How tall is Sylvester Stallone - Page 9

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Average Guess (591 Votes)
Peak: 5ft 8.89in (175cm)
Current: 5ft 8.02in (172.8cm)
Frankie68 said on 12/Apr/17
Sly moved around in cobra pretty well on munsters !! He runs around in rambo in massive boots !! He ran around in over the top on massive boots !! He danced on stage in rhinestone pretty good on massive lifts ! Hes fought in the ring on weged up boxing shoes !! I think i made my point ! I also never claim he wears 6-7 inch shoes !! But he does wear 3-4 inch plus ,,particually back in the day ! Ive always put him at 5'7 cause of his footwear of past & present ,,for example ,, sly & carl weathers in the rocky movies always looked 2-3 inches apart ,, but when you recently saw them at a golden globe event the height difference was very noticable ,,(and its not an age thing or sly losing height) cause theres a video of Carl & Sly practicing the fight for rocky in the 70's & carl is towering over sly .. everyone has there opinions here & so do i ,, and my belief is he is shorter than expected not taller !!!
Arthur said on 12/Apr/17
Hey frankie do you know a site that sells 7inch - 8inch type of elevator shoes ? I am looking forward to try them since I am 5ft8.5 normally maybe I can pull of 6ft2 in weddings. I will be very glad If you send me link of the site ? I also asked allan from dons that could he make a 7inch Midsole walkable elevator shoe . He replied I could make Arthur but you cant walk with them so better buy a photoshop program to make yourself that much taller. Also I am looking forward to meet G in NYC next winter he send me a mail that he is trying to design the expendables 3 version of portmans which adds 3inches. Offered me a good price. He also said he is the same height as Rob but he is thinking Rob weared 1.2inches lifts in his socks that measurment day. So Sly can maybe be 5ft7 ıf he wears 1inch lifts in his socks 5cm heeled cowboy boots and 3inch internal lifts = 5FT7 sly appeared 5ft11 in 1980s.. Thats the only possibility that comes into my mind. But I only had one confusion Frankie how Sly could able to run in movies or jumped , punched , kicked you know that movements ? Can you explain how a person can run with 6inch elevator shoes ? I am not offensing you are a nice member of the site but nearly most of us wonders you to explain your 5ft7 claim with logic ? Also last summer you dropped your claim to 5ft6.75 range. Of course Sly is getting older everyday ıt can be also guesseble...
MJKoP said on 11/Apr/17
Frankie68 said on 11/Apr/17
What ever pics of Stallone you see , just minus 3-4 inches in his height !


I'm sorry, but that is one of the most ill-informed things I've ever read on this website. So I guess when he looks over 5'9" BAREFOOT, he really isn't? SMH.
Frankie68 said on 11/Apr/17
What ever pics of Stallone you see , just minus 3-4 inches in his height ! Debate over !!! Its that simple !! Even his dress shoes are wedged up ! If someone can post the pic im looking for , (theres 2 pics , One , hes in burgandy shoes, the other , blue shoes, ) they are embarrassing looking ,, for a man of his wealth , i couldnt believe what he was wearing ,,The shoe literally has no heel & its just a platform ,, theres no other way to explain this shoe ,,i hope someone can find the pic ,,
Leo2001 said on 11/Apr/17
Arnie and Stallone

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Near 4 inches Rob?
Pierre said on 11/Apr/17
@RisingForce
Hum,excuse me but=there is something strange with Big Dale=are you sure he's always 6"2' this days?=next to him kurt Angle(listed 5"10')is looking taller than next to 6"0' Big Alex!!!I know their postures are not exactly the same but ... Click Here Click Here
RisingForce said on 10/Apr/17
It's true Dolph looks shorter with Rob, but look at Dolph with Rob's 6'2" friend when he stands straight: Click Here Dolph doesn't look under 190 cm there and can still look 6'3", but I'm fine with 190 and can't really argue with a strong 189 either, but you have to be aware of putting too much stock into one photo. A tall man like Dolph can lose quite a bit slouching. And correct, Danimal. Brigitte has claimed 6'1" many times as well. I'd bet she's somewhere around 184 cm. You can't always assume with very tall women that they're always no taller than they're lowest claim.
Editor Rob
there's not much between Big Dale and Dolph in person...but Dolph is taller by between 1/2 to 1 inch.
andre said on 10/Apr/17
5ft8 with shoes 5ft7 barefoot
Arthur said on 10/Apr/17
Rob prooved millions of times that the most a person get with elevator shoes is 10cm. So If a person wears that 5inch ones If he is 170cm he can mostly measure 180cm in stadiometer. And just try to walk with that 5inch monsters, just try to run with them , just try to wear them in action movies... SO 5FT7 İS NO SENSE.. Just try to walk with that dons 5inch monsters you will look like a red army commander stalin. I just want all of my friends in this forum to think logically. There is no way you walk normally with these 5inch shoes that gives 10cm.. And one more point yes they give 10cm but every person has at least 2 cm shoes. So please stop this 5ft7 or 5ft10 thing.

Click Here just try to walk with 10cm shoes for 30 minutes then get foot damage.. yet try to wear these in an action movie.

Look everyone If Sly was 5ft7 peak he would have most looked 5ft9 or 5ft9.5..

If Sly was 5ft10 he would have looked 6ft in every photo.. Why cant you unable to understand this truth ? Can you explain us with logic ? Now the 5ft7 supporters biggest thing the burt young photo : Now I will explain Sly has 1cm converse yet slouching 3cm easily. Burt young has 4cm portman shoes and standing very straight adding himself 1cm with his millitary posture. What these means : This photo giving burt young 6cm of advantage and making him same as Sly.. Lets be very pessimistic Sly will be still at least 1.74 cm at his peak.. OR JUST MAKE A VİDEO AND MAKE A 170CM MAN PULL OF 6FT .. And please make him run without falling ... And look again when G weared his portmans and and Rob weard flats ROB STİLL LOOKED TALLER THAN G... Please these elevators wont make a 5ft6 man 5ft11.. Please understand that truth..
Pierre said on 10/Apr/17
Dolph look easily under 189 next to Rob imo,he's slouching but Rob isn't very straight too
John said on 10/Apr/17
In lifts: 5'11"
Barefoot: 5'8.5"
Danimal said on 9/Apr/17
Arthur said on 6/Apr/17
Nielsen is a legit 6ft women who has a photo with Rob..

She has also been 6'1" listings in the 80's.
RisingForce said on 9/Apr/17
Dolph loses height slouching and he's shrunk noticeably since even the first 2 Expendables when he was still around 191 cm, possibly still near 192, while Dolph is now 190 cm max, possibly 189. Here's Sly with Dolph standing better than he did in Rob's picture: Click Here Sly's shoes look as normal as Dolph's do there and Sly looks at least 5'9". And 2 years later, Dolph is still at least a solid 6'3" and not leaning like Rob's pic: Click Here You can find the Prada shoes Sly has on there on the internet. To confirm Dolph's height at this time, here he is with 6'4" David Hasselhoff after the Expendables 2 premiere: Click Here Click Here Sly was still 174-175 2010-2012 and not less than 173 now. Still 174 during the Expendables 3 release in 2014.
Brad said on 9/Apr/17
1.5" is laughable...his boots are wedged custom. He catches 3"+ easy. The '75 Rocky filming heeled whoppers or Rambo boots are monsters. Look at the things he danced with Ali onstage with in '76 when the custom pants revealed the huge heels. Weak 5' 8" in '17.
estimate1 said on 9/Apr/17
If someone sees rob next to dolph lundgren and stallone next to lundgren in recent events, it is clear that sly is certainly less than 1.73...
RisingForce said on 8/Apr/17
Pierre, I thought Sly's boots looked like they added maybe 1.5", but no more. Woody might have 0.75" sneakers. Either way, Sly would still have to be around 5'9" there considering. Rob is 100% right, still 5'8" minimum and 5'8.5" max nowadays. He was still at least 5'8.5" in 2014 and peak was exactly as Brigitte Nielsen said - 174-175 cm. Just as Rob has Eddie Murphy spot on at 176 cm right in between Brigitte Nielsen's guess, 5'8.75" or a weak 5'9" peak is the best guess for Sly, though with his lifts, he looked taller than Murphy in the 80's: Click Here To show no less than 174 cm peak, with James Caan who was about 5'9" at 63 and Mark Wahlberg who could be a flat 5'8" or 5'7.5" minimum, all 3 in golf shoes: Click Here Click Here Stallone couldn't put big enough lifts in golf shoes to argue that he wasn't taller than Wahlberg. Of course you'd have to be blind to think Sly was no taller than Wahlberg in the first place. A 58 year old Sly was taller in golf shoes than a 60 year old Michael Douglas: Click Here Both were near 5'9" peak and got elevators from the same shoemaker, but Douglas has shrunk more and I think stopped wearing lifts earlier than Sly did.
Pierre said on 8/Apr/17
@Rising Force=
Woody Allen/Sylvester Stallone= look at Sylvester's shoes at ~ 0"33'=Cow-boy's boots.Sylvester has more than 1 cm advantageous shoes compared to Woody allen who is in flat sneakers=at 0"23'=about 0.75 inch max imo.Sylvester has at least 1.25 inch more than Woody here imo.
ron said on 7/Apr/17
Rob,can a 173 cm guess be arguable?
Editor Rob
today yes, 5ft 8-8.5, anywhere amongst that. Under 5ft 8 I can't see yet...over 5ft 8.5, those days may be long gone now, a daydream of what once was.
andre said on 7/Apr/17
5ft7 barefoot at night
RisingForce said on 7/Apr/17
Correct about Cop Land, he didn't look taller than 5'9" in it, imo. As for Nighthawks, Billy easily looked taller in the club scene when they're looking for Hauer and at about 5'11" peak, Billy was at least a couple inches taller than Sly, but they actually looked similar in a couple of scenes too. One was walking through the door to see Lindsay Wagner's character and another was when one of the 2 kicks a car. As for Kojak, Telly wore 2" heeled boots with lifts, presumably to look his claimed 6'1", so we're not comparing Sly to a 5'10" or 5'11" Telly. Plus, the one scene they're face to face when Sly's character is cleared of a shooting, Telly is noticeably closer to the camera making his head look abnormally large. The only other scene I can think of is when one walks by the other standing near a door in the station and the difference didn't seem like much, but comparisons with one standing and the other walking aren't good. 5'8.5" minimum and 5'9" max makes the most sense for peak though and likely a half inch shorter today. As for the 5'7" nonsense, here's a young unknown 25 year old Sly and Woody Allen: Click Here Sly has around 1 cm footwear advantage, but he literally towers over Woody and is looking right over his head. The idea that Sly is only 2" shorter is idiotic.
Arthur said on 6/Apr/17
I am posting secret liftless height of celebs in short mens dream world here it is :

Sly : 5ft6.75 (has secret 7inch lifts for special G occasions )

Arnold : 5ft9 his cigars are made for appear him taller .

