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• Peter Dinklage is an American film and TV actor.

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth Date: June 11, 1969
  2. Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey
  3. Spouse: Erica Schmidt
  4. Has achondroplasiaIMDb: Peter Dinklage Biography
  5. VegetarianGoVeg.com: Peter Dinklage: The ‘Station Agent’ With a Heart of Gold

• Career

  Peter Dinklage starred in lesser-known films through the late 1990s before landing his breakthrough role in The Station Agent. His character in the film, Finbar McBride, inherits a plot of land that has an old station agent's quarters on it. As Finbar roams the area, he reluctantly befriends two quirky neighbors.

  Dinklage has since appeared in other films and TV shows like Nip/Tuck and Penelope. In 2008, he played Trumpkin in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

• Notable Roles

  1. Finbar McBride in The Station Agent (2003)
  2. Miles Finch in Elf (2003)
  3. Arthur Ramsey in Threashold (2005)
  4. Marlowe Sawyer in Nip/Tuck (2006)
  5. Trumpkin in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

• Quotes

  • "I don't like people being cautious and tentative and choosing their words carefully around me because I'm a dwarf. There are a lot of people in a lot worse shape than me. I'm 4'5" and it's part of who I am, just not the whole part. I guess the word to call me is my name, Pete."BBC: Peter Dinklage Interview

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