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He was George R.R. Martin's first and only choice to play Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones (2011).

Dinklage is considered such a genuinely pleasant and amiable person by his Game of Thrones (2011) costars that many of them found it quite difficult to act out scenes with him in which they were mistreating his character Tyrion. He and Lena Headey, in fact, shared an apartment whenever they were filming scenes and drove together to the set each day, while their characters have a mutual hatred of each other. Charles Dance also expressed dislike for how his character treated Tyrion, stating that he found it hard to be so mean to a nice man like Dinklage.

In his acceptance speech for the Golden Globe, Dinklage called attention to the plight of Martin Henderson, a dwarf who was crippled (and died five years later at 42) after being attacked by a drunken rugby fan outside a bar.

Has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism in which the body is perfectly formed but the bones initially modeled in cartilage, the long bones of the arms and legs, do not grow long enough. Diego Velázquez painted a fine portrait of a man with this condition, which hangs in the Prado in Madrid.

Even as a struggling actor, he turned down many roles in fantasy films out of fear of being typecast as a magical dwarf or little person for the rest of his career. Living in expensive New York, he admitted that he would often be so short on money that a dinner consisted of a bag of crisps.

He struggled greatly at the start of his career as he refused to do work where his dwarfism would be treated as a joke or caused him to be the object of fun or spectacle.

For his role in Game of Thrones (2011), he was named one of "Eight Actors Who Turn Television into Art" in a cover story of The New York Times Magazine (9/11/11).

Anytime you see him eating a meat product on screen, it is a tofu product (such as the tofu "beef" jerky in Station Agent (2003)).

Father of two children with his wife Erica Schmidt.

Won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series four times for playing Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones (2011), setting a new record for most wins by an actor in that category in the Emmys' entire history.

Son of an elementary school music teacher and a retired insurance salesman. Both of his parents are of average height, as is his older brother, John, a violinist.

Studies theology.

Delivered the 2012 commencement address at his alma mater, Bennington College (Vermont). He is a 1991 graduate of Bennington College with a degree in drama.

He has German, Irish, and English ancestry. His surname is German.

Peter's surname is the same as the town of Dinklage in Lower Saxony, district of Vechta, in the northwest region of Germany. The name Dinklage derives from the Old Norse word "thing," which means a gathering place, such as one for a council or trial. Built as a castle near the end of the Early Middle Ages, it was first officially recorded not before 1231. Over time and due to phonetical changes in the German language, such as the cessation of the 'th' sound, the name changed from Thinclage to Dinclage and finally to today's common term Dinklage (Place of the Thing).

He was nominated for the 2018 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performing Arts category.

November 2004 - engaged to theater director Erica Schmidt.

Won the 2018 Emmy Award in the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category for his role as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones (2011).

Has both a dog and a dog walker named Kevin.

Born at 1:37 AM.