Peter Dinklage

{{Infobox person

| name = Peter Dinklage

| image = Peter Dinklage-34.jpg

| alt = Peter Dinklage in 2023

| caption = Dinklage in 2023

| birth_name = Peter Hayden Dinklage

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|June 11, 1969}}

| birth_place = Jersey Shore, New Jersey, U.S.

| alma_mater = Bennington College

| occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|film producer}}

| years_active = 1993–present

| spouse = {{Marriage|Erica Schmidt|2005}}

| children = 2

| awards = Full list

| works = Full list

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Peter Hayden Dinklage ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɪ|n|k|l|ᵻ|dʒ}}; 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.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/awards/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-2019-supporting-drama-actor-emmy-1203303698/|title=Emmys: Peter Dinklage Sets Record With Supporting Actor Win for 'Game of Thrones'|first=Danielle|last=Turchiano|work=Variety|date=September 23, 2019|access-date=September 23, 2019}} He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Dinklage has a common form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, and stands {{height|ft=4|in=5}} tall.

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.

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.

Early life

Dinklage was born on June 11, 1969, in the Jersey Shore region of New Jersey,{{Cite web |last=Maron |first=Marc |date=January 24, 2022 |title=Episode 1299 - Peter Dinklage |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1299-peter-dinklage |access-date=January 25, 2022 |website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast |language=en-US |quote=Time stamp 18:31: 'I was born at the [ Jersey Shore ] and the school system in the 60's wasn't very good back then. My mom moved us north.'}} to John Carl Dinklage, an insurance salesman, and Diane Dinklage, an elementary school music teacher{{cite news|last=Moszczynski|first=Joe|title=John C. Dinklage, 72, father of 2 entertainers|publisher=New Jersey Star-Ledger|date=July 1, 2004}} of German and Irish descent.{{cite web |date=March 23, 2004 |title=Tom McCarthy, Peter Dinklage and Bobby Cannavale talk The Station Agent. – Neil Young's Film Lounge |url=http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews/neil-youngs-film-lounge-interview-with-tom-mccarthy-peter-dinklage-bobby-cannavale/ |website=www.jigsawlounge.co.uk}} He grew up in the historic Brookside section of Mendham Township, with his parents and older brother Jonathan. He is the only member of his family with achondroplasia.{{cite web|last1=Wang|first1=Helena|last2=Aquino|first2=Tara|date=June 7, 2013|title=25 Things You Didn't Know About Peter Dinklage|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/06/25-things-you-didnt-know-about-peter-dinklage/peter-dinklage-achondroplasia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724192605/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/06/25-things-you-didnt-know-about-peter-dinklage/peter-dinklage-achondroplasia|archive-date=July 24, 2016|access-date=March 20, 2017|work=Complex}}{{cite web|url=http://the-talks.com/interview/peter-dinklage/ |title=Peter Dinklage: 'The fight is all' |date=September 30, 2015 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |publisher=The Talks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065513/http://the-talks.com/interview/peter-dinklage |archive-date=December 20, 2016 }}{{cite magazine|title=Monitor|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 14, 2013|issue=1263|page=40}} He was raised Catholic.{{cite web |title=The Defanging of Aslan |last=Greydanus |first=Steven D. |work=National Catholic Register |date=May 13, 2008 |url=http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/14917 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414183147/http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/14917 |archive-date=April 14, 2012}}

As a child, Dinklage and his brother performed puppet musicals for people in their neighborhood. He has described his brother Jonathan as "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.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713175935/http://www.playboy.com/articles/20q-peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones|archive-date=July 13, 2016|url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/20q-peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones|title=20Q Peter Dinklage|work=Playboy|last=Spitznagel|first=Eric|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=April 20, 2017|url-status=dead}} Jonathan graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and served as violinist and concertmaster for the musical Hamilton.{{cite news|last=Kois|first=Dan|date=March 29, 2012|title=Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/peter-dinklage-was-smart-to-say-no.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/peter-dinklage-was-smart-to-say-no.html|archive-date=September 1, 2016}}{{Cite web|date=August 19, 2021|title='Hamilton' concertmaster to perform in Mendham Township Democratic benefit|url=https://www.newjerseyhills.com/observer-tribune/news/hamilton-concertmaster-to-perform-in-mendham-township-democratic-benefit/article_36bba426-9001-5913-9cbc-8be7146b55d4.html|access-date=January 10, 2022|website=New Jersey Hills|language=en}}

Dinklage had his first theatrical success in a fifth-grade production of The Velveteen Rabbit. Playing the lead, he was delighted by the audience's response to the show.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061034/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20148351%2C00.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20148351,00.html |title=Peter Dinklage: People Magazine |work=People |first=Liza |last=Hamm |date=October 13, 2003 |access-date=April 5, 2017 |url-status=live }} He attended Delbarton School, a Catholic preparatory school for boys, where he developed his acting skills. In 1984, he was inspired to pursue an acting career by a production of Sam Shepard's play True West.

He attended Bennington College, where he studied for a drama degree and appeared in numerous productions before graduating in 1991.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713175935/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11510137|archive-date=July 13, 2016|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11510137|title=How Game of Thrones changed Peter Dinklage's life|work=The New Zealand Herald|last=Lawrence|first=Will|date=September 12, 2015|access-date=May 12, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605010137/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/movies/dark-handsome-and-short-star-of-a-sundance-hit-is-ready-for-an-encore.html|archive-date=June 5, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/movies/dark-handsome-and-short-star-of-a-sundance-hit-is-ready-for-an-encore.html|title=Dark, Handsome And Short; Star of a Sundance Hit Is Ready for an Encore|work=The New York Times|last=Smith|first=Dinitia|date=October 2, 2013|access-date=May 14, 2017|url-status=live}} He moved to New York City with his friend Ian Bell to build a theater company; failing to pay the rent, they had to move out of their apartment. He subsequently lived in New York for 20 years in Williamsburg and the West Village, then worked six years for a data-processing company before again pursuing a full-time acting career.{{cite news|title=Peter Dinklage's 2012 commencement speech explains how life sucks after graduation, but then gets better |url=https://qz.com/680769/peter-dinklages-2012-commencement-speech-explains-how-life-sucks-after-graduation-but-then-gets-better/ |access-date=May 11, 2017 |work=Quartz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916045155/http://qz.com/680769/peter-dinklages-2012-commencement-speech-explains-how-life-sucks-after-graduation-but-then-gets-better/ |archive-date=September 16, 2016 }}

Career

= Early career (1995–2002) =

Dinklage initially struggled to find acting work, partially because he refused to take the roles typically offered to actors with his condition, such as "elves or leprechauns".

