meant nowhere near 5'10. Brad says on 5/May/09
Took off his shoes? No way. He's never been 5' 10" in his life. TELLEM says on 5/May/09
i'll take midget's story over ACG's. i don't believe mel measuring up to 5'10 or close to it. lets not forget, Frank2 stated mel as 5'8 and nowhere near 5'9. he looked 5'8.5 in signs. kommodoro says on 5/May/09
176 cm max Mickey says on 5/May/09
Sorry ACG but i will not believe he took off his shoes in the Parky interview until i see the actual interview. Even Rob states that Mel said "and there are no lifts" while pointing to his shoes, which make it very obvious he stood up in shoes, not barefoot. But your free to believe it :) Midget says on 4/May/09
ACG- I saw the interview with Parky and I dont recall Mel taking off his shoes but he did point to them and state "And look, there are no lifts". He was pretty close to Parky in height who I believe was around 5'10" at peak. Given Parky's age at the time of the interview, I believe he was approx 175cm-176cm or 5'9"-5'9.5" with Mel almost the same. Mel's shoes on the night were not dodgey looking and had a low cut on them with a small heel. They were dress shoes from memory.Like yourself, I cant find the interview either, it seems to be as elusive as Mel's true barefoot height. lol. ACG says on 4/May/09
Mickey: The episode of him on Parky is rare. EXTREMELY rare. I tend to be a true expert on finding "lost" things over the internet (even by using some less than orthodox means, ehem....) and when I used all of my "resources" to try and uncover the full Gibson interview, I came up blank.
Now that's saying a lot as to how hard it is to get ahold of.
My point is, since almost nobody has seen it, several various people over a good few years have come on here and claimed that Mel DID indeed take off his shoes in the interview.
Since the details we have on the clip are vague, I see no reason why not to believe them. After all, if Mel was only 5'8 he:
A. most definitely wouldn't have brought up the issue of height himself in the first place.
B. wouldn't have made himself look like a fool by NOT taking off his shoes when they are so easy to remove, to prove his point.
So there you have it. Mel is 5'10 and, sadly for him, few people got the chance to see his hardcore proof. Brox says on 2/May/09
Gibson is 1,75 or 1,76m. Definitely not under 1,75. Also 99,99% not above or even exact 1,77m. I would say most likely he's 1,76m. Mickey says on 2/May/09
Clark, Mel was wearing big cowboy boots in the picture with Glenn, also standing much closer to the camera. The picture is not conclusive enough to even give a vague height.
ACG when did Mel measure up to Michael Parkinson in socks? I thought he stood up in shoes and was the a similar height to Parkinson, not in socks though.
Don't forget Gary Sinese said Mel is 5'8", which may or may not be true, but something to think about. Mel did look short in the Mad Max films. TELLEM says on 1/May/09
that would make mel gibson 5'11 then ACG. which that i can't believe. ACG says on 1/May/09
I think Clark is right. Even in only his socks he was still as tall as 5'10 Michael Parkinson(who had on shoes). Clark Rockefeller says on 1/May/09
Mel is 5'10". Even in the pic above with Glen where he's stooping you can see he's 2-3" taller. And btw, the Passion and Apocalypto were both good films although not the sort I would generally watch. Davidoff says on 28/Apr/09
He is 5`9 maxxxxx, if that. RandomLeftCoastGuy says on 27/Apr/09
Another celeb I have stood next to. Between 5' 8" and 5' 9." And that was in the "Lethal Weapon days." Davidoff says on 27/Apr/09
ROB CHANGE GIBSON NOW yoyo says on 25/Apr/09
his more like 5ft8.5 than 5ft9.5 guy. JD says on 23/Apr/09
he might be closer to 5'9 now but in his lethal weapon days he could pull off 5'10 glenn says on 20/Apr/09
thanks grace :-) Grace says on 20/Apr/09
Hey Glenn, you look pretty handsome on this picture :D Lenad says on 18/Apr/09
Mel is a solid 5'9 man Metric says on 17/Apr/09
He is a LOADED weapon! Lol. glenn says on 17/Apr/09
i read 800 million worth.now im reading 900 million. glenn says on 16/Apr/09
not 400 milli? ACG says on 16/Apr/09
Hey, Mel- and you also once said you were 5'11, no? Liar.
