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* At 6'4'', Jared Padalecki towers over his ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' co-stars. However, he's well-known for being an extremely friendly goofball and a dog-lover to boot.
* Seven-foot and 1.5 inch actor Richard Kiel who played "Jaws" in the ''[[James Bond]]'' movies ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' and ''[[Moonraker]]''. Lewis Gilbert, director of those two films, says on the DVD featurette for ''TSWLM'': "He was a remarkable size, but like all giants he was sweet and charming and a real pussycat."
* American football players tend to be huge, and a few famous examples of this Trope:
** Former Pittsburg Steelers defensive tackle "Mean Joe" Greene is 6'4" (193 cm), and as proven by the famous 1979 Coca-Cola commercial [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8&ab_channel=stiggerpao seen here,] he's a big softie.
** Retired Chicago Bears fullback William "the Refrigerator" Perry. He got his nickname because he was huge, standing 6'2" (188 cm) and weighing over 300 lbs through most of his career in football. (He has the largest Super Bowl ring of any player in NFL history, size 25, as opposed to 12, which is average size.) He's a big teddy bear, and he has been known to make light of his size (often when appearing in advertising spots).
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