Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage is an American actor. Since his breakout role in The Station Agent (2003), he has appeared in numerous films and theatre plays. Since 2011, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones. For this he won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011. Peter Hayden Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey, to Diane (Hayden), an elementary school teacher, and John Carl Dinklage, an insurance salesman. He is of German, Irish, and English descent. In 1991, he received a degree in drama from Bennington College and began his career. His exquisite theatre work that expresses brilliantly the unique range of his acting qualities, includes remarkable performances full of profoundness, charisma, intelligence, sensation and insights in plays such as "The Killing Act", "Imperfect Love", Ivan Turgenev's "A Month in the Country" as well as the title roles in William Shakespeare's "Richard III" and in Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya". Peter Dinklage received acclaim for his first film, Living in Oblivion (1995), where he played an actor frustrated with the limited and caricatured roles offered to actors who have dwarfism. In 2003, he starred in The Station Agent (2003), written and directed by Tom McCarthy. The movie received critical praise as well as Peter Dinklage's work including nominations such as for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the "Screen Actors Guild" and Best Male Lead at the "Film Independent Spirit Awards". One of his next roles has been the one of Miles Finch, an acclaimed children's book author, in Elf (2003). Sob Suspeita (2006), the original English Death at a Funeral (2007), its American remake Death at a Funeral (2010), Penelope (2006), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) are also included in his brilliant work concerning feature films. His fine work in television also includes shows such as Entourage (2004), Life as We Know It (2004), Threshold (2005) and Nip/Tuck (2003). In 2011, the primary role of Tyrion Lannister, a man of sharp wit and bright spirit, in Game of Thrones (2011), was incarnated with unique greatness in Dinklage's unparalleled performance. The series is an adaptation of author George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, and his work has received widespread praise, highlighted by his receiving the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011), The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015) and The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018), as well as The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012) for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film. In 2012, Dinklage voiced Captain Gutt in Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012). In 2014, he starred in the comedy horror film Knights of Badassdom (2013) and portrayed Bolivar Trask in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). In 2016, Dinklage provided the voice of The Mighty Eagle in The Angry Birds Movie (2016).
Known for
![Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4W8Vp5r8NPzS9JYlKmsmZocclvM.jpg)
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
![Wicked](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aIbd4vaSc1ytOlFyon5kGDayDhg.jpg)
Wicked
![The Thicket](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ukqWWQrJRgJym6dsTt1x3EwR2Kp.jpg)
The Thicket
![Unfrosted](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zxcpbkiyv81u1frI7b0f6qaYufE.jpg)
Unfrosted
![Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h31cE8mLKSeijiIa2Vjm2IuoKSm.jpg)
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
![The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mBaXZ95R2OxueZhvQbcEWy2DqyO.jpg)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
![How to Become a Mob Boss](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s6tFEGwTPzU3y6DoijzKaaJAjjs.jpg)
How to Become a Mob Boss
![She Came to Me](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2lG18RqCK8qTk7R5jA1L7ZRMWXu.jpg)
She Came to Me
![The Toxic Avenger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yoHmawu0XKxfch6py0xmU1NwpiH.jpg)
The Toxic Avenger
![How to Become a Cult Leader](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d4bCJ5f8LzZr5TG3EpU9rzfFfui.jpg)
How to Become a Cult Leader
![Transformers: Rise of the Beasts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gPbM0MK8CP8A174rmUwGsADNYKD.jpg)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
![American Dreamer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9bUsa318eCnztKZlcG86s8xk9Rk.jpg)
American Dreamer
