How tall is he really? That’s the first question you are asked when people hear that you have interviewed Gimli the dwarf from Lord of the Rings. Well, at 6 feet-1 inch, British actor John Rhys-Davies is far from tiny. Ironically, he is actually taller than his co-stars Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), and Orlando Bloom (Legolas), and spent five hours a day putting make up on for the part of Gimli. [More]