Peter Dinklage

Peter Hayden Dinklage is an American actor and producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Tyrion Lannister in the fantasy drama series (2011–2019). He also voiced Captain Gutt, the main antagonist of the 2012 Blue Sky Studios film and Mighty Eagle in the 2016 animated film and its 2019 .
For Disney, he portrayed Dr. Simon BarSinister, the main antagonist of the 2007 live-action adaptation of Underdog, Trumpkin in the 2008 Walden Media film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, and Eitri in the 2018 Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War. He also played Finbar McBride in the 2003 Miramax film .
Dinklage was born at the Jersey Shore region in Morristown, New Jersey, to John Carl Dinklage, an insurance salesman, and Diane Dinklage, an elementary school music teacher of German and Irish descent. He grew up in the historic Brookside section of Mendham Township, with his parents and older brother Jonathan. He is the only member of his family with and was raised Catholic. As a child, Dinklage and his brother performed puppet musicals for people in their neighborhood. He has described his brother Jonathan as being the "real performer of the family", saying that his brother's passion for the violin was the only thing that kept him from pursuing acting.
Dinklage had his first theatrical success in a fifth-grade production of . Playing the lead, he was delighted by the audience's response to the show. He attended Delbarton School, a Catholic preparatory school for boys, where he developed his acting skills. In 1984, he was inspired by a production of the play to pursue an acting career. He then attended Bennington College, where he studied for a drama degree and appeared in numerous productions before graduating in 1991. He moved to New York City with his friend Ian Bell to build a theater company. Failing to pay the rent, they moved out of their apartment. He lived in New York for 20 years in Williamsburg and the West Village. He then worked at a data-processing company for six years before pursuing a career as a full-time actor.
==Roles==
Dr. Simon BarSinister.jpg|Dr. Simon BarSinister(Underdog)
Trumpkin.jpg|Trumpkin(The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
Eitri - Infinity War.png|Eitri(Avengers: Infinity War)
Finbar McBride - The Station Agent.jpg|Finbar McBride()
==Gallery==
Peter Dinklage Narnia Prince Caspian premiere.jpg|Peter Dinklage at the premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian in May 2008.
Peter Dinklage Winter TCA Tour11.jpg|Peter Dinklage speaks at the panel at the 2011 Winter TCA Tour.
Peter Dinklage SDCC.jpg|Peter Dinklage speaks at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con.
Peter Dinklage 20th SAG.jpg|Peter Dinklage attending the 25th annual SAG Awards in January 2014.
Peter Dinklage Sundance17.jpg|Peter Dinklage attending the 2017 Sundance Film Fest.
Peter Dinklage speaks at Emmys.jpg|Peter Dinklage speaks onstage during the 70th Annual Emmy Awards in September 2018.
==Trivia==
*Dinklage was Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely's first choice to play M.O.D.O.K. in the sequel of , which became Captain America: The Winter Soldier. However, M.O.D.O.K. ended up not being used in the finished version of the film.
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