Claim: Game of Thrones (season 1) featured American film actor Peter Dinklage.

Peter Hayden Dinklage -LRB- -LSB- ˈdɪŋklɪdʒ -RSB- , born June 11 , 1969 -RRB- is an American actor and film producer . He has received numerous accolades , including a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards .   Born in Morristown , New Jersey and raised in Brookside , Dinklage self-identifies as a dwarf -LRB- achondroplasia -RRB- and stands tall .  He began acting as a child in a fifth grade production of The Velveteen Rabbit . He studied acting at Bennington College , starring in a number of amateur stage productions . His film debut was in Living in Oblivion -LRB- 1995 -RRB- and his breakthrough came with the comedy-drama The Station Agent -LRB- 2003 -RRB- . He has since appeared in such films as the comedy Elf -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , the crime film Find Me Guilty -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , the superhero comedy Underdog -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , the high fantasy The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian -LRB- 2008 -RRB- and the superhero film X-Men : Days of Future Past -LRB- 2014 -RRB- .   Since 2011 , Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones , which earned him the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2015 , as well as receiving consecutive Emmy nominations from 2011 to 2016 . He also won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor -- Series , Miniseries or Television Film in 2012 , In 2017 , Dinklage became one of the highest paid actors on television , earning # 2 million per episode of Game of Thrones . Dinklage is an animal rights activist and has been viewed as a role model for people sharing his condition , partially because of refusing roles considered degrading for dwarf actors .