Born in Mendham Township, New Jersey, Dinklage has dwarfism (achondroplasia) and stands tall. He studied acting at Bennington College while working at a local guitar shop, starring in a number of amateur stage productions. His film debut was in "Living in Oblivion" (1995) and his breakthrough came with the comedy-drama "The Station Agent" (2003). He has since appeared in "Elf" (2003), "Lassie" (2005), "Find Me Guilty" (2006), "Underdog" (2007), "Death at a Funeral" (2007), "Penelope" (2008), ' (2008), "Death at a Funeral" (2010), ' (2014), "Pixels" (2015), and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017). In 2018, he appeared as Eitri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "" and Hervé Villechaize in the biopic film "My Dinner with Hervé".