Peter Dinklage Biography, Age, Height, Family, Education, Wife, Kids, Net Worth, Movies and TV Shows

Peter Dinklage Bio

Peter Dinklage is a highly-acclaimed American actor and film producer. His breakthrough came with the comedy-drama The Station Agent (2003).  He studied acting at Bennington College. Peter has starred in a number of amateur stage productions.

Peter Dinklage Age

Peter was born on June 11, 1969, in Morristown, New Jersey in USA. He is currently 50 years old as of 2019.

 Peter Dinklage Height – Peter Dinklage Dwarf

It is obvious that the star is not quite on the tall side, but he is living proof that height is not exactly part of the recipe for excitement, fulfillment or success. Peter has a form of dwarfism, achondroplasia, which affects bone growth. As a result, he is 4 feet 5 inches (135 cm) tall, with a normal-sized head and torso but short limbs. While Peter has come to accept his condition, he sometimes found it challenging when growing up.

He said in 2003, that when he was younger he was often angry and bitter about his condition, but as he got older, he realized that he “just ha[s] to have a sense of humor,” to know “that it’s not your problem. It’s theirs.”

In 2012 when asked whether he saw himself as “a spokesman for the rights of little people,” he responded: “I don’t know what I would say. Everyone’s different. Every person my size has a different life, a different history. Different ways of dealing with it. Just because I’m seemingly okay with it, I can’t preach how to be okay with it.” Peter has been viewed as a role model for people sharing his condition.

Peter Dinklage Family

Peter Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey.  He is the son of John Carl Dinklage, an insurance salesman, and Diane Dinklage, an elementary-school music teacher. Peter was born with achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism.  He grew up in Brookside, New Jersey, as the only dwarf in his family with his parents and older brother, Jonathan.

Peter is of German and Irish descent. During his childhood, Peter and his brother performed puppet musicals for people in their neighborhood. He has described his brother, who is a violinist, as being the “real performer of the family,” saying that his brother’s passion for the violin was the only thing that kept him from pursuing acting.

Peter Dinklage Education

Peter went to Delbarton School, a Catholic preparatory school for boys, where he developed his acting.  He was inspired by a production of the play True West, written by American playwright Sam Shepard in 1984, to pursue a career in acting.

He then went to Bennington College, where he studied for a drama degree and also appeared in numerous productions before graduating in 1991. After that, he moved to New York City with his friend Ian Bell to build a theater company. They failed to pay the rent and moved out of their apartment.  Peter then worked at a data processing company for six years before pursuing a career as a full-time actor.

Peter Dinklage Acting Career

Dinklage made an outstanding debut in the 1995 parody of the independent film world, Living in Oblivion. He played a dwarf hired for a dream sequence who goes off on the film’s director (Steve Buscemi). The following year Dinklage landed a role in an off-Broadway play, The Killing Act, written by Tom McCarthy. He played an “over-the-top” Tom Thumb in the show.

Dinklage and McCarthy reunited for the hit independent drama The Station Agent (2003). In the film, he played a lonely, train-obsessed man who inherits a rundown train depot. His character befriends a chatty food cart vendor (Bobby Cannavale) and becomes involved with a reclusive artist (Patricia Clarkson), who has suffered the loss of her child and is long separated from her husband.

The film received a warm welcome at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was bought by Miramax. Dinklage’s performance also enthralled critics, with one heralding his work as “warm, heartbreaking and hilarious.” In 2004 Dinklage played one of his dream roles Shakespeare’s Richard III at the Public Theater.

He also appeared in the London production of Charlie Kaufman’s Theater of the New Ear with Meryl Streep and Hope Davis the following year. Also around this time, Dinklage made a number of memorable television appearances. He had a recurring role in the teenage dramatic comedy Life As We Know It and on the drama Nip/Tuck as a male nanny and love interest for Joely Richardson’s character.

Dinklage’s most significant television work, however, came in 2011 with the premiere of Game of Thrones. In the series based on George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels, he played Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf of noble birth. His character learns to survive by his wits, not brawn, in a land torn apart by competing dynasties seeking power over the kingdoms of Westeros.

For his portrayal of a “good bad guy,” Dinklage won Emmy Awards in 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2019—a record for a supporting actor role as well as a Golden Globe in 2012. He was very enthusiastic about the series, telling reporters after his Golden Globe win that the show had a “smart narrative.” “You’ve got to push the envelope and challenge expectations and ideas of what’s going to happen next,” he said. “That adds to the addiction of the show you never know what’s around the corner.”

His profile boosted by his Game of Thrones exposure, Dinklage enjoyed more screen opportunities in the years to come. That included appearances in blockbusters like X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), as well as a featured role in HBO’s My Dinner with Hervé (2018), about dwarf actor Hervé Villechaize of Fantasy Island fame. Dinklage also continued his work on stage, starring in an off-Broadway production of Ivan Turgenev’s A Month in the Country in 2015.

