Peter H. Dinklage
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
Son of John Carl Dinklage
and [private mother (unknown - unknown)]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Personal Life
Peter Hayden Dinklage was born to John Carl Dinklage and his wife Diane in 1969. His father was an insurance salesman and his mother was a music teacher.
He grew up in New Jersey.
Dinklage was born with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.
Dinklage married Erica Schmidt in 2005, their first child was born in 2001.
Dinklage has been a vegetarian since he was sixteen.
Career
Dinklage has had a varied acting career, working in film and television and also doing voiceover work for videogames and other media.
His film debut in 1995 was "Living in Oblivion" but his rise to fame truly began with "The Station Agent" in which his portrayal of Finbar McBride earned him nominations for 7 awards.
Dinklage is probably best known as Tyrion Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones, a role for which he has received wide-spread recognition and acclaim.
Sources
Marriage
"Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VVC4-V39 : accessed 10 Nov 2014), Peter Hayden Dinklage and Erica Lauren Schmidt, 16 Apr 2005; from "Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005," index, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Clark, Nevada, United States, County Book 418, p. D797762, archive film number 900610; Nevada State Health Division, Carson City, and Clark County Marriage Bureau, Las Vegas.
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