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Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con.
Dinklage at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Peter Hayden Dinklage

(1969-06-11) June 11, 1969 (age 55)
Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materBennington College
Occupation(s)Actor, film producer
Years active1995–present
Height4 ft 5 in (135 cm)
Spouse
Erica Schmidt
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(m. 2005)​
Children1
Parent(s)John Carl Dinklage
Diane Dinklage

Peter Hayden Dinklage[1] (/ˈdɪŋklɪdʒ/ DINK-lij,[2] born June 11, 1969)[3] is an American actor and a film producer. He first gained notice for his breakout role in the comedy-drama film The Station Agent (2003), he has appeared in such films as the comedy Elf (2003), the crime film Find Me Guilty (2006), the superhero comedy Underdog (2007), the high fantasy The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) and the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He has also appeared in numerous theater plays.

Since 2011, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones. For this he won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[4] in 2011, and a Golden Globe Award[5] for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2012, as well as consecutive Emmy nominations from 2011 to 2016, going on to win a second Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2015.

Early life

Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey,[6] the son of John Carl Dinklage (1931-2004), a retired insurance salesman, and Diane Dinklage (b. 1943), an elementary school music teacher.[7][8] He was born with achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. He grew up in Mendham Township, New Jersey, and is of German, English, and Irish descent.[9][10]

Dinklage got his first taste of theatrical success in a fifth grade production of The Velveteen Rabbit. Playing the lead, he was delighted by the audience's response to the show. "When you get your first solo bow, that feels pretty good," he explained to People.[11] Dinklage graduated from Delbarton School, a Catholic prep school for boys, in 1987 where he continued to develop his acting as part of the school's drama club. He then attended Bennington College where he appeared in numerous productions before graduating in 1991.[12] After that he moved to New York City with his friend Ian Bell, with a vision to build a theater company. Failing to pay the rent, they both moved out.[13] The play True West, written by American playwright Sam Shepard, inspired Dinklage to pursue a career in acting.[13]

Career

1995–2010

Dinklage made his film debut in Living in Oblivion (1995) as a frustrated actor with dwarfism who complains about his clichéd roles, where he played alongside Steve Buscemi. After a recommendation from Buscemi to the director Alexandre Rockwell, Dinklage was then cast in the comedy 13 Moons (2002).[13] His breakout role was in the 2003 film The Station Agent,[14] for which he received Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actor. That same year, he appeared in the direct-to-DVD film Tiptoes. Dinklage has also starred in several Off-Broadway productions.[15] Dinklage appeared in the 2003 film Elf, as Miles Finch, an irritable children's author who beats up Buddy Hobbs (Will Ferrell) after he is unintentionally insulted. In 2005, he starred in the short-lived CBS science fiction series Threshold and appeared as a wedding planner in the comedy film The Baxter. He also made an appearance in the adventure comedy-drama film Lassie as a traveling circus performer. In 2006, Dinklage appeared in the courtroom drama Find Me Guilty and episodes of Nip/Tuck. He played himself in one episode of the HBO television series Entourage and appeared in the NBC series 30 Rock.

Dinklage appeared in the 2007 British comedy film Death at a Funeral, reprising the role in the 2010 American remake. Later in 2007, he played the villainous Simon Bar Sinister in Underdog. Dinklage played Trumpkin in the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,[16] although film critic Bill Gibron described his role as a "cutesy stereotype he has tried to avoid".[17] In the summer of 2008, he played the title role in Uncle Vanya (directed by his wife, Erica Schmidt) in Bard College's annual Bard SummerScape, the Upstate New York summer stage on the Annandale-on-Hudson campus.[18] In 2010 he appeared in the Australian movie I Love You Too alongside Brendan Cowell and Peter Helliar.

2011–present

Dinklage plays Tyrion Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones, an adaptation of author George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.[19] His performance has received widespread praise,[20][21] highlighted by his receiving the Emmy Award[22] for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2015, as well as the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. As a result of his performance and increased screen time, Dinklage was given top billing starting in the series' second season.[23] In 2014, he said on The Late Show with David Letterman that he had once tried to read the books the show is based upon, but got confused. He joked, "George Martin, our author, is probably going to kill my character soon because I mentioned that."[24]

