‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’: How tall is Ser Duncan the Tall?

To be often known as “The Tall” you’d should be fairly tall, however how tall, precisely, are we speaking?

This is probably not your greatest query after watching A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, however we’re prepared to wager it is crossed your thoughts.

The present contains a number of mentions of everybody’s favorite hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), being of huge stature. However how tall is the character in George R.R. Martin’s Dunk and Egg books, and the way does the actor taking part in him measure up?

How tall is Ser Duncan the Tall?

Regardless of there already being quite a few jokes and references to Dunk’s spectacular top — “The Seven above gave you tallness!” says Ser Lyonel Baratheon (Daniel Ings) at one level, after commenting on Dunk slouching, “So be tall!” — we do not know precisely what that spectacular top is. Ser Duncan towers over just about all the opposite characters he meets, however how tall is he? Are we speaking the Hound’s top? The Mountain’s? Taller?

Luckily, we’ve George R.R. Martin’s books as a reference level. Within the Dunk and Egg collection, Ser Duncan is measured as being an inch shy of seven toes. So, canonically at the very least, the character is 6’11” tall.

How tall is Peter Claffey, the actor who performs him?

There aren’t many actors on the market — or folks basically — who’re 6’11”, so it is maybe unsurprising that the onscreen Dunk is not fairly as lofty.

Former rugby union player-turned-actor Peter Claffey is a big man, although, together with his top listed as 1.95 meters, or round 6’5”.

In different phrases, he is about six inches shorter than the Dunk Martin envisioned in his books. However once you’re nonetheless towering over nearly each different particular person round you, perhaps it does not matter all that a lot.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is streaming on HBO, with new episodes dropping Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.