Peter Dinklage is an American actor and producer. He studied acting at the Bennington College where he starred in a number of amateur stage productions. [1] He made his film debut in the 1995 comedy-drama Living in Oblivion . [2] After appearing in a series of supporting parts in much of the 1990s and early 2000s, he made his breakthrough by starring in the Tom McCarthy-directed comedy-drama The Station Agent (2003), which had him play a railroad-obsessed introvert who inherits an abandoned train depot. [2] He was cast in the role by director Tom McCarthy who recalled fondly his appearance in McCarthy's play The Killing Act (1995). [3] For his performance, he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actor and an Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Male Lead. [4] [5] In the same year, Dinklage played the title role in the play Richard III at The Public Theater. He also played a children's book author in the comedy Elf . [6] In 2006, he appeared in the Sidney Lumet-directed crime film Find Me Guilty . [7] He followed with roles in the films Underdog (2007), the British film Death at a Funeral (2007), with its American remake of the same name (2010) and Trumpkin in the high fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008). [8] [9]
He gained international recognition in 2011 with the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister. [10] As of 2019, Dinklage has received consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations from 2011 to 2019 including four wins for the role as well as one Golden Globe Award. [11] [12] In 2017, Dinklage became one of the highest paid actors on television and earned £2 million per episode of Game of Thrones. [13] [14]
Dinklage provided the voice of Captain Gutt in the 2012 animated comedy Ice Age: Continental Drift , [15] which earned over $877 million—his highest grossing release until Avengers: Infinity War (2018) which grossed over $2 billion. [16] [17] In 2014, he played supervillain Bolivar Trask in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past . [18] The same year, he voiced Ghost in the video game Destiny, but was later replaced by Nolan North. [19] He then starred in the comedy Pixels (2015), The Boss (2016) and the animated comedy The Angry Birds Movie (2016). [20] [21] [22]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2001 | Oz | Murder Victim | Episode: "Even the Score" (Uncredited) | [102] |
The $treet | Little Person | Episode: "Junk Bonds" | [102] | |
2002 | Third Watch | Drug Dealer | Episode: "The Long Guns" | [102] |
2004 | I'm with Her | Elliot Rosen | 3 episodes | [102] |
P.O.V. | Narrator | Voice, documentary Episode: "Freedom Machines" | [103] | |
2005 | Life as We Know It | Dr. Belber | 2 episodes | [102] |
Entourage | Himself | Episode: "The Sundance Kids" | [102] | |
Testing Bob | Robinson "Bob" Hart | Pilot | [104] | |
Celebrity Poker Showdown | Himself | Sixth tournament | [102] | |
2005–2006 | Threshold | Arthur Ramsey | 13 episodes | [102] |
2006 | Ultra | — | Pilot | [105] |
P.O.V. | Himself | Episode: "No Bigger than a Minute" | [106] | |
Nip/Tuck | Marlowe Sawyer | 7 episodes | [102] | |
2009 | 30 Rock | Stewart | Episode: "Señor Macho Solo" | [107] |
2011–2019 | Game of Thrones | Tyrion Lannister | 67 episodes | [108] |
2013 | Saturday Night Live | Peter Drunklage | Episode: "Melissa McCarthy/Phoenix" | [102] |
Sesame Street | Simon | Episode: "Simon Says" | [109] | |
2014 | Mini Monsters | Narrator | Television special | [110] |
2016 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | Episode: "Peter Dinklage/Gwen Stefani" | [111] |
2017 | The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special | Narrator / Adult Kevin | Voice, television special | [112] |
2018 | My Dinner with Hervé | Hervé Villechaize | Television film; also executive producer | [113] |
2021 | How to Become a Tyrant | Narrator | Voice, 6 episodes; also executive producer | [114] |
2022 | Rick and Morty | Chans | Voice, episode: "Rick: A Mort Well Lived" | [115] |
2023 | How to Become a Cult Leader | Narrator | Voice, 6 episodes; also executive producer | |
How to Become a Mob Boss |
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Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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1995 | The Killing Act | Tom Thumb | Access Theatre | [116] |
2000 | Imperfect Love | The Beppo | New York Performance Works | [117] [118] |
2002 | Evolution | Rex | Bleecker Street Theatre | [119] |
2003 | Richard III | Richard III | The Public Theater | [2] |
2005 | Hope Leaves the Theatre | Various roles | St. Ann's Warehouse | [120] |
2007 | Things We Want | Sty | Acorn Theater | [121] |
2015 | A Month in the Country | Rakitin | Classic Stage Company | [122] |
2018 | Cyrano | Cyrano | Terris Theatre | [123] |
2019 | Daryl Roth Theatre | [124] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Heads Will Roll | Prince Albert | Audible original |
2024 | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Hercule Poirot | Audible original [125] |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Ref. |
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2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games | Captain Gutt | [126] | |
2014 | Destiny | Ghost | [19] | |
Game of Thrones | Tyrion Lannister | [127] |
Peter Hayden Dinklage is an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), Dinklage won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Dinklage has a common form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, and stands 4 ft 5 in (1.35 m) tall. He has used his celebrity status to raise social awareness of dwarfism.
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