Peter Dinklage
- Acting
- June 11, 1969 · Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Peter Hayden Dinklage (/ˈdɪnklɪdʒ/; born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. He portrayed Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. Dinklage also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and an Actor Award in 2020 for the role. Born in the North Jersey region of New Jersey, Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, performing in many amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the black comedy film Living in Oblivion (1995). He had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama The Station Agent. Dinklage's 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), The Thicket (2024), 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. Dinklage also provided voice acting for the video game Destiny. In 2023, he voiced Scourge in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. On television, Dinklage also starred in the series Dexter: Resurrection in 2025. Dinklage has also performed in theatre, 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 from the Wikipedia article Peter Dinklage, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Naughty · Santa Claus
- The Angry Birds Movie 3 · Mighty Eagle (Voice)
- Steps · Roderick (Voice)
- Wicker · Basket Weaver
- Idiots · Karl 'Koko' Sandoz
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- Twelfth Night · Malvolio
- Roofman · Mitch
- The Lowdown · Wendell
- The Toxic Avenger Unrated · Winston / Toxie, the Hero
- Dexter: Resurrection · Leon Prater
- Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act · Narrator
- Making Wicked · Self
- Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked · Self
- Wicked · Dr. Dillamond (Voice)
- Brothers · Jady Munger, Producer
- The Thicket · Reginald Jones, Producer
- Unfrosted · Harry Friendly
- Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes · Self
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes · Dean Casca Highbottom
- How to Become a Mob Boss · Self, Executive producer
- She Came to Me · Steven Lauddem
- How to Become a Cult Leader · Narrator (Voice), Executive producer
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts · Scourge (Voice)
- American Dreamer · Phil Loder, Producer
- Cyrano · Cyrano de Bergerac
- How to Become a Tyrant · Self, Executive producer
- I Care a Lot · Roman Lunyov
- Dear Diary: World's First Pranks · Phil Betterman (Voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends · Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Croods: A New Age · Phil Betterman (Voice)
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie · Peter Dinklage
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 · Mighty Eagle (Voice)
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch · Self
- My Dinner with Hervé · Hervé Villechaize, Executive producer
- I Think We're Alone Now · Del, Producer
- The Origins of Ebbing · Self
- Avengers: Infinity War · Eitri
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri · James
- The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special · Narrator / Adult Kevin (Voice)
- Three Christs · Joseph
- Rememory · Sam Bloom
- Movies with Ali Plumb · Self
- The Angry Birds Movie · Mighty Eagle (Voice), Songs
- The Boss · Renault
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Taxi · Marc
- Pixels · Eddie
- Game of Thrones: The Musical · Tyrion Lannister
- Hot Ones · Self
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience · Tyrion Lannister
- The Angriest Man in Brooklyn · Aaron Altmann
- X-Men: Days of Future Past · Dr. Bolivar Trask
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Knights of Badassdom · Hung, Executive producer
- Low Down · Alain
- Rick and Morty · Chans (Voice)
- A Case of You · Gerard
- Ice Age: Continental Drift · Captain Gutt (Voice)
- Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 · Captain Gutt (Voice)
- Game of Thrones · Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
- A Little Bit of Heaven · Vinnie
- Conan · Self
- Pete Smalls Is Dead · K.C., Producer
- The Last Rites of Ransom Pride · dwarf
- I Love You Too · Charlie
- Death at a Funeral · Frank
- Saint John of Las Vegas · Mr. Townsend
- Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX · Self
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian · Trumpkin
- Death at a Funeral · Peter
- Underdog · Dr. Simon Barsinister
- Ascension Day
- 30 Rock · Stewart
- Penelope · Lemon
- Ultra · The Scientist
- Little Fugitive · Sam Norton
- Find Me Guilty · Ben Klandis
- The Limbo Room · Dusty Spitz
- Fortunes · Mike Kirkwood