In 2012, Dinklage voiced Captain Gutt in Ice Age: Continental Drift. In 2014, he starred in the comedy horror film Knights of Badassdom and portrayed Bolivar Trask in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past.[25][26] He also voiced Ghost in the 2014 video game Destiny,[27] but was replaced by Nolan North in August 2015[28] due in part to availability issues and "Hollywood nonsense".[29] Dinklage and writer-director Sacha Gervasi spent several years writing and producing a film based on the final days of actor Hervé Villechaize, who committed suicide shortly after his 1993 interview with Gervasi.[30] Dinklage will star and play the title role in My Dinner with Hervé.[31][32] He will also star in O Lucky Day, which is to be directed by Adam Shankman and is said to be a "leprechaun comedy".[33] In 2015, Dinklage starred in the movie Pixels as a former arcade champion named Eddie Plant.[34] In 2016, Dinklage provided the voice of The Mighty Eagle in The Angry Birds Movie.

Personal life

In 2005, Dinklage married Erica Schmidt, a theater director. They have a daughter who was born in 2011.[35] Their daughter's name has not been revealed publicly, though Dinklage has denied media reports that the girl's name was "Zelig".[36] The family lives in New Paltz, NY.[37]

Dinklage learned early on that he had a form of dwarfism, achondroplasia, which affects bone growth. As a result, he is 4 ft 5 in (1.35 m) tall, with a typical-sized head and torso but short limbs. While Dinklage has come to accept his condition, he found it challenging sometimes while growing up. In 2003, he said: "When I was younger, I definitely let it get to me. As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry, and I definitely put up these walls. But the older you get, you realize you just have to have a sense of humor. You just know that it's not your problem. It's theirs."[15] When asked in 2012 whether he saw himself as "a spokesman for the rights of little people," Dinklage responded: "I don't know what I would say. Everyone's different. Every person my size has a different life, a different history. Different ways of dealing with it. Just because I'm seemingly okay with it, I can't preach how to be okay with it. I don't think I still am okay with it. There are days when I'm not."[30] He has been seen as a role model for other people that share his condition, mostly for turning down degrading roles that dwarf actors are often cast for.[38]

In an interview, Dinklage talked about his dwarfism, saying, "Any swagger is just defense, when you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up – you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance."[39] Dinklage does not let his size limit or define him in any way. At the 2012 Golden Globe ceremony, when Dinklage won the award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, he told the audience that he'd been thinking about "a gentleman, his name is Martin Henderson," and suggested that they Google his name.[39] Henderson being a dwarf from England, who got badly injured by other men for having dwarfism. His wife Schmidt, suggested that he should say something: "I feel like Peter is in a position to possibly affect change for the way people look at people his size".[39] Dinklage later turned down offers to discuss the topic with various talk shows, saying "Maybe 20 years ago I would have done all of these shows and ranted and raved, but I'm a little bit more at peace with things now and I did what I wanted to do and said what I wanted to say. I have a friend who says the world doesn't need another angry dwarf."[39] When talking about his sense of responsibility to other people who shares his condition: "The idea is to get to that level where you don't have to preach about it anymore."[39]

Dinklage is a self-described lapsed Catholic[40] and has suggested that doubt rather than belief is in greater need today.[41] Dinklage has been a vegetarian since the age of 16.[42] He supports Farm Sanctuary and has served as the spokesperson for the organization's Walk for Farm Animals.[42] He also narrated the video Face your Food, a film advocating a vegan diet on ethical grounds.[42]