He had a credited film debut in the low-budget independent comedy-drama Living in Oblivion (1995), where he starred alongside Steve Buscemi. It tells the story of a director, crew, and cast filming a low-budget independent film in New York City. Dinklage's role was that of a frustrated actor with dwarfism who complains about his clichéd roles.{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/movies/film-festival-review-living-in-oblivion-a-valentine-to-the-perils-of-film-making.html |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |first=Janet |last=Maslin|title=Film Festival Review: Living In Oblivion; A Valentine to the Perils of Film Making |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/movies/film-festival-review-living-in-oblivion-a-valentine-to-the-perils-of-film-making.html|access-date=April 4, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=March 17, 1995|url-status=live}} The next year, he appeared as a building manager in the crime drama Bullet starring rapper Tupac Shakur.{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.tribute.ca/people/peter-dinklage/11289/ |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/peter-dinklage/11289/ |title=Peter Dinklage biography |work=Tribute |access-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live}} Even after his well-received performance in Living in Oblivion, Dinklage could not find someone willing to be his agent. After a recommendation from Buscemi to director Alexandre Rockwell, Dinklage was cast in the comedy 13 Moons (2002). When later interviewed for a theater website, he was asked what his ideal role was, and he replied "to play the romantic lead and get the girl."

= Breakthrough (2003–2010) =

File:Penelope 001.jpg in 2006, for the premiere of Penelope]]

Dinklage found his breakthrough playing Finbar McBride, who is a quiet, withdrawn, unmarried man in the 2003 Tom McCarthy-directed film The Station Agent. According to co-star Bobby Cannavale, the film took three years to make and was not at first written with Dinklage in mind. Cannavale said McCarthy "set out to tell a story about a guy who was a train enthusiast who had chosen to isolate himself from the world," but when McCarthy actually started "putting pen to paper" for the screenplay, he decided to write the role for him. Speaking about the role, Dinklage noted that usually "roles written for someone my size are a little flat"—often either comical or "sort of Lord of the Rings" type characters filled with wisdom; further: "They're not sexual, they're not romantic" and "they're not flawed." What attracted him to the character McCarthy had written was that it was not one of the stereotypical roles people with dwarfism play; rather, McBride has "romantic feelings" as well as "anger and ... flaws."{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/01/an-interview-with-station-agent-co-stars-bobby-cannavale-and-peter-dinklage |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |first=Jeff|last=Otto|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/01/an-interview-with-station-agent-co-stars-bobby-cannavale-and-peter-dinklage|title=An Interview with Station Agent Co-Stars Bobby Cannavale and Peter Dinklage|date=October 1, 2003|publisher=IGN|access-date=May 1, 2017|url-status=live}} The role earned him the Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor nominations.{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170114052433/http://www.indiewire.com/article/in_america_american_splendor_and_raising_victor_vargas_top_nominees_for_200 |archive-date=January 14, 2017|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/in_america_american_splendor_and_raising_victor_vargas_top_nominees_for_200|title=In America, American Splendor, and Raising Victor Vargas Top Nominees for 2004 IFP Independent |publisher=IndieWire|last=Brooks|first=Brian|date=December 4, 2003|access-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/10th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=The 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher=Screen Actors Guild |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920191759/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/10th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date=September 20, 2016 }} In the New York Observer, reviewer Andrew Sarris wrote, "Dinklage projects both size and intelligence in the fascinating reticence of his face."{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040404172911/http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/story.asp?ID=8604 |archive-date=April 4, 2004|url=http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/story.asp?ID=8604|title=Dinklage review |work=The New York Observer|last=Sarris|first=Andrew|date=February 16, 2004|access-date=April 22, 2017}} Besides being Dinklage's highest-rated film on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes,{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/peter_dinklage/ |title=Peter Dinklage |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131203345/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/peter_dinklage/ |archive-date=January 31, 2017 }} The Station Agent was modestly successful at the box office, earning over $8 million against its small budget.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stationagent.htm |title=The Station Agent (2003) – Box Office Mojo |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001358/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stationagent.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/sep/19/festivals|title=Good things come in small packages|work=The Guardian|first=Fiachra|last=Gibbons|date=September 19, 2003|access-date=June 18, 2017}}

Dinklage later appeared in the direct-to-DVD film Tiptoes (2003) with Gary Oldman and Matthew McConaughey. The film met with negative reviews, particularly Oldman's role as a person with dwarfism.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tiptoes/ |title=Tiptoes Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211064402/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tiptoes/ |archive-date=February 11, 2017 }}{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170114052433/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a373924/peter-dinklage-defends-gary-oldman-dwarf-movie-tiptoes/ |archive-date=January 14, 2017|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a373924/peter-dinklage-defends-gary-oldman-dwarf-movie-tiptoes/|title=Peter Dinklage defends Gary Oldman dwarf movie 'Tiptoes'|work=Digital Spy|last=Fowler|first=Tara|date=March 29, 2012|access-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live}} According to Dinklage, the original cut of the film was "gorgeous," but the director was fired shortly after turning it in, and the film was re-cut into a "rom-com with dwarfs." Speaking on the Oldman controversy, Dinklage said, "There was some flak: 'Why would you put Gary Oldman on his knees? That's almost like blackface.' And I have my own opinions about political correctness, but I was just like, It's Gary Oldman. He can do whatever he wants, and I'm so happy to be here."

That year, Dinklage also starred in several off-Broadway productions, such as Richard III. Dinklage 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/elf |title=Elf Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |date=November 7, 2003 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212075743/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/elf/ |archive-date=December 12, 2016 }} In 2005, he starred in the short-lived CBS science fiction series Threshold and appeared as a wedding planner in the comedy film The Baxter.{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.indiewire.com/2015/06/peter-dinklages-13-best-non-game-of-thrones-tv-performances-ranked-61092/ |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |first=Liz Shannon|last=Miller|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/06/peter-dinklages-13-best-non-game-of-thrones-tv-performances-ranked-61092/|title=Peter Dinklage's 13 Best Non-'Game of Thrones' TV Performances, Ranked|date=January 30, 2009|publisher=IndieWire|access-date=August 31, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=J.R. |last=Jones|title=The Baxter |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-baxter/Film?oid=1061777 |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-baxter/Film?oid=1061777|access-date=April 4, 2017|work=Chicago Reader|url-status=live}} He also made an appearance in the adventure comedy-drama Lassie as a traveling circus performer.{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/movies/01lass.html |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |first=Jeannette |last=Catsoulis|title=The Noblest Collie of All Bounds Anew in the Glen|work=The New York Times|date=September 1, 2006|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/movies/01lass.html|access-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live}}

