Peter Dinklage Biography (2)

Peter Dinklage is best known for his starring role in the 2003 Sundance Audience Award-winning film The Station Agent, for which he was recognized with a Best Actor nomination in the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards, as well as being named one of the Top 5 Breakout Stars of the year by Entertainment Weekly.

His feature film credits include Elf, Human Nature, Safe Men, Never Again, 13 Moons, Surviving Eden, Living in Oblivion, Find Me Guilty, Lassie, The Little Fugitive and The Baxter," which premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.

Dinklage is set to star in Mendel's Dwarf, Fellini Black & White, Little Green Men with John Malkovich and the Affair of the Sorcerers franchise.

Dinklage is a graduate of the drama program at Bennington College in Vermont. He has appeared Off Broadway in I Wanna Be Adored, Imperfect Love and Evolution. In 2005, Dinklage was nominated for a Drama League Distinguished Performance Award for his portrayal of Richard III at New York's Public Theater, and he starred in the Charlie Kaufman New Ear radio play Hope Leaves the Theater opposite Meryl Streep and Hope Davis.

Dinklage was born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey, and makes his home in New York.

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