Tall actor -- United States
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Tim Robbins 196 cm Tallest Academy Award winning actor at 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in). Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the former longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Nuke in Bull Durham, Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption, and as Dave Boyle in Mystic River, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The 9th tall actor in the world.
Early life
Robbins was born in West Covina, California, and raised in New York City, the son of Mary Robbins (née Bledsoe), an actress, and Gilbert Robbins, a musician, publishing executive, nightclub owner, and folk singer.
Robbins has two sisters, Adele and Gabrielle, and a brother, David. Robbins was raised a Roman Catholic He moved to Greenwich Village with his family at a young age while his father pursued a career as a member of the folk music group The Highwaymen. Robbins started doing theater at age twelve and joined the drama club at Stuyvesant High School. He spent two years at SUNY Plattsburgh and then returned to California to study at the UCLA Film School.
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- List of Tall Actors in the world.
- Matthew McGrory 229 cm tall actor.
- Peter Mayhew 221 cm tall actors.
- Kevin Peter Hall 218 cm tall actor.
- Richard Kiel 217 cm tall actor.
- Lock Martin 215 cm tall actor.
- Carel Struycken 213 cm tall actor.
- John DeSantis 206 cm tall actor.
- James Cromwell 201 cm tall actor.
- Tim Robbins 196 cm tall actor.
- Tamara Dobson 188 cm tall actor.