Peter Dinklage was born with a hereditary pathology - achondroplasia, leading to dwarfism. His height is only 132 cm. This did not prevent him from becoming a successful actor and one of the extraordinary sex symbols of Hollywood.
Personal life of Peter Dinklage
The star of the cult series "Game of Thrones" does not like to advertise his personal life. In numerous interviews, the actor speaks mainly about work, and the paparazzi often take pictures of him alone. Meanwhile, one of Hollywood's famous dwarfs has been happily married for a long time.
With his future wife, Erica Schmidt, the actor met in 1995. Their first meeting took place thanks to the efforts of a mutual friend. He invited Peter to visit Erica as a chess partner. They quickly found a common language and began to communicate. At first, their relationship was purely friendly. Although in an interview, Erica noted that she fell in love with Peter at first sight. The girl was not at all embarrassed by his small stature. The actor, in turn, also admitted that he had sympathy for Erica from the first meeting and over the years she has grown into something more.
They had been friends for ten years. In 2005, Peter and Erica got married. By that time, Dinklage had already played a role in The Station Keeper, for which he was nominated for an American Screen Actors Guild Award. There was no grand celebration on the occasion of the wedding, since the couple did not want to make this event public. The ceremony took place in Las Vegas quietly and unnoticed. It was attended only by the people closest to the couple.
Shortly after the wedding, Peter and Erica moved to New York, where they bought an apartment in Manhattan. The couple began to work together frequently. Erica is a theater director, she directs performances and Peter is involved in many of them. One of the first joint productions of the couple was Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya". In this performance, Dinklage played the main role.
Peter and Erica are considered one of the extravagant couples in Hollywood. They are not shy about height differences. Erica is almost half a meter taller than Peter, but this does not prevent her from appearing in the company of her husband in high-heeled shoes. In the photo from various film premieres, it can be seen that Schmidt literally has to kneel down to kiss her husband.
Children of Peter Dinklage
2011 was a fateful year for the actor. It was then that the "Game of Thrones" television series was launched, which brought Peter unprecedented popularity, prestigious awards and substantial fees. In the same year, Dinklage's first child was born - a daughter. The couple gave her the name Zelig, which means "blessed" in German. Peter and Erica decided to name their daughter in honor of the comedy of the same name by the legendary Woody Allen.
The actor's daughter was born healthy. It is already known that achondroplasia was not inherited from her father. And in the future she will be taller than Peter.
Zelig looks a lot like her star dad. The girl has exactly the same facial features and facial expressions. Parents are sure that in the future she has every chance to follow in her father's footsteps and become an actress.
After the birth of Zelig, the family changed their registration again. The couple left the noisy, polluted Manhattan and moved to a country house so that their daughter could spend more time outdoors.
Dinklage loves his daughter. In interviews, he is rather stingy with stories about her. But it allows the paparazzi to roam, often walking around the city with Zelig. The pictures show how the actor rides a scooter with his daughter, spends time in the park, goes shopping, picks up from school. In the frames, the actor gives the impression of a happy dad.
In 2017, Peter became a father for the second time. The couple is in no hurry to share the good news with the public. Peter and Erica still hide not only the name, but also the gender of the child. It is only known that the couple's second child was born in September.
The actor's family continues to live in a country house. In one of the interviews, Peter noted that not only the ubiquitous journalists harass him there much less, but also very much the children like him.
