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Dude says on 28/Jan/12
Walked by him at Phoenix Comic Con last year and he didn't seem any taller than myself, 5'9".
Sceptic says on 26/Nov/11
Haha, yes Wheaton does look close to one 'flen'. I mean, like I said, I think Notch does have a little more footware, but he's noticably behind Wheaton and has (in my opinion) a worse posture. I just struggle to see a solid 5'10 here, I guess. Sceptic says on 25/Nov/11
This will probably make me seem obsessed, lol, but honestly I just happened to stumble across this picture coincidently and thought it gave another particularly good chance for a comparison.
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It's a picture of Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton with the Markus Persson AKA 'Notch', the game designer behind the PC game 'Minecraft'. Anyway, Notch himself claims to be 176cm which I think is roughly 5'9.25. (Source: Click Here)
So here's my thinking. In the photo above, Notch clearly has a footware advantage, with his shoes looking to be a good 1.25 inches (maybe even 1.5)while Will's look to be a typical 0.75 inch sneaker. Regardless, Wil is closer to the camera and seems to have a much straighter posture. So, all in all, this again makes me wonder about a full 5'10 for this guy. My thinking is 5'9.5 max, quite possibly less. I'd be interested in your take though, Rob.
Oh, this may also be a good picture for guessing Felicia Day's height, seeing as she doesn't have a page yet. She get's listed at 5'5 (A quick google search will reveal that) but considering her heels I think she looks under that in this picture. Maybe 5'4? I can't tell what her posture's like.
Anyway, sorry for another long post.
[Editor Rob: flen and wheaton look very close in height, although it's possible he has a fraction more footwear than wil.] Sceptic says on 16/Oct/11
I'll trust you on that Rob, but I'd find it hard to believe that Wheaton's shoes give anything less than 0.5 of an inch. And when you consider he looks solidly a little shorter than Spiner throughout the whole scene, I think 5'9.5 would be the highest I could see for this guy. Just my opinion though, but I'd think a solid 5'10 should look taller than this. Sceptic says on 15/Oct/11
I also just saw that BBT episode, Vinnie (It's called 'The Russian Rocket Reaction'for anyone who wants to check it out, Bret and Wheaton can be seen at around the 19-20 minute mark). Wheaton looks about a half inch to an inch shorter than Brent Spiner. You even see their footware in the scene and both look to be wearing around the same. I would say 5'9 seems like a far closer bet for this guy considering Rob has Spiner at 5'9.5.
It's also worth noting that Parsons doesn't look the 4 inches taller than Spiner that he should, Johnny Galaki does look a good 4.5 inches shorter than Bret so the 5'5 list seems very accurate, and finally Kunal Nayyar looks nowhere near the 5'8 he gets listed at as he looks a good 1.5-2 inches shorter than Rob did with Spiner.
Sorry for the long post, but it's rare that we get a chance to compare celebs with someone whose height we can compare with Rob.
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I took some screencaps too. One shows the two together (not as good as actually watching the scene though). The other shows footware.
[Editor Rob: brent's got nike free I think, a solid inch sneaker, what wil wears I can't see them closely.] vinnie says on 15/Oct/11
Also saw him on big bang theory, and he was an inch or 2 below Brent Spiner, who was about 2" shorter than Parsons. |
