MacGyver fan says on 27/Jun/08
One more point. In the episode "Strictly Business", Murdoc (Michael Des Barres) describes MacGyver (Anderson) as "around 6'1".

MacGyver fan says on 14/Jun/08
Allright. In MacGyver,he manages to be taller than a fair few folks. In some scenes it seems as if he does not have much on Dana Elcar,who was an old man at the time. In addition,the man that played his grandfather (In MacGyver) appeared exactly his height,which is not very likely. Dana Elcar,as Pete Thornton,described him as "kind of tall, a little over six feet" in one episode. Six feet in centimeters is about 182,90 rounded up, so he could be as much as 188 or he could be as little as a weak 184 or something.

Ola says on 11/Apr/08
he is 6'1! in a couple macgyver episodes they have claimd his height as 6'1 and 6'0... ithink we can forget anything over 6'1

Daniel says on 22/Mar/08
Of course he is very tall. In MacGyver he usually towered almost everybody, even Dana Elcar (Pete Thornton), who was himself 6'1'' peak and no less than 6' in the 80's. I would say 6'3'' was not exaggerating for RDA's height at that time.

bad english says on 18/Feb/08
Why would somebody 6' or 6'1" tall guy lie his height one inch taller? I mean, if he was 6' or 6'1", I quess that height would be just fine to be listed everywhere. Usually guys who are under 5'11 puts some one or even two inches extra on their height. So he is 6'2".

Penysh says on 9/Feb/08
I saw RDA on a talk show where the host ask him how tall he was, [because he towered over the host] and he said he was 6'2" Look at him on Stargate, He towers over the other members of the cast.

AshnarLynx says on 20/Dec/07
He's probably 6'1 and wears some big shoes. In MacGyver he was always in sneakers and they can add a bit of height.

AshnarLynx says on 20/Dec/07
I saw him once on Conan O'Brien and he didn't look 6'2 to me, surprisingly. More like 6 feet.

456 says on 2/Aug/07
he only looks like hes wearing lifts because in sg1 there wearing boots all the time which add abit to there height, but in mcgyver he wears converse which are flat so its about right.

hb45 says on 6/Feb/07
Personnally, I don't think he wears lifts. Anyway, not in McGyver, where he was jumping and running all the time, which would be hard to do with lifts. I think he's genuinely tall, and 188cm seems good to me.

rider says on 21/Jan/07
he wears lifts ,you can tell by the way he walks on screen ,it's VERY similar to all the other lift shoe wearers ,like arnie, sly, kurt russell, i'd say 6ft max !

Big Dave says on 7/Jan/07
I think that he is 6'1.5, just a bit shorter than he is listed here. He looks about 1.5 inches taller than Michael Shanks And about 1.5 inches shorter than Chris Judge, particularly in the earlier Stargate series. I think he needs to be down graded slightly to 187cm.

[Editor Rob: I think probably right, whether he has lost 1cm or just always is 187 not sure on]

Editor Rob says on 8/Sep/06
Described in 1986 chicago times "strapping 6-foot-2"

Boobula says on 15/Dec/05
Anderson is not more than 1 inch taller than Michael Shanks, when Shanks is standing straight. Sometimes he does look a couple inches taller next to Shanks, but that's because Shanks is a terrible sloucher. In scenes where they are next to each other and Shanks takes a rare erect stance, you can clearly see there's no more than an inch between them. Shanks claims that he is six feet even, which he looks. In any event, it's extremely unlikely that he's taller than that, since actors almost always round up their heights or tack on a full extra inch.

Also, the tv show MacGyver had a couple references to Mac's height. One has been mentioned, another one was MacGyver being identified as 6'1" on an ID card of some sort, if I remember correctly.

d says on 3/Dec/05
in a macgyver episode, Pete thorton was describing him to somebody and called him "a little over 6 feet"

Big Dave says on 20/Apr/05
This looks accurate to me. I have been watching Stargate for years and he is definitely a good two inches taller than Michael Shanks.

Mr. R says on 18/Apr/05
I go back with RDA into the 70's when he originated the role of Dr. Jeff Weber on General Hospital. He was listed at 6-2 then, and I still think he's pretty close to it now.

Smoke says on 17/Apr/05
Yeah, he is indeed suprisingly tall! At first glance you definately don't notice him to be a particularly tall guy, infact in my first guess I thought he was something like 5'10", but then you see him next to other people and he really does look 6'1"-6'2". Not sure if he's still quite 6'2", but he definately had to have been close to this at his peak.

Chicky says on 17/Apr/05
In Stargate, Teryl Rothery (Janet Fraiser) had to wear her 'big' shoes when she was in a scene with Rick, because she is only 5 foot 2. Also, he is definetaly a couple of inches taller then Michael Shanks, who is 6 foot, and is a bit smaller then Chris Judge, who is around 6 foot 3. I'd say that 6 foot 2 is right on the money