Tom cruise : 5ft5

Jason Statham : Legit 5ft7

G : 5FT4 normally but can grow taller for 30 minutes with his elixir . Can be measured 5ft7 because of secret G elixir.

Rob : 5ft7 is his real height. He broke some part of his seca stadiometer so always measures 5ft8.

Van damme : 5ft7 but because of his long legs everone think him as a 5ft9.

Brad Pitt : 5ft9 ( He changed himself with his 5ft11 double in Fight Club in 1999 when destroying capitalist world.

Justin Bieber : 5ft4 ( Of course he never grown taller after 2009.)

Kevin Hart : 4ft11.

Sokkie : A real 5ft9 er . The only celeb I trust with my heart.
Richie said on 5/Apr/17
There are three movies which reveal Stallone's true height and prove that his estimated stature of 5'10" is a dummy. His cameo appearance in the Kojak show with Telly Savalas, who at 5'11" was noticeably taller than Stallone by some two inches, the movie Nighthawks in which Stallone's co-star Billy Dee Williams who at 5'11", was still marginally taller than him despite Stallone's wearing of cuban heels and Copland, where we see Ray Liotta who at just 6', towered Stallone by some three inches. Taking into account Stallone was probably wearing lifts in all of those movies, his estimated height of 5'10" simply does not read true and he could be as short as 5'8", minus footwear..
Sandy Cowell said on 4/Apr/17
@ Peter Brian - This must be the wrong film so I'm sorry! I'll find out the name of the correct one! Thanks for pointing this out!
Peter Brian said on 4/Apr/17
Sandy Cowell said on 3/Apr/17
@ Loop - Yes I know! Sylvester Stallone is in that film* as well as Jean-Claude Van Damme! So is Jason Statham! * 'Universal Soldier: The Return'.


Er. No. He really truly isn't. Nor Statham. Please stop this.
RichardSpain said on 3/Apr/17
Everybody know Stallone sometimes wears good shoes o elevator shoes,for this reason I think he is not taller than 175cm today and maybe 177cm or 178cm when he was young ,in Rocky /John Rambo.... and other movies.
mister_lennon said on 3/Apr/17
5'9 peak. He looked every bit of it.
Sandy Cowell said on 3/Apr/17
@ Loop - Yes I know! Sylvester Stallone is in that film* as well as Jean-Claude Van Damme! So is Jason Statham!

* 'Universal Soldier: The Return'.
Loop said on 2/Apr/17
@Sandie cowel : stallone and van damme are really 2 different people.
RisingForce said on 2/Apr/17
Here De Niro looks between Danimal's 169-170 cm range estimate if Efron is 5'8": Click Here let's say a weak 5'7" or 5'6.75", but that's before considering De Niro is dropping a bit more height in posture and I'm not sure he has them, but looking at the back of his shoe and angle, Efron could have a half inch or inch lift. Efron also often looks taller than he use to. I think it's because he became more height conscious, but it's also possible he grew a bit after age 19. Either way, 6'1" Barry Bonds use to tower over him more Click Here than 6'2.5" Rock does today: Click Here Even if Efron is standing only 5'8" there, De Niro could still be a 171 cm man who is dropping 1 cm or so in posture. But 5'7" flat is also possible for De Niro today, but unlikely several years back in the pic with Stallone and even if he was, Sly would still look 5'8.5" there, which is all I'm arguing he was in 2014 and more likely 5'8.25", possibly even 5'8" flat today at his low, but no less. He still constantly looks at least that tall in full shots and video.
Thomas Veil said on 2/Apr/17
He's 5'7

Not a chance in hell he's 5'9 even if he hung from a pair of Olympic rings for 6 hours in the morning.
Frankie68 said on 1/Apr/17
@ harris ,, i will tell you why the guess Sly at 5'7 ,, People on set with him see a taller sly in his boots or lifts & then see him without his boots on & the height difference is very noticeable ,, and im sure melinda dillon was telling the truth about her being taller than him.(she has no agenda). there are people in this forum that are just hell bent on believing hes 5'9 .. where there is clearly more evidence that suggests otherwise ,,I personally dont care how short he is ,, but givin the massive footwear he wears only to pull 5'10 ,, its very hard for me to believe hes 5'8 or 5'9 ,, particually back in the day when briggette neilson is always in flats & his standing on herman munster boots in cobra & shes like 2 plus inches taller ,, its hilarious
Sandy Cowell said on 1/Apr/17
@ Harris - Yes, it isn't very nice that some people find it necessary to belittle the successful among us.
Sylvester was on the TV late last week in 2 separate films, and though I was busying myself with the TV on in the background, I couldn't help but notice what a fine physique he had well into middle age. Yesterday's film was from 1999 and called 'Universal Soldier: The Return'.
This time round, Sylvester can have an estimate of 5ft9.5 for his peak and 5ft8.5 for his height as he stands now. He looks after himself, so I don't think he's shrunk much.
RisingForce said on 1/Apr/17
If De Niro were 5'6", he'd often look even shorter than that with his old man posture. I don't think the difference with Efron was that big when De Niro's posture was decent. Even of De Niro was only 5'7" flat for Grudge Match then Sly still looked 5'8.5" there, which I think is more accurate though I don't think De Niro was act that short yet. As for Statham, he's probably 5'8.5" and can look a bit shorter because he slouches a lot as well.
RisingForce said on 1/Apr/17
Hulk Hogan also said Sly was 5'8" in his book, which is much more realistic, but Sly and Hulk were a good 8.5 or 9 inches apart in their prime, nearly a head, so not in a position to tell how tall they were exactly. As for Goldman, it could be confirmation bias, he thought it was "delicious"(his word, certainly not mine!) hearing Sly was 5'7" and set out to "prove it."
Pierre said on 1/Apr/17
@Arthur(comment 29/Mar/2017)=
I think in your picture Sylvester has a advantage.Here is another picture(Sylvester is closer to the camera so probably an advantage)=
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mister_lennon said on 1/Apr/17
I think that deniro was 5'9 peak.
Now, about 5'7.
GP said on 31/Mar/17
I think De Niro was around 5'8" prime and wore lifts a lot and now he is 5'6". See him with Zac Efron, he doesn't look only .75" shorter, he looks 2.5" shorter due to poor posture. 5 years ago he still managed to look about 5'7" and that was evident in the movie with Statham and Owen. And by the way, that's another evidence of Statham not being over 5'8" especially when looking at premier photos with Clive Owen.
Danimal said on 30/Mar/17
RisingForce said on 22/Mar/17
Danimal, I'd agree that 5'7" is possible for De Niro today in 2017 at 73 years old, but Grudge Match came out when De Niro was exactly 70, you can lose noticeable height in 3 years at that age. You know the average shown by that survey better than anyone for 70 year Olds was 1.25". I'm not exactly sure how tall De Niro was peak, certainly not over 5'9", but let's say he was 5'9", even if he lost a bit more than average, he'd be the 5'7.5" I gave him in that photo with Stallone. As for De Niro's height 3+ years later, I'll have to look at him more, all I can say is old man posture can make you look about an inch shorter.

I normally subtract 1.2"/2" for a 70/80 year old man and 2"/3.25" for a 70/80 year old woman, but in De Niro's case, he appears to have lost more than the average. Look at Arnold. Imo, he's lost a full 3" since his prime and he's 4 years younger than Bobby D.
Danimal said on 30/Mar/17
He was 5'8.5" (174cm) in his prime and is 5'7.25" (171cm) today at 70 years old.
Harris said on 30/Mar/17
If Stallone was really 5'9" peak, or close to it at least, then why did William Goldman state that Stallone was only 5'7"? Could it have been Sly's posture? What's even stranger is I also remember reading him at 5'7" and 195 lbs in a magazine back in the late 80's - which certainly surprised me at the time, and not to forget Hogan even put Sly at 5'6"-5'7"!

Rob, what would you say is the most probable reason they'd guess him that low? I must admit, his posture just seems too great and authoritative to have played a part in that...
Editor Rob
sometimes journalists don't really care, sometimes people exaggerate things. Trolling has existed long before the advent of the web!
RisingForce said on 30/Mar/17
I found the moment Sly learned his "Sly Tips" caught on camera: Click Here Sly seemed to like what he heard! He certainly learned from the best, much like Apollo taking him under his wing in Rocky 3.
Dean said on 30/Mar/17
Arthur said on 29/Mar/17
He never wears anything lower than 1inch

It'd be hard to find men's shoes that add anything less than 1 inch to your height, Arthur! Do you mean an extra 1 inch internal lift, rather than just heel & sole? Most dress shoes or boots will give a 1-1.5 boost anyway.
RisingForce said on 29/Mar/17
I thought I was a Sly fan, but Loop has me beat as I must confess, I wouldn't recognize Sly's back in a back lineup. Although the 2 photos Arthur posted aren't good for comparing height as Sly is farther from the camera with Gazarra and close with Brigitte + they're walking, I have to agree with his post 100%. There is 1 good scene for comparing Sly to Gazarra when they're face to face. They have hats on in the scene, but based on their eye level, Sly was between 1" and 1.5" shorter. He could look similar to Brigitte who mostly had flat footwear in Cobra while Sly wore biker boots with about a 1.5" heel that we can be 99% sure had lifts inside. I've suspected for a while that Brigitte told us exactly how tall Sly was since she didn't seem bitter in that 2003 video and her Eddie Murphy guess shows she has a good perception of height and nobody was in a better position to know how tall Sly was than Brigitte. If we go in between her range, we get 174.5 cm, which would be near 5'8.75", which seems most likely, even the high at 175 cm would truly be a weak 5'9" while 174 cm or exactly 5'8.5" could have been his lowest. Now at age 70, I think he could have dropped to a strong 173 cm range the last couple of years and might measure 5'8" or 5'8.25" depending on whether it's midday or evening.
Arthur said on 29/Mar/17
I am so proud of the generall average guess statistic in here. But I was amazed even though there are lots of people saying still saying 5ft10 and 5ft7 guesses for Sly but the average guess is a victory for this site.. 175.1 CM PEAK 173 CM NOW Straight to the point and same as my guess.. I think Sly still doesnt drop to 172.7 cm or that low still in 2017. I think the worst he can drop is around 1.72.9cm - 173.2 cm range . And I am sure he still can manages to measure 175cm after 12 hours of sleep. So 174cm listing is the best for him.. And keep in mind maybe he doesnt wear lifts like past but he never wears flats thats also the fact. So his normal shoes are already thick liftless.. He never wears anything lower than 1inch. So there is no way he can be seen under 5ft8.25 in his daily life. Also I recently looked his beverly hills daily life photos he still seems to pull of a cool 5ft9 in this videos. And some people here saying Sly vs Cruise İn my opinion Sly will still win. There is a photo that statham and cruise stands face to face and Statham looks clearly 1inch taller. And taking into account that Sly never appears shorter than statham even without his lifts. Same as cruise is a joke.

