How tall is Ricky Gervais

British actor best known for TV shows The Office and Extras. In film he can be seen in Ghost Town, The Invention of Lying and in 2014's Muppets Most Wanted. He said in a 2009 Inside the Actor's Studio interview, "I'm 5 foot 8" and in another interview joked "I'm a lot taller than I look on television and younger, and for the role of David Brent I wore a fat suit under my shirt and trousers. Really I'm about 25 and about 6ft 1in tall. So that's probably why you don't recognise me in the street."Photo by PR Photos

I am 5ft 8in, not 5ft 7in. That makes me furious at the time. But I don't give a f**k unless they say I shag tortoises.

Ricky and Eric Bana
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No, I'm six-four. I'm wearing nine-inch lifts, though ... Like Tom Cruise.