Early Life
Peter Dinklage was born on June 11 1969 in Morristown, New Jersey. His father, John Carl Dinklage was an insurance salesman and his mother, Diane Dinklage taught music at a school. Peter Hayden Dinklage has a condition called achondroplasia, which’s a kind of dwarfism. Peter Hayden Dinklage is 4 feet 5 inches tall.
He said that when he was a kid he was really angry and upset, about having dwarfism, which is called achondroplasia and it made him feel bitter. Peter Dinklage grew up in Mendham Township, New Jersey with his brother, Jonathan. Peter Dinklage and his brother Jonathan did lots of things together. Jonathan is now a violinist.
Peter Dinklage started doing theater in grade. He was in a play called “The Velveteen Rabbit”. He played the main part. Peter Dinklage went to Delbarton School. It is a school for boys and it is Catholic.
A play called ” West” really inspired Peter Dinklage. He saw it in 1984. It made him want to be an actor. Peter Dinklage credits this play for making him want to pursue an acting career, as Peter Dinklage. Peter Dinklage went to Bennington College for school. He finished school in 1991 with a degree, in drama. After that Peter Dinklage moved to New York City. He wanted to start a theater company with his friend Ian Bell.. It was tough. They had a time paying the bills and their rent.
Peter Dinklage had to get a job. He worked at a company that did data processing for six years. Then Peter Dinklage decided to try acting time.
Bio & Social Media
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | June 11, 1969 |
| Age | 56 years old |
| Screen Name | Peter Dinklage |
| First Name | Peter |
| Full Name | Peter Hayden Dinklage |
| Gender | Male |
| Father | John Carl Dinklage |
| Mother | Diane Dinklage |
| Siblings | 1 Older Brother |
| Birth Place | Morristown, New Jersey |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Actor, Film Producer, Voice Actor, Theater |
| Spouse | Erica Schmidt (Married April 2005) |
| No of Relationships | 1 |
| Children | 2 |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Eye Color | Blue / Blue-Green |
| Hair Color | Brown (Natural) |
| Net Worth | $25 Million USD |
| Category | Actor, Film Producer, Voice Actor, Theater |
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| Wikipedia | Peter Dinklage |
Personal Life
Dinklage married theater director Erica Schmidt in 2005. They have two children. The couple is notoriously private about their children and has only revealed that their first child is a girl. There is no information on the gender of their second child, and both children’s names have not been released publicly. He has been a dedicated vegetarian since he was 16 years old, and has supported PETA in a number of their campaigns, including the advocacy film “Face Your Food” from PETA promoting a vegan diet.
Career
Early in his acting career Dinklage did not want to play the roles that people with dwarfism play like little elves or leprechauns. He had a time finding jobs because of this. Dinklage was in the movie “Living in Oblivion” which came out in 1995. This movie made fun of the film world. Dinklage played a dwarf in this movie. He was in it for a little bit. In the movie the dwarf he played gets to yell at the films director, Steve Buscemi in a dream sequence. Dinklage did a job in “Living in Oblivion” even though he was only in it, for a short time. The year he got a part in a play that was not on Broadway it was called “The Killing Act”. He played the role of Tom Thumb. He did it in a really silly way. After that he got a role, in a movie called “The Station Agent” that came out in 2003 and that is when people really started to notice him. The guy has been in a lot of movies. He was in “Elf” back in 2003. Then he did “Lassie” in 2005. After that he appeared in “Find Me Guilty” in 2006. The year in 2007 he was in “Underdog” and “Death at a Funeral”. He kept working. Was in “Penelope” in 2008 and also “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” the same year.
A years later Marvel movies came along and he was in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” in 2014. Then he did “Pixels” in 2015. The guy was really busy. Was in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”, in 2017. The year in 2018 he appeared in “I Think We’re Alone Now” and the big Marvel film “Avengers: Infinity War”. The guy has been in a lot of stage productions like that one Off-Broadway production of “Richard III” back in 2003.
