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How tall is Orson Welles?

Q: How tall is Orson Welles?

Orson Welles is 183 cm tall, which is 6′0″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)

Recorded height
183 cm 6′0″ · 1.83 m · 72.0 inches

Orson Welles is 183 cm tall (6′0″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 8 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

Compared with people of similar fame

Martin Scorsese (160 cm) · Matt Damon (178 cm) · Christopher Lee (194 cm) · Alex Ferguson (180 cm) · Dua Lipa (173 cm) · Anne Hathaway (173 cm)

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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved August 27, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.