"I remember as a young man seeing these bigger-than-life, strong images of black manhood in the form of Jim Brown and Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Billy Dee Williams. All these guys were these alpha males who were smart, attractive. I said, 'Wow, I want to be like that."
~ Michael Jai White
Famous actor and martial artist, Michael Jai White for being the black American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture -- Spawn. He has also appeared in movies like Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Universal Soldier: The Return, and HBO television movie Tyson, among many others.
Michael Jai White is a tall cat. He once claimed to be 6'1" on Instagram. Let's compare his height to people like Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Bisping, Nate Diaz,, etc, to see the veracity of his claim.
Did you see that Michael looked more than 3 inches taller than Van Damme, who was no less than 5'9" in his prime.
Michael looked slightly taller than Michael Bisping who is certainly above the 6 feet mark.
And Michael also looked very close to Nate Diaz in height who is very close 6'1" in our reckoning.
A few more height comparisons like these have convinced us that Michael Jai White is very close to 6'1" himself.
The height of Michael Jai White is
6'¾" or 184 cm
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| Jean-Claude Van Damme (5'9¼" to 5'8¼"), Michael Jai White (6'¾"), and Steven Seagal (6'4" in his prime) [pink shadow shows how much height Van Damme has lost over the years] |
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" |
| France | 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" |
| Dinka people of South Sudan | 6" | 5'7" |
Data was collected more or less from Wikipedia and some other sources. Expect a slight discrepancy from real life. A more detailed chart can be found here.
"I don't know when the last time I had fried chicken was. Must've been years. As soon as I think about eating it, I think about the stomach ache I'd get."
~ Michael Jai White