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Peter Dinklage Wife – Peter Dinklage Kids

Peter married Erica Schmidt, a theater director in 2005. The couple has a daughter born in 2011 whose name, has not been revealed publicly, and Peter as denied media reports that the girl’s name is “Zelig.” In 2017 the couple had a second child. They never revealed the name or sex of this second child. Peter’s wife Erica Schmidt is super successful in show business. She has made a career in work behind the camera, unlike her Emmy-winning actor husband.

Peter Dinklage Net Worth

Peter has an estimated net worth of 15 million dollars as of 2019. He has amassed this information from his leading roles in the entertainment industry.

Peter Dinklage Death | Did Peter Dinklage Die

Peter is still alive. His face was injured in the early 1990s when he was in a “punk-funk-rap” band called Whizzy. It gave him a scar that runs from his neck to his eyebrow. The accident happened while he was playing at the nightclub CBGB in New York City, where he was accidentally kneed in the face and then started bleeding on the stage.

Peter Dinklage Narnia

Peter played Trumpkin in the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. It  was a box office disappointment, with global revenues of $419.7 million, and film critic Bill Gibron described Peter’s role as a “cutesy stereotype he has tried to avoid.”

Peter Dinklage Elf

Peter appeared in the Christmas comedy film Elf as Miles Finch, an irritable children’s author who beats up Buddy Hobbs (Will Ferrell) after he mistakes him for an elf.

Peter Dinklage Game Of Thrones

Peter has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in HBO’s fantasy drama Game of Thrones since 2011. The drama is an adaptation of author George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels.  It takes place on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos and chronicles the power struggles among noble families as they fight for control of the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms.

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Tyrion is a member of House Lannister, one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Westeros, and uses his status as a Lannister to mitigate the impact of the marginalization and derision he has received all of his life.

Peter Dinklage X Men

In 2014  he played the villain Bolivar Trask in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past.  This movie was the sixth highest-grossing film of 2014 with global revenues of $747.9 million. In preparation for his role, Peter  stated that he did not want to approach the character necessarily as a villain, saying that Trask “actually sees what he’s doing as a good thing.”

Martin Henderson Peter Dinklage

Martin Henderson is an aspiring actor who was thrown to the ground by an assailant outside a bar in England, according to the Daily Telegraph. The assault, allegedly inspired by a “dwarf tossing” competition, left Henderson with a fractured arm and issues withstanding, he told the Telegraph. He may be permanently confined to a wheelchair. Both Peter and Henderson were born with achondroplasia, a disorder that causes dwarfism.

Peter Dinklage Pixels

n 2015, Dinklage starred in the science fiction comedy film Pixels as a former arcade champion named Eddie Plant, which was poorly received by critics. The movie had global revenues of $244.9 million.

Tyrion Lannister Peter Dinklage

Peter hinted at the fate of his character Tyrion Lannister. And he seems to be just as emotional as you about the whole thing. “It ends beautifully for my character,” Dinklage told Entertainment Tonight (ET). “Whether it be tragic or not.”

Peter Dinklage Death At A Funeral

In 2007 Peter appeared in 2007 British comedy film Death at a Funeral, repeating the role in the 2010 American remake; the films tell the story of a family trying to deal with a variety of issues after the death of their father.

Peter Dinklage Emmy

On September 22, 2019, at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage took home his fourth and final Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, for his turn as Tyrion Lannister in HBO’s blockbuster series. Tonight’s victory gives Dinklage the record for the most wins ever in this category—a distinction previously held by Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul.

Peter Dinklage Movies

Movies From the Year 2011 To 2020

• 2020 – The Croods 2 Films that have not yet been released as
  Phil Betterman
• 2019 – The Angry Birds Movie 2 Films that have not yet been released as Mighty Eagle
• 2018 – I Think We’re Alone Now as Del
• 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War as Eitri
• 2017 – Rememory as Sam Bloom
• 2017 – La Vida Nuestra as Chad Johnson
• 2017 – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as James
• 2017 – Three Christs as Joseph
• 2016 – The Boss as Renault
• 2016 – The Angry Birds Movie as Mighty Eagle
• 2015 – Taxi – Marc as Kerstin Ahlrichs
• 2015 – Pixels as Eddy Plant
• 2014 – Low Down as Alain
• 2014 – X-Men: Days of Future Past as Bolivar Trask
• 2014 – The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Aaron Altmann
• 2013 – A Case of You as Gerard
• 2013 – Knights of Badassdom as Hung
• 2012 – Ice Age: Continental Drift as Captain Gutt
• 2011 – A Little Bit of Heaven as Vinnie

