Biography
Peter Hayden DinklageΒ (/ΛdΙͺnklΙͺdΚ/; born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. He portrayedΒ Tyrion LannisterΒ on theΒ HBOΒ television seriesΒ Game of ThronesΒ (2011β2019). He won theΒ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesΒ a record four times. Dinklage also received aΒ Golden Globe AwardΒ in 2011 and anΒ Β Actor AwardΒ in 2020 for the role.
Born in theΒ North JerseyΒ region ofΒ New Jersey, Dinklage studied acting atΒ Bennington College, performing in many amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in theΒ black comedy filmΒ Living in OblivionΒ (1995). He had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-dramaΒ The Station Agent. Dinklage's other films includeΒ ElfΒ (2003),Β LassieΒ andΒ The BaxterΒ (both in 2005),Β Find Me GuiltyΒ (2006),Β PenelopeΒ (2006),Β Death at a FuneralΒ (2007),Β The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianΒ (2008),Β Death at a FuneralΒ (2010),Β X-Men: Days of Future PastΒ (2014),Β Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriΒ (2017),Β The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & SnakesΒ (2023),Β The ThicketΒ (2024), andΒ WickedΒ (2024). In 2018, he appeared asΒ Eitri in theΒ MarvelΒ filmΒ Avengers: Infinity War, and asΒ HervΓ© VillechaizeΒ in theΒ biopicΒ filmΒ My Dinner with HervΓ©. Dinklage also provided voice acting for the video gameΒ Destiny. In 2023, he voicedΒ ScourgeΒ inΒ Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. On television, Dinklage also starred in the seriesΒ Dexter: ResurrectionΒ in 2025.
Dinklage has also performed in theatre, with roles including theΒ title characterΒ inΒ Richard III (2003) at theΒ Public Theatre, Rakitin inΒ A Month in the CountryΒ (2015) atΒ Classic Stage Company, andΒ Cyrano de BergeracΒ inΒ CyranoΒ at theΒ Daryl Roth TheatreΒ in 2019.
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Filmography (115)
Naughty
2027
Idiots
2026
Wicker
2026
Steps
2026
The Angry Birds Movie 3
2026
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
2025
Roofman
2025
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
2025
Twelfth Night
2025
Dexter: Resurrection
2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
The Lowdown
2025
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2024
Unfrosted
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
The Thicket
2024
Brothers
2024
Wicked
2024
Making Wicked
2024
She Came to Me
2023
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
How to Become a Cult Leader
2023
How to Become a Mob Boss
2023
American Dreamer
2022
I Care a Lot
2021
Cyrano
2021
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
How to Become a Tyrant
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
The Croods: A New Age
2020
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
I Think We're Alone Now
2018
My Dinner with HervΓ©
2018
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
The Origins of Ebbing
2018
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
Rememory
2017
Three Christs
2017
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
2017
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
The Boss
2016
Movies with Ali Plumb
2016
Pixels
2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
Taxi
2015
Game of Thrones: The Musical
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Knights of Badassdom
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Low Down
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
A Case of You
2013
Rick and Morty
2013
Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
2011
Game of Thrones
2011
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
2010
I Love You Too
2010
Pete Smalls Is Dead
2010
Saint John of Las Vegas
2010
Conan
2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
Death at a Funeral
2007
Underdog
2007
Ascension Day
2007
Penelope
2006
Find Me Guilty
2006
Little Fugitive
2006
The Limbo Room
2006
Ultra
2006
30 Rock
2006
Lassie
2005
Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?
2005
Nobody Wants Your Film
2005
The Baxter
2005
Fortunes
2005
Threshold
2005
Surviving Eden
2004
Entourage
2004
Life As We Know It
2004
The Station Agent
2003
Elf
2003
Nip/Tuck
2003
I'm with Her
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Just a Kiss
2002
Tiptoes
2002
13 Moons
2002
Never Again
2001
Human Nature
2001
The $treet
2000
Pigeonholed
1999
Third Watch
1999
Safe Men
1998
Oz
1997
Bullet
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996
Living in Oblivion
1995
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
Saturday Night Live
1975
Great Performances
1971
Lear Rex
The Dwarf
Keith
The Reckoner
Lincoln in the Bardo
Darlington
English
EspaΓ±ol
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