Dinklage has a common form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, and stands 4 ft 5 in (1.35 m) tall. Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, performing in a number of amateur stage productions.

Lord Tyrion Lannister is the youngest child of Lord Tywin Lannister and younger brother of Cersei and Jaime Lannister. A dwarf, he uses his wit and intellect to overcome the prejudice he faces. He is the current Lord of Casterly Rock and Hand of the King to Brandon Stark.

Tyrion is the youngest child of Lord Tywin Lannister, the patriarch of House Lannister, the wealthiest family in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. A dwarf whose birth killed his mother, he is despised by Tywin and his sister Cersei.

Peter Dinklage received acclaim for his first film, Living in Oblivion (1995), in which he played an actor frustrated with the limited and caricatured roles offered to actors who have dwarfism. In 2003, he starred in The Station Agent (2003), written and directed by Tom McCarthy.

Tyrion is a dwarf; because of this he is sometimes called the Imp and the Halfman. He is one of the major POV characters in the books. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Tyrion is portrayed by Peter Dinklage.

Set in a fictional universe that has been referred to so far as "The Known World", the series follows a civil war for the Iron Throne of the continent of Westeros, fought between the rival royal and noble families and their respective supporters. [1]

Her bounty results in the murder of a number of innocent dwarfs and children throughout Westeros and the Free Cities, including the dwarf brother and the dwarf juggler.

Peter Dinklage (born June 11, 1969, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American actor who was perhaps best known for his role as Tyrion Lannister, a humane and clever dwarf with a penchant for debauchery, on the HBO television show Game of Thrones (2011–19).

Lord Tyrion Lannister was the younger son of Lord Tywin Lannister and his wife, Joanna Lannister, and the younger brother of Cersei and Jaime Lannister. Born a dwarf, he used his wit and intellect to overcome the prejudice he faced, mostly directed at him from his father and sister.

A dwarf[1][a] is a person born with the condition of dwarfism, which results in those afflicted with it possessing significantly shorter than average height. The condition is known to have occurred in human populations both in Westeros and in Essos.