In 2006, Dinklage co-starred with Vin Diesel in Find Me Guilty, a courtroom drama directed by Sidney Lumet. The film tells the true story of the longest Mafia trial in American history; Dinklage played Ben Klandis, the lead defense attorney.{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/find-me-guilty-2006|archive-date=September 1, 2016|first=Roger|last=Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/find-me-guilty-2006|title=Find Me Guilty (2006) Movie Review|date=March 16, 2006|publisher=RogerEbert.com|access-date=May 13, 2017|url-status=live}} Critical reaction to the film was mostly positive, though it was a commercial failure.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/find_me_guilty |title=Find Me Guilty Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |date=March 17, 2006 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160444/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/find_me_guilty/ |archive-date=February 11, 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findmeguilty.htm |title=Find Me Guilty (2006) – Box Office Mojo |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404220011/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findmeguilty.htm |archive-date=April 4, 2017 }} Writing for Chicago Sun-Times, film critic Roger Ebert praised Dinklage's performance, saying that the character he plays stands apart as "concise, articulate and professional." The same year, he portrayed the character Marlowe Sawyer in episodes of Nip/Tuck. He played a fictionalized version of himself in an episode of the HBO series Entourage and appeared in NBC's 30 Rock as Stewart.{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/01/30-rock-review-senior-macho-solo-episode-307-and-f.html |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |first=Jeremy|last=Medina|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/01/30-rock-review-senior-macho-solo-episode-307-and-f.html|title=30 Rock Review: "Senor Macho Solo" (Episode 307) and "Flu Shot" (Episode 308)|date=January 30, 2009|work=Paste|access-date=April 4, 2016|url-status=live}} The same year, Dinklage appeared in the British romantic comedy Penelope playing Lemon, a tabloid reporter.{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140906083215/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/movies/29pene.html |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |author=Holden, Stephen|title=Cursed With a Face Only a Sow Could Love|author-link=Stephen Holden|date=February 29, 2008|access-date=October 14, 2016|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/movies/29pene.html|url-status=live}} The film received mixed reviews from critics.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/penelope2008/|title=Penelope Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |date=February 29, 2008 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=May 30, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160444/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/penelope2008/ |archive-date=February 11, 2017 }}

Dinklage appeared in the 2007 British comedy film Death at a Funeral, reprising the role in the 2010 American remake.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_at_a_funeral |title=Death at a Funeral (2007) Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |date=August 17, 2007 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405165933/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_at_a_funeral |archive-date=April 5, 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_at_a_funeral_2010 |title=Death at a Funeral (2010) Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |date=April 16, 2010 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043200/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_at_a_funeral_2010 |archive-date=April 4, 2017 }}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115123724/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-funeral17aug17%2C0%2C6775647.story |archive-date=January 15, 2008 |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-funeral17aug17,0,6775647.story |title=Death at a Funeral |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Sid |last=Smith |date=August 17, 2007 |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=dead }} Later in 2007, he played the villainous Simon Bar Sinister in Underdog, which was poorly received, but had some commercial success.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/underdog/ |title=Underdog Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |date=August 3, 2007 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404220624/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/underdog/ |archive-date=April 4, 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=underdog.htm |title=Underdog (2007) – Box Office Mojo |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216205714/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=underdog.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2016 }}

Dinklage played Trumpkin in the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.{{cite news|title=Peter Dinklage and Vincent Grass Set for Prince Caspian |publisher=MovieWeb |date=February 6, 2007 |url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/peter-dinklage-and-vincent-grass-set-for-prince-caspian |access-date=April 7, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205237/http://www.movieweb.com/news/peter-dinklage-and-vincent-grass-set-for-prince-caspian |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }} The film was considered a box office disappointment compared to the first installment,{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/oct/28/uk-box-office|title=HSM and Saw land one-two punch on UK box office|last=Gant|first=Charles|date=October 28, 2008|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=May 28, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2008/disney-officially-dumps-third-chronicles-of-narnia-movie/|title=Disney Officially Dumps Third Chronicles of Narnia Movie|website=FirstShowing.net|date=December 24, 2008 |language=en-US|access-date=May 28, 2019}} with global revenues of $419.7 million,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=narnia2.htm |title=The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Box Office Mojo |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110214426/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=narnia2.htm |archive-date=November 10, 2016 }} and film critic Bill Gibron described Dinklage's role as a "cutesy stereotype he has tried to avoid."{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517114950/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/The-Chronicles-of-Narnia-Prince-Caspian |archive-date=May 17, 2008|url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/The-Chronicles-of-Narnia-Prince-Caspian |title=The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Movie Review, DVD Release |publisher=Filmcritic.com|first=Bill|last=Gibron|access-date=November 21, 2016}} Later that year, he played the title role in Uncle Vanya (directed by his wife, Erica Schmidt) in Bard College's annual Bard SummerScape, the Upstate New York summer stage on the Annandale-on-Hudson campus.{{cite news|title=Between Sureness and Self-Pity Stands a Vulnerable Vanya |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/theater/reviews/16vany.html|work=The New York Times |access-date=March 26, 2013 |first=Anita |last=Gates |date=July 16, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029230518/http://theater.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/theater/reviews/16vany.html |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }} In 2010, he appeared in the Australian movie I Love You Too alongside Brendan Cowell and Peter Helliar.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_love_you_too_au/ |title=I Love You Too Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202094351/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_love_you_too_au/ |archive-date=February 2, 2017 }}

= Mainstream and critical success (2011–present) =

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==''Game of Thrones''==

Between 2011 and 2019, Dinklage portrayed Tyrion Lannister in HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones, an adaptation of author George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels.{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Dory|date=December 23, 2021|title=Peter Dinklage on Why Game of Thrones Fans Were 'Angry' Over the Series Finale and Show Ending|url=https://people.com/tv/peter-dinklage-on-why-game-of-thrones-fans-were-angry-over-series-finale/|access-date=February 2, 2022|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}} Game of Thrones 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.{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://tv.ign.com/articles/116/1160215p1.html|archive-date=September 1, 2016|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/116/1160215p1.html|title=Game of Thrones: "Winter is Coming" Review|publisher=IGN|first=Matt|last=Fowler|date=April 8, 2011|access-date=May 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|title=Fantasy comes true with HBO's Game of Thrones|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2011/04/15/hbos_game_of_thrones_is_fantastical/|access-date=May 16, 2017|work=The Boston Globe|date=April 15, 2011}}

In May 2009, he was the first actor to be cast.{{cite news| title=Two will play HBO's Game |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 5, 2009 |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i30b29365238b3652e08e2efdc7f0af62 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509074111/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i30b29365238b3652e08e2efdc7f0af62 |archive-date=May 9, 2009 |access-date=July 11, 2014}} Showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss noted that Dinklage, whom they described as funny, smart and witty, was their first choice for the role, as the actor's "core of humanity, covered by a shell of sardonic dry wit, is pretty well in keeping with the character."

