Ever since Peter Dinklage shot to world fame after starring in Game of Thrones, followers have been curious to know extra about his spouse and private life. Best identified for his position as Tyrion Lannister within the epic fantasy drama, Dinklage has since starred in a number of standard motion pictures and exhibits, reminiscent of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Thor: Love and Thunder, and extra. His most up-to-date performing credit score is enjoying Doctor Dillamond within the 2024 musical Wicked.

Here’s all the things we find out about Peter Dinklage’s spouse, how they met, and their relationship timeline.

Who is Peter Dinklage married to?

Peter Dinklage is married to Erica Schmidt.

While the couple principally prefers to maintain the main points of their private lives personal, they typically gush about one another in interviews. Dinklage continuously expresses his gratitude towards Schmidt in his acceptance speeches. The beautiful pair are sometimes seen hand in hand on the crimson carpet, trying radiant as they pose collectively.

What is Erica Schmidt’s job?

Erica Schmidt is a profitable playwright and director.

Schmidt gained recognition for writing the screenplay for the 2021 romantic drama Cyrano, which stars her husband, Peter Dinklage. Throughout her illustrious profession, she has written and directed a number of theater productions. Schmidt has received quite a few prestigious awards and nominations, such because the Lucille Lortel Award, the New York International Fringe Festival Award, and extra. In 2001, she acquired the Robert and Gloria Hausman Theater Honor from the Princess Grace Foundation.

Schmidt earned nominations for the Drama Desk Award and the Lucille Lortel Award for her sensible work within the 2019 all-female rendition of the Shakespeare tragedy Mac Beth. She has additionally directed different acclaimed performs reminiscent of The Play Company, chashama, Humor Abuse, and extra (through PEOPLE).

Peter Dinklage and Erica Schmidt’s relationship historical past

Peter Dinklage met his spouse round 2003 in New York City.

In a 2021 interview with The New York Times, he recalled how they met at a mutual good friend’s home. “It was about 18 years ago now. We were all at a friend’s house, and someone said, ‘They’re walking the elephants through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel.’ The circus was in town, and it was snowing, and they were walking the elephants through Manhattan, a long line of them. It was like something out of a beautiful, fantastical, end-of-the-world, crazy, romantic movie,” Dinklage reminisced.

After about two years of courting, the couple eloped in Las Vegas in 2005. Dinklage was flying there for a charity occasion, they usually determined to get married whereas within the metropolis. The two have been inseparable ever since, making numerous public appearances collectively. Dinklage and Schmidt welcomed their daughter in 2011, adopted by a second baby in 2017.

As of writing, the couple has not disclosed the names of their kids or the gender of their youngest baby.