Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

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).

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: June 11, 1969

Deathday: N/A

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The Station Agent
The Station Agent

2003-12-05

Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral

2007-08-17

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2008-05-15

Elf
Elf

2003-11-07

Underdog
Underdog

2007-08-03

Penelope
Penelope

2006-03-01

Living in Oblivion
Living in Oblivion

1995-07-21

Find Me Guilty
Find Me Guilty

2006-03-16

Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral

2010-04-15

Lassie
Lassie

2005-12-16

Just a Kiss
Just a Kiss

2002-06-15

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

2008-10-07

Safe Men
Safe Men

1998-08-07

A Little Bit of Heaven
A Little Bit of Heaven

2011-02-03

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

2010-06-17

I Love You Too
I Love You Too

2010-05-06

American Dreamer
American Dreamer

2022-11-04

Pete Smalls Is Dead
Pete Smalls Is Dead

2010-09-17

Little Fugitive
Little Fugitive

2006-05-27

Knights of Badassdom
Knights of Badassdom

2013-01-21

Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012-06-27

X-Men: Days of Future Past
X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014-05-15

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

2014-05-23

She Came to Me
She Came to Me

2023-10-06

The Limbo Room
The Limbo Room

2006-01-23

A Case of You
A Case of You

2013-11-06

Low Down
Low Down

2014-01-19

Pixels
Pixels

2015-07-16

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

2023-11-15

The Angry Birds Movie
The Angry Birds Movie

2016-05-11

Never Again
Never Again

2001-03-11

Human Nature
Human Nature

2001-09-12

Tiptoes
Tiptoes

2002-12-17

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

2015-01-29

The Boss
The Boss

2016-04-07

Taxi
Taxi

2015-08-20

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023-06-06

Bullet
Bullet

1996-03-01

Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

2024-02-13

Unfrosted
Unfrosted

2024-04-30

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

2024-11-16

The Thicket
The Thicket

2024-09-05

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017-12-01

Rememory
Rememory

2017-09-08

13 Moons
13 Moons

2002-08-30

Ascension Day
Ascension Day

2007-02-02

Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?
Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?

2005-01-01

Three Christs
Three Christs

2017-09-23

Lear Rex
Lear Rex

I Think We're Alone Now
I Think We're Alone Now

2018-09-14

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

2011-11-16

Nobody Wants Your Film
Nobody Wants Your Film

2005-05-06

My Dinner with Hervé
My Dinner with Hervé

2018-10-20

Ultra
Ultra

2006-09-01

The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

2017-10-28

Pigeonholed
Pigeonholed

1999-09-28

Saint John of Las Vegas
Saint John of Las Vegas

2010-01-29

Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War

2018-04-25

The Angry Birds Movie 2
The Angry Birds Movie 2

2019-08-02

The Dwarf
The Dwarf

The Croods: A New Age
The Croods: A New Age

2020-11-25

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

2019-05-26

The Origins of Ebbing
The Origins of Ebbing

2018-06-25

Brothers
Brothers

2024-10-10

I Care a Lot
I Care a Lot

2021-02-19

Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie

2019-09-20

Good Bad & Undead
Good Bad & Undead

Cyrano
Cyrano

2021-04-14

Keith
Keith

The Baxter
The Baxter

2005-08-26

The Toxic Avenger
The Toxic Avenger

2023-09-21

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

2021-02-09

Surviving Eden
Surviving Eden

2004-03-01

Roofman
Roofman

2025-10-02

Wicked
Wicked

2024-11-20

The Last of the Game of Thrones Hot Takes
The Last of the Game of Thrones Hot Takes

2019-08-14