Peter Dinklage
Born: 1969-06-11 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Peter Hayden Dinklage (/ˈdɪnklɪdʒ/; born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. He portrayed Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. Dinklage also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and an Actor Award in 2020 for the role. Born in the North Jersey region of New Jersey, Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, performing in many amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the black comedy film Living in Oblivion (1995). He had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama The Station Agent. Dinklage's 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), The Thicket (2024), 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. Dinklage also provided voice acting for the video game Destiny. In 2023, he voiced Scourge in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. On television, Dinklage also starred in the series Dexter: Resurrection in 2025. Dinklage has also performed in theatre, 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 from the Wikipedia article Peter Dinklage, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2027
- Naughty as Santa Claus
2026
- Idiots as Karl 'Koko' Sandoz
- The Angry Birds Movie 3 as Mighty Eagle (voice)
- Wicker as Basket Weaver
- Steps as Roderick (voice)
2025
- Dexter: Resurrection as Leon Prater
- The Lowdown as Wendell
- Roofman as Mitch
- The Toxic Avenger Unrated as Winston / Toxie, the Hero
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act as Narrator
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
- Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Self (Dean Casca Highbottom)
- Making Wicked as Self
2023
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Scourge (voice)
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes as Dean Casca Highbottom
- She Came to Me as Steven Lauddem
- How to Become a Mob Boss as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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
- Three Christs as Joseph
- Rememory as Sam Bloom
- The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special as Narrator / Adult Kevin (voice)
2016
- The Angry Birds Movie as Mighty Eagle (voice)
- Movies with Ali Plumb as Self
- 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
- Game of Thrones: The Musical 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
- Knights of Badassdom as Hung
- Low Down as Alain
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
- Conan as Self
- Death at a Funeral as Frank
- I Love You Too as Charlie
- Saint John of Las Vegas as Mr. Townsend
- The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as dwarf
- Pete Smalls Is Dead as K.C.
2008
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as Trumpkin
- Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX as Self
2007
- Death at a Funeral as Peter
- Penelope as Lemon
- Underdog as Dr. Simon Barsinister
- Ascension Day
2006
- 30 Rock as Stewart
- Find Me Guilty as Ben Klandis
- The Limbo Room as Dusty Spitz
- Ultra as The Scientist
- Little Fugitive as Sam Norton
2005
- Threshold as Arthur Ramsey
- Lassie as Rowlie
- The Baxter as Benson Hedges
- Nobody Wants Your Film as Self
- Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans? as Narrator
- Fortunes as Mike Kirkwood
2004
- Entourage as Peter Dinklage
- Life As We Know It as Dr. Belber
- Surviving Eden as Sterno
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Nip/Tuck as Marlowe Sawyer
- I'm with Her as Elliot Rosen
- Elf as Miles Finch
- 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