Peter Dinklage is an American actor and film producer. Since his breakout role in The Station Agent (2003), he has appeared in numerous films and theatre plays out of which his role as Tyrion Lannister in The Game of Thrones set his remarkable step in Hollywood.
Peter Dinklage was born as Peter Hayden Dinklage in Morristown, New Jersey, the United States of America to John Carl Dinklage and Diane Dinklage. He was born with achondroplasia, a similar form of dwarfism. He is an American and is of German, English, and Irish descent.
Dinklage made his film debut in the low-budget independent comedy-drama Living in Oblivion (1995) where he performed alongside Steve Buscemi. The following year he appeared in the crime drama Bullet starring rapper Tupac Shakur.
He further appeared in the 2007 British comedy film Death at a Funeral, reprising the role in the 2010 American remake. He played Trumpkin in the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The movie was a box office disappointment.
He portrayed Tyrion Lannister in HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones, an adaptation of author George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels in 2011. The series proved to be a commercial success; it has been renewed for multiple seasons and will conclude with its eighth season in 2019.
As Tyrion, Dinklage twice won the category outright, taking home an Emmy in 2011, and again in 2015. He is the most-nominated actor ever in the Emmys’ best-supporting-actor category. As of 2018, Dinklage has won eleven awards from 58 nominations.
On 16th of April 2005, Peter got married to Erica Schmidt. Erica Schmidt is an actress who is famous for her role in Miles from Nowhere. She is also a theatre director. As a loving spouse, they welcomed their first child at the end of 2011. The couple welcomed a second child in 2017 and is living happily together.
As of 2018, the American actor Peter Dinklage has an estimated net worth of $15 million including all of his properties and earnings. As of his recent contract with the series Game of Thrones, he will receive 1.1 million per Episode of the series.
