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Peter Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor with dwarfism. His breakout role was Finbar McBride in The Station Agent, and he has also appeared in such films as Elf and Death at a Funeral. Currently, he plays Tyrion Lannister on the HBO series Game of Thrones, for which he won the 2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, an award he dedicated to Martin Henderson, a fellow dwarf who was injured when a drunken man decided to engage in a spot of dwarf-tossing.