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RisingForce said on 28/Mar/17
Video of the 2013 Escape Plan screening I posted a couple of pics from with Sly and Arnold: Click Here (They stand next to each other from 1:25 to 2:00)
RisingForce said on 28/Mar/17
He could have lifts with Arnold and Rousey, sure, but we're talking about something absolutely no bigger than a one inch lift for his shoes to look basically the same as Arnold's with no bulge. In fact, they look completely flat.
Billy said on 28/Mar/17
RisingForce said on 26/Mar/17
I think the problem is some are suggesting he only manages to look just 5'9" in his biggest lifts, which isn't true. From 2 1/2 years ago: Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Sly is in dress shoes and looks nearly as tall as Schwarzenegger and much taller than 5'5" Ronda Rousey who is in heels.

I think not only is Sly wearing some mighty high shoes there but he's also got arm extensions to match, and forgot to pick out a jacket to cover them. :-)
Brad said on 27/Mar/17
6 foot.....hahaha, Howard musta laughed. He was 5' 8.5" peak. He's been in lifts for decades. The heeled things he wore sitting on the steps during the first Rocky filming in '75 were all-timers!!!
RisingForce said on 26/Mar/17
I think the problem is some are suggesting he only manages to look just 5'9" in his biggest lifts, which isn't true. From 2 1/2 years ago: Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here Sly is in dress shoes and looks nearly as tall as Schwarzenegger and much taller than 5'5" Ronda Rousey who is in heels.
John Alvarez said on 26/Mar/17
Frank Stallone fought Geraldo in a boxing match on the Howard Stern show many years ago and his stats was that he was 6 feet tall and Geraldo Rivera was 5 ft 10 inches.
height said on 25/Mar/17
i think 5 ft 8 clearly
Canson said on 25/Mar/17
Wow his brother actually believed he could get away with claiming 6'1"
Loop said on 24/Mar/17
Being a sly fan since 1976, i can tell You That it's really sly in tango and cash shower scene. There are nude back photo taken from démolition man 3 years mater and it's the exact same back. It is sly.
RisingForce said on 24/Mar/17
Pierre, as I said, we can consider Davi a 182 cm guy when he slouches. Michael Shannon claims 6'4" and is listed at 6'3.5" here, I don't know as I haven't looked at him, buy I wouldn't doubt it with ghat huge head! Sly has lifts in The Expendables pic with Davi, but then he looks 5'11". In the pic with Shannon and Davi, Sly has modest shoes, but is still much taller than 5'7". Sly can still look 5'8.5" in normal shoes with 5'10.5" Michael B. Jordan too: Click Here Sly might have a slight camera edge but then Jordan's dress boots are bigger than Sly's flatter dress shoes as well.
Pierre said on 24/Mar/17
@RisingForce=I think Robert Davi is maybe easily under 6"1' or 6"0' range barefoot=in the second picture of your comment you can see Michael Shannon who is listed 6"3' in lots of sites=you can read a comment at his page in this site he's maybe under 6"3'=Comment 22/Feb/2017=picture Michael next to a listed 6"4' guy in relaxed posture,he's easily shorter. Michael seem towered Robert(and Sylvester).In the picture Robert Davi/Rob,Rob is slouching a lot and he has maybe disadvantageous shoes.Sylvester has maybe good lifts next to Robert.
RisingForce said on 22/Mar/17
Sly usually only wears lifts in movies in recent years, but when he does, he can still look pretty tall. Looks nearly as tall as Robert Davi in costume: Click Here Rob met Davi around this same time and gave him 6'0.75" and Rob also said he drops about an inch in posture when standing so consider him a 182 cm guy there. At worst, Sly could still pass for near 5'11" with his Expendables boots in that photo. Now Sly without the boots with Davi: Click Here Davi is slouching, though positioned closer to the camera, but now look at a slouching Davi with an actual 5'7" guy Stephen Dorff: Click Here Click Here Actually, Rob gives Dorff 171 cm, I don't know if he is or if he's 5'7" flat, but clearly Sly is easily taller than Dorph. He's not 5'7". Btw, these were Sly's shoes that night: Click Here Flat with no bulge.
RisingForce said on 22/Mar/17
Danimal, I'd agree that 5'7" is possible for De Niro today in 2017 at 73 years old, but Grudge Match came out when De Niro was exactly 70, you can lose noticeable height in 3 years at that age. You know the average shown by that survey better than anyone for 70 year Olds was 1.25". I'm not exactly sure how tall De Niro was peak, certainly not over 5'9", but let's say he was 5'9", even if he lost a bit more than average, he'd be the 5'7.5" I gave him in that photo with Stallone. As for De Niro's height 3+ years later, I'll have to look at him more, all I can say is old man posture can make you look about an inch shorter.
RisingForce said on 22/Mar/17
GP, well Sly looks 181 cm there with Leonard in sneakers and lifts with his posture so I wouldn't doubt some camera advantage, but he looks about 5'11" in those same shoes other full body shots with Randy Couture. No picture is perfect, but I think those are pretty solid ones. As for Cop Land, Sly doesn't look over 5'9" in that with his weight, normal footwear and posture playing a drunk, which makes sense as I now believe 5'9" was his max peak, but likely a fraction under. I've seen the movie a number of times since it's quite a good film, but I don't remember them standing close for a good comparison in that scene. However there is the scene in the beginning where Liotta helps Sly to his car with Sly in flip flops that give almost no height and Liotta in some kind of thinner regular shoe (too dark to tell) and posture makes it impossible to tell exactly, but the difference there is 3" max since when Sly's head is up, it certainly comes above Liotta's eye brows. If Liotta was 5'11.5", and I doubt he was under that since he could look 6 feet, then Sly was 5'8.5" minimum, likely a bit taller considering footwear. As for Tango and Cash, a double used for the one scene is possible, we can't know either way, though usually they get doubles VERY close to the actor's height so not to mess up the frame. As for the shower scene, Sly CAN look taller, but you could argue that's because of Kurt's physical acting moving his height a lot. In any case, Sly definitely doesn't look shorter there. We can't see their feet so it's inconclusive, though I personally doubt Sly would wear shoes in the shower or stand on a box with another actor no more than 5'9". In any event, the scene I'm talking about is from 1:37-1:42 here: Click Here Full body shot showing Sly looking noticeably taller than Kurt. I'm sure he does have lifts, but that's my point, when Sly has lifts, he's easily taller than Kurt. I believe they were about the same height barefoot with a possibility that Kurt was maybe 1/4" taller, but they were clearly similar range.
GP said on 21/Mar/17
@RisingForce, photo with Sugar Ray, notice the bottom and it's very obvious that camera was totally tilted towards Sly making him taller than he is.
Regarding Tango & Cash, the scene them walking into the shower, it's most likely not them. They use doubles in movies all the time. Just a simple math, Russell in cowboys and Stallone in chunky heel plus lifts only managed to be the same height. The outcome is if Stallone was 5'9" then about 2" heel plus lifts would put him easily at 6" and he never reached that. That 5'10.5"-5'10.75" claim is with 2" heel plus lifts.
Here is another one for you. Watch Cop Land and half way through the movie where there is a scene that Liotta and Stallone are running after Rappaport who goes into the woods,for few seconds you can see that Stallone is 4" shorter than Liotta.
Adijos said on 21/Mar/17
Peak: 5'9.75" (177 cm)
Today: 5'9" (175 cm)
Frankie68 said on 21/Mar/17
Sly is shorter than kurt russell in tango & cash shower scene & in real life !! Sly is 5'7 ! End of story ! When russell drops the bar of soap & there talking ,,at no time in that shower scene does sly look , appear or is ,, taller than kurt russell ,, theres also a divider wall there so there feet arent showing so who knows what the true height difference is but i will guarantee sly is shorter ,, sly is taller than joe pesci for sure & danny devito ,, anyone body in 5'8 or 5'9 area i doubt it !!
Danimal said on 21/Mar/17
RisingForce said on 10/Mar/17
De Niro might look 5'6" range hunched, but he's at least 5'7" range with decent posture