Unfamiliar with the source material, Dinklage was cautious in his first meeting with the producers; as a dwarf, "he wouldn't play elves or leprechauns" and was choosy about genre roles. Benioff and Weiss told Dinklage that the character was "a different kind of fantasy little person," or in the actor's words, "No beard, no pointy shoes, a romantic, real human being." Dinklage signed on to play Tyrion before the meeting was half over, in part because, he said, "They told me how popular he was." Martin said of Dinklage's casting, "If he hadn't accepted the part, oh, boy, I don't know what we would have done."{{Cite magazine |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/master-of-the-game-20120524 |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/master-of-the-game-20120524|title=Peter Dinklage: Master of the Game|date=May 24, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Brian|last=Hiatt|access-date=April 22, 2017|url-status=live}} The series proved to be a commercial success; it was renewed for multiple seasons and concluded with its eighth season in May 2019.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803001301/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36934888 |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36934888|title=Game of Thrones to end after season eight in 2019|publisher=BBC News|date=July 30, 2016|access-date=May 13, 2017|url-status=live}}

Dinklage received widespread critical praise for his performance. Matthew Gilbert from The Boston Globe said that Dinklage "gives a winning performance that is charming, morally ambiguous, and self-aware."{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2011/04/15/hbos_game_of_thrones_is_fantastical/ |title=Fantasy comes true with HBO's Game of Thrones |work=The Boston Globe |last=Gilbert |first=Matthew |date=April 15, 2011 |access-date=April 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2011/04/15/hbos_game_of_thrones_is_fantastical/ |archive-date=September 1, 2016 }} Dan Kois of The New York Times noted that Dinklage's performance has made the character "all the more popular." The Los Angeles Times wrote "In many ways, Game of Thrones belongs to Dinklage."{{cite news|last=McNamara|first=Mary|title=Swords, sex and struggles|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-apr-15-la-et-game-of-thrones-review-20110415-story.html|access-date=May 13, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 15, 2011}} HuffPost called Tyrion the "most quotable" character and "one of the most beloved characters" of the series.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/01/game-of-thrones-tyrions-b_n_1562968.html |title=Game of Thrones: Tyrion's Best Quotes in Season 2 |work=The Huffington Post |date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014441/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/01/game-of-thrones-tyrions-b_n_1562968.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}

For his performance, he went on to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, 2015, 2018, and 2019, as well as the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/peter-dinklage |title=Peter Dinklage |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=February 11, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204138/http://www.emmys.com/bios/peter-dinklage |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}{{cite web|title=Winners & nominees: Peter Dinklage |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/peter-dinklage |website=Golden Globe Awards |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date=February 11, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216042607/http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/peter-dinklage |archive-date=February 16, 2016 }} As a result of his performance and increased screen time, Dinklage was given top billing starting in the series' second season.{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403175631/http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-north-remembers/ |archive-date=April 3, 2012|url=http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-north-remembers/|title='Game of Thrones' premiere recap: The North Remembers|first=James|last=Hibberd|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=April 2, 2012|access-date=May 13, 2017|url-status=live}} In 2014, he said on The Late Show with David Letterman that he had once tried to read the books the show is based upon, but had found them confusing. He joked, "George Martin, our author, is probably going to kill my character soon because I mentioned that."Grow, Kory. (March 27, 2014) [https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/peter-dinklage-has-not-read-any-game-of-thrones-books-20140327 Peter Dinklage Has Not Read Any 'Game of Thrones' Books | Movies News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330044937/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/peter-dinklage-has-not-read-any-game-of-thrones-books-20140327 |date=March 30, 2014 }}. Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 7, 2015. In 2014, Dinklage and four of his Game of Thrones co-stars became some of the highest paid actors on television,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-stars-score-hefty-905288|title='Game of Thrones' Stars Score Hefty Pay Raises for Season 8|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=June 21, 2016|access-date=June 4, 2017}} although sources differ on the actors' per-episode salaries.{{efn|The Hollywood Reporter gives a $1.1 million figure, while The Daily Telegraph gives £2 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/04/25/game-thrones-stars-reportedly-sign-biggest-pay-per-episode-deal/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/04/25/game-thrones-stars-reportedly-sign-biggest-pay-per-episode-deal/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Game of Thrones stars reportedly sign biggest pay-per-episode deal in TV history|work=The Daily Telegraph|author=|date=April 25, 2017|access-date=June 4, 2017}}{{cbignore}}}} In 2015, Dinklage lent his voice for the role of Tyrion in Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series, a video game based on the show.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/game_of_thrones_ep_1_-_iron_from_ice/b/pc/archive/2014/11/20/exclusive-meet-the-exiled-son-of-game-of-thrones-house-forrester.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122151714/http://www.gameinformer.com/games/game_of_thrones_ep_1_-_iron_from_ice/b/pc/archive/2014/11/20/exclusive-meet-the-exiled-son-of-game-of-thrones-house-forrester.aspx |url-status=live |archive-date=November 22, 2014 |title=[Exclusive] Meet The Exiled Son Of Game Of Thrones' House Forrester |last=Futter |first=Mike |magazine=Game Informer |date=November 20, 2014 |access-date=May 14, 2017}}

==Other performances==

In 2011, Dinklage appeared opposite Kate Hudson in Nicole Kassell's A Little Bit of Heaven. The following year, Dinklage voiced Captain Gutt in Ice Age: Continental Drift.{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-02-29/a-first-look-at-ice-age-4-continental-drift/53303654/1|archive-date=September 1, 2016 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-02-29/a-first-look-at-ice-age-4-continental-drift/53303654/1 | title=Sneak peek: 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' |work=USA Today | date=March 1, 2012 | access-date=April 4, 2017 | first=Susan | last=Wloszczyna|url-status=live}} Dinklage said he prepared himself by making sure to rest his voice before the recording sessions as it was his first voice acting role, and that he prefers doing roles he has not done before.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024231932/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/peter-dinklage-game-tackling-voiceover-role-ice-age-article-1.1111667 |archive-date=October 24, 2014|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/peter-dinklage-game-tackling-voiceover-role-ice-age-article-1.1111667|title=Peter Dinklage is 'Game' for anything, like tackling his first voiceover role for Ice Age|work=Daily News|location=New York|last=Chen|first=Joyce|date=July 11, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2017|url-status=live}} After appearing in an episode of NBC's late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live in 2013, Dinklage hosted an episode of the show in April 2016; his appearances included a sketch of him and Gwen Stefani singing a new song called "Space Pants."{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/peter-dinklage-brings-acting-chops-choppy-snl-234719 |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |title=Peter Dinklage brings acting chops to a choppy SNL|url=https://www.avclub.com/peter-dinklage-brings-acting-chops-to-a-choppy-snl-1798187234|publisher=The A.V. Club|first=Dennis|last=Perkins|date=April 3, 2016|access-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live}} He received praise for his performance.{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161002231118/http://www.indiewire.com/2016/04/saturday-night-live-review-first-time-host-peter-dinklage-continues-seasons-streak-of-strong-debuts-21888/ |archive-date=October 2, 2016|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/04/saturday-night-live-review-first-time-host-peter-dinklage-continues-seasons-streak-of-strong-debuts-21888/|title=Saturday Night Live Review: First-Time Host Peter Dinklage Continues Season's Streak of Strong Debuts|publisher=IndieWire|last=Erbland|first=Kate|date=April 3, 2016|access-date=April 22, 2017|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Dinklage starred in the comedy horror film Knights of Badassdom opposite Ryan Kwanten and Steve Zahn. The film is about three best friends that go to the woods and reenact a live action Dungeons & Dragons role play, when they mistakenly conjure up a demon from Hell.{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160827053740/http://variety.com/2013/scene/news/peter-dinklage-knights-of-badassdom-1200568044/ |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |first=Dave |last=McNary |title=Peter Dinklage's Knights of Badassdom Gets North American Distribution |url=https://variety.com/2013/scene/news/peter-dinklage-knights-of-badassdom-1200568044/|access-date=April 4, 2017|work=Variety|date=June 25, 2013|url-status=live}} The same year, he played the villain Bolivar Trask in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/x_men_days_of_future_past |title=X-Men: Days of Future Past Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |date=May 23, 2014 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304113709/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/x_men_days_of_future_past/ |archive-date=March 4, 2017 }} In preparation for his role, Dinklage 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."{{cite magazine |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160511233054/http://ew.com/article/2013/10/01/peter-dinklage-x-men/|archive-date=May 11, 2016 |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/10/01/peter-dinklage-x-men/ | title=Peter Dinklage on mysterious 'X-Men' role: He's not exactly the villain |magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=October 1, 2013 | access-date=May 4, 2017 | first=James | last=Hibberd|url-status=live}} He also voiced the AI Ghost in the 2014 video game Destiny,{{cite news|last1=McCarthy |first1=Tyler |title=We Love Peter Dinklage, But This Voice-Over Work Is Unbearable |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/02/peter-dinklage-destiny-voice-over_n_5552843.html |access-date=September 14, 2015 |work=The Huffington Post |date=July 2, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119235100/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/02/peter-dinklage-destiny-voice-over_n_5552843.html |archive-date=November 19, 2015 }} but was replaced by Nolan North in August 2015.{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/04/nolan-north-to-take-over-role-of-ghost-in-destiny |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/04/nolan-north-to-take-over-role-of-ghost-in-destiny |title=Nolan North to take over role of Ghost in Destiny|date=August 4, 2015|access-date=August 4, 2015|last=Karmali|first=Luke|publisher=IGN|url-status=live}} Executive producer Mark Noseworthy said that it was due to scheduling difficulties caused by Dinklage's other acting commitments.{{Cite web|last=Good|first=Owen S.|date=August 11, 2015|title=Why is Destiny replacing Dinklage? 'Hollywood nonsense,' says producer|url=https://www.polygon.com/2015/8/11/9129947/why-is-destiny-replacing-peter-dinklage-nolan-north-bungie|access-date=February 2, 2022|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}

