Peter Dinklage Wiki, Family, Age, Height, Weight & Net Worth

Peter Dinklage Wiki

Peter Dinklage is an American Actor. He was born on born June 11, 1969, in Morristown, New Jersey USA and raised in Brookside. He self-identifies as a dwarf. He has won many awards including Golden Globe Award & 2 Primetime Emmy Awards.

He made his film debut with the movie Living in Oblivion in 1995. He has since appeared in Elf (2003), Find Me Guilty (2006), Underdog (2007), Penelope (2008), Death at a Funeral (2007), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) 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 and Hervé Villechaize in the biopic film My Dinner with Hervé. Since 2011, Dinklage has playing the role of Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones.

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Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Daughter, Family & Net Worth

Real Name	Peter Dinklage
Nick Name	Predictable
Profession	Actor
Height	4’5″
Weight	50 Kg
Eye Colour	Green
Hair Colour	Light Brown
Date of Birth	11-Jun-69
Birth Place	Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Zodiac Sign	Gemini
Nationality	American
Hometown	Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Educational Qualifications	Graduate in Drama
School	Delbarton School
College	Bennington College 1991
Brother’s name	Jonathan Dinklage (Violinist)
Family	Father – John Carl Dinklage Mother – Diane Dinklage
Marital Status	Married
Wife Name	Erica Schmidt
Children	Daughter – Zelig
Religion	Lapsed Catholic
Debut	Film – Living in Oblivion 1995
Salary	£2 million per episode
Net Worth	$10 million

Some Facts about Peter Dinklage

He has a great sense of humor.
HBO did not even take audition of Peter before offering the role.
Dinklage was the one who suggested the name of Lena Headey for the show Game of Thrones.
Dinklage voiced Captain Gutt in Ice Age: Continental Drift.
Peter Dinklage experienced success quite early in his life for a fifth grade production The Velveteen Rabbit. “When you get your first solo bow, that feels pretty good,” he explained to People magazine.
Peter won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2015 and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
He used to be in a “punk-funk-rap band” called Whizzy. He sings fine and just did a funny song with Coldplay summing up Game of Thrones’ story. He has a scar starting from his neck to his face, which he got on stage with Whizzy.
He dissed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the Golden Globe Award function as they were on his way while he was walking up to the stage. The couple expected that he would stop but he just passed them by. He didn’t see them, he explained later.
Dinklage descends from German, English and Irish genes, and is related to the Westphalian noble German family “Von Dinklage.”
Dinklage knew Lena Headey even before he started working in Game of Thrones and he was the one who suggested her name for the role.
He is an active activist against experimentation on animals.
He used his Golden Globe award speech to bring attention to the ruthless behavior of people towards dwarfs. He highlighted an incidence where a 37 year old man who had to use the wheelchair and crutches after he was thrown in the air by an idiot.. a patron they say.. baah!
He is the only American on Game of Thrones cast.
His Wax Figure has been established in the Madame Tussauds’ museum.

Awards

2013, Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2011, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Nominee
2015, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2013, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2013, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Nominee
2016, Critics’ Choice Awards — Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2014, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Nominee
2016, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2014, Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2015, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Nominee
2012, Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2017, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2017, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Nominee
2017, Critics’ Choice Awards — Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2016, Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2017, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: Winner
2015, Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Winner
2004, Independent Spirit Awards — Best Male Lead: Nominee
2018, Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Winner
2011, Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Winner
2003, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Nominee
2003, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: Nominee
2012, Golden Globe — Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: Winner
2014, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Nominee
2016, Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Nominee