I truly don't see De Niro much over 5'6.5"-5'7" today at 73 years old. He's lost a lot of height in recent years. The last time he looked tallish was the mid 90's in movies like Casino and Heat.
RisingForce said on 17/Mar/17
It is strange Kurt looked taller than Mel, but then again, Sly looked taller than Kurt, apparently even barefoot and Sly (presumably in lifts) looked a lot taller than Kurt in one wide shot walking to their prison cells in Tango and Cash. I think the 2 men were about the same height, a weak 5'9", possibly slightly under so 174-175 cm range while I can't see Mel any less than 5'9" and 5'9.5" does look a good guess to me, but no more. I think 176 cm like Eddie Murphy is very likely for Mel. As for Woody, I don't want to go into his height too much on Sly's page, his posture us often terrible so I think you can argue anywhere from 5'9" to 5'10", but I don't think he's any shorter than Colin Farrell.
RisingForce said on 17/Mar/17
GP, I don't know about an inch in posture, I think Sly's chest out squeezes out about half an inch. A 59 year old Sugar Ray still edged out Rob with much worse posture than he has there so he's at least standing close to 5'9". Of course he has lifts, those are the same shoes he had on in the 2010 photo I posted below where he looks Randy Couture's height, but those Hogan sneakers even with the huge lifts Sly put in them only add 2.5", maybe 2.75" compared to Leonard's normal 1" shoes, similar to Downey's elevator sneakers. You need a boot for the solid 3 or 4 inch boost. I think they're similar in height. We can safely narrow down Sugar Ray's peak height to 5'8.75"-5'9" while I'd say Sly was at least 5'8.5", but no more than 5'9" so I think there's at least a chance Sly was 1/4" or 1/2" shorter, but absolutely no more. The photo adds up with how Sly looked in the same footwear below with Couture and since I'd estimate a 1.5" footwear advantage and 0.5" posture advantage, it makes sense Sly looks 2"+ taller, perhaps the angle makes up the rest of the difference and he was slightly shorter, I don't know, I'm only arguing Sly was 5'8.5" minimum peak.
Dmeyer said on 16/Mar/17
Frank Stallone IS at worst 5'9,75 today and Sly looks barely smaller ans they have same shoes barely almost 1in
Johnson said on 15/Mar/17
Stallone is around 1.77. I think Banderas wears lifts or thick boots but with them the Spaniard appears to be 176-177.
GP said on 14/Mar/17
@RisingForce, Woody looked nothing more than 5'9" with McConaughey in EDtv and Matt was in converse. Regarding the photo with Sugar, being here for a while you know that Sly definitely has an inch advantage only by posture, the camera is totally on Sly's side making him look even taller and then you take into account the shoes and 99 % lifts in them and I bet you take all that out and Sly will be shorter than him. And you can't just base your judgement on movies. I will assure you that camera angles will do the trick. Gibson looked shorter than Kurt Russell in Tequila Sunrise, I know for a fact that Russell is a legit 5'9".
RisingForce said on 11/Mar/17
Full body shot of Sly passing for every bit of 5'11" in 2005 with 5'9" Sugar Ray Leonard: Click Here Those Hogan shoes don't add 4"+, much less 5"+, in fact, even with them, Sly's legs don't look longer than Leonard's. I'm not suggesting Sly was as tall as this picture suggests, but 5'7" peak is truly impossible. At least 5'8.5" peak at night.
andre said on 11/Mar/17
Sly at about 173cm 174cm with shoes would be tall in Portugal as we are the shorter in europe he would be taller then most people here

i doubt he was taller then 175cm with shoes
RisingForce said on 11/Mar/17
GP, I believe you met them, but I don't believe they're as short as you estimate them to be. Arnold is a whole separate debate himself. As for Gibson, he may very well wear lifts, but I don't believe that he's less than a solid 5'9" peak, probably 176 cm, he still looked taller than Richard Gere without boots. I also can't buy Snipes less than 5'8". If Woody Harrelson really is just 5'9" then you can make a case for a 5'8" Snipes, but Snipes looked at least as tall as Jamie Foxx who many think is taller than his own 5'9" claim (although I'm not one of them) I believe Snipes to be around 5'9" or 5'8.5" at worse.
GP said on 10/Mar/17
I'm basing my statements on the fact that I have met Snipes, Gibson, Arnold. Snipes is about 172-173cm and he doesn't try to hide it since he was wearing Converse when I met him. Gibson is little trickier since he likes to wear cowboy boots and nowadays it appears that he is using lifts as it shows in photos with Garfield, but he is around 5'8" based on the fact when I met him. Arnold is 179 from seeing him in the gym couple months ago. So you make the calculations
RisingForce said on 10/Mar/17
Very silly claim BTW that Rob is inflating Weathers to avoid downgrading Sly. If Rob thought Sly was 5'7" he'd say so. He keeps Weathers 6'1" because he's met him multiple times and still thinks he's near 6'1".
RisingForce said on 10/Mar/17
GP, the weak 6'1" for Weathers current comes from Rob. I believe Weathers could have been 186 cm and have lost a half inch. De Niro might look 5'6" range hunched, but he's at least 5'7" range with decent posture, as he has there with Sly, which was also a few years ago now. Efron is also a guy who has lifts written all over him. You're assuming Sly still has small lifts, which can't be proven. If he is 5'7" then basically the whole Expendables 3 cast was as well with Banderas only in the 5'6" range. What does the reason Sly stopped wearing lifts have to do with anything? Whatever the reason, Sly still looks a solid 5'8" in normal shoes and 5'8.5"-5'9" up until Creed.
RisingForce said on 9/Mar/17
He doesn't have lifts in all of them. My point is he doesn't look only 5'8-9 when he does have lifts. He only looks 1-1.5" shorter than Arnold with the cowboy boots, they'd need to be 4-4.5" for him to be 5'7". He consistently looked about 5'9" when he wore normal shoes until the last couple of years and now closer to 5'8". Your mathematically impossible comment makes no sense. You're acting as though it's a proven fact his elevators were always 4.5" or 5" and his dress shoes were 3", both of which actually are physically impossible.
GP said on 9/Mar/17
RisingForce are you saying that Weathers at 68 hasn't lost height? That's absurd. I see him in the gym a lot, he is 6" nowadays. Most likely the only reason he is listed at 6'1" because if he is downgraded then Stallone would have to be dropped to 5'7" and bunch others. And the only reason that Stallone goes liftless nowadays is cause most likely he has developed some arthritis from wearing monster lifts for 30 years and now it is very painful in heels when you have arthritis. It is hard to believe, and I still will suspect that he is using smaller lifts these days compared to his regular 3" lifts from before.
Additionally you chose to believe that De Niro is 171 but he looked about 2" shorter than 5'8" Zac Efron. De Niro is 5'6" nowadays with a poor posture.
Frankie68 said on 8/Mar/17
@rising force in all the pics u show sly has lifts on so your point is mute ! Particularly the pics you show of him & arnold were you say arnold is 5'11 1/2 .. he is still a few inches taller than sly & sly is wearing cowboy boots with lifts for sure !! So i dont see 5'8 or 5'9 ,, thats nonsense & mathematically impossible . Where all entitled to our opinions whether they agree or dis agree with you .
RisingForce said on 8/Mar/17
Weathers is still close to 6'1" today in his late 60s as confirmed by Rob on multiple occasions so he could have easily been 186 cm in the 70's. Sly typically didn't look more than 4" shorter, sometimes 3". Before you automatically say lifts, I have to repost this: Click Here at 0:27 you see Sly in slippers and Weathers in sneakers. Weathers is slouching and Sly has big hair but that's not anywhere near a 6 inch height difference. Here's what Sly looked like at his peak with big lifts with Weathers in 2003: Click Here Sly had those Hogan shoes he use to wear that night. He could be as short as 5'8" flat today, but 5'7" peak is ridiculous.
Frankie68 said on 7/Mar/17
And not for nothing but Carl Weathers is a very average tall man at 6' or 6'1 ,,, not of the 6'3 or 6'4 variety & he was way taller than Sly !!
RisingForce said on 7/Mar/17
Here's Mel looking taller than 5'9" Richard Gere and Mel isn't wearing cowboy boots: Click Here Back to Sly, here's one more example of your 5'7" stuff being nonsense, Sly at 68 years old in normal shoes looking a solid 5'9" with a 5'7.5" Robert De Niro: Click Here As for First Blood, Sly never looked 5 inches shorter than Crenna, that would mean his head wouldn't even reach Crenna's eyes. Sly looked between 5'9" and 5'10" in First Blood and then 5'10.5"-5'11" in Rambo 2 and 3.
Frankie68 said on 7/Mar/17
@jim hopper ,, keep in mind he has big work boots on that im sure are packing heat ,, lol!!!
burby said on 6/Mar/17
Brian Dennehy was in a ditch in some of the First Blood scenes.
RisingForce said on 6/Mar/17
Gibson isn't 2" taller than Stallone. Even during the first 2 Expendables, Sly regularly looked 175-176 cm in completely normal dress shoes. When he returned to his Hogan shoes, he could still look near 5'11", such as here with 5'11.5" Randy Couture in 2010: Click Here Click Here And with cowboy boots, he could still look at least 5'10" with Arnold who was 5'11.5" back in 2013: Click Here Click Here 5'7" is nonsense, especially for peak. At least 174-175 cm peak. And at least 5'8.5" until 2015.
Frankie68 said on 6/Mar/17
Somebody explain Carl Weathers towering over Sly at golden globes !! He looks 5-6 inches taller than Sly !! And im sure Sly had some juice in his shoes (as always) .. its was very noticable how short he looked compared to the movies they done together ,which rings true all of the speculation about sly's height & obsession with camera angles !! Even if people here choose to claim THAT night Sly FORGOT his lifts ,, I dont see 5'8 or 5'9 in that pic where there is a very fair camera shot of BOTH of them standing side by side !!
Jim hopper said on 5/Mar/17
Watching first blood last night. Next to Crenna he looks 5-8" maximum. I doubt hes over that today.
Frankie68 said on 4/Mar/17
@risingforce ,, oh please !! Mel is lucky if he's 5'9 without his cowboy boots & sly was always 5'7 without his big ass shoe lifts !! For me its simple math !! For sly to pull off his famous 5'10 appearence in his ridiculous high heels ,, he's gotta be under 5'8 !! A man 5'8 or 5'9 can not possibly ,,be only 5'10 in 3-4 in custom shoes, boots or lifts !! He would be or appear much taller !!!
RisingForce said on 1/Mar/17
I'm saying that we've seen enough of Sly and Mel together to know that there's not a big difference between the two. If Mel has big footwear and Sly has normal shoes then I'm sure the difference could look near 2 inches, or even the right angle. Here, Sly was taller: Click Here Here, Mel was taller: Click Here And Sly taller again: Click Here Now, Mel is taller again: Click Here Here's video of the event you seem to be making such a fuss about, Gibson appears around 1:17: Click Here The angle favors Sly and you can see at one point Mel is taller, but this isn't a 3 inch difference, or even 2. I'm sure you're probably referring to a picture like this: Click Here but then there's one like this as well: Click Here I could go on like this from different events. That's why I said it's silly to read too much into a single photo. What fits best is Sly going from a weak 5'9" peak to a solid 5'8" and Mel always around 5'9", perhaps from a solid one peak to a weak one now.
Frankie68 said on 27/Feb/17
@risingforce ,, thats not the pic im talking about,,thats from expendables ,, this is a recent pic ,, nobody is being silly , but some are being in denial ,, like i stated in my post ,, its on the internet (recent pic) not from expendables premiere ,,,& mel is 2-3 inches taller !! Its not hard to find my friend ,, j
RisingForce said on 26/Feb/17
Johnson, he was certainly still taller than Banderas as of the Expendables 3 back in 2013/2014 considering both the promo appearances and the film, but if Banderas was ever taller, he was no taller than 5'8" by that time while I bet Sly was still at least 5'8.5". Either Banderas had lost half an inch by age 53-54, which is not unusual, or he was never taller than 5'8", which is also believeable considering Tom Hanks was much taller than him in Philadelphia.
Johnson said on 25/Feb/17
I really think he is over 174 cm nowadays. He was quite similar to footballer Carles Puyol 178 cm
Brad said on 25/Feb/17
5 feet 8.5 peak, still weak 5-8 today. G-Force '06: 5 fweet ten.5 cantcha tell? He be next to me.
RisingForce said on 25/Feb/17
Don't hold your breath waiting for an under 5'8" peak guess from me, better chance of 5'10"! Sly looked noticeably taller than Rob did with 5'9.75"-5'10" Mike Tyson a few years back: Click Here and Rob agreed Sly's dress shoes looked normal. You can find video of the event on youtube, which shows roughly that difference of Sly about an inch shorter, which adds up.
Johnson said on 25/Feb/17
How do you guys explain he is taller than Antonio Banderas? Both take care of shoes
RisingForce said on 24/Feb/17
You're right, though. My old position was way off. I had relied too much on Glenn's estimate and what the pic he said Sly was wearing sandals for then focused too much on evidence that supported that, but the vast majority of evidence supports my current estimate of 5'8.75" peak and 5'8.25" current and some would say the peak is slightly conservative. In fact, I find it funny that technically I'm now arguing Sly was shorter than Rob is. Granted it's only a quarter inch, but nobody would have thought that would happen some 7 or 8 years ago!
RisingForce said on 24/Feb/17
GP, I said I believe Gibson is a bit taller. The photo is just an example of how they're close enough that you can find photos where either of them look taller. Video of the same event shows they looked similar in height that night. There's no reason to believe Sly is on his toes since they weren't posing for a pic. I now believe Sly was 5'8.5"-5'9", which is exactly what Brigitte Nielsen said and she was both in a position to know and had no reason to lie some 2 decades years after their divorce. When they were married, she lied and said he was 5'10.5" barefoot. As for Gibson, I believe he is or was a solid 5'9" and today could possibly have shrunk slightly to a weak 5'9", which is what I think Sly was until his mid 60s, while he now looks closer to 5'8" to me the last 2 years, or a fraction over, perhaps literally a hair taller than Rob is.
berta said on 24/Feb/17
i dont think stallone usaually uses lifts anymore. it doenst look like that
Editor Rob
prolonged use of lifts or elevators may cause some issues, similar to what females experience with long-term high heel use.
Pierre said on 24/Feb/17
Mel Gibson in 2014 is in his ~ 60 years and can have lost a little height
GP said on 23/Feb/17
Off course Rising will pick the one photo without the ground showing to claim that Stallone doesn't look shorter. I remember the days that Rising was a backer of Glenn's 5'10" claim for Stallone. I gotta say though that it's an improvement to see that you think he was 5'8.5"-5'9". Maybe few more years then he will be at under 5'8". Oh wait but then everyone will claim that he has shrunk, lol. I have met Gibson and he isn't over 5'8", maybe 5'8.5". He always loved his cowboy boots and still does, but lately he is resorting to lifts. Stallone has always been the king of lifts, which was always impressive to me how managed to fool so many and even run in them in the movies. Take them off and these action stars will never reach 5'9".
Light said on 22/Feb/17
He's at least 175cm at peak. Maybe 173cm today. Check his photos with Jacky Chan (who's 173cm).
RisingForce said on 22/Feb/17
Frankie, you're being very silly with this stuff. Sly isn't much shorter than Gibson. He could look both a bit shorter than Gibson or a bit taller, such as Cannes 2014 with dress shoes: Click Here Sly was at least 5'8.5"-5'9" peak and still at least 5'8"-5'8.5" today. There isn't the evidence to support under 5'8". Gibson is at least 5'9" himself, possibly 5'9.5" and can easily look about 5'10" in cowboy boots, such as with Tom Hardy. I'm sure Gibson is slightly taller than Sly, but not much. Only a half an inch to an inch.
berta said on 22/Feb/17
peak: ALmost 176
Today Almost 174
Brad said on 21/Feb/17
Where was Ramualdo and Greg in '06 talking to the G?
James said on 16/Feb/17
It's well known that Stallone always wore lifts in films and in real life.
Ramualdo said on 14/Feb/17
Peak was 5ft8.5. Now 5ft7.5
Harri W. said on 14/Feb/17
Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 28/Jan/17
5ft10 out of bed peak

