he's fan-friggin-tastic! Just cast him in leading man roles, dernnit! Do his height always have to be a "character"?
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JackSparrow92 — 10 years ago(September 21, 2015 08:22 AM)
He may be the first "little person" (I say that because I understand that's the acceptable term) to become accepted as an actor, and not just as "a little person actor". It obviously has a great deal to do with his fantastic performance as Tyrion, which marked something of a first in that he had one of the leading roles and his stature has never been played for laughs.
Probably thanks to his work as Tyrion, when watching him in X-Men: Days of Future Past, I found that I wasn't paying attention to his stature at all. More just marveling at his badassery. Respect.
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GirlwonderReturns — 10 years ago(March 18, 2016 06:26 AM)
I dunno Zelda Rubinstein was shorter than Dinklage and she had quite a successful career. Her biggest role was probably Tangina, the medium in "Poltergeist", and that had no focus on her height that I recall. She was on "Picket Fences" for years, too. But Dinklage may well be the first male LP actor to transcend his height.
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skepticalmale — 10 years ago(September 21, 2015 10:47 AM)
You realize he wouldn't have got the chance to play Tyrion , if he wasn't a "little guy"?
Hopefully this does lead to more roles that aren't simply due to his height. The guy is just a great actor.
Although one role I'd like to see him play , that relies on his stature is Miles Vorkosigan, he's a badass in Tyrion's class. -
nex-9 — 10 years ago(October 05, 2015 04:53 AM)
Exactly! i thought he would have made a better Mountain than Hapthor.
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alexdgraphicdesign — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 12:36 AM)
That's actually not true at all. In the lord of the rings, the four main hobbits were played by average size actors and Gimli the dwarf was played by a 6 ft actor. There are other movies but I think i've made my point.
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leyenda61 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 06:57 PM)
I'm tellin ya, when i see that beard and think about his voice and acting skills the first thing I think of is that he'd d a fantastic nob playing a Klingon. Yes, I know it is "against type", but still I think hed9rock it out.
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leyenda61 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 04:53 AM)
I'm tellin ya, when i see that beard and think about his voice and acting skills the first thing I think of is that he'd d a fantastic nob playing a Klingon. Yes, I know it is "against type", but still I think hed9rock it out.
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There is nothing wrong with being a dwarf obviously, but just like he can't play a 2 meter tall northerner, I couldn't play a dwarf