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

(1969-06-11) June 11, 1969 (age 55)[1]
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
Height4 ft 5 in (1.35 m)[2]
SpouseErica Schmidt (2005–present)
Children1

Peter Hayden Dinklage[3] (/ˈdɪŋklɪdʒ/ DINGK-lij,[4] born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. Since his breakout role in The Station Agent (2003), he has appeared in films such as Elf (2003), Find Me Guilty (2006), Underdog (2007), Death at a Funeral (2007) (and its 2010 remake), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), and Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012). Since 2011, he has starred as Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones, which earned him the Emmy and the Golden Globe Award for Supporting Actor.

Early life

Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey,[5] the son of Diane, an elementary school music teacher, and John Carl Dinklage, a retired insurance salesman.[6][7] Dinklage was born with achondroplasia, a common cause of dwarfism. He grew up in Mendham Township, New Jersey, and is of German and Irish descent.[8] His German ancestors were related to the Westphalian noble family "von Dincklage". Dinklage graduated from Delbarton School in 1987, and Bennington College in 1991.[9]

Career

Dinklage made his feature film debut in the 1989 WWE film No Holds Barred, hanging from a cage in a bar. He appeared in the cult art house film Living in Oblivion (1995), playing a frustrated actor with dwarfism who complains about his clichéd roles. His breakout role was in the 2003 film The Station Agent,[10] 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.[11]

Dinklage appeared in the 2003 film Elf, playing a pretentious children's author who beats up Will Ferrell's character 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. 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.

He appeared in the 2007 British comedy film Death at a Funeral, reprising the role in the American remake in 2010. Later in 2007, he played the villainous Simon Bar Sinister in Underdog. Dinklage played Trumpkin in the 2008 film Prince Caspian,[12] although film critic Bill Gibron described his role as a "cutesy stereotype he has tried to avoid".[13] 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.[14]

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. His performance has received widespread praise,[15][16] highlighted by his receiving the Emmy Award[17] for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, as well as the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. As a result of his outstanding performance and increased screen time, Dinklage was given top billing in the second season of the series.[18]

In 2012, he voiced Captain Gutt in Ice Age: Continental Drift. He will portray Bolivar Trask in the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past.[19][20] He will voice Ghost in the video game Destiny, set to be released in 2014.[21] He will also star in the upcoming comedy horror film Knights of Badassdom.[22][23] 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.[24] Entitled My Dinner with Hervé,[25] the film will star Dinklage in the title role.[26]

Personal life

In 2005, Dinklage married Erica Schmidt, a theatre director. In 2011, they had their first child, a daughter named Zelig.[27][28] Dinklage is a vegetarian and lives with his wife and daughter in New York City.[29] Dinklage supports Farm Sanctuary and has served as the spokesperson for the organization's Walk for Farm Animals.[30]

When asked about his height in a 2003 interview, Dinklage 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."[11] In 2012, a New York Times interviewer asked Dinklage 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's days when I’m not”.[24]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Living in Oblivion Tito
1996 Bullet Building manager Uncredited
1998 Safe Men Leflore
1999 Pigeonholed Roy
2001 Human Nature Frank
2001 Never Again Harry Appleton
2002 13 Moons Binky
2002 Just a Kiss Dink
2003 Elf Miles Finch
2003 The Station Agent Finbar McBride Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast
Ourense Independent Film Festival Award for Best Actor
Satellite Award for Outstanding Talent
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakout Performance—On Screen
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2003 Tiptoes Maurice
2004 89 Seconds in Alcázar Mari Barbola Short film
2004 Jail Bait Lindo Short film
2004 Surviving Eden Sterno
2005 The Baxter Benson Hedges
2005 Escape Artists Mr. Duff
2005 Fortunes Mike Kirkwood
2005 Lassie Rowlie
2005 Nobody Wants Your Film Himself Documentary
2005 Testing Bob Robinson "Bob" Hart TV Movie
2006 Find Me Guilty Ben Klandis
2006 Penelope Lemon
2006 The Limbo Room Dusty Spitz
2006 Little Fugitive Sam Norton
2007 Ascension Day Brantly
2007 Death at a Funeral Peter
2007 Underdog Dr. Simon Barsinister
2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Trumpkin
2009 Saint John of Las Vegas Mr. Townsend
2010 Death at a Funeral Frank
2010 The Last Rites of Ransom Pride Dwarf
2010 I Love You Too Charlie
2010 Pete Smalls Is Dead KC
2011 A Little Bit of Heaven Vinnie
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Captain Gutt Voice
2013 A Case of You TBA
2013 Knights of Badassdom Hung
2013 The Angriest Man in Brooklyn Aaron
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Bolivar Trask
2014 Low Down Alain

