Peter Dinklage

Dinklage is married to Erica Schmidt, who is a theater director, since 2005. In 2011, they were blessed with a daughter.

Peter Dinklage was born on June 11, 1969 in Morristown, New Jersey to John Carl Dinklage, an insurance salesman, and Diane Dinklage, a music teacher at an elementary school.

Even though he was born to average sized parents, Peter began noticing that he was suffering from Achondroplasia, which is one of the more common forms of dwarfism which exists in the world. Even though his teenage years were fret with frustration and anger due to his unusual condition, he became more tolerant and receptive once he entered adulthood.

In fifth grade he got to play the lead in one of his school dramas, ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’. The play was greeted with a roaring applause and appreciation from the audience which boosted his confidence and he continued to participate in the drama club until he graduated from the Delbarton School in 1987.

He also took part in a number of different productions when he attended the Bennington College. He graduated in the year 1991.

Peter Dinklage started off his career in the year 1995 with the film ‘Oblivion’. In the film, he played an actor who was frustrated at being offered only clichéd roles because he happened to be a dwarf.

He delivered his break-out performance as an actor in the film ‘The Station Agent’. He received a number of awards for his role as well as worldwide recognition.

He starred in the British comedy movie ‘Death at a funeral’ in 2007. The film was a huge success, which led them to remake an American version of it in 2010, in which Dinklage reprised his role.

In 2008, he played the role of a grumpy dwarf named Trumpkin in the sequel of the popular fantasy film series ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’. Many of the critics condemned him for playing the very stereotypical role that he has always boasted of avoiding.

His big break in television came in the year 2011 when he was selected to play Tyrion Lannister in the medieval-fantasy drama series ‘Game of Thrones’, which is based on George R. R. Martin’s novel series, ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’. People began to love and praise his character so much that his screen time was increased and with the start of the second season of the series, he was given the honor of top billing. His performance also brought along a shower of prestigious awards for him.

‘The Station Agent’ is considered as Dinklage’s best performance which put him in the spotlight and made people stand up and take notice in 2003. It was his performance as a train-obsessed man who has an affair with a reclusive artist that sent critics into frenzy and made the film one of the highlights at the Sundance Film Festival that year.

In 2011, he bagged the role of a lifetime in the super hit television series ‘Game of Thrones’, which was adapted from George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novel series called ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’. In this medieval-themed series, he plays a dwarf of royal birth, who is neither a hero nor a villain.