Filmography

Main article: Peter Dinklage on screen and stage

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Peter Dinklage

References

  1. ^ "Emmy winner Peter Dinklage thanks his dog sitter". September 20, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Peter Dinklage Pronunciation. The Name Engine (April 30, 2014). Retrieved on May 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly (1263): 40. June 14, 2013.
  4. ^ "Peter Dinklage". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  5. ^ "Winners & nominees: Peter Dinklage". Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  6. ^ Meoli, Daria. "That’s Entertainment", New Jersey Monthly, October 2005. Retrieved December 26, 2007. "Find Me Guilty, shot in Newark, Bayonne, and Hoboken, stars tough guy Vin Diesel as Giacomo 'Fat Jack' DiNorscio, in the true story of New Jersey’s notorious mob family the Lucchesis. Morristown native Peter Dinklage plays a defense attorney."
  7. ^ "Peter Dinklage Biography (1969–)". film reference. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
  8. ^ Moszczynski, Joe (July 1, 2004). "John C. Dinklage, 72, father of 2 entertainers". New Jersey Star-Ledger.
  9. ^ Interview, Neil Young's Film Lounge. March 23, 2004
  10. ^ "Genealogy of Peter Dinklage's paternal grandparents". Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  11. ^ "Peter Dinklage: People Magazine".
  12. ^ Smith, Dinitia. "Dark, Handsome And Short; Star of a Sundance Hit Is Ready for an Encore", The New York Times, October 2, 2003. Retrieved December 7, 2007. "Mr. Dinklage, who grew up in Mendham, N.J., said he first realized he was different when he was 5. . . . Mr. Dinklage attended the Delbarton School, a Catholic boys' school in Morristown, N.J., which was strongly sports-oriented. . . . Mr. Dinklage credits Mr. Dougherty with helping to get him into Bennington College in Vermont."
  13. ^ a b c Dan Kois (March 29, 2012). "Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No". The New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  14. ^ "The Station Agent (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
  15. ^ a b "Peter Dinklage lives large". msnbc.com. October 2, 2003. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
  16. ^ "Peter Dinklage and Vincent Grass Set for Prince Caspian". Movieweb.com. February 6, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  17. ^ The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Movie Review, DVD Release (Filmcritic.com)
  18. ^ Gates, Anita (July 16, 2008). "Between Sureness and Self-Pity Stands a Vulnerable Vanya". New York Times. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  19. ^ Gee, Catherine (September 20, 2014). "Game of Thrones: the 20 most shocking moments". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  20. ^ Ken Tucker (April 14, 2011). "Game of Thrones (2011)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  21. ^ McNamara, Mary (April 15, 2011). "Swords, sex and struggles". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  22. ^ Peter Dinklage Emmy Award Winner. Emmys.com (April 23, 2015). Retrieved on May 7, 2015.
  23. ^ Hibberd, James. (January 17, 2015) 'Game of Thrones' premiere recap: The North Remembers | Season 2 Episode 01 | EW.com. Tvrecaps.ew.com. Retrieved on May 7, 2015.
  24. ^ Grow, Kory. (March 27, 2014) Peter Dinklage Has Not Read Any 'Game of Thrones' Books | Movies News. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on May 7, 2015.
  25. ^ SDCC '13: FOX Reveals X-MEN: DoFP Plot Secrets (Spoilers). Newsarama.com. Retrieved on May 7, 2015.
  26. ^ "'X-Men' casts Dinklage as villain". Variety. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  27. ^ McCarthy, Tyler (July 2, 2014). "We Love Peter Dinklage, But This Voice-Over Work Is Unbearable". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  28. ^ Miller, Matt (August 4, 2015). "Goodbye Dinklebot: Destiny Recasts Its Most Important Character With Nolan North". Game Informer. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  29. ^ Hanson, Ben (August 10, 2015). "Destiny: The Taken King's New Approach To Storytelling". Game Informer. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  30. ^ a b Dan Kois (March 29, 2012). "Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  31. ^ "James McAvoy Reading Sacha Gervasi's 'My Dinner With Hervé'". The Playlist. April 19, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  32. ^ "Sacha Gervasi — Peter Dinklage: 'Herve Villechaize Biopic Is Based On Director's Final Interview'". Contact Music. April 19, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  33. ^ Han, Angie (February 12, 2015). "Adam Shankman Will Direct Peter Dinklage's Leprechaun Comedy 'O'Lucky Day'".
  34. ^ Guerrasio, Jason (July 24, 2015). "Peter Dinklage's hilarious character in 'Pixels' was inspired by a video-game legend who held world records in Pac Man and Donkey Kong". Business Insider. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  35. ^ John Mitchell (April 18, 2013). "Peter Dinklage talks 'Game of Thrones' fights and being a 'DwILF' in Playboy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  36. ^ "Peter Dinklage: 'Tyrion has a sense of humour – even in the worst of times'". The Guardian. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  37. ^ "Peter Dinklage: The 'Station Agent' With a Heart of Gold". goveg.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  38. ^ "'It's time dwarfs stopped demeaning themselves in public'". Telegraph. February 6, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  39. ^ a b c d e "Peter Dinklage: Master of the Game". Rolling Stone. May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on September 1, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  40. ^ Greydanus, Steven D. "Eye Candy and Vague Faith: Narnia Filmmakers Talk Prince Caspian | Decent Films - SDG Reviews". Decent Films. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  41. ^ "Peter Dinklage - His Religion, Hobbies, and Political Views". Celebrity Beliefs. June 16, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  42. ^ a b c "Peter Dinklage To Become Farm Sanctuary Spokesman". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
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