Neil Fingleton

Actor

February 18, 1980 (37 years)

† February 25, 2017

Durham, England, UK

Biography

Neil Fingleton (18 December 1980 – 25 February 2017) was an English actor and basketball player. Neil became the tallest British-born man in present-day and the tallest man in the European Union at 7 ft 7.56 in (232.6 cm) in height and among the 25 tallest men in the world. This title has been confirmed by the Guinness World Records in the summer of 2007; Fingleton took over from Christopher Greener who stood at 7 ft 6 ¼ in (229.2 cm) in height.

Filmography

8.5

Game of Thrones

Mag the Mighty

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

7.6

Doctor Who

Fisher King

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

6.3

Pointless Celebrities

Self

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.

5.5

Jupiter Ascending

Sargon / Greegan

In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…

6.2

47 Ronin

Lovecraftian Samurai

Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.

7.3

X-Men: First Class

Russian General's Bodyguard 1

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

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Big Smooth

Self

From basketball star to world record actor, Big Smooth is a documentary telling the life story of Neil Fingleton.

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