Peter Dinklage

Infobox actor
name = Peter Dinklage

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caption = Dinklage at the 2005 ComicCon
birthdate = Birth date and age|1969|6|11|mf=y
birthplace = Morristown, New Jersey
spouse = Erica Schmidt (2005 - )

Peter Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. His breakout role is generally deemed to be the 2003 film "The Station Agent". Although it was a small independent film, it was widely praised by critics and Dinklage's performance gained some note. [cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/station_agent/ |title="The Station Agent" at Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2007-09-11 |format= |work= ]

Height

Dinklage was born with achondroplasia, causing dwarfism. His height is 4'5" (1.35 m). When asked about this, he said:cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Peter Dinklage lives large | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =MSNBC | date =2003-10-02 | url =http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3130881/ | accessdate =2007-09-11 ]

When I was younger, definitely, I let it get to me. As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry and I definitely put up these walls. But the older you get, you realize you just have to have a sense of humor. You just know that it's not your problem. It's theirs.

Both of his parents are of average height, as is his brother, John.

Early life

Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey. [Meoli, Daria. [http://www.njmonthly.com/issues/oct05/entertain.html "That’s Entertainment"] , "New Jersey Monthly", October 2005. Accessed December 26, 2007. "Find Me Guilty, shot in Newark, Bayonne, and Hoboken, stars tough guy Vin Diesel as Giacomo “Fat Jack” DiNorscio, in the true story of New Jersey’s notorious mob family the Lucchesis. Morristown native Peter Dinklage plays a defense attorney."] the son of Diane, an elementary school music teacher, and John Dinklage, a retired insurance salesman. [cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/77/Peter-Dinklage.html |title=Peter Dinklage Biography (1969-) |accessdate=2007-09-11 |format= |work= ] He grew up in Mendham Township, New Jersey. Dinklage is a 1987 graduate of Delbarton School, where he first began acting, and a 1991 graduate of Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont. [Smith, Dinitia. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE5DE163CF931A35753C1A9659C8B63 "Dark, Handsome And Short; Star of a Sundance Hit Is Ready for an Encore"] , "The New York Times", October 2, 2003. Accessed December 7, 2007. "Mr. Dinklage, who grew up in Mendham, N.J., said he first realized he was different when he was 5.... Mr. Dinklage attended the Delbarton School, a Catholic boys' school in Morristown, N.J., which was strongly sports-oriented.... Mr. Dinklage credits Mr. Dougherty with helping to get him into Bennington College in Vermont."] He is a vegetarian. [cite web |url=http://www.goveg.com/f-peterdinklage.asp |title=Peter Dinklage: The ‘Station Agent’ With a Heart of Gold |accessdate=2007-09-11 |format= |work= ]

Career

The 2003's award winning film "The Station Agent" was a breakout role for Dinklage, and his first mainstream movie. He received Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actor for his performance in that film. Before "The Station Agent," Dinklage appeared in 1995's arthouse hit "Living in Oblivion," his debut film. As well as a career in film, Dinklage has starred multiple times in off-Broadway productions, where height is less of an issue than in Hollywood.

In "Elf", Dinklage played a pretentious children's author who beats up Will Ferrell's character after he is unintentionally insulted. In 2005, Dinklage starred in the short-lived CBS science fiction series "Threshold" and appeared in the Michael Showalter comedy "The Baxter" as a "flamboyant" wedding planner. In 2006 Dinklage appeared in Sidney Lumet's latest courtroom drama, "Find Me Guilty" (2006), opposite Vin Diesel, and in episodes of "Nip/Tuck". He also made a cameo appearance on the HBO television series "Entourage".

Dinklage was chosen by director Andrew Adamson for the role of Trumpkin in the 2008 film "" [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Peter Dinklage and Vincent Grass Set for Prince Caspian | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =Movieweb.com | date =2007-02-06 | url =http://www.movieweb.com/news/88/17488.php | accessdate =2007-09-11 ] although film critic Bill Gibron described his role as a "cutesy stereotype [Dinklage] has tried to avoid...". [ [http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/The-Chronicles-of-Narnia-Prince-Caspian The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Movie Review, DVD Release - Filmcritic.com ] ] Comic book writer (and incoming Wonder Woman writer) Gail Simone has cited Dinklage as the perfect choice to play the evil Dr. Psycho in a possible Wonder Woman film.

Filmography

*"Living in Oblivion" (1995)
*"Safe Men" (1998)
*"Pigeonholed" (1999)
*"Never Again" (2001)
*"Human Nature" (2001)
*"Fortunes" (2002)
*"Just a Kiss" (2002)
*"13 Moons" (2002)
*"Elf" (2003)
*"Tiptoes" (2003)
*"The Station Agent" (2003)
*"Surviving Eden" (2004)
*"Jail Bait (Short Film)" (2004)
*"Life as We Know It" (2005)
*"The Baxter" (2005)
*"Lassie" (2005)
*"Find Me Guilty" (2006)
*"Threshold" (2006)
*"Nip/Tuck" (2006)
*"Death at a Funeral" (2007)
*"Underdog" (2007)
*"Penelope" (2008)
*"" (2008)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0227759|name=Peter Dinklage
* [http://romanticmovies.about.com/cs/thestationagent/a/stationagentpd.htm Interview with Peter Dinklage about The Station Agent]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/03/12/peter_dinklage_the_station_agent_interview.shtml BBC Movies Interview about The Station Agent]
* [http://rubinland.com/writing/gqdinklage.html "Peter Dinklage Walks Into A Bar..." Interview by Peter Rubin]