Peter Dinklage

Biography

Peter Hayden Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), Dinklage won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Born in the Jersey Shore region of New Jersey, Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, performing in a number of amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the black comedy film Living in Oblivion (1995), and had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama The Station Agent. His other films include Elf (2003), Lassie and The Baxter (both in 2005), Find Me Guilty (2006), Penelope (2006), Death at a Funeral (2007), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Death at a Funeral (2010), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), and Wicked (2024). In 2018, he appeared as Eitri in the Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War, and as Hervé Villechaize in the biopic film My Dinner with Hervé. He also provided voice-acting for the video game Destiny, and in 2023, he voiced Scourge in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. On television, he also starred in the series Dexter: Resurrection in 2025. Dinklage has also performed in theater, with roles including the title character in Richard III (2003) at the Public Theatre, Rakitin in A Month in the Country (2015) at Classic Stage Company, and Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano at the Daryl Roth Theatre in 2019. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Peter Dinklage.

Known For

Game of Thrones

Rick and Morty

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (82)

Wicker2026
Idiots2026 · as Koko
Twelfth Night2025 · as Malvolio
Roofman2025 · as Mitch
The Toxic Avenger Unrated2025 · as Winston / Toxie, the Hero
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act2025 · as Narrator
Making Wicked2024 · as Self
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked2024 · as Self
Wicked2024 · as Dr. Dillamond (voice)
Brothers2024 · as Jady Munger
The Thicket2024 · as Reginald Jones
Unfrosted2024 · as Harry Friendly
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2024 · as Self (Dean Casca Highbottom)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023 · as Dean Casca Highbottom
She Came to Me2023 · as Steven Lauddem
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts2023 · as Scourge (voice)
American Dreamer2022 · as Phil Loder
Cyrano2021 · as Cyrano de Bergerac
I Care a Lot2021 · as Roman Lunyov
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks2021 · as Phil Betterman (voice)
The Croods: A New Age2020 · as Phil Betterman (voice)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie2019 · as Peter Dinklage
The Angry Birds Movie 22019 · as Mighty Eagle (voice)
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch2019 · as Self
My Dinner with Hervé2018 · as Hervé Villechaize
I Think We're Alone Now2018 · as Del
The Origins of Ebbing2018 · as Self
Avengers: Infinity War2018 · as Eitri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri2017 · as James
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special2017 · as Narrator / Adult Kevin (voice)
Three Christs2017 · as Joseph
Rememory2017 · as Sam Bloom
The Angry Birds Movie2016 · as Mighty Eagle (voice)
The Boss2016 · as Renault
Taxi2015 · as Marc
Pixels2015 · as Eddie
Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'2015 · as Self
X-Men: Unguarded2015 · as Self
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience2015 · as Tyrion Lannister
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn2014 · as Aaron Altmann
X-Men: Days of Future Past2014 · as Dr. Bolivar Trask
Knights of Badassdom2014 · as Hung
Low Down2014 · as Alain
A Case of You2013 · as Gerard
Ice Age: Continental Drift2012 · as Captain Gutt (voice)
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 22011 · as Captain Gutt (voice)
A Little Bit of Heaven2011 · as Vinnie
Pete Smalls Is Dead2010 · as K.C.
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride2010 · as dwarf
I Love You Too2010 · as Charlie
Death at a Funeral2010 · as Frank
Saint John of Las Vegas2010 · as Mr. Townsend
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX2008 · as Self
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian2008 · as Trumpkin
Penelope2007 · as Lemon
Death at a Funeral2007 · as Peter
Underdog2007 · as Dr. Simon Barsinister
Ascension Day2007
Ultra2006 · as The Scientist
Little Fugitive2006 · as Sam Norton
Find Me Guilty2006 · as Ben Klandis
The Limbo Room2006 · as Dusty Spitz
Fortunes2005 · as Mike Kirkwood
Lassie2005 · as Rowlie
The Baxter2005 · as Benson Hedges
Nobody Wants Your Film2005 · as Self
Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?2005 · as Narrator
Surviving Eden2004 · as Sterno
The Station Agent2003 · as Finbar McBride
Elf2003 · as Miles Finch
Tiptoes2002 · as Maurice
13 Moons2002 · as Binky
Just a Kiss2002 · as Dink
Human Nature2001 · as Frank
Never Again2001 · as Harry Appleton
Pigeonholed1999
Safe Men1998 · as Leflore
Bullet1996 · as Building Manager
Living in Oblivion1995 · as Tito
Lear Rex— · as The Fool
The Dwarf—
Keith—

All TV Shows (30)

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
The Lowdown2025 · as Wendell
Dexter: Resurrection2025 · as Leon Prater
How to Become a Mob Boss2023 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
How to Become a Cult Leader2023 · as Narrator (voice)
How to Become a Tyrant2021 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Eitri the Dwarf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movies with Ali Plumb2016 · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
Hot Ones2015 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
Rick and Morty2013 · as Chans (voice)
Game of Thrones2011 · as Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
30 Rock2006 · as Stewart
Threshold2005 · as Arthur Ramsey
Life As We Know It2004 · as Dr. Belber
Entourage2004 · as Peter Dinklage
I'm with Her2003
Nip/Tuck2003 · as Marlowe Sawyer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
The $treet2000 · as Little Person
Third Watch1999 · as Drug Dealer
Oz1997 · as Murder Victim (uncredited)
The Daily Show1996 · as Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self / Presenter
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
Great Performances1971 · as Malvolio