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Seinfeld James' telephone voice Episode: "The Wink"
Uncredited
2001 Oz Stunts Episode: "Even the Score"
2001 The $treet Little person Episode: "Junk Bonds"
2002 Third Watch Drug dealer Episode: "The Long Guns"
2004 I'm with Her Elliot Rosen 3 episodes
2005 Entourage Himself Episode: "The Sundance Kids"
2005 Life as We Know It Dr. Belber 2 episodes
2005–2006 Threshold Arthur Ramsey
2006 Nip/Tuck Marlowe Sawyer 7 episodes
2006 Ultra Unknown Pilot
2009 30 Rock Stewart Episode: "Señor Macho Solo"
2011–present Game of Thrones Tyrion Lannister Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2011)
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2011)
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2011, tied with Ryan Hurst)
Scream Award for Best Supporting Actor (2011)
Nominated—Scream Award for Best Ensemble (2011)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2011)
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2012)
Nominated—TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2011, 2012)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2012)
Pending—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2013)

Video games

Year Title Role
2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Trumpkin
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games Captain Gutt
2014 Destiny Ghost

Music Videos

Year Band Song Character
1980 Quarterflash Harden My Heart Singer's assistant at the 20 second mark

References

  1. ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly (1263): 40. Jun 14, 2013.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/game-thrones-star-peter-dinklage-don-sex-symbol-article-1.1319646
  3. ^ "Emmy winner Peter Dinklage thanks his dog sitter". September 20, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  4. ^ http://www.thenameengine.com/name.aspx?id=1570&name=Peter-Dinklage&cat=213#.UY3bTUreZsg
  5. ^ 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."
  6. ^ "Peter Dinklage Biography (1969-)". film reference. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  7. ^ Moszczynski, Joe (2004-07-01). "John C. Dinklage, 72, father of 2 entertainers". New Jersey Star-Ledger. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ [1] Interview, Neil Young's Film Lounge
  9. ^ 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."
  10. ^ "The Station Agent (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  11. ^ a b "Peter Dinklage lives large". msnbc.com. 2003-10-02. Retrieved 2007-09-11. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  12. ^ "Peter Dinklage and Vincent Grass Set for Prince Caspian". Movieweb.com. 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  13. ^ The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Movie Review, DVD Release (Filmcritic.com)
  14. ^ "Between Sureness and Self-Pity Stands a Vulnerable Vanya". New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  15. ^ Ken Tucker (2011-04-14). "Game of Thrones (2011)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  16. ^ McNamara, Mary (2011-04-15). "Swords, sex and struggles". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  17. ^ Peter Dinklage Emmy Award Winner
  18. ^ http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-north-remembers/
  19. ^ http://www.newsarama.com/18438-sdcc-13-20th-century-fox-x-men-movies-and-more-live.html
  20. ^ "'X-Men' casts Dinklage as villain". Variety. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  21. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/e3/peter-dinklage-voicing-bungies-destiny-6410112/%7Caccessdate=13 June 2013|
  22. ^ Peter Dinklage In Talks for Joe Lynch's The Knights of Badassdom
  23. ^ Badass Casting for Badass Titled 'The Knights of Badassdom'
  24. ^ a b Dan Kois (2012-03-29). "Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-07-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  25. ^ "James McAvoy Reading Sacha Gervasi's 'My Dinner With Hervé'". The Playlist. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2013-07-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ "Sacha Gervasi — Peter Dinklage: 'Herve Villechaize Biopic Is Based On Director's Final Interview'". Contact Music. 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-07-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  27. ^ "'Game of Thrones' Actor Peter Dinklage to Have First Child!". celebs.gather.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  28. ^ Pearson, Jennifer (21 April 2013). "A lift from daddy! Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage holds his little princess daughter Zelig up in the air". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  29. ^ "Peter Dinklage: The 'Station Agent' With a Heart of Gold". Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  30. ^ "'Game of Throne's' Peter Dinklage's Farm Friendly New Role". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
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