Maurice Benard, precisely 5ft 9 (175.3 cm) tall, is an American actor renowned for his long-running role as Sonny Corinthos on the ABC soap opera General Hospital since 1993. His height became a defining challenge early in his career during modeling attempts.
At 5ft 9, Benard struggled to book jobs and resorted to claiming he was 5'11", underscoring how his exact stature impacted his path from modeling to soap opera stardom, including earlier roles on All My Children.