![Cyrano](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e4koV8iC2cCM57bqUnEnIL2a2zH.jpg)
Cyrano
![How to Become a Tyrant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kdWrvDC6ApgZL9HxDVYTXwtHZkM.jpg)
How to Become a Tyrant
![I Care a Lot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gKnhEsjNefpKnUdAkn7INzIFLSu.jpg)
I Care a Lot
![Dear Diary: World's First Pranks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1zCHghX3Nmy55UerNxd8cFLNXzh.jpg)
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
![Marvel Studios Legends](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/EpDuYIK81YtCUT3gH2JDpyj8Qk.jpg)
Marvel Studios Legends
![The Croods: A New Age](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tbVZ3Sq88dZaCANlUcewQuHQOaE.jpg)
The Croods: A New Age
![Between Two Ferns: The Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cHxc8v1GkzdjjhF2qnpG6wdXrOT.jpg)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
![The Angry Birds Movie 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fKk4bfnouKEY5iPzYDMcVmtgDEy.jpg)
The Angry Birds Movie 2
![Game of Thrones: The Last Watch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tVyKpOYDtKzs4SOYCbZn4YNFWHI.jpg)
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
![My Dinner with Hervé](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sb7Pr5mS4l37gWOWcwVaFNclhZh.jpg)
My Dinner with Hervé
![I Think We're Alone Now](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9sNsmC8FKgr4hTfnGCS49WY20k4.jpg)
I Think We're Alone Now
![The Origins of Ebbing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vLQSewui4TZ9ijZwH4DCKP8d5rx.jpg)
The Origins of Ebbing
![Avengers: Infinity War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7WsyChQLEftFiDOVTGkv3hFpyyt.jpg)
Avengers: Infinity War
![Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pZRhqJj0DBy4ghB7g6pU7MGHsWJ.jpg)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
![The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3uoVw6eGWi3ek9c0DYP4r0O6AkX.jpg)
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
![Three Christs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4FuSQ9klymXIppnfNUTBg9rOEPf.jpg)
Three Christs
![Rememory](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qz3mvkpTOQOEqzxenvaaObOMarj.jpg)
Rememory
![The Angry Birds Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cqcBmUvip0CWiYIKaPyBbvBEnac.jpg)
The Angry Birds Movie
![The Boss](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q6TAy2EWMpuT6gpxlO3ofj0RYrq.jpg)
The Boss
![The Late Show with Stephen Colbert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9jkThAGYj2yp8jsS6Nriy5mzKFT.jpg)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
![Taxi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w5P3gXIV1ES7QJfkPxU9UWbdObG.jpg)
Taxi
![Pixels](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rV5DzghQv6z6Yagak6ysKE77nuf.jpg)
Pixels
![The Angriest Man in Brooklyn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v0tiYRNhMYbefWlgWFmbhXiOwjr.jpg)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
![X-Men: Days of Future Past](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tYfijzolzgoMOtegh1Y7j2Enorg.jpg)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
![Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![Low Down](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tCZ2ROr17jDwnMHUe0tjGpXLzkV.jpg)
Low Down
![Rick and Morty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gdIrmf2DdY5mgN6ycVP0XlzKzbE.jpg)
Rick and Morty
![A Case of You](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xcwJEDjoglNg2pPbtiD0AR9SHtv.jpg)
A Case of You
![Knights of Badassdom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7TP8E4nTqT0SFkwlj2kYRfMRwfH.jpg)
Knights of Badassdom
![Ice Age: Continental Drift](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dfp1BZF7FxbBUyzHvMOI9t8NWDD.jpg)
Ice Age: Continental Drift
![Honest Trailers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5wZDu7JVXqmzJLthh1ngIfLmKIS.jpg)
Honest Trailers
![Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uIK8n1fhD7YhGoZfINhNfffzPHP.jpg)
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
![Game of Thrones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1XS1oqL89opfnbLl8WnZY1O1uJx.jpg)
Game of Thrones
![A Little Bit of Heaven](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nEWNdL8hCbXxTspxAVHxqE0ZxFt.jpg)
A Little Bit of Heaven
![Pete Smalls Is Dead](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b9w3GcW84IKMYEeK2dfwNhKs9La.jpg)
Pete Smalls Is Dead
![The Last Rites of Ransom Pride](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/naxOdbOaZDE7HIYGXp1lml0syTb.jpg)
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