In 2015, Dinklage starred in the science fiction comedy film Pixels as a former arcade champion named Eddie Plant.{{cite news|last1=Guerrasio |first1=Jason |title=Peter Dinklage's hilarious character in Pixels was inspired by a video-game legend who held world records in Pac Man and Donkey Kong |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/pixels-peter-dinklage-playing-billy-mitchell-2015-7 |access-date=September 14, 2015 |work=Business Insider |date=July 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904223420/http://www.businessinsider.com/pixels-peter-dinklage-playing-billy-mitchell-2015-7 |archive-date=September 4, 2015 }} According to director Chris Columbus, Plant was partially inspired by Billy Mitchell.{{Cite web|last=Guerrasio|first=Jason|title=Peter Dinklage's hilarious character in 'Pixels' was inspired by a video-game legend who held world records in Pac Man and Donkey Kong|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/pixels-peter-dinklage-playing-billy-mitchell-2015-7|access-date=February 2, 2022|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}} The film was critically panned.{{cite web|title=Pixels (2015) Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes|date=July 24, 2015 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pixels/|access-date=May 14, 2017|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}} The Guardian praised Dinklage's performance in an otherwise "dreary romp".{{Cite web|last=Romney|first=Jonathan|date=August 16, 2015|title=Pixels review – dreary Adam Sandler romp|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/16/pixels-review-dreary-adam-sandler-romp|access-date=February 2, 2022|website=the Guardian|language=en}}

In 2016, Dinklage provided the voice of The Mighty Eagle in The Angry Birds Movie,{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160902034126/http://collider.com/angry-birds-movie-directors-fergal-reilly-clay-kaytis-interview/ |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |last1=Roberts |first1=Sheila |url=https://collider.com/angry-birds-movie-directors-fergal-reilly-clay-kaytis-interview/|title=The Angry Birds Movie: Fergal Reilly & Clay Kaytis on Transitioning from Animators to Directors|date=May 15, 2016|publisher=Collider|access-date=January 25, 2017|url-status=live}} and recorded a song for the musical's soundtrack.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/angry-birds-movie-original/1098314780 |title=The Angry Birds Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |date=May 6, 2016 |publisher=iTunes Store |access-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228023033/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/angry-birds-movie-original/id1098314780 |archive-date=February 28, 2017 }}

His next release, the independent film Rememory (2017), failed to impress reviewers, but his role of Sam Bloom was praised.{{cite news|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rememory |title=Rememory (2017) Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200613/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rememory/ |archive-date=April 9, 2017 }} Freelance film critic Yasmin Kleinbart stated that "Dinklage deserves better than this film" and John DeFore in The Hollywood Reporter said that he "delivers a soulful lead performance that will attract fans' attention."{{cite web|url=http://www.theyoungfolks.com/film/sundance-2017-review-rememory/96016 |title=Sundance 2017 Review: Rememory |last=Kleinbart |first=Yasmin |publisher=The Young Folks |date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=April 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203203016/http://theyoungfolks.com/film/sundance-2017-review-rememory/96016 |archive-date=February 3, 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rememory-969423 |title='Rememory': Film Review |last=DeFore |first=John |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 27, 2017 |access-date=April 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127225536/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rememory-969423 |archive-date=January 27, 2017 }} Also in 2017, Dinklage had a supporting role in the drama-dark comedy film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, from director Martin McDonagh, and the drama Three Christs, both of which played at the Toronto International Film Festival,{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.thewrap.com/peter-dinklage-john-hawkes-lucas-hedges-join-martin-mcdonaghs-three-billboards/ |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |last1=Sneider|first1=Jeff|url=https://www.thewrap.com/peter-dinklage-john-hawkes-lucas-hedges-join-martin-mcdonaghs-three-billboards/|title=Peter Dinklage, John Hawkes, Lucas Hedges Join Martin McDonagh's New Movie (Exclusive)|date=April 7, 2016|work=The Wrap|access-date=May 6, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://collider.com/walton-goggins-vice-principals-season-2-interview/ |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |last1=Radish|first1=Christina |url=https://collider.com/walton-goggins-vice-principals-season-2-interview/|title=Walton Goggins on Why HBO's Vice Principals Is a Drama|date=August 30, 2016|publisher=Collider|access-date=September 27, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160924123950/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/julianna-margulies-three-christs-richard-gere-1201802814/ |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |last1=McNary|first1=Dave |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/julianna-margulies-three-christs-richard-gere-1201802814/|title=Julianna Margulies in Talks to Join The Three Christs With Richard Gere|date=June 23, 2016|work=Variety|access-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live}} with the former receiving widespread critical success.{{cite news|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_billboards_outside_ebbing_missouri/ |title=Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=February 9, 2018}} In 2018, Dinklage produced and starred in I Think We're Alone Now, a post-apocalyptic drama based on the companionship between Del, played by Dinklage, and Grace, played by Elle Fanning.{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-dinklage-elle-fanning-star-939917 |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-dinklage-elle-fanning-star-939917|title=Peter Dinklage, Elle Fanning to Star in 'I Think We're Alone Now' (Exclusive)|last=Ford|first=Rebecca |date=October 20, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live}} The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,{{cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2018-sundance-film-festival--feature-films-announced|title=2018 Sundance Film Festival: Feature Films Announced|publisher=Sundance Film Festival|date=November 29, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2018|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222224011/https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2018-sundance-film-festival--feature-films-announced|url-status=live}} and was later released to theaters on September 14, 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/07/24/i-think-were-alone-now-peter-dinklage-teaser/|title=I Think We're Alone Now teaser: Peter Dinklage stars in a very different kind of post-apocalyptic film|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=David|last=Canfield|date=July 24, 2018|access-date=October 14, 2018}}

