Early Life
Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey, the son of Diane, an elementary school music teacher, and John Carl Dinklage, a retired insurance salesman. Dinklage was born with achondroplasia. He grew up in Mendham Township, New Jersey, and is of German and Irish descent. Dinklage graduated from Delbarton School in Morristown in 1987 and from Bennington College in 1991.
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