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Tom Cruise has never been taller than 5'7. I don't know where people are getting 5'7.75. If anything, he's shrunk from his peak height of 5'7 in 1986's 'Top Gun' where Cruise appeared tiny compared to every other pilot in that film, and of course Kelly McGillis who at 5'10 towered over Cruise.
(PHOTOS). Posted: 07/22/2010 4:48 pm EDT Updated: 05/25/2011 5:10 pm EDT. Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz attended the premiere of Knight and Day in London on Thursday, and Cruise was almost as tall as Diaz, despite her 4-or-5 inch heels.ruise, 5'7, and Diaz, 5'9, posed for photos together and, while he is shorter, the difference was far less the 5 inches it theoretically should be, even with Diaz slightly slouching.