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    BornPeter Hayden Dinklage · June 11, 1969 · Jersey Shore, New Jersey, U.S.
    Alma materBennington College
    Height4 ft 5 in (1.35 m)
    SpouseErica Schmidt (m. 2005)
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    Early life

    Dinklage was born on June 11, 1969, in the Jersey Shore region of New Jersey, to John Carl Dinklage, an insurance salesman, and Diane Dinklage, an elementary school music teacher of German and Irish descent. He grew up i… See more

    Career

    Dinklage initially struggled to find acting work, partially because he refused to take the roles typically offered to actors with his condition, such as "elves or leprechauns". He had a credited film debut in the low-budget inde… See more

    Personal life

    In 2005, Dinklage married Erica Schmidt, a theater director. They have two children: a daughter born in 2011 and a son born in 2017. They primarily reside in Greenwich Village, Manhattan and have a property in Upstate Ne… See more

    Works and accolades

    According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Dinklage's most critically acclaimed films are Living in Oblivion (1995), The Station Agent (2003), Lassie (2005), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and Three Billboards O… See more

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