In 2016, Dinklage and his longtime manager David Ginsburg founded their joint-venture production company, Estuary Films. I Think We're Alone Now is the first film under Estuary.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Dinklage appeared in the 2018 Marvel Studios film Avengers: Infinity War as the character Eitri, a giant dwarf.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113030622/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/peter-dinklage-avengers-infinity-war-1201954237/ |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/peter-dinklage-avengers-infinity-war-1201954237/ |title=Peter Dinklage Eyed for a Key Role in Avengers: Infinity War (Exclusive) |work=Variety |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=January 11, 2017 |access-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170114200630/https://entertainment.inquirer.net/212392/game-thrones-peter-dinklage-join-avengers-infinity-war-cast |archive-date=January 14, 2017 |title=Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage to join Avengers: Infinity War cast |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/212392/game-thrones-peter-dinklage-join-avengers-infinity-war-cast|access-date=March 3, 2017|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=January 13, 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/16/avengers-infinity-war-poster-confirms-peter-dinklage-is-in-the-film|title=Avengers: Infinity War Poster Confirms Peter Dinklage Is in the Film|last=Gilyadov|first=Alex|date=March 16, 2018|website=IGN|language=en-US|access-date=March 17, 2018}}

Dinklage and writer-director Sacha Gervasi spent several years writing and producing a film based on the final days of actor Hervé Villechaize, who died by suicide shortly after his 1993 interview with Gervasi. In 2018, Dinklage starred and played the title role in My Dinner with Hervé.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/james_mcavoy_circling_sacha_gervasis_my_dinner_with_herve |title=James McAvoy Reading Sacha Gervasi's 'My Dinner With Hervé' |publisher=IndieWire |first=Kevin |last=Jagernauth |date=April 19, 2011 |access-date=July 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201834/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/james_mcavoy_circling_sacha_gervasis_my_dinner_with_herve |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/peter-dinklage-herve-villechaize-biopic-is-based-on-director-s-final-interview_3615097 |title=Sacha Gervasi — Peter Dinklage: 'Herve Villechaize Biopic Is Based On Director's Final Interview' |author=Wenn|publisher=Contactmusic.com |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=July 3, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610113141/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/peter-dinklage-herve-villechaize-biopic-is-based-on-director-s-final-interview_3615097 |archive-date=June 10, 2013 }} The movie was approved by HBO, with Dinklage co-starring alongside Jamie Dornan.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/peter-dinklage-jamie-dornan-hbo-film-my-dinner-with-herve-1202421438/|title=Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan Team Up for HBO Film|first=Elizabeth|last=Wagmeister|work=Variety|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017}}

In August and September 2018, he starred in the title role of Cyrano, a stage musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac written by his wife Erica Schmidt, with songs by the band The National.{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/peter-dinklage-and-haley-bennett-to-star-in-cyrano-musical-at-goodspeed/|title=Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett to Star in Cyrano Musical at Goodspeed|first=Ryan|last=McPhee|work=Playbill.com|date=May 1, 2018}} He reprised the role in a 2021 film adaptation of the musical, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/12/golden-globe-nominations-2022-see-full-list-1234685129/ 2022 Golden Globe Nominations: ‘Licorice Pizza’, ‘Squid Game’, ‘West Side Story’, and More], indiewire.com. December 2021.

In 2019, Dinklage was announced he would co-star in the comedy film Brothers, alongside Josh Brolin.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=February 28, 2019 |title=Josh Brolin, Peter Dinklage Team for 'Brothers' Comedy (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/josh-brolin-peter-dinklage-team-brothers-comedy-1190953/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604142927/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/josh-brolin-peter-dinklage-team-brothers-comedy-1190953/ |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} The film, directed by Max Barbakow with a screenplay by Macon Blair from a story by Etan Cohen, was released in October 2024.{{Citation |last=Barbakow |first=Max |title=Brothers |date=October 17, 2024 |type=Action, Comedy |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9860566/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_2_act |access-date=August 11, 2024 |others=Devyn Dalton, Josh Brolin, Taylour Paige |publisher=Brolin Productions, Estuary Films, Legendary Entertainment}}

In 2020, Dinklage portrayed the pirate Fannybaws in the music video of the same name from Scottish power metal band Alestorm.

In 2020, Dinklage portrayed mobster Roman Lunyov in the crime thriller I Care a Lot. His performance was praised, with Tony Sokol favorably comparing his character to Russian mobsters in other media, including Training Day and Orange is the New Black.{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/i-care-a-lot-peter-dinklage-scariest-gangster/|title=I Care a Lot: Peter Dinklage is the Scariest Gangster We've Seen in Years|first=Tony|last=Sokol|author-link=Tony Sokol|publisher=Den of Geek|date=February 20, 2021|access-date=March 8, 2021}}

In 2023, Dinklage voiced Terrorcon Scourge, the main antagonist in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. He also starred in the romantic comedy-drama film She Came to Me,{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2023 |title=Peter Dinklage Upcoming Movies in 2023? - Fifa world cup katar |url=https://fifaworldcupkatar.com/peter-dinklage-upcoming-movies-in-2023/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |language=en-US}} and played Casca Highbottom in the film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.{{Cite web |last=Piña |first=Christy |date=November 23, 2023 |title=Peter Dinklage Says Viewers Don't Have to Watch the 'Hunger Games' to Understand the Prequel |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-dinklage-viewers-dont-have-to-watch-hunger-games-understand-prequel-1235676830/ |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} In 2024, Dinklage was announced to voice Dr. Dillamond in the two-part film adaptation of the musical, Wicked,{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=April 10, 2024 |title='Wicked' Casts Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond the Goat |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-dinklage-wicked-movie-voice-dr-dillamond-1235871404/ |access-date=April 27, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} alongside a cast including Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=April 11, 2024 |title='Wicked' Casts Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond the Goat |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-dinklage-wicked-movie-voice-dr-dillamond-1235871404/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} In 2024, Dinklage had a cameo in Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted, which premiered on Netflix.{{Cite AV media |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt14914430/fullcredits |title=Unfrosted (2024) - IMDb |access-date=August 11, 2024 |via=www.imdb.com}}

