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

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Third Watch

    Third Watch

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • Avengers: Infinity War

    Avengers: Infinity War

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • Nip/Tuck

    Nip/Tuck

  • Roofman

    Roofman

  • Oz

    Oz

  • Wicked

    Wicked

  • The Toxic Avenger Unrated

    The Toxic Avenger Unrated

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • Dexter: Resurrection

    Dexter: Resurrection

  • Pixels

    Pixels

  • X-Men: Days of Future Past

    X-Men: Days of Future Past

  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • The Croods: A New Age

    The Croods: A New Age

  • Ice Age: Continental Drift

    Ice Age: Continental Drift

  • 13 Moons

    13 Moons

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

  • Penelope

    Penelope

  • Tiptoes

    Tiptoes

  • Rememory

    Rememory

  • Safe Men

    Safe Men

  • Elf

    Elf

  • Wicker

    Wicker

  • The Station Agent

    The Station Agent

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • Unfrosted

    Unfrosted

  • The Thicket

    The Thicket

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

  • Just a Kiss

    Just a Kiss

  • The Angry Birds Movie

    The Angry Birds Movie

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • Lear Rex

    Lear Rex

  • Fortunes

    Fortunes

  • The Dwarf

    The Dwarf

  • The Limbo Room

    The Limbo Room

  • I Care a Lot

    I Care a Lot

  • The Angry Birds Movie 2

    The Angry Birds Movie 2

  • Ascension Day

    Ascension Day

  • Ultra

    Ultra

  • Threshold

    Threshold

  • The $treet

    The $treet

  • Life As We Know It

    Life As We Know It

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

  • I'm with Her

    I'm with Her

  • Pigeonholed

    Pigeonholed

  • The Shitheads

    The Shitheads

  • A Case of You

    A Case of You

  • How to Become a Cult Leader

    How to Become a Cult Leader

  • How to Become a Mob Boss

    How to Become a Mob Boss

  • Underdog

    Underdog

  • Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

    Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

  • The Boss

    The Boss

  • Cyrano

    Cyrano

  • Keith

    Keith

  • Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

    Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

  • Find Me Guilty

    Find Me Guilty

  • Knights of Badassdom

    Knights of Badassdom

  • A Little Bit of Heaven

    A Little Bit of Heaven

  • Three Christs

    Three Christs

  • I Think We're Alone Now

    I Think We're Alone Now

  • Between Two Ferns: The Movie

    Between Two Ferns: The Movie

  • Bullet

    Bullet

  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

    The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

  • How to Become a Tyrant

    How to Become a Tyrant

  • I Love You Too

    I Love You Too

  • Human Nature

    Human Nature

  • Low Down

    Low Down

  • Little Fugitive

    Little Fugitive

  • She Came to Me

    She Came to Me

  • My Dinner with Hervé

    My Dinner with Hervé

  • American Dreamer

    American Dreamer

  • Living in Oblivion

    Living in Oblivion

  • Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

    Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

  • Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition

    Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition

  • Never Again

    Never Again

  • Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

    Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2

  • The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

    The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

  • The Origins of Ebbing

    The Origins of Ebbing

  • Pete Smalls Is Dead

    Pete Smalls Is Dead

  • Saint John of Las Vegas

    Saint John of Las Vegas

  • Making Wicked

    Making Wicked

  • Taxi

    Taxi

  • The Baxter

    The Baxter

  • Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

    Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

  • Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

    Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

  • Nobody Wants Your Film

    Nobody Wants Your Film

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

    The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

  • Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?

    Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?

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

    Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

  • Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

  • Mutant vs. Machine: The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

    Mutant vs. Machine: The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

  • Surviving Eden

    Surviving Eden