Peter Dinklage
Born: 1969-06-11 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Peter Hayden Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), Dinklage won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Born in the Jersey Shore region of New Jersey, Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, performing in a number of amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the black comedy film Living in Oblivion (1995), and had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama The Station Agent. His other films include Elf (2003), Lassie and The Baxter (both in 2005), Find Me Guilty (2006), Penelope (2006), Death at a Funeral (2007), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Death at a Funeral (2010), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), and Wicked (2024). In 2018, he appeared as Eitri in the Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War, and as Hervé Villechaize in the biopic film My Dinner with Hervé. He also provided voice-acting for the video game Destiny, and in 2023, he voiced Scourge in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. On television, he also starred in the series Dexter: Resurrection in 2025. Dinklage has also performed in theater, with roles including the title character in Richard III (2003) at the Public Theatre, Rakitin in A Month in the Country (2015) at Classic Stage Company, and Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano at the Daryl Roth Theatre in 2019. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Peter Dinklage.
Filmography
2025
- Dexter: Resurrection as Leon Prater
- Roofman as Mitch
- The Toxic Avenger Unrated as Winston / Toxie, the Hero
- World of Westeros Ambient Video as Tyrion Lannister
- Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act as Narrator
- Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special as Self - Audience Member
2024
- Wicked as Dr. Dillamond (voice)
- Brothers as Jady Munger
- The Thicket as Reginald Jones
- Unfrosted as Harry Friendly
- Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked as Self
- Making Wicked as Self
- Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Self (Dean Casca Highbottom)
2023
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Scourge (voice)
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Dean Casca Highbottom
- How to Become a Mob Boss as Self - Narrator (voice)
- She Came to Me as Steven Lauddem
- How to Become a Cult Leader as Narrator (voice)
2022
- American Dreamer as Phil Loder
2021
- Marvel Studios Legends as Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- I Care a Lot as Roman Lunyov
- How to Become a Tyrant as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac
- Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Phil Betterman (voice)
2020
- The Croods: A New Age as Phil Betterman (voice)
2019
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Mighty Eagle (voice)
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Peter Dinklage
2018
- Avengers: Infinity War as Eitri
- I Think We're Alone Now as Del
- My Dinner with Hervé as Hervé Villechaize
- The Origins of Ebbing as Self
2017
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as James
- Rememory as Sam Bloom
- Three Christs as Joseph
- The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special as Narrator / Adult Kevin (voice)
2016
- The Angry Birds Movie as Mighty Eagle (voice)
- The Boss as Renault
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Hot Ones as Self
- Pixels as Eddie
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Tyrion Lannister
- Taxi as Marc
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- X-Men: Days of Future Past as Dr. Bolivar Trask
- The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Aaron Altmann
- Low Down as Alain
- Knights of Badassdom as Hung
2013
- Rick and Morty as Chans (voice)
- A Case of You as Gerard
2012
- Ice Age: Continental Drift as Captain Gutt (voice)
2011
- Game of Thrones as Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
- A Little Bit of Heaven as Vinnie
- Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 as Captain Gutt (voice)
2010
- Death at a Funeral as Frank
- The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as dwarf
- Saint John of Las Vegas as Mr. Townsend
- Pete Smalls Is Dead as K.C.
- I Love You Too as Charlie
2008
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as Trumpkin
- Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX as Self
2007
- Underdog as Dr. Simon Barsinister
- Death at a Funeral as Peter
- Penelope as Lemon
- Ascension Day
2006
- 30 Rock as Stewart
- Find Me Guilty as Ben Klandis
- Little Fugitive as Sam Norton
- Ultra as The Scientist
- The Limbo Room as Dusty Spitz
2005
- Threshold as Arthur Ramsey
- Lassie as Rowlie
- Nobody Wants Your Film as Self
- The Baxter as Benson Hedges
- Fortunes as Mike Kirkwood
- Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans? as Narrator
2004
- Entourage as Peter Dinklage
- Life As We Know It as Dr. Belber
- Surviving Eden as Sterno
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Marlowe Sawyer
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Elf as Miles Finch
- I'm with Her
- The Station Agent as Finbar McBride
2002
- Tiptoes as Maurice
- Just a Kiss as Dink
- 13 Moons as Binky
2001
- Human Nature as Frank
- Never Again as Harry Appleton
2000
- The $treet as Little Person
1999
- Third Watch as Drug Dealer
- Pigeonholed
1998
- Safe Men as Leflore
1997
- Oz as Murder Victim (uncredited)
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Bullet as Building Manager
1995
- Living in Oblivion as Tito
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1971
- Great Performances as Malvolio