Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 11, 1969
Place of Birth:
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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Peter Dinklage
Biography
Peter Hayden Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) 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.
Born in the Jersey Shore region of New Jersey, Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, performing in a number of amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the black comedy film Living in Oblivion (1995), and had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama The Station Agent. His other films include Elf (2003), Lassie and The Baxter (both in 2005), Find Me Guilty (2006), Penelope (2006), Death at a Funeral (2007), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Death at a Funeral (2010), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), and Wicked (2024). In 2018, he appeared as Eitri in the Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War, and as Hervé Villechaize in the biopic film My Dinner with Hervé. He also provided voice-acting for the video game Destiny, and in 2023, he voiced Scourge in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. On television, he also starred in the series Dexter: Resurrection in 2025.
Dinklage has also performed in theater, with roles including the title character in Richard III (2003) at the Public Theatre, Rakitin in A Month in the Country (2015) at Classic Stage Company, and Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano at the Daryl Roth Theatre in 2019. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Peter Dinklage.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dexter: Resurrection | Leon Prater |
| 2023 | How to Become a Cult Leader | Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | How to Become a Mob Boss | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | How to Become a Tyrant | Narrator |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios Legends | Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty | Chans (voice) |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Stewart |
| 2005 | Threshold | Arthur Ramsey |
| 2004 | Entourage | Peter Dinklage |
| 2004 | Life As We Know It | Dr. Belber |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Marlowe Sawyer |
| 2003 | I'm with Her | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2000 | The $treet | Little Person |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Drug Dealer |
| 1997 | Oz | Murder Victim (uncredited) |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self / Presenter |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Malvolio |