<P> Dinklage has a form of dwarfism, achondroplasia, which affects bone growth . As a result, he is 4 feet 5 inches (135 cm) tall, with a typical - sized head and torso but short limbs . While Dinklage has come to accept his condition, he sometimes found it challenging when growing up . In 2003, he said that when he was younger he was often angry and bitter about his condition, but as he got older, he realized that he "just ha (s) to have a sense of humor," to know "that it's not your problem . It's theirs ." When asked in 2012 whether he saw himself as "a spokesman for the rights of little people," Dinklage responded: "I don't know what I would say . Everyone's different . Every person my size has a different life, a different history . Different ways of dealing with it . Just because I'm seemingly okay with it, I can't preach how to be okay with it ." Dinklage has been viewed as a role model for people sharing his condition . </P> <P> At the 2012 Golden Globe ceremony, when Dinklage won the award for Best Supporting Actor--Series, Miniseries or Television Film, he told the audience that he had been thinking about "a gentleman, his name is Martin Henderson," and suggested that they Google his name . Henderson is a person with dwarfism from England, who was badly injured by being tossed by a rugby fan in a bar . The speech by Dinklage brought media and public attention to the act of dwarf - tossing with Henderson's name being trended worldwide on social media . Dinklage turned down offers from talk shows to discuss the topic . He later explained that 20 years earlier he might have accepted these offers but that he's a "little bit more at peace with things now and I--said what I wanted to say . I have a friend who says the world doesn't need another angry dwarf ." </P> <P> According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Dinklage's most critically acclaimed films are Living in Oblivion (1995), The Station Agent (2003), Lassie (2005), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). </P> <P> Dinklage won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Game of Thrones . He has also won two Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the same role . Dinklage has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor each year from 2013 to 2016 . He has also been nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor three times, in 2012, 2016 and 2017 . As of 2018, Dinklage has won eleven awards from 58 nominations . He has been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards and 14 Screen Actor Guild Awards, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award . </P>

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