Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

54 · Born: Jun 11, 1969

Personal Details

Height 4' 5"
Born Jun 11, 1969 Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Parents
  • Diane Dinklage
  • John Carl Dinklage
Relatives
  • Jonathan Dinklage (Sibling)

Biography

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).

Career

2024
American Dreamer
American Dreamer as Dr. Phil Loder
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2023
She Came to Me
She Came to Me as Steven Lauddem
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The Toxic Avenger
The Toxic Avenger as Winston Gooze / The Toxic Avenger
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Scourge (voice)
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin as Rumpelstiltskin
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How to Become a Cult Leader
How to Become a Cult Leader as Narrator (voice)
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2022
Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty as Chans (voice)
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2021
I Care a Lot
I Care a Lot as Roman Lunyov
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Cyrano
Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac
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Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Phil Betterman (voice)
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How to Become a Tyrant
How to Become a Tyrant as Narrator
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2020
The Croods: A New Age
The Croods: A New Age as Phil Betterman (voice)
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2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Peter Dinklage
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2018
I Think We're Alone Now
I Think We're Alone Now as Del
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My Dinner with Hervé
My Dinner with Hervé as Hervé Villechaize
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2017
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special as Narrator/Adult Kevin (voice)
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Rememory
Rememory as Sam Bloom
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Three Christs
Three Christs as Joseph
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2016
The Boss
The Boss as Renault
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The Angry Birds Movie
The Angry Birds Movie as Mighty Eagle (voice)
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2015
Taxi
Taxi as Marc
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Pixels
Pixels as Eddie Plant
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2014
Low Down
Low Down as Alain
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Aaron Altmann
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
X-Men: Days of Future Past as Bolivar Trask
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2013
A Case of You
A Case of You as Gerard
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Knights of Badassdom
Knights of Badassdom as Hung
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2012
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: Continental Drift as Captain Gutt (voice)
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2011
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 as Captain Gutt (voice)
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A Little Bit of Heaven
A Little Bit of Heaven as Vinnie
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Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones as Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
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2010
Pete Smalls Is Dead
Pete Smalls Is Dead as K.C.
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I Love You Too
I Love You Too as Charlie
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The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as dwarf
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Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral as Frank
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Saint John of Las Vegas
Saint John of Las Vegas as Mr. Townsend
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2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2007
Ascension Day
Ascension Day
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Underdog
Underdog as Dr. Simon Barsinister
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2006
Ultra
Ultra as The Scientist
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Little Fugitive
Little Fugitive as Sam Norton
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Penelope
Penelope as Lemon
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The Limbo Room
The Limbo Room as Dusty Spitz
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Find Me Guilty
Find Me Guilty as Ben Klandis
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Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck
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2005
Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?
The Baxter
The Baxter as Benson Hedges
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Lassie
Lassie as Rowlie
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Threshold
Threshold as Arthur Ramsey
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2004
Surviving Eden
Surviving Eden as Sterno
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2003
The Station Agent
The Station Agent as Finbar McBride
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Tiptoes
Tiptoes as Maurice
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Elf
Elf as Miles Finch
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2002
Just a Kiss
Just a Kiss as Dink
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13 Moons
13 Moons as Binky
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2001
Human Nature
Human Nature as Frank
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Never Again
Never Again as Harry Appleton
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1995
Living in Oblivion
Living in Oblivion as Tito
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2023
How to Become a Mob Boss
2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2008
Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh
2005
Nobody Wants Your Film