On October 5, 2017, Dinklage purchased the rights to the film adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's novel The Thicket.{{cite web|title=The Thicket|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4058618/|website=IMDB|access-date=November 20, 2017}} The film, The Thicket, which stars Dinklage alongside Juliette Lewis and Esme Creed-Miles, was released in September 2024.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=June 27, 2024 |title=Tubi Films Unveils Release Date, First Look Photos For Western Thriller 'The Thicket' Starring Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-thicket-movie-sets-release-date-samuel-goldwyn-films-1235984673/ |access-date=August 11, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

In 2024, Dinklage voiced Hitpig in the animated film Hitpig!, (though he was later replaced with Jason Sudeikis){{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/peter-dinklage-lilly-singh-rainn-wilson-rupaul-hannah-gadsby-dany-boon-voice-animated-movie-hitpig-1234601710/ |title='Hitpig': Peter Dinklage, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, RuPaul, Hannah Gadsby & Dany Boon To Voice Animated Movie |work=Deadline |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=October 22, 2020 |access-date=July 20, 2021 }} alongside Ru Paul, Hannah Gadsby and Lily Singh.{{Citation |last1=Angelini |first1=Cinzia |title=Hitpig! |date=November 1, 2024 |type=Animation, Action, Adventure |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13176330/ |access-date=August 11, 2024 |others=Andy Serkis, Jason Sudeikis, Rainn Wilson |publisher=Aniventure, Cinesite, Rosebud Enterprises |last2=Feiss |first2=David}} Dinklage voiced Hercule Poirot in an Audible adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/global/peter-dinklage-jessica-gunning-himesh-patel-audible-agatha-christie-mysterious-affair-at-styles-1236161466/|title=Peter Dinklage, Jessica Gunning, Himesh Patel and More to Star in Audible Adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Ellise|last=Shafer|date=October 2, 2024|access-date=October 4, 2024}}

Personal life

In 2005, Dinklage married Erica Schmidt, a theater director. They have two children: a daughter born in 2011{{Cite magazine|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |title=Peter Dinklage talks 'Game of Thrones' fights and being a 'DwILF' in Playboy |first=John |last=Mitchell |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2013/04/18/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-playboy |access-date=September 23, 2015 |date=April 18, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125630/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/04/18/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-playboy |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}{{cite news|work=The Guardian |title=Peter Dinklage: 'Tyrion has a sense of humour – even in the worst of times' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/07/peter-dinklage-tyrion-lannister-game-of-thrones-pixels |first=Will |last=Lawrence|access-date=August 9, 2015 |date=August 7, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810154337/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/07/peter-dinklage-tyrion-lannister-game-of-thrones-pixels |archive-date=August 10, 2015 }} and a son born in 2017.{{Cite web|date=October 21, 2017|title=GoT star Peter Dinklage welcomes second child|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/peter-dinklage-welcomes-second-child.html|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=theweek.in}}{{cite web | url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_6d7TjgkFJw | title=From Tyrion to Cyrano - Peter Dinklage on Playing Intelligent Characters | website=YouTube | date=December 2021 }} They primarily reside in Greenwich Village, Manhattan and have a property in Ulster County, New York.{{cite web |url=https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/entertainment/2017/03/13/game-thrones-star-film-movie-ulster/99126012/ |title='Game of Thrones' star to film movie in Dutchess, Ulster |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |last=Barry |first=John W. |date=March 13, 2017 |access-date=March 25, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.realestate.com.au/news/where-do-peter-dinklage-and-sophie-turner-sit-in-the-global-property-game-of-homes/ |title=Where do Peter Dinklage and Sophie Turner sit in the global property Game of Homes |work=realestate.com.au |last=Craze |first=Kristen |date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=January 22, 2025}}{{cite web | url=https://www.amny.com/news/peter-dinklage-backs-carriage-horse-ban-1-7589153/ | title=Peter Dinklage backs carriage horse ban | amNewYork | date=April 2, 2014 }}

Dinklage's face was injured in the early 1990s when he was in a "punk-funk-rap" band called Whizzy. He was playing at the nightclub CBGB in New York City, when he was accidentally kneed in the face and started bleeding on the stage. It gave him a scar that runs from his neck to his eyebrow.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

In 2008, Dinklage described himself as a lapsed Catholic.{{cite web |title=The Defanging of Aslan |last=Greydanus |first=Steven D. |work=National Catholic Register |date=May 13, 2008 |url=http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/14917 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414183147/http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/14917 |archive-date=April 14, 2012}}

Dinklage became a vegetarian at the age of 16.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601013020/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/peter-dinklage-farm-sanctuary-spokesman_n_1554016.html |archive-date=June 1, 2012 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/peter-dinklage-farm-sanctuary-spokesman_n_1554016.html|title=Peter Dinklage To Become Farm Sanctuary Spokesman|first=Sue|last=Manning|work=The Huffington Post|date=May 29, 2012|access-date=May 23, 2014}} In a 2024 episode of the podcast Flagrant he stated he started eating fish and chicken again, while filming Game of Thrones in Croatia as he became fatigued on set, although he does not eat red meat.{{Cite web|date=2024|title=Peter Dinklage on House Of The Dragon vs Game Of Thrones & Being The Most Famous Dwarf Ever|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj3s1iS5O1c&t=5155s|website=YouTube|language=en-GB|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830160106/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj3s1iS5O1c&t=5155s|url-status=live}} Note:See 1:26:00 He supports Farm Sanctuary and has been the group's spokesperson for its Walk for Farm Animals. He appeared in a PETA campaign, asking Game of Thrones fans to adopt pets from shelters rather than buying huskies that might look like direwolves.{{Cite web|last=Weldon|first=Sarah|date=August 15, 2017|title=Peter Dinklage and PETA Team Up to Warn That Huskies Aren't Direwolves|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/08/15/peter-dinklage-peta-save-huskies/|access-date=February 2, 2022|website=EW.com|language=en}}

In 2017, Dinklage attended the Women's March demonstration in Park City, Utah to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

=Dwarfism=

Dinklage has achondroplasia, a genetic disorder which affects bone growth. As a result, he is {{convert|4|ft|5|in}} tall, with an average-sized head and torso but shorter than average limbs. He has come to accept his condition, but sometimes found it challenging when growing up. In 2003, he said that when he was younger he was often angry and bitter, but that as he got older, he realized he "just [has] to have a sense of humor" to know "that it's not your problem. It's theirs."{{cite news|title=Peter Dinklage lives large |work=Today |date=October 2, 2003 |url=http://www.today.com/popculture/peter-dinklage-lives-large-wbna3130881 |access-date=September 11, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404221128/http://www.today.com/popculture/peter-dinklage-lives-large-wbna3130881 |archive-date=April 4, 2017 }}