• 2010 – Death at a Funeral as Frank
• 2010 – I Love You Too as Charlie
• 2010 – The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as Dwarf
• 2010 – Pete Smalls Is Dead as K.C. Munk as Saint John of Las Vegas
• 2009 – Mr. Townsend as Hue Rhodes
• 2008 – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as Trumpkin
• 2007 – Ascension Day as Brantly
• 2007 – Death at a Funeral as Peter
• 2007 – Underdog as Simon Bar Sinister
• 2006 – The Limbo Room as Dusty Spitz
• 2006- Find Me Guilty as Ben Klandis
• 2006 – Little Fugitive as Sam Norton
• 2006 – Penelope as Lemon
• 2005 – The Baxter as Benson Hedges
• 2005 – Escape Artists as Mr. Duff
• 2005 – Lassie as Rowlie
• 2005 – Fortunes as Mike Kirkwood
• 2004 – 89 Seconds at Alcázar as Mari Babola
• 2004 – Jail Bait as Lindo
• 2004 – Surviving Eden as Sterno
• 2003 – The Station Agent as Finbar McBride
• 2003 – Tiptoes as Maurice
• 2003 – Elf as Miles Finch
• 2002 – 13 Moons as Binky
• 2002 – Just a Kiss as Dink
• 2001 – Never Again as Harry Appleton
• 2001 – Human Nature as Frank
• 1999 – Pigeonholed as Roy
• 1998 – Safe Men as Leflore
• 1996 – Bullet as Building Manager
• 1995 – Living in Oblivion as Tito

Peter Dinklage Movies And Tv Shows

• 2018 – My Dinner with Hervé as Hervé Villechaize
• 2017 – The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special as Narrator/Adult Kevin (voice)
• 2016 – Saturday Night Live – Himself (host)
• 2013 – Saturday Night Live as Peter Drunklage
• 2013 – Sesame Street as Simon
• 2011–present – Game of Thrones as Tyrion Lannister
• 2009 – 30 Rock as Stewart
• 2006 – Ultra
• 2006 – P.O.V. – Himself
• 2006 – Nip/Tuck as Marlowe Sawyer
• 2005 – Life As We Know It as Dr. Belber
• 2005 – Entourage – Himself
• 2005 – Testing Bob as Robinson “Bob” Hart
• 2005 – Celebrity Poker Showdown – Himself
• 2005–2006 – Threshold as Arthur Ramsey
• 2004 – I’m with Her as Elliot Rosen
• 2004 – P.O.V. as Narrator
• 2002 – Third Watch as Drug Dealer
• 2001 – Oz as Murder Victim
• 2001 – The $treet as Little Person

Peter Dinklage New Movie

• The Croods 2 Films that have not yet been released – 2020
• The Angry Birds Movie 2 Films that have not yet been released- 2019
• I Think We’re Alone – 2018
• Avengers: Infinity War- 2018

Peter Dinklage Quotes

• I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog.
• That’s about as exciting as my life gets.
• I guess the word to call me is my name, Pete.
• I think if actors are successful at one thing, they paint themselves into a corner sometimes, and what’s the fun in that?
• It is hard working with animals, I’ve got to say.
• I should call people back more readily. I’m not the best friend sometimes in terms of that. I do follow that white balloon and get distracted a lot.
• When people are infected by my charm, they don’t see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting.

Frequently Asked Questions About Peter Dinklage

Who is Peter Dinklage?

Peter Dinklage is an American actor and film producer. His breakthrough came with the comedy-drama The Station Agent (2003).  He studied acting at Bennington College. Peter has starred in a number of amateur stage productions.

How old is Peter Dinklage?

Peter was born on June 11, 1969, in Morristown, New Jersey in the USA. He is currently 50 years old as of 2019.

How tall is Peter Dinklage?

He stands at a height of 4 feet and 5 inches.

Is Peter Dinklage married?

Peter married Erica Schmidt, a theater director in 2005. The couple has a daughter born in 2011 whose name, has not been revealed publicly, and Peter as denied media reports that the girl’s name is “Zelig.” In 2017 the couple had a second child. They never revealed the name or sex of this second child. Peter’s wife Erica Schmidt is super successful in show business. She has made a career in work behind the camera, unlike her Emmy-winning actor husband.

How much is Peter Dinklage worth?

Peter has an approximate net worth of $15 million. This amount has been accrued from his leading roles in the entertainment industry.

Where does Peter Dinklage live?

Because of security reasons, He has not shared his precise location of residence. We will immediately update this information if we get the location and images of his house.

Is Peter Dinklage dead or alive?

He is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.

Where is Peter Dinklage now?

Peter stands out as one of the most successful actors in the USA right now.

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