Peter Dinklage

QUICK FACTS
NAME
Peter Dinklage
OCCUPATION
Actor
BIRTH DATE
June 11, 1969 (age 49)
EDUCATION
Bennington College
PLACE OF BIRTH
Morristown, New Jersey
ZODIAC SIGN
Gemini

Biography of Peter Dinklage
Actor (1969-)
Award-winning actor Peter Dinklage has been critically acclaimed for his work on the 2003 film 'The Station Agent' and the hit television series 'Game of Thrones'.
Synopsis
Born in 1969, actor Peter Dinklage grew up in Morristown, New Jersey. He moved to New York City in 1991 to work in theater. In 1995, Dinklage made his film debut in Living in Oblivion. His next breakthrough in his career came with the station agent of 2003. Dinklage has continued to win over critics with his performance in the television series Game of Thrones, earning Emmys for the role in both 2011 and 2015.

Early life
Actor Peter Dinklage has captivated audiences of film, television and theater with his expressive blue eyes, his powerful presence, wit and charm. The Emmy Award and the Golden Globe winner discovered a passion for acting at an early age in Morristown, New Jersey.

Born to parents of average size, Dinklage learned early on that he had achondroplasia, a genetic condition that affects bone growth. A person with this form of dwarfism usually has a head and torso of normal size but short limbs. While he has come to accept his condition, Dinklage found it a challenge at times as he grew up. "As a teenager, I was bitter and angry, and I definitely lifted these walls," he told MSNBC. "But as you get older, you realize that you just have to have a sense of humor, you just know it's not your problem, it's theirs."


Dinklage had his first theatrical success experience in a fifth grade production of The Velveteen Rabbit. Playing the lead role, I was delighted with the response of the audience to the show. "When you have your first solo bow, it feels pretty good," he told People magazine. At Delbarton School, a Catholic school for children, Dinklage continued to seek applause as part of the theater club.

As a student at Bennington College, Dinklage appeared in numerous productions. He graduated in 1991 and then moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. With a friend, Dinklage started a theater group in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. While this initial venture failed, he got some jobs in off-Broadway shows.

Outstanding careers
Although he only had a minor role, Dinklage made an impressive debut in the 1995 parody of the independent film world Living in Oblivion. He played a dwarf hired for a dream sequence directed to the director of the film (Steve Buscemi). The following year, Dinklage landed a role in an off-Broadway play, The Killing Act, written by Tom McCarthy. He played a Tom Over "top-the-top" on the show.


Dinklage and McCarthy met for the successful independent drama The Station Agent (2003). In the film, he played a lonely man, obsessed with trains, inheriting a warehouse of trains in ruins. Her character befriends a talkative food cart vendor (Bobby Cannavale) and becomes involved with the lonely artist (Patricia Clarkson) who has suffered the loss of her son and who has long been separated from her husband. The film received a warm welcome at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was purchased by Miramax. Dinklage's performance also captivated critics, and one of them announced his work as "warm, heartbreaking and hilarious."

In 2004, Dinklage played one of his dream roles, Richard III of Shakespeare, in the Public Theater. He also appeared in the London production of Charlie Kaufman's New Ear Theater with Meryl Streep and Hope Davis the following year. Also around this time, Dinklage also made several memorable television appearances. She had a recurring role in the teenage drama comedy Life as we know her and in the drama Nip / Tuck as a male nanny and love interest for the character of Joely Richardson.

The most significant television work by Dinklage, however, came in 2011 with the premiere of Game of Thrones. In the series based on George R. R. Martin's fantasy novels, Song of Ice and Fire, he plays Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf of noble births. His character must survive by his wit, not by his physical strength, in a land torn apart by competing dynasties that seek power over the kingdoms of Westeros. Martin's novels are inspired by the infamous War of the Roses of medieval England.

For his portrayal of a "good bad boy", Dinklage won the Emmy Awards in 2011 and 2015 and a Golden Globe in 2012. He is very excited about the series, and tells The Hollywood Reporter that the show has a "smart narrative" " "You have to push the envelope and challenge the expectations and ideas of what will happen next.