Person Details

Birthday: 1969-06-11 05:20:30

Aliases: 彼特·丁拉基 , Питер Динклэйдж , ピーター・ディンクレイジ , 피터 딘클리지 , بيتر دينكلاج , Πίτερ Ντίνκλατζ

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Morristown, New Jersey, USA

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Movie Involvements: 34

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

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).

Most Famous Work

Game of Thrones
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8

Game of Thrones

(2011) Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
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7
MTV Movie & TV Awards
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8

MTV Movie & TV Awards

(1992) Self / Presenter
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
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7

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

(2023) Scourge (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
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7

Marvel Studios Legends

(2021) Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage)
Avengers: Infinity War
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8

Avengers: Infinity War

(2018) Eitri
Oz
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8

Oz

(1997) Murder Victim (uncredited)
Threshold
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7

Threshold

(2005) Arthur Ramsey

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Dr. Phil Loder
2023 Dean Casca Highbottom
Self - Narrator (voice)
Steven Lauddem
Winston
Narrator (voice)
Scourge (voice)
2021 Cyrano de Bergerac
Narrator
Roman Lunyov
Phil Betterman (voice)
Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage)
2020 Phil Betterman (voice)
2019 Peter Dinklage
Mighty Eagle (voice)
Self
2018 Hervé Villechaize
Del
Himself/''James''
Eitri
2017 James
Narrator/Adult Kevin (voice)
Joseph
Sam Bloom
Chad Johnson
2016 Mighty Eagle (voice)
Renault
2015 Self
Marc
Eddie 'The Fire Blaster' Planz
Tyrion Lannister
2014 Aaron Altmann
Bolivar Trask
Alain
2013 Chans (voice)
Gerard
Hung
2012 Captain Gutt (voice)
2011 Captain Gutt (voice)
Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
Vinnie
2010 K.C.
dwarf
Charlie
Frank
Mr. Townsend
2008 Self
Trumpkin
2007 Peter
Dr. Simon Barsinister
Self
N/A
2006 Stewart
The Scientist
Sam Norton
Ben Klandis
Lemon
Dusty Spitz
2005 Rowlie
Arthur Ramsey
Benson Hedges
Self
2004 Dr. Belber
N/A
Sterno
2003 Finbar McBride
Miles Finch
N/A
Maurice
N/A
2002 Binky
Dink
2001 Frank
Harry Appleton
2000 Little Person
1999 N/A
N/A
1998 Leflore
1997 Murder Victim (uncredited)
1996 Self
Building Manager
1995 Tito
1992 Self / Presenter
1975 Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Self - Host
Jady
Van Helsing
N/A
Reginald Jones
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production


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