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).
Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
Chans (voice)
Stewart
Marlowe Sawyer
Self / Presenter
Murder Victim (uncredited)
Eitri
Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little Person
Dr. Dillamond (voice)
Narrator
Drug Dealer
Leon Prater
Scourge (voice)
Arthur Ramsey
Dean Casca Highbottom (archive footage)
Dr. Bolivar Trask
Dean Casca Highbottom
Eddie
Narrator (voice)
Phil Betterman (voice)
Captain Gutt (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Mighty Eagle (voice)
Trumpkin
Mighty Eagle (voice)
Doctor Dillamond
Jady Munger
Miles Finch
James
Reginald Jones
Finbar McBride
Dr. Belber
Dr. Simon Barsinister
Harry Friendly
Roman Lunyov
Peter
Frank
Lemon
Winston Gooze / The Toxic Avenger / Toxie (Voice)
Self
Cyrano de Bergerac
Vinnie
Peter Dinklage
Rowlie
Aaron Altmann
Steven Lauddem
Renault
Joseph
Ben Klandis
Frank
Self
Gerard
Del
Building Manager
Tyrion Lannister
Tito
Phil Loder
Sam Bloom
Maurice
Dink
Self
Charlie
Leflore
Alain
Hervé Villechaize
Marc
dwarf
Mr. Townsend
Harry Appleton
Hung
Self
Dusty Spitz
K.C.
Benson Hedges
Self
Captain Gutt (voice)
The Scientist
The Fool
Self
Self
Self
Van Helsing
Phil Betterman (voice)
Self
Sam Norton
Binky
Narrator / Adult Kevin (voice)
Self (Dean Casca Highbottom)
Narrator
Sterno
Narrator
Self
Self
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Self - Host