Nobody could have foreseen his height.

He's taller than Tom Cruise by 2 inches... It isn't his height that keeps him from getting staring roles in high profile movies. Most likely it is his douche bag looks because he looks like a pussy. I know you have a hard on for him, good for you... but the reality is he at best has a goofy enough face to be in comedies.... but to be taken as a serious leading many? Not gonna happen.

All three of them are terrible actors. It's a credit to him that he's still living on the fumes of Potter.

Does it fucking matter??? I doubt he even cares. Hes rich beyond most peoples wildest dreams. He does a project here or there and will probably play Harry again one day. He seems like hes content and would not give a shit about what people think of him.

It's true, short guys aren't offered some kinds of roles in Hollywood, unless they're backed by a rich and powerful cult or something. A short Brit like Radcliffe isn't going to be offered action hero roles or romantic hero roles, not in Hollywood. Hollywood's cutoff is actually around 5'6", a well-proportioned guy as short as that can be made to look tall onscreen, but Radcliffe is 5'5" and probably shorter.

Hollywood limits short guys to character roles and comedy, so Kevin Hart gets offers for starring roles! Radcliffe can also be very funny, so he's always going to get offers. And IMHO the life of a good character actor is better than the life of a star.

not really sure why height is that big of an issue. it's hollywood, everyone looks 6' on camera. if they don't, add some smoke and mirrors and voila. i did a college project years ago where we had a big burley guy (who was only 5'9 in real life) appear to be 6'3+ on camera simply because we had him stand on apple boxes and stands. if we could do that on a $100 budget, hollywood sure as fuck can.

Well they could if they saw that he had short parents. I think I've even heard Radcliffe say he has a short dad, so chances are he was going to end up short as well. It could have been determined back when he was first cast as Harry Potter.

Aren't the highest profile actors usually super short?
I remember looking at pics comparing the heights in Hollywood and being surprised that it's almost rare for the ultra-famous to break 6'... even 5'10" is lightyears away from a lot of Hollywood.

I noticed that famous rappers tend to be super-little guys as well.

Maybe its some kind of "little-man syndrome" at play, and that's what motivates them to be "better" than everyone. Not sure, tbh...just something I noticed.

a lot of child actors end up being very short adults because they're typically always short for their given age. daniel radcliffe was definetly not at a "normal height as a child" because Radcliffe was 13-years-old playing a 10-year-old, a teenager playing an elementary school student. they're older actors with more experience but they look much shorter and younger than they really are, so they're perfect at playing younger kids. Shia LeBouf, Elijah Wood, Macaulay Culkin, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Tom Holland etc all peaked below 5'7. It makes sense to cast kids who look way younger than they actually are, and shortness plays a huge factor into it.

I'm 5'8 and i've been pretty much the same height-to-age ratio my whole life.