Peter Dinklage

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-06-11 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Peter Dinklage

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 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), 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. He also provided voice-acting for the video game Destiny, and in 2023, he voiced Scourge in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. On television, he also starred in the series Dexter: Resurrection in 2025. Dinklage has also performed in theater, 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 is from the Wikipedia article Peter Dinklage.

Known For

  • Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Rick and Morty

    Rick and Morty

  • Wicked

    Wicked

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Roofman

    Roofman

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Toxic Avenger Unrated

    The Toxic Avenger Unrated

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • Avengers: Infinity War

    Avengers: Infinity War

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • Nip/Tuck

    Nip/Tuck

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Oz

    Oz

  • Dexter: Resurrection

    Dexter: Resurrection

  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

  • Third Watch

    Third Watch

  • Elf

    Elf

  • Pixels

    Pixels

  • Ice Age: Continental Drift

    Ice Age: Continental Drift

  • X-Men: Days of Future Past

    X-Men: Days of Future Past

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

    Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

  • The Thicket

    The Thicket

  • The Croods: A New Age

    The Croods: A New Age

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

  • Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

  • The Angry Birds Movie

    The Angry Birds Movie

  • The Angry Birds Movie 2

    The Angry Birds Movie 2

  • Threshold

    Threshold

  • Penelope

    Penelope

  • The Station Agent

    The Station Agent

  • She Came to Me

    She Came to Me

  • Cyrano

    Cyrano

  • Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

    Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

  • Fortunes

    Fortunes

  • Underdog

    Underdog

  • Low Down

    Low Down

  • Bullet

    Bullet

  • Three Christs

    Three Christs

  • Rememory

    Rememory

  • Unfrosted

    Unfrosted

  • Never Again

    Never Again

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • Ultra

    Ultra

  • I'm with Her

    I'm with Her

  • The Baxter

    The Baxter

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

  • Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

    Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

  • I Care a Lot

    I Care a Lot

  • Ascension Day

    Ascension Day

  • Nobody Wants Your Film

    Nobody Wants Your Film

  • The $treet

    The $treet

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • Safe Men

    Safe Men

  • American Dreamer

    American Dreamer

  • Lear Rex

    Lear Rex

  • The Boss

    The Boss

  • Making Wicked

    Making Wicked

  • Life As We Know It

    Life As We Know It

  • Human Nature

    Human Nature

  • The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

    The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

  • Find Me Guilty

    Find Me Guilty

  • How to Become a Cult Leader

    How to Become a Cult Leader

  • Pigeonholed

    Pigeonholed

  • Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

    Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

    The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

  • Wicker

    Wicker

  • A Case of You

    A Case of You

  • I Love You Too

    I Love You Too

  • How to Become a Tyrant

    How to Become a Tyrant

  • Between Two Ferns: The Movie

    Between Two Ferns: The Movie

  • Living in Oblivion

    Living in Oblivion

  • Little Fugitive

    Little Fugitive

  • The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

    The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

  • 13 Moons

    13 Moons

  • Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

    Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

  • A Little Bit of Heaven

    A Little Bit of Heaven

  • I Think We're Alone Now

    I Think We're Alone Now

  • Tiptoes

    Tiptoes

  • Just a Kiss

    Just a Kiss

  • My Dinner with Hervé

    My Dinner with Hervé

  • The Dwarf

    The Dwarf

  • Knights of Badassdom

    Knights of Badassdom

  • How to Become a Mob Boss

    How to Become a Mob Boss

  • The Limbo Room

    The Limbo Room

  • Pete Smalls Is Dead

    Pete Smalls Is Dead

  • Saint John of Las Vegas

    Saint John of Las Vegas

  • Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?

    Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?

  • Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

    Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

  • Elf: Buddy's Sing & Cheer Along Edition

    Elf: Buddy's Sing & Cheer Along Edition

  • Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

  • Good Bad & Undead

    Good Bad & Undead

  • The Origins of Ebbing

    The Origins of Ebbing

  • The Sh*theads

    The Sh*theads

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • Surviving Eden

    Surviving Eden

  • Keith

    Keith