No way Sly was ever 5'10. He always wanted to be, no doubt about that. He rounded himself up (way up) to this height time and time again, which is what made his height such a laughing matter - because he obviously wasn't - and made his reputation even worse.
Harri W. said on 14/Feb/17
Danimal said on 12/Feb/17
James said on 9/Feb/17
He wore lifts in "Rocky".

They weren't lifts. They were just flat out high heeled boots (minimum 3").


James is a clockwork toy. He winds himself up and goes from page to page, spouts the phrase "Suchabody wore lifts" over and over again. Anything else is beyond him.
RisingForce said on 13/Feb/17
Danimal, those weren't 3 inch heels on the outside of the boot at least. These boots on Robert Downey Jr. are what 3 inch heels look like: Click Here Click Here Compare that to Sly's Rocky boots: Click Here Sly's boot heels aren't much bigger than a cowboy boot heel and no more than 2 inches. Of course, we don't know if he had extra lifts on the inside along with the roughly 2 inch heels on the outside.
Danimal said on 12/Feb/17
Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 28/Jan/17
5ft10 out of bed peak

Of course you would say that.
At best just over 5'9" out of bed at peak. Today he's just over 5'8" out of bed.
Danimal said on 12/Feb/17
James said on 9/Feb/17
He wore lifts in "Rocky".

They weren't lifts. They were just flat out high heeled boots (minimum 3").
RisingForce said on 10/Feb/17
As I said, I now believe Sly to have been a weak 5'9" or about 5'8.75", but it's still very easy for me to see why people think he was a solid 5'9". He regularly looked 5'10.5"-5'11" in lifts, not all of them 3+ inches according to Rob and there are instances where he could strangely look about 5'10" even without big shoes. Here's a photo of a 67 year old Sly in barefeet Click Here His wife has been put at 5'9" and 5'9.5", but let's use the low figure to be conservative. Both their heads are down, but compare Sly's frame, even his legs to his wife and he doesn't look short there. The lowest I can see him there in 2013 is 5'8.5", which I do still believe was accurate as recent as 2013.
John said on 10/Feb/17
Rob , i would strongly put him a solid 173 cm range both today and in the past..yes,you would say that due to his age an height variation must have occurred but we are talking about a guy whose body is continuosly trained ,kept in shape and certainly well stretched trough specific exercises..extraordinary posture + good elevator shoes may defined his "towering" figure over the years
Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 10/Feb/17
Rob, what are the chances of him measuring 172cm today?
Editor Rob
more chance of Big G measuring 172 out of bed than Stallone measuring it in the afternoon.
mister_lennon said on 10/Feb/17
175-176 peak.
173-174 now
GP said on 9/Feb/17
I don't understand how anybody thinks that he is 5'9" or even worse like some claim above that mark. He always had 2-3" stuffed in his boots and the most he managed to look is close to 5'11" and that's counting his impeccable posture. I think the biggest lifts he wore were in Cobra since Nielsen was 6". He still barely hit 5'11" and that was visible next to Reni Santoni, who was 6" but had looser posture. All of the evidence leads to under 59" in his prime. Don't be fooled by lifts and camera angles.
James said on 9/Feb/17
He wore lifts in "Rocky".
RisingForce said on 8/Feb/17
No contradiction. I said factoring in everything, which includes shorter appearances such as when he looked no more than a weak 5'9" with 5'10" Ben Gazzara. I agree there are the times he looks surprisingly tall, even without footwear to explain it, but he could look shorter too, especially early in his career or in Cop Land, where he didn't look above 5'9".
MJKoP said on 7/Feb/17
RisingForce said on 4/Feb/17
In the first Rocky, he's barely any shorter in boxing shoes than Joe Frazier is in heels, almost eye to eye, but with that said factoring in everything, I have to amend my guess to 5'8.75" peak and 5'8.25" now to be precise. I think it makes the most sense for all the shorter and taller appearances. Give him 3 inch elevators + perfect posture and you have the 5'11" illusion he sometimes created. Plus, this aligns with Brigitte Nielsen's 174-175 cm guess.


You are basically contradicting yourself. An under 5'9" guy could not look as tall as Sly did next to Frazier.
Matt179 said on 7/Feb/17
Dude has been going Lift less for the past few years. He Might have come across this website and saw people were starting to notice his lifts lol
RisingForce said on 4/Feb/17
In the first Rocky, he's barely any shorter in boxing shoes than Joe Frazier is in heels, almost eye to eye, but with that said factoring in everything, I have to amend my guess to 5'8.75" peak and 5'8.25" now to be precise. I think it makes the most sense for all the shorter and taller appearances. Give him 3 inch elevators + perfect posture and you have the 5'11" illusion he sometimes created. Plus, this aligns with Brigitte Nielsen's 174-175 cm guess.
James said on 2/Feb/17
Kurt Russell is 5'9" with lifts.
Spike said on 31/Jan/17
He is 5 foot 1, He had to jump to pet my dog
bernie said on 31/Jan/17
@ Rampage (-_-_-)Clover - i forgot..and hes shorter than 5'10" Mr. T.! So how can someone be 5'10" when at the same time hes shorter than a 5'10" person?? Logic? No, not really... regards
bernie said on 30/Jan/17
@ Rampage (-_-_-)Clover - wow..that's why he is the same height as 5'8" Paulie in the slaughterhouse scene in Rocky where they walk side by side..!
Great Guess....
James said on 29/Jan/17
Stallone was 5'7" at his peak.
Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 28/Jan/17
5ft10 out of bed peak
Thereel said on 28/Jan/17
Hey Rob do you think G got fat because he couldn't get over the fact he's only 169.
Editor Rob
maybe he just enjoyed food!
Fishsea said on 27/Jan/17
5'7 Max peak.
Harris said on 27/Jan/17
What's the tallest Stallone could have peaked at?
Editor Rob
Harris, I think I can understand 5ft 9.25 guesses for him, but 5ft 10 seems harder to believe.
Sam said on 27/Jan/17
@Rob, his hand mold at the Hard Rock is humongous. So is Wesley Snipes!
Regarding their arm lengths relative to their height, would you say they both have unusually long arms?
Which would help making them look taller on screen...
If a guy with T-Rex arms lifted, wouldn't it be plainly obvious?
Jalen C Gilmer said on 25/Jan/17
Maybe 5'9.5 in his younger days and 5'9 now seems fair...
Free said on 25/Jan/17
Stallone has never been taller than 5-7.

