Mark Wahlberg once had a girlfriend who told him "You look so tall on screen"
"Like you're Six Foot Two"
Now, I don't know what films she's been watching, but any time I've seen Marky Mark on screen
He's looked anything but tall, let alone Six Foot Two
That's Alexander Ludwig territory
And acting beside a foul-mouthed talking Teddy Bear doesn't count
Anybody can look like a giant standing with Ted
Wait...you didn't just have a thought... "I wonder how tall Ted is?"
Did you?
Barely over Two Foot
So just How Tall is
Mark Wahlberg
Well in his youth he had aspirations to become a basketball star
But had to face up to reality
He was only 5 foot 10
Wahlberg also said that away from the screen
he looks pretty ordinary and the camera can do things to all of us
Indeed. With camera angles, it's easy to look a couple of inches taller than you really are
simply by how you place actors in a movie scene
and it's also easy to look shorter too
but then....Winston Duke is Six Foot Five
and most folk are gonna look tiny standing next to him
One thing you might notice about Mark is that he's a fan of Boots
He's often seen at Premieres and events in chunky Timberland soles
Here with director Peter Berg, he looks about 3 inches shorter.
And Berg himself admits he's only six foot on a good day
But to be fair to Mark he did
Maybe, with some persuasion, do some scenes with Will Ferrell in socks
Can you imagine a film director asking Vin diesel or Sly Stallone
Hey Vin, you wanna do this scene in Socks?
You'd be flung across the room so fast your head would still be spinning a week later
Here's a celebrity photo tip
Don't lift weights
Just before you take a picture
Dwayne Johnson made that fatal mistake
This is the Rock's least favorite photo of all time and when it comes to height claims
It's totally preposterous and all over the place
You've got Charles Barkley saying he's 6 foot 4 and 3/4's
Wahlberg claiming he's only 5 foot 10
The Rock insisting he's Six Foot Five
and Shaq O'Neal cheekily trying to claim he's only Six Foot Eleven
It can be reassuring when you're photographed with other celebrities
whose height claim matches up with yours
Like for instance Usher.
He claims Five Foot Ten too
and Kevin Hart's own Five Foot Four claim can also
Help your case
however, when your own brother Donnie also claims 5 foot 10, you're in a bit of a quandary
You can certainly ask him to stand with his legs spread apart in a photoshoot
but that only gets you to 5 foot 9
and being photographed with George Clooney
Who claims 5 foot 11 isn't exactly helping your own 5 foot 10 inch aspirations
Having a thick hairstyle can add a bit of height
But even if you come it up over an inch
when you stand beside the incredibly short Matt Damon
Himself a 5 foot 10 inch height claimer
then maybe it's time you got your own
Height measured
Because barefoot, I reckon Mark Wahlberg's Height
is more 5 foot 8 than 5 foot 10
and the CelebHeights.com visitors also
Don't buy his 5 foot 10 inch height claim
they reckon, from 257 votes that he's more 5 foot 7
and three-quarters