"A Lannister always pays his debts." Actor Peter Dinklage, however, has few debts to pay.
The Jersey-born actor essentially bootstrapped his career, living as a self-described starving artist for years before reaching his "Game of Thrones" success.
Dinklage now ranks among Hollywood's most wanted actors — and just happens to be a dwarf. You can catch him on season five of "Game of Thrones," which returns to HBO on Sunday.
Peter Dinklage was born to a Morristown, New Jersey, couple in the summer of '69. He said his childhood was "uneventful" — his father sold insurance, and his mother taught music at an elementary school.
Source: Esquire
His parents never treated him like he was special, Dinklage says, despite being the only dwarf in his family. The chance of being born with achondroplasia, a genetic disorder that causes abnormalities in bone formation, is 1 in 25,000.
Source: Esquire
The Dinklages didn't even have a TV set in the house, or so he thought. In his teens, Peter discovered his parents watching a black-and-white TV they had purchased and hid in the bedroom closet. "It was 'Three's Company' from then on out," he says.
Source: The New York Times
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