Oh, and btw The Passion sucked. Brad says on 16/Apr/09
Hey Mel, 200 million out of your pocket in June. RisingForce says on 15/Apr/09
Mel never said he's 5'8". He claimed he was 5'10". Mel Gibson says on 15/Apr/09
How the hell do you people come up with 5'9 5'10 all these different heights. The guy (I) said hes 5'8. So that means hes either 5'8 or shorter. And tom cruise is my mothers height 5'5. Metric says on 14/Apr/09
ACG: Gibson can look 5-8 but I think he is more like 5-9. He is around the same height as Stallone. He stood surprisingly well against Glover in Lethal Weapon. Looked all of 5-11 in that movie but was probably due to cowboy boots and camera tricks. Back when I went to public school there was actually some guy who was convinced Gibson was 6-1 and Glover 6-7 !! Can you spell D E L U S I O N A L! Lol. ACG says on 14/Apr/09
Well, what are your thoughts on Mel Gibson, Metric? Metric says on 14/Apr/09
ACG: 5'9" for Cruise is insane! How can you seriously suggest that??? 5'10.75" for Stallone is pretty unrealistic as well. I think Rob has Stallone pretty much nailed and for Cruise 5'7" but NO MORE!! In danish newspapers Cruise has been listed 5'6" for years for crying out loud!! Do you seriously believe a 5'9" man would get as much flack as Cruise does in the press??? Hell no, in lifts he would reach Stallone territory of 6'0-6'1" all the time. HE DOESN'T. He is a flat 5'7". The reason he looks taller than Glenn in the pic is, yup you guessed it: Lifts. Nuff said. Brad says on 14/Apr/09
They did everything to make him look taller in Braveheart but he still looks barely 5' 9". ACG says on 13/Apr/09
Oh, and Metric, I stated my estimations on April 12 in the form of an opinion. I made it clear that it was only what I personally thought and not a hard, set-in-stone fact that can't be argued with.
You didn't have to call me deluded, and it really just makes you look bad because a lot of smart people around here would vouch for me when it comes to my grip on reality. ACG says on 13/Apr/09
Metric: I base my estimates on what I hear from someone who has studied all three men numerous times in the flesh...and of course, since this person is an expert in height, he is rarely if ever wrong. Of course it's glenn i'm referring to.
So for the reasons above, his estimations are almost always going to correspond with reality. And that has been proven to me by looking at many pictures and videos of all three actors.
Didn't you say Tom was only 5'7 at the very most?? What do you base your beliefs on? Tabloid rumors? Some random schmoe who claims Tom is a midget? Possibly even one or two inaccurate photos that make Tom look shorter than he really is(just like everybody can in pictures)???
I came to my conclusions by a mixture of the words from the non-bull****ter known as glenn, and a wide variety of pictures of the said stars from every angle imaginable and with just about all known footwear. I also factor in some of what the other intelligent people who post here say, but if their word ever conflicts with glenn's, then they lose much credibility in my book.
I really don't see any of my reasonings as being deluded. RisingForce says on 13/Apr/09
ACG, I agree to some extent. I think Cruise is 5'8" out of bed, give or take a 1/4 inch. IMO Cruise isn't below 5'7.5" but not above 5'8.25" either. Gibson I agree with, somewhere in the 5'9", 5'10" range. I agree with Stallone being 5'10.75", but first thing in the morning. I'd bet he shrinks to a fla 5'10" by evening. Yarud says on 13/Apr/09
Please look at the jimmy Kimmel Show.If it's Kimmel 6 ft. tall,Gibson is no more than the height that's Glenn Picture with him show.I think 5.9,5 is the right height for him,maybe less but no more than this. Metric says on 13/Apr/09
ACG: You are deluded. I really don't see anything else as being truth. Sorry. ACG says on 12/Apr/09
Here's my current forecast:
Cruise: 5'8-5'9
Gibson: 5'9-5'10
Stallone: 5'10-5'11 (5'10.75 to be exact)
I really don't see anything else as being truth. RisingForce says on 12/Apr/09
Gibson does look average, as much as 5'11", even close to 6-1 in the pictures with Jim Carrey! He'd have to be over 5'9" to pull that off. If he looked shorter it was because he was often seen next to 6'3" Danny Glover. TELLEM says on 12/Apr/09
how is he 5'9-5'9.5 when he and joaquin phoenix were the same height in signs. hes 5'8-5'8.5 the truth says on 12/Apr/09
I think 5'9-5'9.5 is right for Mel, I mean come on, lets be honest, we have never seen him look short. To me he has always appeared to look around average. frosty says on 11/Apr/09
i thought mel gibson was around 6 feet thats a surprize lol Ali says on 10/Apr/09
Mel Gibson is never 177 cm! He is shorter than 5'9. Doug says on 7/Apr/09
He only looked 5'11" in lifts LOL! I always thought he was 5'8" but on occasions he does look nearer 5'10". I'd have probably said 5'9". RisingForce says on 7/Apr/09
Yeah, Rob has him listed well. I'd go a half inch higher though, atleast out of bed. Lenad says on 7/Apr/09
