Repost: Are Hollywood actors shorter than average?

Reposted from last year’s popular post.

How have you had friends or family meet a Hollywood actor and marvel at how short he is in real life? (This phenomenon seems to happen more often with males than females, so I will limit the discussion to male actors.)

My friend, @markferne, had this experience recently:

Now, Mark is a tall guy (6′ in shoes). He says that Ty is 5’9″ or 5’10″ (tops; also in shoes) – though if you check the interweb it says that Ty is 5’11″ or 6’0 tall.

…………..Tall or not? You...