Peter Dinklage

'Peter Dinklage' (qv) is an American actor. Since his breakout role in _The Station Agent (2003)_ (qv), he has appeared in numerous films and theatre plays. Since 2011, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series _Game of Thrones (2011)_ (qv) . For this he won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011.Peter Hayden Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey, to Diane (Hayden), an elementary school teacher, and John Carl Dinklage, an insurance salesman. He is of German, Irish, and English descent. In 1991, he received a degree in drama from Bennington College and began his career. His exquisite theatre work that expresses brilliantly the unique range of his acting qualities, includes remarkable performances full of profoundness, charisma, intelligence, sensation and insights in plays such as "The Killing Act", "Imperfect Love", 'Ivan Turgenev' (qv)'s "A Month in the Country" as well as the title roles in 'William Shakespeare' (qv)'s "Richard III" and in 'Anton Chekhov' (qv)'s "Uncle Vanya".'Peter Dinklage' (qv) received acclaim for his first film, _Living in Oblivion (1995)_ (qv), where he played an actor frustrated with the limited and caricatured roles offered to actors who have dwarfism. In 2003, he starred in _The Station Agent (2003)_ (qv), written and directed by 'Tom McCarthy' (qv). The movie received critical praise as well as 'Peter Dinklage' (qv)'s work including nominations such as for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the "Screen Actors Guild" and Best Male Lead at the "Film Independent Spirit 'Awards' (qv)". One of his next roles has been the one of Miles Finch, an acclaimed children's book author, in _Elf (2003)_ (qv). _Find Me Guilty (2006)_ (qv), the original English _Death at a Funeral (2007)_ (qv), its American remake _Death at a Funeral (2010)_ (qv), _Penelope (2006)_ (qv), _The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)_ (qv) and _X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)_ (qv) are also included in his brilliant work concerning feature films.His fine work in television also includes shows such as _Entourage (2004)_ (qv), _Life as We Know It (2004)_ (qv), _Threshold (2005)_ (qv) and _Nip/Tuck (2003)_ (qv). In 2011, the primary role of Tyrion Lannister, a man of sharp wit and bright spirit, in _Game of Thrones (2011)_ (qv), was incarnated with unique greatness in Dinklage's unparalleled performance. The series is an adaptation of author 'George R.R. Martin' (qv)'s A Song of Ice and Fire series, and his work has received widespread praise, also highlighted by his receiving of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at The 63rd Primetime Emmy 'Awards' (qv) (2011), The 67th Primetime Emmy 'Awards' (qv) (2015), The 70th Primetime Emmy 'Awards' (qv) (2018) and The 71st Primetime Emmy 'Awards' (qv) (2019) as well as of the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television at The 69th Annual Golden Globe 'Awards' (qv) (2012).Dinklage, among others, has also voiced Captain Gutt in _Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)_ (qv) and The Mighty Eagle in _The Angry Birds Movie (2016)_ (qv), starred in the comedy horror film _Knights of Badassdom (2013)_ (qv) while his tour-de-force interpretations as a multifarious "chameleon" of substantial mastery and artistic generosity also include film and TV gems such as _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)_ (qv), _Three Christs (2017)_ (qv), _I Think We're Alone Now (2018)_ (qv) and _I Think We're Alone Now (2018)_ (qv).::Alex Gold, Pedro Borges and Markos.