Karl Davies, precisely 5ft 9 (175.3 cm) tall, is an English actor whose height has been central to his self-described image as "only 5ft 9 and thin," as he shared in a 2003 Daily Record interview. This stature enhances his versatile on-screen presence in dramatic roles. He is best known for portraying Lyle Anderson in the TV series Kingdom and taking over the role of Robert Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale in August 2001.