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My Take
Peter Dinklage's four Emmy wins for Tyrion Lannister are the statistic, but they are not the story. The story is an actor who spent his lean years refusing roles he found demeaning, betting his entire career on the idea that craft would eventually outweigh typecasting. It did, spectacularly. What I value in his performances is the layering: irony, intelligence, and grief all alive in the same line reading, delivered in that unmistakable baritone. From The Station Agent to the biggest franchises on earth, he commands the frame through stillness and timing alone. For my money he is one of the finest character actors America has produced.
Overview
Peter Hayden Dinklage (; born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. Dinklage also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and an Actor Award in 2020 for the role.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Dinklage
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・ディンクレイジ
- Reading
- ぴーたー・でぃんくれいじ
- Born
- June 11, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Morristown, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 135 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Bennington College
Awards & achievements
- 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- 2018 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
- 2015 Empire Hero Award
- 2018 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Game of Thrones | — | |
| Notable work | The Station Agent | — | |
| Notable work | X-Men: Days of Future Past | — | |
| Notable work | Pixels | — | |
| Notable work | Avengers: Infinity War | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.