Peter Dinklage is an American actor and producer. Dinklage studied acting at the Bennington College where he starred in a number of amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the 1995 comedy-drama ''

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''. After appearing in a series of supporting parts in much of the 1990s and early 2000s, he made his

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by starring in the Tom McCarthy-directed comedy-drama '' The Station Agent'' (2003), which had him play a railroad-obsessed introvert who inherits an abandoned train depot. He was cast in the role by director Tom McCarthy who recalled fondly his appearance in McCarthy's play ''The Killing Act'' (1995). For his performance, he received a

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nomination for

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nomination for Best Male Lead. In the same year, Dinklage played the title role in the play ''

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'' at The Public Theater. He also played a children's book author in the comedy '' Elf''. In 2006, he appeared in the

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''. He followed with roles in the films '' Underdog'' (2007), the British film '' Death at a Funeral'' (2007), with its American remake of the same name (2010) and Trumpkin in the high fantasy film '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'' (2008). He gained international recognition in 2011 with the

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fantasy drama series ''

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'' for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister. As of 2019, Dinklage has received consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations from 2011 to 2019 including four wins for the role as well as one

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. In 2017, Dinklage became one of the highest paid actors on television and earned £2 million per episode of ''Game of Thrones''. Dinklage provided the voice of Captain Gutt in the 2012 computer-animated comedy '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'', which earned over $877 million—his highest grossing release until '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) which grossed over $2 billion. In 2014, he played supervillain Bolivar Trask in the superhero film '' X-Men: Days of Future Past''. The same year, he voiced Ghost in the video game ''Destiny'', but was later replaced by Nolan North. He then starred in the comedy '' Pixels'' (2015), '' The Boss'' (2016) and the computer-animated comedy '' The Angry Birds Movie'' (2016).

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