Who was the tallest hobbit?

Bandobras was noteworthy among Hobbits for his exceptionally large stature, being four feet, five inches tall and able to ride a horse. He was the tallest Hobbit on record until the Ent-draughts taken by Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took made them the tallest Hobbits in the history of the Shire.
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How tall were Pippin and Merry?

Merry and Pippin: These two grew unnaturally tall thanks to the ent drought they got from Treebeard. Assuming that they were nearly the same height, they're somewhere between 4'5" and 4'11" (135-150cm) - Tolkien says that Merry and Pippin were taller than Bullroarer Took, who was 4'5".
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How tall are the Hobbit actors?

they didn't scale the hobbits to the dwarves using effects, they did it with the height of the actors. In LotR, all the hobbit actors were 5'6-5'7", and John Rhys-Davies was 6'1", so the scaling between them was essentially done "in camera".
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Is Frodo a tall hobbit?

Frodo - The only description we get of his height is that he is "taller than some Hobbits" which is in the Fellowship of the Ring. Hobbits tended to be between 2-4 feet, so Frodo is likely in the upper range, probably around 3'6" or more.
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How tall were the hobbits in Lord of the Rings?

'Shortish in the leg'

In a prologue to The Lord Of The Rings, he wrote that Hobbits are between two and four feet tall, the average height being three feet six inches.
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Who was the tallest dwarf in LOTR?

The Hobbit film trilogy

Proud, brave and one of the tallest of the Dwarves, Dwalin will bow to none but those who have earned his respect.
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Is Sam taller than Frodo?

They didn't appear any taller when we see them in ROTK though, very strangely they are the same heights as Sam and Frodo, and Pippin is shorter than Sam!
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How tall is Legolas?

Gandalf is 5'6", Legolas is 6', Boromir and Faramir are 6'4", Aragorn is 6'6", Elendil is 7'11" (even the NBA would call him a cheater), Celeborn and Galadriel are 6'4", Thingol is 8'2" (take THAT, Elendil, you little pipsqueak), and Bilbo is 3'6".
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How tall is Samwise Gamgee?

5 Shortest: Sean Astin (Sam) 5'6.25"

Samwise Gamgee ended up being one of the bravest members of the Fellowship, and he never let his hobbit lack of height get in the way of doing extraordinary things. The same could be said of actor Sean Astin, who stands at shorter-than-average 5 ft 6 and 1/4 inches tall.
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What height is Bilbo?

Bilbo Baggins, only three feet tall.
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How does Frodo look so small?

This included different sized props (chairs, mugs, etc.) and carefully positioning a character such as Frodo in relation to another of regular stature, giving the impression that two similarly-sized actors were actually of vastly differing heights.
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Did Merry and Pippin get taller?

Their power of growth was most evident when they were drunk by beings other than Ents: the Ent-draughts taken by Merry and Pippin added three inches or more to their heights, making them the tallest Hobbits in the history of the Shire.
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How tall is AZOG?

All Tolkien says is that he was “a great Orc with a huge iron-clad head, and yet agile and strong.” But in the movies, Azog is listed as being over 7 feet (213 cm) tall.
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How tall is Gimli LOTR?

John Rhys-Davies, the actor who portrays Gimli the dwarf in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, is actually the tallest member of the Fellowship at 6'1”.
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How tall were Elves LOTR?

The Elves were the fairest creatures in Arda, a far more beautiful race than Men, and generally tall (about six feet).
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What is the average height of a dwarf in The Hobbit?

According to author J.R.R. Tolkien, dwarves are on average between four and five feet tall, towering over their tiny friends the hobbits, who measure in between two and four feet tall, according to the books.
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Why don t Fili and Kili look like Dwarves?

It's because Fili and Kili's father was unknown, and beyond that possibly not even a dwarf, and therefore his name was never recorded.
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How old is Legolas?

Legolas was portrayed by Orlando Bloom. In the "official movie guide" for The Lord of the Rings, a birthdate for Legolas is set to 87 of the Third Age. This would make him 2931 years old at the time of the War of the Ring.
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