Peter Dinklage

• Birthplace: Mendham, New Jersey, USA
• Birthday: June 11, 1969

Though small in stature, 4’5” actor Peter Dinklage loomed large on both stage and screen. Following his feature film debut in “Living In Oblivion” (1995), where he played an actor who castigates Steve Buscemi’s character for making him play a dwarf, Dinklage amassed an impressive resume devoid of clichéd roles. Though most actors his height embraced roles that mocked or stereotyped dwarfism – most famously Verne Troyer in the “Austin Powers” series – Dinklage instead played his characters – not as cruel caricatures – but …more