Look at Kojack where 5-10 Telly Savales has over 3 inches on him.
Brad said on 23/Jan/17
Trust me, he was more than Stallone.
berta said on 23/Jan/17
stallone realy start to looks shorter the last 3 years. peak 175-176. i know alot guess him shorter to make fun of him wearing lifts. but in reality he wasnt that short. these days he can look with good posture 174 but if he would stand like everyone else he could probably look 173. i think now by litle over 70 years old he have lost maybe 2,5 cm. and that is very good for a guy that have used hgh
Brad said on 21/Jan/17
I got a photo today, a production shot from "Hooper" where Burt Reynolds wears a pair of custom wedged boots with massive 1978 heels that blows away any Stallone footwear.....Burt, the king of wanting height.
Editor Rob
certainly Burt was another master of making himself look taller.
Brad said on 19/Jan/17
Those cowboy boots with Travolta way back when (wedged up) might be his biggest whoppers...more so than the Rocky Balboa premiere munsters.
James B said on 19/Jan/17
Hogan in 2005 was 6'3.5
Shredder said on 18/Jan/17
Rob , why does he look so tall there with Hogan?
Editor Rob
lifts and impeccable posture can help Sly, as can beneficial angles.
Vegas said on 16/Jan/17
James said on 15/Jan/17
Hogan is no more than 6'3" today.
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Photo is 12 years old. That's a video clip from same night, Hogan and sly together at roughly 4 minute mark

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Wrs567 said on 16/Jan/17
Rob, who do you think would win in a height off? between Sly and Robert Downey Jr?

Considering they bought all their essential tools and trickery to the table?

It's a tough one for me, I think Downey could take it, he just seems more cunning
Editor Rob
Wrs, Sly is winding down the elevators over the last few years...Downey is still using them, so today Robert would win, but if he faced off with a 1980's sly with cowboy elevators, he'd surely be trounced.
John. said on 16/Jan/17
Rob,what do You think is the maximum height boost He experienced wth his custom shoes until now ?
Editor Rob
if Sly ever wore Nearly 4 inch, I'd congratulate him, because trying to walk about in public in real monsters is bloody hard.

In some films it might be workable, but out and about running away from autograph trolls, man, that would be hard.

I think a solid 3 inches he'd have got on some occasions, maybe 3.5 at the most with a cowboy+internal lift, similar to what Burt Reynolds probably got at his peak, so as to pull off looking 6ft 1 at times.
James said on 15/Jan/17
Hogan is no more than 6'3" today.
Pierre said on 15/Jan/17
Hulk Hogan is probably shorter than you can imagine
Shredder said on 14/Jan/17
His hair itsn't adding much with Hogan , Even If Hogan was just 6'3 there , no way is Sly looking under 5'11.5 and his footwear wasn't even that crazy , just a little bulk to it , 1.5 if that , so even in lifts we could still get at least a 5'9 and change Sly there.
James said on 14/Jan/17
Sly's wig makes him appear taller.
Shredder said on 14/Jan/17
I always wondered why he looked so tall in those pics with Hogan? He looks over 5'11
Wrs567 said on 13/Jan/17
5'8'' - 5'8.5'' you say Rob?

Big Sly disagrees LOL

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Editor Rob
that is a few years ago and of course I stopped his supply of Miracle Growth 😛 🤑
Shredder said on 13/Jan/17
With Carl He is looking 5'8.5 ish , but no more , at peak about an inch taller.
Junior31 said on 11/Jan/17
Yes agree he's been keeping the lifts in the closet. Good for him. As far as weathers goes wow for 68 the dude looks awesome


ROB, Based upon the pic with sly and weathers and since you've met and photographed with weathers. How tall would you say sly is?? I know you can't see footwear but I'm sure sly is t wearing flats lol
Editor Rob
Sly still looks between 5ft 8-8.5, you could make a case for anywhere in that range.
Jim Hopper said on 11/Jan/17
Looks 5-7 ish next to Carl at the 40th Rocky do.
Jeff said on 11/Jan/17
John said: As for forgetting his lifts, I have noticed last few years that he does go liftless regularly even at big events now.


I've noticed this a couple of times too. More kudos to him for it. Sly is mighty enough without having to try and fool everyone into thinking he's taller than he is. We all know he's not a tall man, that doesn't matter. You don't have to be tall to be a man.
Johan said on 11/Jan/17
AAAA said on 9/Jan/17
Sly forgot his lifts next to Weathers last night celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Rocky

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hmm he can still look 5'8" + there.

As for forgetting his lifts, I have noticed last few years that he does go liftless regularly even at big events now.
jd said on 11/Jan/17
yea Sly is at least 5 inches shorter than Carl
Brad said on 10/Jan/17
Flat out 5' 8" with Weathers, maybe even a 1/2" less. Wow!
berta said on 10/Jan/17
hm in that photo with weathers he could looke weak 174 guy. i think in 3 years he will be down to 173. he is in that age where he finaly will lose 1 inch pretty fast
Jock said on 10/Jan/17
There's no saying Carl Weathers isn't wearing some mighty footwear/lifts himself. That guy is pretty cocky and wouldn't pass up a chance to make himself look even better. But what could have been a battle (of footwear) to rival anything they ever did on screen turned out to have a very clear winner in this case.
Brad said on 9/Jan/17
Flowering not towering.
AAAA said on 9/Jan/17
Sly forgot his lifts next to Weathers last night celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Rocky

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Peterson188cm said on 8/Jan/17
Sylvester Stallone Height:

Peak: 5'9 (175.2cm)
Today: 5'8.25 (173.3cm)
Zach said on 7/Jan/17
Stallone joking about how he used to think he was this towering figure...

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HonestSlovene said on 7/Jan/17
@Wrs567 No I'm just sick of his fanboys invading this site and was worried they were not just on his height page.
Brad said on 5/Jan/17
Windows XP isn't good for CH comments. FedEx/Kinkos is. Sly is 5' 8" '17, 5' 8.5" in '75. Telly looking at Sly's big cycle boots, lollipop out, "This Greek knows what yer up to..who loves ya baby?". Sal....upstairs in an hour napkins. Wedges in Rambo boots are the norm. Biebs, the wedge king.
Wrs567 said on 4/Jan/17
@HonestSlovene: I was only joking around with my last comment.

Quit trying to be clever. Why are you always moody when someone mentions Bieber?

You seem like a jealous person
187cm Human Male said on 4/Jan/17
The 2004 game "Rocky Legends" states Rocky Balboa as being 5'11"...
HonestSlovene said on 4/Jan/17
@Wrs567 Well, would you please provide some evidence that it is not true? No? Then why bother?
jamie said on 2/Jan/17
Click Here
Rob,take a look at this article regarding his height
Junior31 said on 2/Jan/17
Editor Rob: Junior, I've no idea.

there's very few sites I still visit from 10 years ago, it's natural to move on or lose interest in topics or sites.

Running a site with ongoing comments is tough long-term. I doubt many would manage more than a year or 2 of comment moderation/replies before they hit the wall and quit.

This comment is number 1,025,766 that I have read in my control panel. Luckily I manage to keep a lot of junk off the site.

Without filters to reduce spam/bots I'd have hit the wall myself after a few years and I'd view myself as mentally tough!



LOL agree. Your a modern marvel. Site looks great dude keep it up!
Wrs567 said on 2/Jan/17
There comes a point in time when even repeating the words

''BIEBER IS IN CUSTOM WEDGES!!!''

can become tiring
Junior31 said on 1/Jan/17
Rob Where's Brad these days????
Editor Rob
Junior, I've no idea.

there's very few sites I still visit from 10 years ago, it's natural to move on or lose interest in topics or sites.

Running a site with ongoing comments is tough long-term. I doubt many would manage more than a year or 2 of comment moderation/replies before they hit the wall and quit.

This comment is number 1,025,766 that I have read in my control panel. Luckily I manage to keep a lot of junk off the site.

Without filters to reduce spam/bots I'd have hit the wall myself after a few years and I'd view myself as mentally tough!
Jeff said on 30/Dec/16
Rob,Alan Arkin who is 175 cm circa appears to be taller than Stallone;perhaps 2 cm ?What are your thoughts?
Editor Rob
Jeff, I believe Alan has lost some height by 70's.
bernie said on 30/Dec/16
@mk - No, we all don't know that a man/ woman when standing up in the morning after 6-8 hours sleep is taller than in the evening/ afternoon
after a day of work..! Thanks for clarifying this to us...
mk said on 29/Dec/16
Don't you know that a man is 2cm taller in the morning than in the afternoon?

so he is about 5'10 when growing up and 5'9 in the afteroon
HonestSlovene said on 28/Dec/16
@Dingus I 100% agree. Those sub 5'8" comments are truly bitter. Imagine people now saying Sly is shorter than Bieber, just lol. He was 5'9.25" peak, now 5'8.5", slightly above average for his generation and now roughly 1 in under average in the US.
Dingus said on 17/Dec/16
I honestly don't think he's lost that much height. I think he might just have given up trying to conceal his real height as hard as he used to. My guess is he was just over 5'09.00" at his peak and is probably just under the 69 inch mark these days.
Jesse Stone said on 17/Dec/16
Sly with Eastwood back then (Sly apparently wearing custom elevator shoes)and still, Clint towers over Sly: Click Here

Clint and Sly a few days ago. Clint lost a huge amount of height... Click Here
JF said on 14/Dec/16
But having said that, he does indeed keep himself in great shape and has fine posture (most likely fear-induced, but it works!).
JF said on 13/Dec/16
There's a lot more than "facials, pampering, even makeup" going on with Stallone. The guy's face gets higher and his hairline gets lower with every passing year, contrary to the natural order.
RisingForce said on 12/Dec/16
Still having mostly dark hair whether natural or at least a decent dye job gives the illusion of looking younger outside of surgery. With that said, HGH/testosterone or not, Sly has always been in genuinely impressive shape for his age, and that's what's more surprising. Many others have retained a more youthful appearance facially, but few have physically. That's probably why he only now seems to be shrinking a bit these last few years post-Expendables 2, along with maintaining great posture, and it wouldn't be surprising if he's made a conscious effort to try to avoid height loss. He was looking about 5'8" or a hair over at the Creed premiere, but typically still looks 5'8.5"-5'9" to me in most comparisons. I'm more sold on 5'8.75"-5'9" peak than current, but anywhere between 5'8" and 5'9" current is my guess.
Ronald said on 11/Dec/16
Rob,i noticed that some web sites and forums report him as a 173 cm, specyfing the fluctuation from 5'9 to 5'10 due to the elevator footwear.Since Stallone along with Bieber ,Cruise and Schwarzenegger is still an uncertainty can we keep the 173 in consideration too?Also,even in the info that You provided above we have Cinema.com that put him anready in the 5'8 mark long time ago .
Editor Rob
Sly is fighting every day to not be 5ft 8...I can picture him increasing the time spent on the hang-bar and having each of his daughters pull his arms and legs each day...
James B said on 6/Dec/16
Wow rob he's 70 he looks younger like in his 60s
Editor Rob
when you are famous and image/looks is part of your job, you do end up spending a lot more than your average bloke.

