How tall is Tom Hanks

American actor best known for roles in films like The Da Vinci Code, Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Big, Catch Me if You Can, Toy Story (Woody), Sleepless in Seattle, Saving Mr. Banks, Philadelphia and the Green Mile. A 1986 article described him as "6 feet tall, weighs about 160."Photo by PR Photos

"I think Lincoln has to be played by a tall man. I'm nowhere near as tall ... I'm only 6 feet."
[So what about lifts?] "Naw. Verisimilitude is too important to both Steven and myself to go in that direction."
-- Daily News, 2009

Rita Wilson, George W Bush, Laura Bush, Tom
Denzel Washington and Tom in 2002
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