Well, you don't have to get so short with us about it...

I've always thought they should remake The Terror of Tiny Town? He'd be perfect!

He should stand up for his people...oh...he is standing up.

Loved him in The Station Agent. Good movie about how people are weird around small people, too ;)

It must suck to be a great actor with a body that isn't beautiful but otherwise average.

I mean, nobody's ever going to buy him as the hero in an action flick, and male lead in a romantic comedy just wouldn't sell.

He plays a hyphenated dwarf; lawyer-dwarf, medieval-dwarf, etc. His stature is the elephant in the room, and it's unusual enough that it stands out more if you don't acknowledge it.

Well, he's clearly not a fan of fantasy, becauseI he's mixing up dwarves and gnomes. Gnomes are more inline with achondroplasia. Dwarves are just a race. They're not much shorter than Humans. They're like 6 inches shorter. Most of them are like around 5ft and their limbs are proportional. They're more like an exaggerated version of Stout Strength.

Boy, they sure do have strange names for a short penis. Why would someone call their penis a 'peter dinklage'? Sounds like a name for an actor in a circle jerk porno movie.

fark that guy.

I loved Peter Dinklage the the film "In Bruges".


/Yeah, I know

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Dinklage is an actor who happens to be a dwarf, not a dwarf-actor. There's a huge difference between the two.

colithian: Well, he's clearly not a fan of fantasy, becauseI he's mixing up dwarves and gnomes. Gnomes are more inline with achondroplasia. Dwarves are just a race. They're not much shorter than Humans. They're like 6 inches shorter. Most of them are like around 5ft and their limbs are proportional. They're more like an exaggerated version of Stout Strength.

What freak game are you referencing? AD&D had them at between 4' and 4'6" coming in around 150-180 lbs and broad shouldered. The general culture has always been one akin to the Geats of old. Picture Beowulf (from the poem not the shiat movies) but shorter and uglier.

Frankly I'd prefer to have a bunch of them on my side than a bunch of prissy little elves.

Midgets creep me out. Peter Dinklage is 4.5 feet tall, and his proportions aren't to out of whack so he usually gets a pass. The smaller and more disproportionate they get the more they bug me. Their unsightly - like people who have had their faces melted with acid. You know they are a perfectly respectable and wonderful individual with a terrible affliction that is no fault of their own -- But your balls still draw back into your body when you shake their hand.

\ The Station Agent was pretty decent.
\\ Short people got no reason/Short people got no reason/Short people got no reason/To live

Crudbucket: Hey, there are no small parts, just small...oh.

I LOL'd.

I've never seen a dwarf in real life, so in my experience they get a disproportionate number of acting roles relative to the rest of us as it is...
:)

That said, I'm neither distinguished in looks nor hot, and my voice sucks, so fark any complainers about acting. If you've got an acting career of any kind you are lucky already.

What sucks for Dinklage is that he is a fantastic actor, blessed with strikingly handsome looks and a gloriously golden baritone voice. . . stuck in the body of a Keebler elf.

There are other dwarf actors, like Phil Fondacaro or Tony Cox, who work steadily despite their height, but if they were taller, they'd still be character actors. If Dinklage were normal size, he'd be one of the most popular actors on the planet. He's Hugh Jackman in the body of Billy Barty.

Warwick Davis? Never heard of ya.

Now if you said Vern Troyer from Austin Powers....

BorgiaGinz: What sucks for Dinklage is that he is a fantastic actor, blessed with strikingly handsome looks and a gloriously golden baritone voice. . . stuck in the body of a Keebler elf.

There are other dwarf actors, like Phil Fondacaro or Tony Cox, who work steadily despite their height, but if they were taller, they'd still be character actors. If Dinklage were normal size, he'd be one of the most popular actors on the planet. He's Hugh Jackman in the body of Billy Barty.

Agreed, the man is a brilliant actor who, unfortunately as stated above, will always have hyphanated roles.

He may want to think of going the Mark Hamill route and do voice acting. He has the voice and acting chops for it, and could finally be the action star he should be.

GungFu: Warwick Davis? Never heard of ya.

Now if you said Vern Troyer from Austin Powers....

You have got to be kidding. Please tell me that you're kidding.

Never forget who you are, for surely the world won't. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

The most beloved actor from a wildly popular show is complaining about lack of work options? Let's all break out those tiny violins and...er, nevermind.

Unsung_Hero: It must suck to be a great actor with a body that isn't beautiful but otherwise average.

I mean, nobody's ever going to buy him as the hero in an action flick, and male lead in a romantic comedy just wouldn't sell.

He plays a hyphenated dwarf; lawyer-dwarf, medieval-dwarf, etc. His stature is the elephant in the room, and it's unusual enough that it stands out more if you don't acknowledge it.

