How tall is Jack Lemmon?

Jack Lemmon's listed height was 175 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 53% of men in the United States.

Where 175 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 53% of men in the United States born in 1925 (average 174.5 cm).

Lemmon next to his co-stars

Walter Matthau is 14 cm taller than Jack Lemmon (189 cm), JFK co-star.

Tony Curtis is the same height than Jack Lemmon (175 cm), Some Like It Hot co-star.

Sally Kirkland is the same height than Jack Lemmon (175 cm), JFK co-star.

About Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon was an American actor, born John Uhler Lemmon III on 8 February 1925 in Newton. He died on 27 June 2001. He was regarded as proficient in both dramatic and comic roles and was known for an anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona.

Lemmon won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts in 1955 and for Best Actor for Save the Tiger in 1973. He was also nominated for Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, The China Syndrome, Tribute and Missing. Other well-known roles came in Irma la Douce, The Great Race and Glengarry Glen Ross. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996.

Lemmon stood at a listed 175 cm (5'9"), the same listed height as Tony Curtis, his co-star in Some Like It Hot. Walter Matthau, who appeared with him in JFK, is listed at 189 cm (6'2"), 14 cm taller, while Sally Kirkland, also in JFK, is listed at 175 cm (5'9"), the same listed height.

Frequently asked

How tall is Jack Lemmon in feet and inches? Jack Lemmon was 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

How tall is Jack Lemmon compared to Walter Matthau? Walter Matthau is 14 cm taller than Jack Lemmon: 189 cm (6'2") vs 175 cm (5'9").

How tall is Jack Lemmon compared to Tony Curtis? Tony Curtis is the same height than Jack Lemmon: 175 cm (5'9") vs 175 cm (5'9").

How tall is Jack Lemmon compared to Sally Kirkland? Sally Kirkland is the same height than Jack Lemmon: 175 cm (5'9") vs 175 cm (5'9").

Is Jack Lemmon tall for men in the United States? At 175 cm he was taller than about 53% of men in the United States born in 1925, whose average height is 174.5 cm.

Sources

• Jack Lemmon on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Jack Lemmon on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 175 cm.
• Jack Lemmon on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.