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— Peter Hayden Dinklage ( born June 11, 1969) is an American actor and producer. Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, starring in a number of amateur stage productions. His film debut was in Living in Oblivion (1995) and his breakthrough came with the comedy-drama The Station Agent (2003). He has since appeared in Elf (2003), Find Me Guilty (2006), Underdog (2007), Death at a Funeral (2007), Penelope (2008), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Pixels (2015), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), which earned him his first Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2018, he appeared as Eitri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Infinity War after appearing as Vikings and Hervé Villechaize in the biopic film My Dinner with Hervé. — Since shooting the pilot episode in 2010, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones, for which he won three Primetime Emmys from seven nominations. He also received a Golden Globe for the role in 2011.
EXPERIENCE
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1995
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.
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2007
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.
- 2008 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.
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2011
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.
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2014
In 2014, Dinklage appeared in ‘Knights of Baddassdom’, which was a comedy-horror film. He also played the role of Boliver Trask in the movie ‘X-Men – Days of the future past’.
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2015
In 2015, he appeared in the film ‘Pixels’. Here, he played the role of an old arcade champion, Eddie Plant.