Character - Tirion Lannister, actor - Peter Dinklage

Many film enthusiasts today confidently affirm: their favorite character is Tirion Lannister. The actor, who played a wise dwarf in a large-scale fantasy epic "The Game of Thrones", became famous for precisely this role.

Peter Dinklage was born in 1969 in the city of Morristown, New Jersey. In 1991, he moved to New York to work in the city theater. Four years later he first appeared in the cinema - this was the film "Life in oblivion." The next film brought him some fame and approval of critics: in 2003, the actor starred in the movie "Stationmaster." Even today, critics have nothing to complain about, for an amazing game in the television series "The Game of Thrones" Peter received two Emmy Awards: in 2011 and 2015.

early years

How did the future Tirion Lannister start? Actor Peter Dinklage from the very beginning of the career possessed an extraordinary ability to rivet the views of the audience to their images on the screen. Taste for the game on stage he first discovered in his hometown of Morristown.

Born with completely normal parents, Dinklage soon learned about his diagnosis. Achondroplasia, or congenital chondrodystrophy, is a genetic disorder that affects the growth of bones. In people with this form of dwarfism, the head and trunk reach quite normal sizes, and the limbs remain underdeveloped. Currently, like his character Tirion Lannister, the actor resigned himself to his fate, but in his teens he had a hard time. Peter found that to survive in a world where people like you - one in a million, you just need to have a sense of humor.

For the first time Dinklage felt inspiring on the theatrical stage in the fifth grade of the school, when the children staged a performance based on the book "Velvet Rabbit". Peter was entrusted with the main role, and he was delighted with the reaction of the audience. Then the boy entered the Catholic school of Delbarton and began to develop his undeniable talent, remaining after the lessons and learning new roles in the circle of drama.

In college, the future Tirion Lannister, an actor whose gift everyone recognized now, played in a variety of amateur productions. After graduating in 1991, he moved to New York, where the opportunities for career growth were much greater.

First significant success

Interestingly, for the first time critics favorably accepted the actor's play of Dinklage when he starred in the independent film project of Tom McCarthy's "Stationmaster" (2003). In this film, he played the role of a lonely, train-crazed man, who inherited an old depot. The character of Peter gets a friend - a talkative seller from the dining car, and then falls in love with the artist, leading a reclusive way of life and suffering after the loss of the child and parting with her husband. The film was very warmly received at the Sundance Film Festival - it was there that the studio bought Miramax.

"Game of Thrones"

Tirion Lannister (the actor, by the way, admits that he has many similarities with his character) - a dwarf of noble birth, the so-called "good bad guy." He survives thanks to his intellect and wisdom and staunchly endures all adversities in a cruel world torn apart by dynasties that crave for power over the kingdoms of Västerås. Television fantasy epic "The Game of Thrones", the first season of which was released in 2011, is based on a series of books by George Martin "Song of Ice and Fire." According to the writer, he drew inspiration for a multivolume history in the chronicles of the infamous Rose War, which at one time greatly weakened medieval England.

Personal life

A popular actor who played Tirion Lannister, is married to Eric Schmidt. His wife works as a theater director. The couple have a daughter Zelig Dinklage, the girl is already four years old.