Neil Fingleton was born on February 18, 1981 in Durham, England. He is an actor, known for X-Men: Erste Entscheidung (2011), 47 Ronin (2013) and Jupiter Ascending (2014).

Neil Fingleton (born 18 December 1980) is the United Kingdom's tallest British-born man at 7 feet 7.5 inches (232.5 cm) in height. Neil Fingleton won a basketball scholarship to the United States first playing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was playing for the Ciudad Real club in Spain but has now returned to his home city of Durham while he pursues a career in showbusiness. On the Guinness World Records website, Neil Fingleton says in 2006: "I am one of three siblings - my sister who is 6 feet 3 inches is the eldest at 30, my brother is 6 feet 8 inches who is 29 and I am 7 feet 7 inches at 26. My mother is 6 feet tall and my father was also. My great grandfather was 6 feet 8 inches. I have always been taller than everyone since I can remember. My height really took off when I reached 11 and was touching 7 feet. By the time I was 16 I was 7 feet 5 inches and stopped growing at 18 when I was 7 feet 7.56 inhces. Two 2007 British TV documentaries, Britain's Tallest Men on BBC Four and Superhuman: Giants on ITV, featured Neil Fingleton and covered the difficulties and constant attention, quite often considerable rudeness, that he faces day to day. Believes his his height is a result of genetics. His brother is 6ft 8in. Played basketball at the University of North Carolina and at Holy Cross (Worcester, MA).