He could look a solid 5ft11 next to Danny Glover at times but of course thats lifts. He seems like a solid 5ft9 guy. Random Person says on 6/Apr/09
5'8.25 with elevator shoes. RisingForce says on 4/Apr/09
Strong 5'9" or a weak 5'10" for Mel. MikeM says on 3/Apr/09
Hard to pinpoint exactly but I'd say 5'9.5 sounds right. Hes always wearing a thick heel and his small frame makes him look shorter than what he is. Lenad says on 2/Apr/09
175-176cm glenn says on 1/Apr/09
sly isnt an enigma to me.i know how tall he is.mel is still an enigma to me until i see him again. sodapop says on 31/Mar/09
Mad Max wore motorcycle boots giving him a good 1.5 inches or more. miko says on 31/Mar/09
Glenn, xext time you see Gibson and he refuses a photo, you should tear him a new one. Rusty says on 31/Mar/09
I always thought of him as being more 5'11" in Braveheart. leonari says on 30/Mar/09
I agree Tellem. He could be even shorter. Along with Sly the biggest enigma of the Superstars TELLEM says on 29/Mar/09
was watching signs last night, and through out the film he looked the same height as 5'8 joaquin phoenix. i still stand by 5'8.5 for mel gibson short stack says on 29/Mar/09
JD yes when I watched Mel in Mad Max and Road Warrior he looked pretty tall but he was wearing motorcycle boots in those movies. But when I saw him in Lethal Weapon he looked shorter, that could be because he was next to Danny Glover alot and Danny is like 6'2, so its hard to tell JD says on 29/Mar/09
i don't think he can be less than 5'9 i've been watching him all my life and never even noticed his height RisingForce says on 28/Mar/09
No I'm not wrong. Glover seemed to be about 4 inches taller than him and Glover is or was atleast 6'3". Cowboy boots have 2 inch heels, which give 1 inch more than regular shoes. sodapop says on 27/Mar/09
rising force wrong again. at least tellem understood RisingForce says on 26/Mar/09
No sodapop everyone else had shoes that added atleast 1 inch too so who cares if his shoes gave him 2 inches. They only gave him a 1 inch advantage. Everyone else didn't run around barefoot.
I saw Gibson only 4-5 inches shorter than 6'3", 6'3.5" Danny Glover in that movie. TELLEM says on 26/Mar/09
i agree with sodapop...he had cowboy boots, but only looked 5'8-5'9. sodapop says on 26/Mar/09
Risingforce, you missed my point, yes he was wearing cowboy boots but he looked 5'9" with the boots on. Cowboy boots give you about 2 inches. So that means Mel is 5'7". I am 5'9.5" and with Cowboy boots on I'm almost 6 feet tall and Mel did not look close to 6ft Stiffelio says on 26/Mar/09
I agree with Midget. Also in The Patriot, Mel looks consistently taller than Joely Richardson who is at least 5'9". Metric says on 26/Mar/09
I agree, Adam. Since he is all muscle no fat he must be benching around 300 lbs. He is a mean mother*beep*beep! RisingForce says on 26/Mar/09
Yeah he was wearing cowboy boots throughout the whole movie and looked 5'10.5", 5'11". That means he's atleast in the 5'9", 5'10" range as the rest of the cast had shoes as well. sodapop says on 26/Mar/09
I'm 5'9.5" and Mel is not as tall as me, hes 5'8" Max, and if you remember in Lethal Weapon 1 he was wearing cowboy boots thru the whole movie. Midget says on 25/Mar/09
I just watched The Patriot again with Heath Ledger and Mel looks a solid 177cm-178cm through out the entire film. Ledger looked 184cm-185cm range. Both of their footwear looked normal when in shot. Several standing side by side shots between Ledger and Gibbo confirm to me now that Gibbo is 177cm/178cm barefoot or 5'10" and Ledger 6'1".Awesome film btw. adam says on 25/Mar/09
Mel looks shortish and bulky. About 5-8½ and close to 190lbs. glenn says on 24/Mar/09
i had no clue what i was in for with mr.warmth.he tore me a new one. Bob says on 24/Mar/09
Okay will someone please explain to me who this Glenn guy is and how he's met essentially every major film star in America? Haha Brad says on 24/Mar/09
1 million out of 500 million net worth is like a couple bucks to him. I don't think a lot of the Hollywood community likes him anymore, he got drunk and said naughty stuff. Didn't he tell Glenn to do something that is impossible with one's body? He needs a bar of soap for his mouth. bam says on 23/Mar/09
i do agree 5'8 is ridiculous. Like rising said imagine jeremey piven, or mark wahlberg at 6ft. I guess 5'9.5 is closer to the truth. He isn't a full 2 inches taller than robert downey junior, but he isn't 5'9 flat either. Yarud says on 22/Mar/09
I think Mel's range is betw.5'9-5'10.But his really high you can look what he's doing for people who needs a helping hand.So this year in February he subscribe 1 Million Dollars. Ironman says on 22/Mar/09
agree wit u rising force. RisingForce says on 20/Mar/09
Tell that to Jim Carrey sodapop. The only way I could buy Mel as low as 5'8" is if guys like Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr. are 5'7", which is possible, but I don't think it's likely.