When asked in 2012 whether he saw himself as "a spokesman for the rights of little people," Dinklage said: "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." He has nonetheless been viewed as a role model for people sharing his condition.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11394321/Its-time-dwarfs-stopped-demeaning-themselves-in-public.html |title='It's time dwarfs stopped demeaning themselves in public' |date=February 6, 2015 |first=Tom |last=Shakespeare|work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=September 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821203312/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11394321/Its-time-dwarfs-stopped-demeaning-themselves-in-public.html |archive-date=August 21, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/emmy-winner-peter-dinklage-says-no-to-magical-dwarf-and-other-lousy-roles|title=Emmy winner Peter Dinklage says no to magical dwarf and other lousy roles|date=August 25, 2016|first=Alison|last=de Souza|work=The Straits Times|access-date=June 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420013124/http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/emmy-winner-peter-dinklage-says-no-to-magical-dwarf-and-other-lousy-roles|archive-date=April 20, 2016 }}

At the 2012 Golden Globe ceremony, when Dinklage won the award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, he told the audience that he had been thinking about "a gentleman, his name is Martin Henderson", and suggested that they Google his name.{{cite magazine |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160901123724/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/master-of-the-game-20120524 |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/master-of-the-game-20120524|title=Peter Dinklage: Master of the Game|date=May 24, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Brian|last=Hiatt|access-date=October 10, 2016|url-status=live}} Henderson was a man with dwarfism from Somerset, England, who was badly injured after being tossed by a rugby fan in a bar. Dinklage's words brought media and public attention to the act of dwarf-tossing, with Henderson's name being trended worldwide on social media. Henderson eventually died of his injuries in 2016, five years after the incident.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512205554/http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/18/actor-who-was-injured-during-cruel-dwarf-tossing-event-has-died-aged-42-6330126/ |archive-date=May 12, 2017 |url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/18/actor-who-was-injured-during-cruel-dwarf-tossing-event-has-died-aged-42-6330126/|title=Actor who was injured during cruel 'dwarf tossing' event has died aged 42|date=December 18, 2016|first=Georgia|last=Diebelius|publisher=Metro|access-date=May 12, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822205554/http://www.ibtimes.com/dwarf-tossing-genetics-behind-dwarfism-396456 |archive-date=August 22, 2015 |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/dwarf-tossing-genetics-behind-dwarfism-396456|title=Dwarf Tossing: The Genetics behind Dwarfism|date=January 17, 2012|first=Trevor|last=Stokes|work=International Business Times|access-date=May 12, 2017|url-status=live}} Dinklage turned down offers from talk shows to discuss the topic. He later explained that 20 years earlier he might have accepted the offers, but that he was "a little bit more at peace with things now", and "I said what I wanted to say… I have a friend who says the world doesn't need another angry dwarf."

In January 2022, Dinklage appeared on an episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, where he criticized Disney's portrayal of the Seven Dwarfs in the upcoming live-action remake of the 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He said that although Disney tried to be progressive by casting a Latina actress as Snow White, they had retained the damaging stereotype of the Seven Dwarfs.Salam, Maya (January 25, 2022) [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/movies/peter-dinklage-snow-white.html Peter Dinklage Calls Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Remake ‘Backward’]. The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2022.{{Cite news|last=Treisman|first=Rachel|date=January 26, 2022|title=Disney defends its 'Snow White' remake after criticism from Peter Dinklage|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075761231/peter-dinklage-disney|access-date=February 7, 2022}} Disney responded: "We are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community. We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period".{{cite web| title= Disney responds to Peter Dinklage's criticism of Snow White remake| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60135547 | date= January 26, 2022| website= BBC News Online| accessdate= February 24, 2022 }} Fellow dwarf actor and professional wrestler Hornswoggle criticized Dinklage for his comments, claiming he was trying to reduce the number of roles available for dwarf actors.{{cite web | url=https://www.news24.com/you/celebs/international/dwarf-actors-slam-peter-dinklage-for-saying-snow-white-should-ditch-the-dwarfs-20220202 | title=Dwarf actors slam Peter Dinklage for saying Snow White should ditch the dwarfs }}

Works and accolades

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According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Dinklage's most critically acclaimed films are Living in Oblivion (1995), The Station Agent (2003), Lassie (2005), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

Dinklage won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in Game of Thrones. He has also won four Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the same role. He is also the only member of the cast to receive a Primetime Emmy. Dinklage has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor each year from 2014 to 2017.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/sag-awards-2013-nominations-full-list-650394/ |title=SAG Awards Nominations: 12 Years A Slave And Breaking Bad Lead Way |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 11, 2013 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131211210823/http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/sag-awards-2013-nominations-full-list/ |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite news | last=Hipes| first=Patrick | url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/sag-awards-nominations-2015-full-list-nominees-1201317757/|title=SAG Awards Nominations: 'Birdman' & 'Boyhood' Lead Film Side, HBO & 'Modern Family' Rule TV – Full List| website=Deadline Hollywood | date=December 10, 2014 | access-date=May 25, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126230813/http://deadline.com/2014/12/sag-awards-nominations-2015-full-list-nominees-1201317757/|archive-date=January 26, 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160822074856/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-sag-winners-complete-list-856945/item/outstanding-performance-by-a-female-846040 |archive-date=August 22, 2016|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-sag-winners-complete-list-856945/item/outstanding-performance-by-a-female-846040|title=SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 30, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170111005833/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/14/2017-sag-awards-nominations |archive-date=January 11, 2017|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/14/2017-sag-awards-nominations|title=SAG Awards nominations 2017: See the full list|first=Joey |last=Nolfi|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 14, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2017|url-status=live}} He has also been nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor three times, in 2012, 2016 and 2017.{{cite web|first=Kimberly |last=Roots |url=http://tvline.com/2012/06/05/critics-choice-television-nominations-2nd-annual/ |title=Community, Breaking Bad, Parks and Rec, Mad Men, Girls Lead Critics' Choice Nominations |publisher=Producers Guild of America |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622182044/http://tvline.com/2012/06/05/critics-choice-television-nominations-2nd-annual/ |archive-date=June 22, 2012 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170117014414/http://www.indiewire.com/2016/11/critics-choice-tv-awards-hbo-leads-22-nominations-1201746217/ |archive-date=January 17, 2017|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/11/critics-choice-tv-awards-hbo-leads-22-nominations-1201746217/ |title=Critics' Choice TV Awards: HBO Leads With 22 Nominations |first=Graham|last=Winfrey|publisher=IndieWire|date=November 14, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2017|url-status=live}} {{As of|2024}}, Dinklage has won thirty-two awards from seventy-six nominations. He has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards and sixteen Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Discography

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2024 \| "Something Bad" (featuring Cynthia Erivo) \| Wicked: The Soundtrack

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2024

| "Something Bad" (featuring Cynthia Erivo)

| Wicked: The Soundtrack

Notes

References

External links

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General

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{{cite news | title = Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No | first = Dan | last = Kois | date = March 29, 2012 | work = The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/peter-dinklage-was-smart-to-say-no.html }}

Interviews

[https://web.archive.org/web/20040914213145/http://romanticmovies.about.com/cs/thestationagent/a/stationagentpd.htm Interview with Peter Dinklage about The Station Agent]
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/03/12/peter_dinklage_the_station_agent_interview.shtml BBC Movies Interview about The Station Agent]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130508212235/http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/20q-peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones Playboy 20Q Interview with Peter Dinklage]

Talks