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Ralph Macchio's height is 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)

US Actor from The Outsiders and Karate Kid.

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Lee says on 21/Mar/10
I agree with Danimal, i don't think he's under 5'9". Just look at My Cousin Vinny, he's got to be a good 5 inches taller than Joe Pesci(i think he's listed here at 5'4")
Danimal says on 28/Feb/10
Got 5'10" listings in the late 80's. Sorry, but I don't see him under 5'9".
Vibram says on 27/Feb/10
I'd say a mid-strong 5ft8... something like 174cm. Whats strange about this guy is that his face/skull looks to have kept growing well into his late 30s, and he didn't at all resemble an adult man before that. In 1991 aged 30/31 whilst filming my cousin Vinnie he looked more or less the same as he did at age 23 - passed for a middle teen around 15/16. His face seemed to change around the middle 1990's; his jawline got more robust and forehead looked higher etc. In 1999 Outer Limits he looked around 24/25 and resembled a man for the first time at the grand age of 37.
Marcus says on 27/Jan/10
In the television show "Eight is Enough" Macchio was slightly taller than the 5'7" Grant Goodeve. Several shots of them in athletic shoes on a level surface confirms this. Since he is now almost 50, 5'7.5" could be considered a good estimate for Macchio.
Stockybuild says on 24/Jan/10
Most likely he could be 5ft8.5, which could explain why he's listed as 5-8 and 5-9.
runt says on 20/Nov/09
I don't know what you guys mean. He just turned 48 and he still doesn't look it

