How tall is Linda Hunt?

Linda Hunt's listed height is 145 cm (4'9"). She is taller than about 1% of women in the United States.

Where 145 cm sits among women in the United States

Taller than about 1% of women in the United States born in 1945 (average 163.2 cm).

Hunt next to her co-stars

Mel Gibson is 32 cm taller than Linda Hunt (177 cm), The Year of Living Dangerously co-star.

Kevin Costner is 40 cm taller than Linda Hunt (185 cm), Silverado co-star.

Max von Sydow is 46 cm taller than Linda Hunt (191 cm), Dune co-star.

About Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt is an American actress, born Lydia Susanna Hunt on 2 April 1945 in Morristown. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye in 1980.

Hunt's portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously in 1982 won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first person to win an Oscar for portraying a character of the opposite sex. She has also appeared in Dune, Silverado, Kindergarten Cop, Pocahontas and Stranger Than Fiction. She has had a successful career in television and voice-over work, notably as the narrator of the God of War video game series, and played Hetty Lange on NCIS: Los Angeles from 2009 to 2023.

At a listed 145 cm (4'9"), Hunt is 32 cm shorter than Mel Gibson, listed at 177 cm (5'10"), her co-star in The Year of Living Dangerously. She is also 40 cm shorter than Kevin Costner, listed at 185 cm (6'1"), with whom she appeared in Silverado, and 33 cm shorter than Patrick Stewart, listed at 178 cm (5'10"), her co-star in Dune.

Frequently asked

How tall is Linda Hunt in feet and inches? Linda Hunt is 4'9" tall, which is 145 cm, 57.1 inches or 1.45 m.

How tall is Linda Hunt compared to Mel Gibson? Mel Gibson is 32 cm taller than Linda Hunt: 177 cm (5'10") vs 145 cm (4'9").

How tall is Linda Hunt compared to Kevin Costner? Kevin Costner is 40 cm taller than Linda Hunt: 185 cm (6'1") vs 145 cm (4'9").

How tall is Linda Hunt compared to Max von Sydow? Max von Sydow is 46 cm taller than Linda Hunt: 191 cm (6'3") vs 145 cm (4'9").

Is Linda Hunt tall for women in the United States? At 145 cm she is taller than about 1% of women in the United States born in 1945, whose average height is 163.2 cm.

Sources

• Linda Hunt on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Linda Hunt on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 145 cm.
• Linda Hunt 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.

More celebrity heights

• Danny DeVito — 147 cm · 4'10"
• Gloria Swanson — 150 cm · 4'11"
• Kristin Chenoweth — 150 cm · 4'11"
• Judy Garland — 151 cm · 4'11"
• Jada Pinkett Smith — 152 cm · 5'0"
• Mary-Kate Olsen — 152 cm · 5'0"

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