Actor Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage
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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).
Place of birth
Morristown, New Jersey, USA Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Date of birth
11th June 1969
Movies that starred Peter Dinklage (27 in total)
American Dreamer poster

American Dreamer [2024]

Dr. Phil Loder
Wicked poster

Wicked [2024]

Dr. Dillamond (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts poster

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts [2023]

Scourge (voice)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes poster

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes [2023]

Casca Highbottom
The Toxic Avenger poster

The Toxic Avenger [2023]

Winston Gooze / The Toxic Avenger
The Croods: A New Age poster

The Croods: A New Age [2020]

Phil Betterman (voice)
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch poster

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch [2019]

Himself
I Think We're Alone Now poster

I Think We're Alone Now [2018]

Del
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri poster

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017]

James
The Angry Birds Movie poster

The Angry Birds Movie [2016]

Mighty Eagle (voice)
Pixels poster

Pixels [2015]

Eddie Plant
Taxi poster

Taxi [2015]

Marc
X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past [2014]

Bolivar Trask
Low Down poster

Low Down [2014]

Alain
Ice Age: Continental Drift poster

Ice Age: Continental Drift [2012]

Captain Gutt (voice)
Saint John of Las Vegas poster

Saint John of Las Vegas [2010]

Mr. Townsend
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian poster

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [2008]

Trumpkin
Death at a Funeral poster

Death at a Funeral [2007]

Peter
Underdog poster

Underdog [2007]

Dr. Simon Barsinister
Penelope poster

Penelope [2006]

Lemon
Find Me Guilty poster

Find Me Guilty [2006]

Ben Klandis
Lassie poster

Lassie [2005]

Rowlie
Elf poster

Elf [2003]

Miles Finch
The Station Agent poster

The Station Agent [2003]

Finbar McBride
Tiptoes poster

Tiptoes [2003]

Maurice
Human Nature poster

Human Nature [2001]

Frank
Living in Oblivion poster

Living in Oblivion [1995]

Tito
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