I would absolutely watch him in an action film. Maybe Terminator 5: Rise of the T-400?

mikefinch: Midgets creep me out. The smaller and more disproportionate they get the more they bug me. They're unsightly - like people who have had their faces melted with acid. But your balls still draw back into your body when you shake their hand.


\\ Short people got no reason/Short people got no reason/Short people got no reason/To live

Great song by Randy Newman. Crappy attitude towards others on your part.
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/I probably screwed up the link
//Sorry
/// not really - BB FTW

Dwarves are always going to face a problem that people find them hard to take as lead action heroes. Look, they do things with Tom Cruise to make him appear taller and he isn't that short.

He seems to be taking a dig at Lord of the Rings, but really, part of the point of that story is that anyone, however small can make a difference. The Hobbits are the bravest creatures. Gimli is loyal and brave. The people who get the most stick in that saga are the orcs, followed by men.

Ed Finnerty: Woah! Those things can talk?!?

BorgiaGinz: What sucks for Dinklage is that he is a fantastic actor, blessed with strikingly handsome looks and a gloriously golden baritone voice. . . stuck in the body of a Keebler elf.

There are other dwarf actors, like Phil Fondacaro or Tony Cox, who work steadily despite their height, but if they were taller, they'd still be character actors. If Dinklage were normal size, he'd be one of the most popular actors on the planet. He's Hugh Jackman in the body of Billy Barty.

I seem to recall that he was attached to a project that would make film adaptations of George Chesbro's Mongo Mysteries. I kind of wish that would move forward.

MagSeven: Unsung_Hero: It must suck to be a great actor with a body that isn't beautiful but otherwise average.

I mean, nobody's ever going to buy him as the hero in an action flick, and male lead in a romantic comedy just wouldn't sell.

He plays a hyphenated dwarf; lawyer-dwarf, medieval-dwarf, etc. His stature is the elephant in the room, and it's unusual enough that it stands out more if you don't acknowledge it.

I would absolutely watch him in an action film. Maybe Terminator 5: Rise of the T-400?

An action film with Peter Dinklage as a star would be an awesome subversion of the genre--especially if it wasn't gimicky about his height or too inadvertently slapstick.

Get Lost: Boy, they sure do have strange names for a short penis. Why would someone call their penis a 'peter dinklage'?

It used to be called a "Prince Albert."

/Dinklage is one of the BIG reasons that Game of Thrones is so awesome.
//Can't wait till next season.
///Winter is coming, and so is Tyrion Lannister.
////Imping ain't easy.

Put a Dwarf in it... Link (new window)

Typical fantasy dwarves are not human! Different species.

/Roll your save vs. Internet rage

SpinStopper: GungFu: Warwick Davis? Never heard of ya.

Now if you said Vern Troyer from Austin Powers....

You have got to be kidding. Please tell me that you're kidding.


It's a quote from Life's too short, Ricky Gervais' new comedy starring Warwick.

He played the role of Dr. Simon Barsinster in the Underdog movie to the hilt. The movie was ridiculous, but he was great. I was thinking afterwards that someone should write an evil midget genius horror movie just for him, he was so good in it. The little dude has a big talent.

BorgiaGinz: What sucks for Dinklage is that he is a fantastic actor, blessed with strikingly handsome looks and a gloriously golden baritone voice. . . stuck in the body of a Keebler elf.

There are other dwarf actors, like Phil Fondacaro or Tony Cox, who work steadily despite their height, but if they were taller, they'd still be character actors. If Dinklage were normal size, he'd be one of the most popular actors on the planet. He's Hugh Jackman in the body of Billy Barty.

Yep. I didn't really take him as anything other than a "little person character actor" until "The Station Agent", and that was a pretty damn good movie. Hopefully, we'll see him in more & more roles in which his size isn't used simply as a gimmick.

SpinStopper: Loved him in The Station Agent. Good movie about how people are weird around small people, too ;)

That part where he gets drunk and starts talking about how it sucks to be a dwarf, you couldn't help but think, "He's not acting."

We could do Stonehenge again.

cryinoutloud: SpinStopper: Loved him in The Station Agent. Good movie about how people are weird around small people, too ;)

That part where he gets drunk and starts talking about how it sucks to be a dwarf, you couldn't help but think, "He's not acting."

That is a tough scene to watch. But that is a great movie overall with a pretty good cast. Patricia Clarkson is pretty hot in that film.

GungFu: Warwick Davis? Never heard of ya.

Now if you said Vern Troyer from Austin Powers....

And he has a sex tape... (shudders)

redmond24: Never forget who you are, for surely the world won't. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

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I loved Dinklage in A Death At a Funeral. He upstaged a nude Alan Tudyk on funny pills.

Also, In Bruges was awesome as well.

Iowan73: We could do Stonehenge again.

We're not gonna farking do stonehenge again!

He should stop whining, he's America's go-to dwarf.

Ewoks, robots, werewolves, elves, goblins, monkeys, henchmen, etc. What's the problem?

And don't forget Ralphus