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How tall is Robert Downey Jr.?

Q: How tall is Robert Downey Jr.?

Robert Downey Jr. is 173 cm tall, which is 5′8″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American actor (born 1965)

Recorded height
173 cm 5′8″ · 1.73 m · 68.1 inches

Robert Downey Jr. is 173 cm tall (5′8″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 2 cm shorter 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)).

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