Raised in Mendham Township, New Jersey, he studied acting at Bennington College while working at a local guitar shop, starring in a number of amateur stage productions. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. He received acclaim for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times.
Peter Hayden Dinklage ( / ˈ d ɪ ŋ k l ɪ dʒ/ born June 11, 1969) is an American film and stage actor.
