Neil Fingleton (born 18 December 1980) is an English actor and former basketball player. He is the tallest British-born man 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 Book of Records in the summer of 2007; Fingleton takes over from Christopher Greener who stood at 7 ft 6 ¼ in (229.2 cm) in height.