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

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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.

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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

 

Official Accounts

  • Facebook Account – https://www.facebook.com/PeterDinklage/
  • Twitter Account – https://twitter.com/Peter_Dinklage
  • Instagram Account – https://www.instagram.com/peterdinklage/

 

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