Peter Dinklage

Acting · Born 1969-06-11 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Station Agent as Finbar McBride
• Death at a Funeral as Peter
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as Trumpkin
• Elf as Miles Finch
• Underdog as Dr. Simon Barsinister
• Penelope as Lemon
• Living in Oblivion as Tito
• Find Me Guilty as Ben Klandis
• Death at a Funeral as Frank
• Lassie as Rowlie