Peter Dinklage is an in-demand American theater and film actor. Despite a serious illness and extraordinary appearance, this man was able to achieve wealth, popularity and recognition.
Biography and career
In 1969, Peter Hayden Dinklage was born in the large American city of New Jersey. From the very birth he was diagnosed with an incurable disease of the musculoskeletal system - achondroplasia, or, as it is popularly called, dwarfism. The causes of this disease remained a mystery, because both parents have average growth and there are no such diseases. At the moment, his height is only 135 centimeters.
In 1987, at the age of eighteen, the future actor entered Bennington College of Art. There he devotes all his time and energy to the study of acting. Eight years later, the young actor made his debut in the arthouse film "Life in Oblivion", where the future famous actor and producer Steve Buscemi played the main role. Many awards have brought him work in the film "The Stationmaster". Peter Dinklage has repeatedly received the Best Actor Award for this motion picture.
Unusual growth, expressive facial features and unsurpassed talent of the actor gave him roles in the best films of our time. In 2008, Dinklage was cast as the red-haired dwarf in the second installment of The Chronicles of Narnia by Clive Staples Lewis, which brought him even greater fame and recognition. But the most successful work of the charismatic actor was the role of the dwarf Lannister in the film adaptation of the cycle of novels by George Martin. The director and producers of the project considered him ideally suited for the role, and in 2009 viewers saw the first episode of the popular new series. Game of Thrones has made Peter Dinklage a worldwide star. He has received two Emmy and Golden Globe awards. At the moment, seven seasons of the most watched fantasy series have already been released, in each of which Peter Dinklage plays a key role. In April 2019, the world will see the final, eighth season of the acclaimed film adaptation.
Along with being busy filming Game of Thrones, the actor was able to prove himself in many recognized masterpieces of cinema, marking them out in his busy schedule. Among his works are films: "X-Men: Days of Future Past", "Three Billboards on the Border of Ebbing, Missouri", "Avengers: Infinity War" and many others.
Personal life
Peter Dinklage is a vegetarian. The films have repeatedly slipped moments where he eats meat, but in these scenes, the dishes were deliberately replaced with tofu, which imitates meat products. In 2005, the actor married the theater director Erika Schmidt, with whom he had been friends for ten years. They had two children: in 2011 and 2017. He tries to devote all his free time from filming to his wife and children, to spend all family holidays with them.