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Curtis C. says on 20/Sep/09
Hey, dani, if you are still, back a few months ago when said that Ralph was a little tall for an Italian-American actor being at 5'9", I didn't mean that he was huge, that he was average, meaning that he wasn't really short. 'Cause some Italian actors are not really tall and they are usually short. Ralph is indeed at an average height, but not tall.
Aleks says on 15/Sep/09
I somehow always thought he was around 5'10".
HeyThere says on 13/Jun/09
I'm gonna second that Brad Garret isn't Italian, but Matt, Jewish is not a nationality. Saying 'he's not Italian, he's Jewish,' is like saying, "This car isn't slow, it's blue."
Matt says on 4/Apr/09
Um, Brad Garrett is not really Italian. He is Jewish. Robert Barone was a character he played who was Italian. The man himself is not.
dani says on 8/Mar/09
Curtis Do you know who Brad Garret? He's an italian american actor who's the tallest actor i've ever seen. Go check him out. He's around 6"9(206cm). Ralph might be average but there are some italian american actors who're really tall including Romano from everybody loves raymond who's 6"2,etc.
Curtis C. says on 19/Feb/09
I would say that Ralph is 5'9" which is a little tall for an Italian-American actor. That's cool. It makes me feel that I should be at least about that height.
Deano says on 15/Jan/09
man seriously though, he looked quite tall next to the guy who played the guy who rapph fights at the end of movie karate kid the first one.because that guy is put down as 6 ft 1/2.
Jay says on 5/Dec/08
The comments imply that he's taller, but I'm not so sure. He looks tall because of his slender build, but he's also somewhat petite. The listed height is correct, but let's give him the 5'9" when he's wearing certain shoes.
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ed says on 22/Nov/08
my cousin vinny is on right now and he stands up for the lineup and is clearly at the 6 foot mark...maybe they fudged it for the movie
deano says on 14/Nov/08
now somrthing really wierd about ralph maccio is that he actually looks the height hes put down as which I belived was 5 ft 9, thats funny to other celebs heights as some look nothing like their heights.I belive that dis guy actually looks 5 ft 9 and you could be right him being as short as 5 ft 8.dis guy genuinly looks tall hes got long legs, biologically he looks 5 ft 8 or 9.But again I wouldnt be surprised if he was 2 - 4 inches smaller than his given height,lets just take it as celeb height because im pretty sure most people will be shorter than the height given.Its definatly CELEB height.
Torvald says on 31/Jul/08
Bones can grow thicker, though, and non-long bones can grow in all directions; that's why people with acromegaly (excess growth hormone) end up with these weird Neanderthal features. I also read an article about a study which found that facial bones grow into adulthood, specifically the forehead and jaw, whose prominence makes a person look older.
Ed Kline says on 25/Jul/08
Daniel not one thing you said was correct. not one. Once the growth plates close, its over, and most people who hit puberty early ( like age 10-12) growth plates also close earlier, because the chemical markers that instruct them to close come earlier as well.
Daniel says on 16/Jul/08
The bones given external stimulus or physiological need can grow till 40 year old so it's definitely possible to grow at 26. This though doesn't mean late puberty. If by puberty we mean the development of secondary sexual characteristics it is supposed to occur at 12-13 and the rare cases in which it hasn't occurred yet at 15-16 are considered medical problems that affect the organs before affecting the growth. So just because a person keeps growing or keeps looking very young it doesn't mean that puberty was delayed. A puberty delay that would cause it to occurr at 25 is unheard of and would be a medical weirdness. Actually most of those who keep growing well beyond their 20 or that keep looking 15 at 30 were early bloomers getting the first puberty signs around 10.
sam says on 10/Jul/08
i don't know...In my causin vinney he was bending way down to hug/talk to joe pesci who's around 5'5. Might have to disagree with you there rob. I say he's around 5'10
Anonymous says on 19/Jun/08
He looked kind of lanky on that episode of Entourage he was in. I would have guessed 5'10 minimum.
5ft 9in GUY says on 9/Jun/08
i think 5ft 8in is right coz, Mr Myagi(Japanese dude in karate kid) is 5ft 3in, and he looked about 5in taller, and sometimes he looked even shorter
Davey says on 5/Jun/08
I thought this guy would have atleast hit 5`10.
angie says on 3/May/08
how tall is c. thomas howell? i tried to find him here but I just can't.
Anonymous says on 15/Dec/07
In the movie My Cousin Vinny, Macchio is much taller than 5'4.5" Joe Pesci. I'd say anywhere from 5'9" to 5'10".
Nik says on 20/Sep/07
I think he's 5-7. I don't think he can even be that tall. He looks like a small guy from what I've seen of him.
HeyNow says on 26/Aug/07
In Beer League there's a scene in jail with artie lange and macchio standing next to each other, and a full frame shot (including their feet) is shown and they appear to be the same height. Even though he claims to be 6'0" in the movie, Artie has said on the howard stern show that he is 5'10".
mama says on 6/Jul/07
i happen to know him and hes a great guy.. so he looks young and hes only 5 10 he still looks the same and hes still really funny..
KingNick says on 11/May/07
I don't think its so much that he grew taller by the time he made My Cousin Vinny it's just that he finally filled out. He was skin and bones in the first Karate Kid but if you watch each sequel if he filled out a little more and a little more. By the time he hit My Cousin Vinny I think the guy finally lost that great metabolism.
Chip says on 10/Apr/07
Even if Ralph hasn't grown since the Karate Kid, he definitely hit puberty late. He looked and sounded about 13 or 14 in the Karate Kid, and he was really about 23 or 24.
Anonymous says on 13/Feb/07
It's funny. Ralph looked like he had a growth spurt. He looked much older and his voice change especially from Karate Kid and My Cousin Vinny. And this was from the age of 20-30.
Snakeman says on 2/Nov/06
I think he looks same as in KK in Vinny
Danimal says on 30/Oct/06
Robert Deniro is also said to have been 5'10" as well (not anylonger obviously). The thing with Ralph, is that he REALLY didn't look like he hit his maturity until well into his late 20's, or I could be wrong about that. He DID appear taller in Karate Kid III than he did in part I and that's comparing a 23 year old to a 27 year old and then look at him in 1992 at 31 in My Cousin Vinny.
sam says on 29/Oct/06
bob deniro's 5'9 so this guy must have grown. But he's twenty four there. What?!!
Danimal says on 27/Oct/06
Ronnie James Dio is in his mid 60's and looks great. As for Ralph's height, I give him 5'9"-5'10". That was what he was always listed at in the late 80's (definitely after he stopped growing).
Jason says on 27/Oct/06
I met Bret Hart when he was 44 and he more or less looked the same as ever.
Jason says on 26/Oct/06
Larry Mullen can look very young for 44, but you can still tell he's an older guy.
Jason says on 25/Oct/06
They're the exceptions and you can imagine all the work they've had done. The vast majority of people don't. Ralph Macchio must be almost 45 now.
leonari says on 24/Oct/06
Tom Cruise looks almost the same as in his 20 ies...plenty of guys do. Ralph Macchio was a good looking adolescant but once he matured became quite an ugly guy...
D. Ray Morton says on 24/Oct/06
" Who looks the same in their 40s as they did in their 20s?"

Brad Pitt? Dick Clark? Gary Coleman?
TJ says on 24/Oct/06
Like a monster? lol. Geez, the guys just not in his early 20s anymore. Who looks the same in their 40s as they did in their 20s?
Anonymous says on 7/Aug/06
sorry, the movie Macchio is in is My Uncle Vinny. He looks like the exact height of Kevin Spacey, who is apparently 5 ft 9.5 in.

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Anonymous says on 5/Aug/06
I kind of agree with Azarea because I watched My Cousin Vinny and Macchio clearly looks taller and older.
Terrence says on 13/Apr/06
In that picture he looks 5'6
trueheight says on 16/Mar/06
i think Burt just gets listed as short cuz he shares the same body type w/ shortish types like danny devito and bob hoskins. Macchio certainly is young looking. He did appear quite on the shortish side when next to Kevin Dillon on one of the episodes of Entourage
trueheight says on 27/Jan/06
i can't believe he is shorter than burt young in that pic. This kid towered over mr. miyagi, but he was very very slight
Sal says on 12/Nov/05
either dinero is taller than 5'8.5" or Macchio is shorter than 5'8.5"... only other thing that could cause that kind of height discrepency would be shoe's...
Wake up says on 19/Jun/05
He's certainly 5'7''. look at his movies and at age 24 you can't grow up an inch anymore
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