Most Marvel Actors Are Too Short To Be Superheroes

Marvel brings their comic books to life by casting the best-of-the-best actors to portray their superheroes. The directors usually hit the nail on the head, but how accurately do the actors fit the stats of their character according to the comics?

Fandom.com’s Marvel Wiki informs us that each superhero has a specific height, weight and age.

Planet 7  took to find out which Marvel film stars had the biggest difference in their height in real life vs their height in the comic books.

Comic

Height

Real-life

Height

Difference (inches)

Wolverine

5’3

Hugh Jackman

6’2

11

Black Panther

6′

Chadwick Boseman

6′

0

Deadpool

6’2

Ryan Reynolds

6’2

0

Iron Man

5’9

Robert Downey Jr.

5’8.5

-0.5

Spider-Man

5’10

Tom Holland

5’8

-2

Captain America

6’2

Chris Evans

6′

-2

Ant-Man

6’0

Paul Rudd

5’10

-2

Doctor Strange

6’2

Benedict Cumberbatch

6′

-2

Thor

6’6

Chris Hemsworth

6’3

-3

Black Widow

5’7

Scarlett Johansson

5’3

-4

Captain Marvel

5’11

Brie Larson

5’7

-4

The Hulk

8’4

Mark Ruffalo

5’8

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We found out that most actors are shorter than Marvel Comic Books’ height.

Marvel’s Wolverine stands at a surprisingly petite 5’3 in the comics, while Hugh Jackman is an over-average height for a male at 6’2.

The biggest difference is of course The Hulk, with the super-strength superhero stacking up at massive 8’4, while Mark Ruffalo is well under six foot at 5’8.

Non-movers are Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther at 6′ and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool at 6’2.