Many of these actors get facials, pampering, even makeup.
Nolifts81 said on 2/Dec/16
Demi Lovato is 5'3.5 And Sly looks 5 inches taller than her! So Rob estimation is right.
Christian said on 1/Dec/16
Internsting video that Chris175 posted. The girl is Demi Lovato who Rob has at 5.2.5. Interesting. That would not put Sly over 5.8.5 imo. Here is the link:

Click Here
Johan said on 29/Nov/16
There is something to that 5'11" impression. When I was younger I heard many people referring to him as 180 cm.

A friend of my father met him in person however and described him as 5'9" - 175cm. This was back in 1992.
My father didn't believe him but seems he was right after all.

He still looks to be holding 5'8" but just barely and with perfect posture.
Arthur said on 27/Nov/16
Bernie there is only one explanation to your question. These people who are see him in real life are lying and I am pretty sure they have never seen Sly in real life. Sly has a photo with 5ft6.5 glenn this photo explains everything. And I have said millions of times I have met Sly and Eddie Murphy in hualai kaupeluhu hotel in los angeles. I also said several times both looked only 0.5cm 1cm taller than me barefeet. I am around 173.3 -1.73.6 cm in the middle of the day. Rob has the right to not to post this. I am only speaking with my heart my justice my respect to this wonderfull site. Sly has a good body veins everywhere but he is not a big guy. He is extremely fit but there is one truth the hollywood media making his 36 cm arms to 43 cm in films. And making him 165 lbs weight to 190 lbs heavyweight boxer range. If you still want to believe this 5ft10 200lbs 44 cm arms. Then continiou to believe that. I have respect everyone in this forum firstly rob then all of you.I finally needed to speak that hard. Because upgrading or downgrading a celeb non stop isnt respectfull. Ä°n my opinion Robs listing is %100 correct....
bernie said on 25/Nov/16
In the Video from Chris175 you can't judge his height, only that hes taller than 5'5"..., but how much..no way...
Another thing...Really astonishing and interesting at the same time that two people who have seen him live & barefoot are soo far apart from each other in estimating Stallones height.. MJKoP as well known is strongly convinced about at least 5'10" and John B whom Stallone also walked by says 5'7"... I mean we're talking about barefoot.. how can one man be so wrong in judging his height? (I don't say you're the one, John B.. but quite interesting to me.. No bad feelings against anyone, but i can differentiate between 5'7" and 5'10"..keeping in mind this person walks you by barefoot..!! No magic skills necessary...Regards
John B said on 24/Nov/16
Met Mr Stallone when I was working in Jury's Hotel in Ireland (limerick) 2003 He stayed a few nights, he used the Hotels Pool and Gym, he was nice guy and I got to meet him 3 or 4 times. The Hotel closed off the pool for him and a few friends between 6am and 7am one morning and I had to make sure no one would enter between these times. I'm dead on 5'9 and Mr Stallone who walked by me barefoot to the changing area was shorter then me he was around 5'7 - 5'7 and a half - other times I saw him he was looking 5'9 to 5'10 with footware. This had been a running theme with other staff who joked about his height as one moment he looked short next he was taller.
Danimal said on 24/Nov/16
New pic with Burt Young: Click Here
9 years ago with Burt Young:Click Here
Danimal said on 24/Nov/16
Sandy Cowell said on 17/Nov/16
There has been so much debating as to Stallone's height over the years. His must be one person everybody expects to be taller, because he has the sort of exceptional physique associated with Mr Universe-style contests. I admit that I would have believed him to be well over the 6ft mark. He also used a small and dainty actress to play his wife Adrian in the 'Rocky' films, giving us all the impression that he was tall!
But whatever height he is, he isn't jealous and nasty about tall actors; it was Sylvester Stallone who worked with the 6ft John Travolta to get him fit and buff for the film 'Saturday Night Fever' and John said he was incredibly patient and devoted to helping him lose his surplus poundage and turning him into a muscle machine!
He also writes such touching films that nobody can dispute that this man's heart is in the right place!
Editor Rob: Sandy, for me Sly Stallone is a 6ft 2 man stuck in a 5ft 9 man's body.


I can't believe you think he's 5'9" Rob? I promise you that barefoot, you would be taller than him.
Danimal said on 24/Nov/16
5'8.5" peak
5'7.25" today

That is normal (average) height loss for a 70 year old man.
Arch Stanton said on 24/Nov/16
It's a matter of perception I guess, I always thought of Stallne as quite stocky actually, I thought about 5 ft 8. When you really look at him in films though he can often look nearer 5 ft 10. 5 ft 9 peak is reasonable.
jtm said on 24/Nov/16
I thought there was plenty of evidence he was never over 5'8. Ditto Michael Jackson.
Shredder said on 23/Nov/16
I thought he was 5'11 before the site.
Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 23/Nov/16
@ArthurJohn: Yeah, at first I wouldn't guessed he was under 6ft given the type of roles he's plays. Deep voice, muscular...
ArthurJohn said on 22/Nov/16
I always thought he was tall. He tends to give off a 6' impression at times (to me), but there have been some people estimating him at 5'7" when meeting him in his prime. I couldn't see any less than 5'8.5" at his peak at the very lowest.

I'd say he stood in a solid 5'9" range, as there's plenty of evidence supporting that.
Hdj said on 19/Nov/16
I think he is 5.5
MJKoP said on 18/Nov/16
Chris175 said on 17/Nov/16
Click Here

Stallone with what appears to be just socks on. Boxing with some girl who I don't know. But in the background watching is a man called jay glazer who is supposed to be 5 foot 5. Interesting, I think it puts him in the 5 foot 8 range


The angles make it almost impossible to tell anything from that video. Downright horrible for the sake of comparison.
JasonKim said on 18/Nov/16
I bet even Stallone's socks have three-inch lifts inside...
Chris175 said on 17/Nov/16
Click Here

Stallone with what appears to be just socks on. Boxing with some girl who I don't know. But in the background watching is a man called jay glazer who is supposed to be 5 foot 5. Interesting, I think it puts him in the 5 foot 8 range
burby said on 17/Nov/16
Weak 5'8" tops with Jackie. Chan's height has to come down too.
Sandy Cowell said on 17/Nov/16
There has been so much debating as to Stallone's height over the years. His must be one person everybody expects to be taller, because he has the sort of exceptional physique associated with Mr Universe-style contests. I admit that I would have believed him to be well over the 6ft mark. He also used a small and dainty actress to play his wife Adrian in the 'Rocky' films, giving us all the impression that he was tall!
But whatever height he is, he isn't jealous and nasty about tall actors; it was Sylvester Stallone who worked with the 6ft John Travolta to get him fit and buff for the film 'Saturday Night Fever' and John said he was incredibly patient and devoted to helping him lose his surplus poundage and turning him into a muscle machine!
He also writes such touching films that nobody can dispute that this man's heart is in the right place!
Editor Rob
Sandy, for me Sly Stallone is a 6ft 2 man stuck in a 5ft 9 man's body.
Murray said on 17/Nov/16
I've only seen Stallone in person once, in 1988. He arrived at a boxing match in LA with a date and two bodyguards. I was astonished at how short he was. Couldn't see his shoes, but he was 5-9 tops.
Brad said on 15/Nov/16
If that's 11/14/16 he's starting to height melt.
Simone said on 15/Nov/16
Rob I'm about the same height as Stallone and I usually wear lifts inside my shoes.
how tall would you guess me here:

Click Here

thank you
Editor Rob
Simone, standing beside the big door actually can give you a shorter look than what you might be. If the door wasn't there I'd maybe say 5ft 9-10.
:D said on 15/Nov/16
Click Here from yesterday and 20+ years ago Click Here
Dmeyer said on 14/Nov/16
He managed to look 5 ft 9 and 5 ft 10-11 with Big shoes up to 5 years back now has í  hard time looking over 5'8
andre said on 3/Nov/16
Sly was 5ft7.5 barefeet at his prime no more then that
Zane said on 27/Oct/16
Rob,Is a solid 173cm a good possibility ?Or You think 174 -175 cm range is more accurate ? I keep viewing pics where He stands with other celebrities that fall in the 5 9 range and i see that Sly is able to keep on them with his footwear.Elevator shoes and a tremendous posture are two remarkable boosts for comparison shots with him
Editor Rob
today he might fall somewhere in 173-4 zone, he has reached an age that his body will be finding it much harder to repair itself and that natural age related degeneration of cells will be occurring more frequently.

I think he's done well staying somewhere in 5ft 8 range at 70, he's had a lot of action roles over 40 years.
Junior31 said on 24/Oct/16
Woke up 5'9 in his peak. Walked around at 5'8.75-5'8.5 during the day. These days 5'8.25 and drops a hair under 5'8. Roughly 1 inch height loss. Why should he be any different then anyone his age.
Zane said on 24/Oct/16
Is a solid 173cm a good possibility ?Or You think 174 -175 cm range is more accurate ? I keep viewing pics where He stands with other celebrities that fall in the 5 9 range and i see that Sly is able to keep on them with his footwear.Elevator shoes and a tremendous posture are two remarkable boosts for comparison shots with him
Puma said on 22/Oct/16
Rob, Sly is 70 years old.Does he lost just 1 cm?I think, he loss minumum 2 cm.
Editor Rob
he's kept himself quite fit through 60's, but today it is possible he isn't much over 5ft 8.
MJKoP said on 21/Oct/16
Danimal said on 19/Oct/16
Shannon said on 14/Oct/16
I think these numbers are way off. I saw Sly in person at the Arnold classic I'm thinking in 2010. I'm 5'7" & walked out of the restroom almost into one of his bodyguards. When he walked by me, I'm guessing that he was 5'3" tops...

