"The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world."
~ Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Fine actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is known for his equally fine work in movies such as G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Inception, Premium Rush, The Dark Knight Rises, Looper, and Lincoln, The Walk, Snowden, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and many more.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt once mentioned his height as 5-feet-10 inches on The Howard Stern Show.
But to us, Joseph looks like a classic 5'9" tall guy. Why? you would think.
Because in The Dark Knight Rises, Joseph looked around 3 inches shorter than a 6" tall Christian Bale. He also looks a couple inches shorter 5'11½" tall Leonardo Dicaprio, and just around as tall as 5'9" tall Tom Hardy,
These height comparisons, along with some others, have convinced us that Joseph might have mentioned his in-shoes height to Howard the Great (north of 6'5").
The height of Joseph Gordon-Levitt is
5'9" or 175 cm
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| Tom Cruise (5'8"), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (5'9"), and Christian Bale (6") height comparison |
For reference, here is the average human height around the world.
| Country | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5'4" | 4'11" |
| India | 5'5½" | 5'½" |
| Mexico | 5'6½" | 5'1½" |
| China | 5'6½" | 5'1½" |
| Japan | 5'7½" | 5'2½" |
| Brazil | 5'8" | 5'3" |
| Russia | 5'9" | 5'3¾" |
| United States | 5'9¼" | 5'4" |
| United Kingdom | 5'9½" | 5'4¼" |
| Canada | 5'10" | 5'4½" |
| Australia | 5'10" | 5'4½" |
| Germany | 5'10½" | 5'5" |
| Netherlands | 5'11½" | 5'6" |
Most of the data was collected from official sources. A more detailed chart can be found here.
"The movies I watch and the music I listen to and the books I read - those are important to me. It's very important to me, and I don't know what I would do without those things."
~ Joseph Gordon-Levitt