Then in 2012 he started doing voice acting when he did the voice of Captain Gutt, in the animated movie “Ice Age: Continental Drift” that came out in 2012. Peter Dinklage has done a lot of voice work since then. He was the voice of The Mighty Eagle in The Angry Birds Movie that came out in 2016. He also did the voice of Tyrion Lannister in the video game Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series back, in 2015.
Peter Dinklage did voice acting for the video game Destiny. Peter Dinklage also voiced Scourge in the movie Transformers: Rise of the Beasts that is coming out in 2023.
In 2016 Peter Dinklage started Estuary Films with his partner David Ginsburg. This is a company that makes movies. Peter Dinklage made a movie called “I Think We’re Alone Now” with Estuary Films. This was the movie that Estuary Films made. Peter Dinklage was, in the movie “I Think We’re Alone Now”. He also helped make it. Peter Dinklage did a lot of work on this movie. Peter Dinklage has done a lot of work in movies but he has also done very well on television. This is because of the role he played as Tyrion Lannister in the Game of Thrones show on HBO. Game of Thrones is a fantasy drama show. It is based on the book series called A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.
Peter Dinklage was in all eight seasons of Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2019. He was the person to be chosen for a role in the show. This happened in May 2009. The people, in charge of the show David Benioff and D. B. Weiss picked Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones.
Peter Dinklage did a job on Game of Thrones. He got a lot of awards for it. Peter Dinklage won four Emmy Awards for being a supporting actor in a drama series. He also won a Golden Globe Award for being the supporting actor.
Peter Dinklage was nominated for the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor three times. He was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Performance by a Male Actor five times. This happened every year from 2013 to 2017. Peter Dinklage is really good at what he does. He got nominations, for Game of Thrones. Peter Dinklage has been nominated for a lot of awards 61 to be exact. He has actually won 14 of these Peter Dinklage awards.
Net Worth and Salary
Peter Dinklage is an American actor. He has a lot of money twenty five million dollars. Peter Dinklage became well known for his role in a movie called “The Station Agent” that came out in 2003. In this movie Peter Dinklage played a man who likes to be alone and is very sad. People who watch movies for a living said he did a job.
Peter Dinklage kept acting in kinds of movies like “Elf” “Find Me Guilty” and “Death at a Funeral”. He showed that Peter Dinklage can be serious and funny, in his movie roles.
Peter Dinklages career became really famous around the world when he got the part of Tyrion Lannister, in the HBO show “Game of Thrones”. This role made Peter Dinklage well known and he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for it.
Peter acting as Tyrion Lannister, an complicated character living in a very harsh world was something that people really liked about the show “Game of Thrones”. So Peter got paid a lot for Game of Thrones. He made $1.1 million for each episode of Game of Thrones. This made Peter one of the paid actors on television. In fact Peter is one of the ten highest paid actors in the history of television all because of his salary, from Game of Thrones.
Peter is an actor. He has been in a lot of movies. Some of these movies are “X-Men: Days of Future Past” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Cyrano”. People really liked Peter in “Cyrano” because he sang and acted well. Peter has also done voices for cartoons like “The Croods: A New Age” and “Ice Age: Continental Drift”. He is very good, at doing kinds of acting jobs. Peter has done a lot of work in movies and cartoons.
Game of Thrones Salary
The last two seasons of Game of Thrones had 14 episodes. These episodes were on television from July 2017 to May 2019. Peter got paid $1.1 million for each episode of Game of Thrones. So for those two seasons of Game of Thrones he made $14.3 million.
This is a lot of money for a television show. In fact Peter salary per episode of Game of Thrones is the highest amount any actor has ever made on a television show.
For seasons 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones Peter made $500,000 per episode of Game of Thrones. He was in 20 episodes of Game of Thrones. So he made $10 million, for seasons 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones. Peter’s total earnings from Game of Thrones likely top $30 million.