![I Love You Too](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yhtLSMANn5GZqnzHjYYBkn8dEs9.jpg)
I Love You Too
![Death at a Funeral](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oBCQYMJTqV3qLjrvZ5sTZUCBky7.jpg)
Death at a Funeral
![Saint John of Las Vegas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kN4Vur1SccouDR0k3tmJXJHdrXw.jpg)
Saint John of Las Vegas
![Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mLtA5V91BLALD7Kf4T44fcVWKfP.jpg)
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
![The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qxz3WIyjZiSKUhaTIEJ3c1GcC9z.jpg)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
![Death at a Funeral](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xyTxrJnjbSJQzcbKIP6S1uqLuxy.jpg)
Death at a Funeral
![Underdog](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pqGahPUmqrXbkeTQg7HCUa4VeHV.jpg)
Underdog
![The Graham Norton Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vrbqaBXB8AALynQzpWz6JdCPEJS.jpg)
The Graham Norton Show
![Ascension Day](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eHJ7tUnaqCKgrJuNvrzBLU6lKDc.jpg)
Ascension Day
![30 Rock](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eYYQWACx7ttUzRwTNYuo6zveqpE.jpg)
30 Rock
![Ultra](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j56NcFx59XhzcHZCCYwWoZPD9iV.jpg)
Ultra
![Find Me Guilty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8M0dkX7jOor7exKor1txoUl9Ynu.jpg)
Find Me Guilty
![Penelope](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eZDxWKfCYxUE53Ke02AE5yjU1o0.jpg)
Penelope
![The Limbo Room](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yjDtm1aCFCE0su64j0K2xQOqjPV.jpg)
The Limbo Room
![Lassie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qB7NcROV5GzWLhHyFjSobPq9Eue.jpg)
Lassie
![Threshold](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y9e96lS10N5tbg6Yg3VI063pJry.jpg)
Threshold
![The Baxter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9V1ASfnxMZxrkqIvVQYySE5qSwd.jpg)
The Baxter
![Nobody Wants Your Film](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jspfUZEZ43PBPbJzTuLKZo7UVVu.jpg)
Nobody Wants Your Film
![Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9IjYbPAiae0Fz7wQMkEYDbJ6TED.jpg)
Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?
![Life As We Know It](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zAcvZvHXlvJabsrzkBPR2drp7iL.jpg)
Life As We Know It
![Entourage](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kLKP8zrArBtBboGz3qJOuMGC7rL.jpg)
Entourage
![Surviving Eden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i8NU3du6FGiEwJqgJJ3DfltJhQf.jpg)
Surviving Eden
![The Station Agent](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kjJg6eJa9I9flfHaJG67ecEv8YX.jpg)
The Station Agent
![Elf](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oOleziEempUPu96jkGs0Pj6tKxj.jpg)
Elf
![I'm with Her](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6LhYHZnV7JulhUzMJdeOOzbQV1I.jpg)
I'm with Her
![Tiptoes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m609NhpkIUzAyIWgQYaaPSIsWFO.jpg)
Tiptoes
![Nip/Tuck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b8wq87RBCman73pxQzWWK93Eicu.jpg)
Nip/Tuck
![13 Moons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mzFrhP1kS0vko51GSdQc1KsMt5r.jpg)
13 Moons
![Just a Kiss](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6dH5EELSkd3neQldQGcLRImsPyF.jpg)
Just a Kiss
![Human Nature](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8FlxH4q1plGzdoJmK2VHgap3Ly7.jpg)
Human Nature
![Never Again](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oNPg56hNSdAdr9ttVYwVtxbBIrM.jpg)
Never Again
![The $treet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tHdPAxHVU9I0bRJpINPz5x3o57j.jpg)
The $treet
![Third Watch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rWQmgNLdyZGIL6Xuo9ImL0Kh6wt.jpg)
Third Watch
![Safe Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/857L7x6uFNr4c2oHD5KJw5pkbxn.jpg)
Safe Men
![Oz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oTQ9PUnCgf9CimYeWuDGp8iaT07.jpg)
Oz
![The Daily Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ixcfyK7it6FjRM36Te4OdblAq4X.jpg)
The Daily Show
![Bullet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/plsSRQwRfF2FIvoLmVsjo1ELqbl.jpg)
Bullet
![Living in Oblivion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b54xDk98oWtEtAso9sj1wjaZDDH.jpg)
Living in Oblivion
![MTV Movie & TV Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/77FuUQrJVO8GcyCpfHBZOICINwm.jpg)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
![Saturday Night Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sHGuKFjIBisPk8cvtCZTDVktYfs.jpg)
Saturday Night Live