Peter Dinklage
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 11, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Lear Rex
Movie · as The Fool
The Dwarf
Movie
Keith
Movie
The Reckoner
Movie
Lincoln in the Bardo
Movie
Darlington
Movie
Naughty
Movie · as Santa Claus
Idiots
Movie · as Karl 'Koko' Sandoz
Wicker
Movie · as The Basketmaker
Steps
Movie · as Roderick (voice)
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Movie · as Mighty Eagle (voice)
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
Movie · as Winston / Toxie, the Hero
Roofman
Movie · as Mitch
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Movie · as Narrator
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Malvolio
Dexter: Resurrection
TV · as Leon Prater · 10 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Lowdown
TV · as Wendell · 1 ep
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Movie · as Self
Unfrosted
Movie · as Harry Friendly
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Movie · as Self
The Thicket
Movie · as Reginald Jones
Brothers
Movie · as Jady Munger
Wicked
Movie · as Dr. Dillamond (voice)
Making Wicked
Movie · as Self
She Came to Me
Movie · as Steven Lauddem
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Movie · as Dean Casca Highbottom
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Movie · as Scourge (voice)
How to Become a Cult Leader
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
How to Become a Mob Boss
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
American Dreamer
Movie · as Phil Loder
I Care a Lot
Movie · as Roman Lunyov
Cyrano
Movie · as Cyrano de Bergerac
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Movie · as Phil Betterman (voice)
How to Become a Tyrant
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Croods: A New Age
Movie · as Phil Betterman (voice)
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Movie · as Mighty Eagle (voice)
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Movie · as Self
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Movie · as Peter Dinklage
I Think We're Alone Now
Movie · as Del
My Dinner with Hervé
Movie · as Hervé Villechaize
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie · as Eitri
The Origins of Ebbing
Movie · as Self
Rememory
Movie · as Sam Bloom
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Movie · as James
Three Christs
Movie · as Joseph
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
Movie · as Narrator / Adult Kevin (voice)
The Angry Birds Movie
Movie · as Mighty Eagle (voice)
The Boss
Movie · as Renault
Movies with Ali Plumb
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Pixels
Movie · as Eddie
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie · as Tyrion Lannister
Taxi
Movie · as Marc
Game of Thrones: The Musical
Movie · as Tyrion Lannister
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Knights of Badassdom
Movie · as Hung
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Movie · as Dr. Bolivar Trask
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Movie · as Aaron Altmann
Low Down
Movie · as Alain
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Case of You
Movie · as Gerard
Rick and Morty
TV · as Chans (voice) · 1 ep
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Movie · as Captain Gutt (voice)
A Little Bit of Heaven
Movie · as Vinnie
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
Movie · as Captain Gutt (voice)
Game of Thrones
TV · as Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister · 73 eps
Death at a Funeral
Movie · as Frank
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
Movie · as dwarf
I Love You Too
Movie · as Charlie
Pete Smalls Is Dead
Movie · as K.C.
Saint John of Las Vegas
Movie · as Mr. Townsend
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Movie · as Trumpkin
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Movie · as Self
Death at a Funeral
Movie · as Peter
Underdog
Movie · as Dr. Simon Barsinister
Ascension Day
Movie
Penelope
Movie · as Lemon
Find Me Guilty
Movie · as Ben Klandis
Little Fugitive
Movie · as Sam Norton
The Limbo Room
Movie · as Dusty Spitz
Ultra
Movie · as The Scientist
30 Rock
TV · as Stewart · 1 ep
Lassie
Movie · as Rowlie
Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?
Movie · as Narrator
Nobody Wants Your Film
Movie · as Self
The Baxter
Movie · as Benson Hedges
Fortunes
Movie · as Mike Kirkwood
Threshold
TV · as Arthur Ramsey · 13 eps
Surviving Eden
Movie · as Sterno
Entourage
TV · as Peter Dinklage · 1 ep
Life As We Know It
TV · as Dr. Belber · 2 eps
The Station Agent
Movie · as Finbar McBride
Elf
Movie · as Miles Finch
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Marlowe Sawyer · 7 eps
I'm with Her
TV · as Elliot Rosen · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Just a Kiss
Movie · as Dink
Tiptoes
Movie · as Maurice
13 Moons
Movie · as Binky
Never Again
Movie · as Harry Appleton
Human Nature
Movie · as Frank
The $treet
TV · as Little Person · 1 ep
Pigeonholed
Movie
Third Watch
TV · as Drug Dealer · 1 ep
Safe Men
Movie · as Leflore
Oz
TV · as Murder Victim (uncredited) · 1 ep
Bullet
Movie · as Building Manager
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Living in Oblivion
Movie · as Tito
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self / Presenter · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
Great Performances
TV · as Malvolio · 1 ep