Neil Fingleton

Known for

Acting

Born

February 18, 1980

Birthplace

Durham, England, UK

Died

February 25, 2017 (aged 37)

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.