Women never take into account that they wear 3-6" stiletto heals.

Even if she had half a foot(the very maximum of the range you gave) of heel height added to her natural 5'7", he'd still be nowhere near as much as four inches shorter than her, and that's with him in completely flat shoes.
A K said on 20/Oct/16
no he really look like 5'10 but he is older so is natural that he going to be shorter about 1 or 2 inches
Danimal said on 19/Oct/16
Shannon said on 14/Oct/16
I think these numbers are way off. I saw Sly in person at the Arnold classic I'm thinking in 2010. I'm 5'7" & walked out of the restroom almost into one of his bodyguards. When he walked by me, I'm guessing that he was 5'3" tops...

Women never take into account that they wear 3-6" stiletto heals.
bernie said on 17/Oct/16
@Shannon - great guess, seems to be very realistic.. means statham, banderas, snipes, van damme etc. are also in the 5'3" range.
Not very credible what you tell here.. anyway...look for an optician, maybe it'll help.. regards
TJ said on 17/Oct/16
Shannon, did you have 6 inch heels on at the time and conveniently forget that you were walking around at about 6ft? Of course Stallone isn't 5'3 tops.
bernie said on 16/Oct/16
@Shannon - yeah, great.. that seems to be a very very realistic guess..! So means, van damme, statham, banderas, snipes etc. who are pretty equal in height with sly are all around 5'3"..?? Yes, that's very credible, believable. Great guess! Advice: you should search an optician specialized store.., and this extremely quick.... cheerz
MJKoP said on 15/Oct/16
Shannon said on 14/Oct/16
I think these numbers are way off. I saw Sly in person at the Arnold classic I'm thinking in 2010. I'm 5'7" & walked out of the restroom almost into one of his bodyguards. When he walked by me, I'm guessing that he was 5'3" tops...


/facepalm
Shannon said on 14/Oct/16
I think these numbers are way off. I saw Sly in person at the Arnold classic I'm thinking in 2010. I'm 5'7" & walked out of the restroom almost into one of his bodyguards. When he walked by me, I'm guessing that he was 5'3" tops...
yaniv maor said on 9/Oct/16
i believe he was exactly 174cm when he was younger and has the best posture ever-now he wear lifts all the time and looks almost 5'10
richie said on 9/Oct/16
@Rob..Hi Rob cheers for acknowledging my previous post, yes i agree with yourself and several of the guys on this site regarding Stallone's height, i don't think any of us are looking to purposely downgrade the star but it stands to reason, if he was a genuine 5'10" barefoot, what with the lifts he wears, he's be coming in at around 6'1" and he's nowhere near that. Recent photos of himself and Carl Weathers show a difference of some 3 inches and Carl is probably closer to 6' these days, he's 5'8" at a push...
Editor Rob
with 50 guesses on Sly that's a good indication the typical estimate is around 5ft 9...

today 5ft 8.25 may well be possible.
Jim Hopper said on 7/Oct/16
WoW!!! Indeed. 3" add on here!

Jesse Stone said on 2/Oct/16
Click Here

Those blue shoes have to hide a little secret...
Mayfield said on 6/Oct/16
Click Here

With Mel Gibson
Junior31 said on 3/Oct/16
Jesse Stone said on 2/Oct/16
Click Here

Those blue shoes have to hide a little secret...


The built up customs at there finest. Other then the absurd heel. Is it. Me or can you see a faint outline of the wedge? With out them he's a half inch shorter then Statham. 5'8.75 at his peak and today hovering around 5'8
Jesse Stone said on 2/Oct/16
Click Here

Those blue shoes have to hide a little secret...
Frankie68 said on 1/Oct/16
Ive been a member here for a number of yrs , & i still dont get the debate over his height estimate ,, its just simple math & numbers !!! If was really 5'10 or even 5'9 for that matter ,, his footwear would bring him to 6' or more !!to look 5'10 or 5'11 ,, it only stands to reason he is under 5'8 without his 3-4 inch shoes/lifts !!! And i want to put to bed his height comparision to burt young !!! Burt young has stated he is taller than stallone & i notice people posting alot of pics of sly & burt young when sly is in boxing shoes ,,slys boxing shoes are wedged up as well !!!! So if they look similiar in height ,, than it would stand to reason sly is shorter without his wedged up boxers on !!! Same for grudge match !!! Sly in wedged up boxers as well !! Shorter than deniro as well without his boxers on !!!'
Antonio said on 29/Sep/16
O saw stallone statue in madame tuso museum,He was taller than me,3cm and i have 179 with shoes
Brad said on 29/Sep/16
I wonder if G got 58 when he got booked years ago.
Mathew Robinson (190 cm) said on 29/Sep/16
Funnily he had a prison number and it was '510'...only Sly would get a prison number to be the height he claimed!

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hahaha that's him subliminally trying to get people to believe his claim!
Editor Rob
yes and in his prison cell he repeats it a few times, just to remind people he is FIVE TEN!
Frankie68 said on 28/Sep/16
Stallones true height is 5'7 !!! With his generous footwear he hits the 5'10 mark !!! The lady who playd his wife in FIST said sly was shorter than her & she is 5'8 & further stated she was asked to wear flats the entire movie so he could appear taller than her !!!
Dmeyer said on 27/Sep/16
Rob even thaugh i think Sly many Times just wore thick footwear with no lifts like cubans or hogan in the past in the 1,5-2in , but in movies like lock up and d§molition Man could realy look 5 ft 11ish h§ defentlty had § 1-1,5in inside 1,3-1,5in boots
Editor Rob
yeah, in films you just aren't sure what he was wearing inside shoes.
richie said on 27/Sep/16
Stallone definitely isn't 5'10", a guy of that stature would be 5'11"ish with flat shoes or trainers and Stallone barely reaches that height with lifts, i'm not looking to purposely downgrade but i would suspect he's around the 5'8" mark and the lifts boost him to 5'10/11" , which is the height he appears in most of his movies
Editor Rob
I think someone mentioned Lock Up and he really could look pretty close to John Amos, although he had thick boots on, you can see them in one scene, like a 1.5-1.6 style.

Funnily he had a prison number and it was '510'...only Sly would get a prison number to be the height he claimed!
Shredder said on 26/Sep/16
Al Pacino , depends on the doorframe , I give you 6'3
Al Pacino said on 23/Sep/16
He is taller. How you can estimate height from a picture to the 1 cm? It is ridiculous.
Esimate mine with shoes and cap Click Here
123 said on 23/Sep/16
5'7 peak 5'6 1/2 today he wears THREE INCH lifts
Stallone Zoned said on 19/Sep/16
The Glenn was under 5' 7", more like 5 foot 6.5". Sly wore his New York footwear: elevated. Barefoot the difference would have been 2".
MrFish said on 17/Sep/16
Rob, in the (albeit flawed) photo of Glenn with Sly, what would you estimate for the height difference disregarding footwear, camera angle, and floor flatness?
Editor Rob
if he was 5ft 7 that moment you can argue 5ft 9 for sly...
Johan said on 17/Sep/16
I agree with the peak listing of flat 5'9" but his current height needs to be tweaked just like Arnold.

Both men are nearer 5'8" flat and 5'11" flat respectively.
Junior31 said on 16/Sep/16
Truth said on 16/Sep/16
Sly today is 5'10.5"



G? Is that you??
Christian said on 16/Sep/16
In Tango and Cash Stallone looked 2 cm taller than 176 cm Russell in the shower sceen. I know we discussed this before and with camera angels etc. But could it have been double or was Sly 5.9.5 in his younger days?
Brad said on 16/Sep/16
5' 10.5" on the set with his Rambo customs on.
bernie said on 16/Sep/16
@ Truth - you forgot to mention "barefeet" & "at least" & was a strong "six-footer" in his prime
Truth said on 16/Sep/16
Sly today is 5'10.5"
Dmeyer said on 12/Sep/16
Sly could bé 173,5cm today and cruise 171,5cm so 2cm différence
Ginny Scofield said on 11/Sep/16
All time favorite's ~ I've got their buddies from movies they have all played in. So many to pick from I'd say Jason Statham has something great going on...you all are special ~
Brad said on 9/Sep/16
5' 8" trying to look taller. In '76 he wore huge heels carefully covered by his pants....40 years later it is Munster action or stealth wedged up customs, even his Rambo boots.
burby said on 9/Sep/16
Carlos Slim...isn't he a criminal? Sly shouldn't wear lifts next to him, just regular sneakers, so he can run away.
heightchecker34 said on 8/Sep/16
A 5'9 guy trying to be taller, thats all. One of the most insecure celebs in the world about his height, despite everything he has accomplished on the big screen. He is always wears his custom lifts, and maybe that wasn't so obvious in his youth, but now its looks hilarious and painfully obvious. He knows all the tricks of the trade of how to look taller than his fellow celebs whether through posture or lifts. I don't understand why, besides the obvious, but he already has that reputation as a no nonsense ass kicker, and can still pull off the look, but I will admit it is fun waiting for what he is going to wear next!
Gregg Richards said on 8/Sep/16
He is a great actor but those Frankenstein elevator boots have him walking down hill.ask him to bend at waist with straight legs and put his hands flat on ground or measure from fingertip to finger tip.
Brad said on 6/Sep/16
Sal, hand Arthur a napkin, he's correct. Agent Double O-G.
Arthur said on 5/Sep/16
1.75 CM PEAK
1.73 CM NOW Those who say 5ft7 or 5ft10 are G's or Sly's agents !
Brad said on 5/Sep/16
His eBay handle was hilarious. Total implode. It never came back. Graphing in New York City was/is a tough racket. If Sly were in NYC sandals he'd be 5' 10.75" with young G. Who have you met, ya postman? I seen him 25 times Brad.....he's ovah 5' 10". Sal, napkins, I'm due upstairs in an hour.
THE REAL ANNONYMOUS said on 4/Sep/16
Lol Thankyou for confirming my banning and then unbanning Rob!
Nolifts81 it's good to see you posting a little more regular again. I really don't ever see Sly leaving home without some type of lift in his shoes.
He has carved out an amazing life for himself. Much respect to him!

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