I think Mel is likely in the 5'9"-5'10" range. He doesn't look as short as guys like 5'7", 5-8ish guys Cruise, Downey, Mark Wahlberg, Jeremy Piven ect. sodapop says on 18/Mar/09
You guys who think Mel is 5'9" or 5'10" are wrong, Mel is 5'8" or between 5'7" and 5'8" sodapop says on 18/Mar/09
Mel is no more than 5'8" Brad says on 18/Mar/09
Next to Glover he was wearing built in magic. ACG says on 18/Mar/09
weird....i'm not an expert on lifts/boots, but i'd imagine it would be rather difficult to maneuver. then again, i'm rather weak so there's no way i'd be able to handle the extra bulk inside my shoes while doing stunts....chuck and mel on the other hand were pretty well built up, so i guess it could've worked for them. especially if the shoes were custom built for that purpose, maybe with soft, lightweight material such as some sort of cork, allowing the wearer to be light on their feet when needed.
again, this all just speculation on my part.... RisingForce says on 18/Mar/09
Interestingly enough I remember a shoemaker saying once that Chuck Norris asked him to make his cowboy boots with built in lifts so he could look tall in the fight scenes.
I'm back to thinking that Mel is a minimum 5'9" though and maybe more like 5'10". Certainly not over 5'10" though. ACG says on 17/Mar/09
there's no way he could've been hiding anything ridiculous in those boots considering all the fighting and moving about he was doing.... RisingForce says on 17/Mar/09
I'll have to watch that scene again Tellem. For the most part I always thought he looked 5'10"-5'11" in those Lethal Weapon movies next to Glover. Although you never know what he could have been hiding in those cowboy boots. Brad says on 16/Mar/09
Somebody put it up and end this mess. Anything at the beach is great. Yer right Tellum. ACG says on 16/Mar/09
i shall post screencaps....just give me a day tops. glenn says on 15/Mar/09
i forgot they were even in the same movie.i dont own it.have to see that now. TELLEM says on 15/Mar/09
in lethal weapon 2 at the end of the movie when there on the boat, glover looked about 5-6 inches taller than mel gibson...in the film gibson looked 5'8-5'9 to me. Yarud says on 15/Mar/09
Brad,the scence in Tequila Sunrise is when first Mel is at the beach with his son.Than the son has an accident in the water.So Mel is carrying him in his house(barefoot)and Michelle Pfeiffer walks beside him.If you watch the movie,take a look at the scences with Kurt Russel(who's in real life a good friend of Mel).Looks like the same high.
Years ago i found a picture in the web,where Mel and Kurt walks along a pavement,both were joking and have a lot fun.In that pic Mel was maybe an inch taller than Kurt,but it's possible he wear lifts.Mels height is astonishing. RisingForce says on 15/Mar/09
Brad says on 14/Mar/09
Barefoot by Michelle Pfieffer and about the same height?. That ends this one.
Not unless the scene is posted. Brad says on 14/Mar/09
Barefoot by Michelle Pfieffer and about the same height?. That ends this one. Will says on 12/Mar/09
I think its safe to say if someones shoulders are two inches above yours your no where near their height, unless your a giraffe of course. Jim carry is at least 6ft1, and hes obviously learning forward, there is something not quite right about that picture. RisingForce says on 12/Mar/09
Right now I've changed my mind and I think he's 5'10" too. He can look 6 feet and I've never seen him in footwear bigger than 2 inch cowboy heels. In them he towered over 5'8" Rene Russo(in heels) and he was only 2-3 inches shorter than 6'3" Danny Glover at the Lethal Weapon 3 premiere.
Even in the Lethal Weapon movies Glover rarely had more than 4 inches on Mel. Ian says on 11/Mar/09
I think he should be upped to 5ft10 178cm. He always looks around that.
WILL, height is to the top of head.
Those pictures with Carrey even though Mel is further forward on the camera shows me he is not under 5ft10. RisingForce says on 11/Mar/09
He looked 5'11" usually in the Lethal Weapon films. Then again his 2 inch cowboy boots gave him about an inch advantage over Glover's shoes. We also don't know if he had anything in those boots. Regardless he never looked under 5'10" in those movies and usually 5'11" so I'll say 5'9" minimum barefoot for Mel. |
