Peter Dinklage
Born
June 11, 1969 (56 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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).
Known For

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Self
2024

The Thicket
Reginald Jones
2024

Unfrosted
Harry Friendly
2024

Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Self (Dean Casca Highbottom)
2024

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Dean Casca Highbottom
2023

She Came to Me
Steven Lauddem
2023

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Scourge (voice)
2023

American Dreamer
Phil Loder
2022

My Dinner with Hervé
Hervé Villechaize
2018

I Think We're Alone Now
Del
2018

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
James
2017

Three Christs
Joseph
2017

Rememory
Sam Bloom
2017

The Angry Birds Movie
Mighty Eagle (voice)
2016

The Boss
Renault
2016

Taxi
Marc
2015

Pixels
Eddie
2015

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Tyrion Lannister
2015

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Aaron Altmann
2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past
Dr. Bolivar Trask
2014

Low Down
Alain
2014

A Case of You
Gerard
2013

Knights of Badassdom
Hung
2013

Ice Age: Continental Drift
Captain Gutt (voice)
2012

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
Captain Gutt (voice)
2011

A Little Bit of Heaven
Vinnie
2011

Pete Smalls Is Dead
K.C.
2010

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
dwarf
2010

I Love You Too
Charlie
2010

Death at a Funeral
Frank
2010

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Self
2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Trumpkin
2008

Death at a Funeral
Peter
2007

Underdog
Dr. Simon Barsinister
2007

Ascension Day
2007
Little Fugitive
Sam Norton
2006

Find Me Guilty
Ben Klandis
2006

Penelope
Lemon
2006

The Limbo Room
Dusty Spitz
2006

Lassie
Rowlie
2005

Nobody Wants Your Film
Self
2005

Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?
Narrator
2005

The Station Agent
Finbar McBride
2003

Elf
Miles Finch
2003

Tiptoes
Maurice
2002

13 Moons
Binky
2002

Just a Kiss
Dink
2002

Human Nature
Frank
2001

Never Again
Harry Appleton
2001

Safe Men
Leflore
1998

Bullet
Building Manager
1996

Living in Oblivion
Tito
1995

Lear Rex
The Fool

Wicked: For Good
Doctor Dillamond (voice)
2025

Roofman
2025

The Toxic Avenger
Winston Gooze / The Toxic Avenger / Toxie (Voice)
2025

Dexter: Resurrection
Leon Prater · (10 episodes)
2025

Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Narrator
2025

Making Wicked
Self
2024

Wicked
Dr. Dillamond (voice)
2024

Brothers
Jady Munger
2024

How to Become a Mob Boss
Self - Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2023

How to Become a Cult Leader
Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2023

How to Become a Tyrant
Narrator · (6 episodes)
2021

Cyrano
Cyrano de Bergerac
2021

I Care a Lot
Roman Lunyov
2021

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Phil Betterman (voice)
2021

Marvel Studios Legends
Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
2021

The Croods: A New Age
Phil Betterman (voice)
2020

Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Peter Dinklage
2019

The Angry Birds Movie 2
Mighty Eagle (voice)
2019

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Self
2019

The Origins of Ebbing
Self
2018

Avengers: Infinity War
Eitri
2018

The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
Narrator / Adult Kevin (voice)
2017

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (3 episodes)
2015

Hot Ones
Self · (1 episode)
2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Rick and Morty
Chans (voice) · (1 episode)
2013

Honest Trailers
Dean Casca Highbottom (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012

Saint John of Las Vegas
Mr. Townsend
2010

Ultra
The Scientist
2006

The Baxter
Benson Hedges
2005

Entourage
(1 episode)
2004

Pigeonholed
1999
The Dwarf
Good Bad & Undead
Van Helsing
Keith

Surviving Eden
Sterno
2004
The Shitheads

Wicker

Game of Thrones
Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister · (73 episodes)
2011

30 Rock
Stewart · (1 episode)
2006

Threshold
Arthur Ramsey · (13 episodes)
2005

Life As We Know It
Dr. Belber · (2 episodes)
2004

I'm with Her
(3 episodes)
2003

Nip/Tuck
Marlowe Sawyer · (7 episodes)
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003

The $treet
Little Person · (1 episode)
2000

Third Watch
Drug Dealer · (1 episode)
1999

Oz
Murder Victim (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1997

The Daily Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1996

MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter · (1 episode)
1992

Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975