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| 3 | ->''"I feel really lucky, although I hate that word -- '''lucky'''. It cheapens a lot of hard work. Living in Brooklyn in an apartment without any heat and paying for dinner at the bodega with dimes -- I don’t think I felt myself lucky back then, doing plays for fifty bucks and trying to be true to myself as an artist and turning down commercials where they wanted a leprechaun. Saying I was lucky negates the hard work I put in and spits on that guy who’s freezing his ass off back in Brooklyn. So I won’t say I’m lucky. I’m fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me."'' |
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| 5 | Peter Hayden Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism ("regular" sized head and torso, shortened arms and legs). |
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| 7 | His breakout role was Finbar [=McBride=] in ''Film/TheStationAgent'', and he has also appeared in such films as ''Film/{{Elf}}'' and ''Film/DeathAtAFuneral'' (both versions) and series such as ''Series/NipTuck''. From 2011 to 2019, he played Tyrion Lannister in the Creator/{{HBO}} series ''Series/GameOfThrones'', winning near-universal acclaim for his performance. He won four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of the character, along with numerous other awards and nominations. In 2014, he appeared as the villain Bolivar Trask in the movie ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', and as your companion AI "Ghost" in the video game ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}''. [[note]] The part was later [[TheOtherDarrin replaced]] with Creator/NolanNorth. [[/note]] |
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| 9 | He married theater director Erica Schmidt in 2005, and they have two children. In addition to supporting causes related to dwarfism, Dinklage is a well known vegetarian and campaigner for animal rights, narrating PETA videos such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWKUU0XQ8U&sns=fb this one]]. |
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| 11 | Fun fact: he is actually related to the German noble family Dincklage, which can be traced back to 1231. |
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| 14 | !!Filmography: |
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| 16 | * ''Film/LivingInOblivion'' (1995) -- Tito |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{Bullet}}'' (1996) — Apartment manager. |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheStationAgent'' (2003) -- Finbar [=McBride=] |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Elf}}'' (2003) -- Miles Finch |
| 20 | * ''Film/TinyTiptoes'' (2003) -- Maurice |
| 21 | * ''Series/{{Threshold}}'' (2005) -- Arthur Ramsey |
| 22 | * ''Film/FindMeGuilty'' (2006) -- Ben Klandis |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Penelope|2006}}'' (2006) -- Lemon |
| 24 | * ''Series/NipTuck'' (2006) -- Marlowe Sawyer |
| 25 | * ''Film/DeathAtAFuneral'' (2007) -- Peter |
| 26 | ** ''Death at a Funeral'' (2010) -- Frank (remake of 2007 film; despite name change, Dinklage played the same role) |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Underdog}}'' (2007) -- Simon bar Sinister |
| 28 | * ''Film/PrinceCaspian'' (2008) -- Trumpkin |
| 29 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2011–2019) -- Tyrion Lannister |
| 30 | * ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift'' (2012) -- Captain Gutt (voice) |
| 31 | * ''Film/KnightsOfBadassdom'' (2013) -- Hung |
| 32 | * ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (2014) -- Bolivar Trask |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' (2015) -- Eddie Plant |
| 34 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' (2016) -- Mighty Eagle (voice) |
| 35 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'' (2019) |
| 36 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDavidSPumpkinsHalloweenSpecial'' (2017) -- Kevin Miller (voice) |
| 37 | * ''Rememory'' (2017) -- Sam Bloom |
| 38 | * ''Film/ThreeBillboardsOutsideEbbingMissouri'' (2017) -- James |
| 39 | * ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018) -- Eitri |
| 40 | * ''Film/MyDinnerWithHerve'' (2018) --Creator/HerveVillechaize |
| 41 | * ''Film/IThinkWereAloneNow'' (2018) |
| 42 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l8e6TfPSNI This]] UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [[SuperBowlSpecial ad]] with Creator/MorganFreeman where they use Doritos and Mountain Dew's new flavors to sing...hmmm, a song of ice and fire. |
| 43 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge'' (2020) -- Phill Betterman (voice) |
| 44 | * ''How To Become A Tyrant'' (2021) -- Narrator |
| 45 | * ''Film/ICareALot'' (2021) -- Roman |
| 46 | * ''Film/{{Cyrano}}'' (2021) -- Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 47 | * ''American Dreamer'' -- Dr. Phil Loder |
| 48 | * ''Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts'' (2023) -- Scourge (voice) |
| 49 | * ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' (2023) -- Casca Highbottom |
| 50 | * ''Film/{{Unfrosted}}'' (2024) |
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