Who is that guy?
Who is that guy? Oh, its Peter Dinklage!
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You may be asking yourself … who is that little guy? Hey, have some respect. An actor’s height has absolutely no bearing on the caliber of his ability. In fact, you’re looking at quite possibly one of my favorite character actors. Dinklage got his start in movies as Tito in Tom DiCillo’s Living in Oblivion (1995). Dinklage appeared as Leflore, joining a cast of up-and-comers including Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Paul Giamatti and Mark Ruffalo in Safe Men (1998). He plays Frank in Michel Gondry’s Human Nature (2001) and follows that as a clown named Binky, opposite another clown played by Steve Buscemi, in Alexandre Rockwell’s 13 Moons (2002).
Dinklage plays Finbar McBride, a man who loses his only friend and moves to a small town to live in solitude, in Thomas McCarthy’s The Station Agent (2003). [This is a personal favorite of mine and I highly recommend seeing it.] He would also appear as Maurice that same year in Tiptoes, a movie that features Gary Oldman as a man with dwarfism. Dinklage is great as the short-tempered Miles Finch who kicks Will Ferrell’s butt in Elf (2003). |
| In 2006, Dinklage would appear as Ben Klandis in Syndey Lumet’s Find Me Guilty and as Lemon in Mark Palansky’s Penelope. In 2007, Dinklage plays Peter in the Frank Oz dramedy Death at a Funeral, also landing the role of Dr. Barsinister in Underdog (2007). Dinklage appears in an uncredited but important role in Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges (2008). Peter Dinklage will next appear as Trumpkin in the upcoming fantasy The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, due out in May of 2008. Following this, Dainklage is reported to be playing a private eye named Mongo in a fantasy called An Affair of Sorcerers, which is currently in pre-production. |
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