16 things to know about Peter Dinklage, the actor who plays Tyrion on “Game of Thrones”
Actor Peter Dinklage shot to stardom in the eyes of many “Game of Thrones” fans thanks to his role as Tyrion Lannister. He has been able to provide an extraordinary performance in playing his character. Here are a few things to know about this actor who is definitely intriguing to us.
1. For his first day of college, Dinklage showed up dressed in stockings and a velvet cape.
2. He doesn’t think women find him sexy.
"In the end, women always go out with men who are 6-feet tall," he once complained.
3. Peter Dinklage is very good friends with Steve Buscemi.
He has been one of Dinklage's best friends since they met in 1995.
4. Dinklage is an avid animal rights advocate.
5. He was friends with Lena Headey long before “Game of Thrones”.
6. He lives in New York with his family.
7. He was in the over-the-top movie Knights of Badassdom.
8. The actor who plays Tywin is really sorry about what he has to do to him.
9. He plans on launching his own brand of perfume to get rich.
10. Peter Dinklage has achondroplasia.
The actor was born with a disease affecting the development of the bones called achondroplasia. It causes a form of dwarfism, which especially affects long bones like those in the legs and arms.
11. He is the only American actor on “Game of Thrones”.
12. A crazy laugh delayed a scene for one day in “Game of Thrones”.
13. He really has a scar on his face.
He got the scar after an accident during a live performance with his punk-funk-rap band Whizzy.
14. Peter Dinklage has been a vegetarian for a long time.
15. He and Bruce Springstein were neighbors when he was younger.
16. He was nominated as an actor who made TV an art form.
In New York Times Magazine, he was named in a report as one of the "eight actors who transformed television into an art."
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