Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage loved living in Northern Ireland where daughter picked up accent

Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage has said he misses Belfast “terribly” – a city he looked forward to living in for six months each year while making the hit HBO show.
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

He also revealed that his daughter picked up a Northern Ireland accent having attending school in Belfast while he was filming.

The actor has been conducting a number of interviews recently ahead of the release of a new adaptation of the film Cyrano, written by his wife Erica Schmidt.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Dinklage, best known for the role of Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, told the Irish Times: “Having played Tyrion for so many years, I feel like it’s the biggest part of my life.

This image released by HBO shows Peter Dinklage in a scene from the final episode of "Game of Thrones," that aired Sunday, May 19, 2019. (HBO via AP)This image released by HBO shows Peter Dinklage in a scene from the final episode of "Game of Thrones," that aired Sunday, May 19, 2019. (HBO via AP)
This image released by HBO shows Peter Dinklage in a scene from the final episode of "Game of Thrones," that aired Sunday, May 19, 2019. (HBO via AP)

“It meant so much to me working on that show and living in Ireland.

“It’s hard to delineate between the life of that and the role, and the show. So that definitely has had the most impact on me.

“Belfast was my home away from home. I miss it terribly.”

Belfast has been home to filming and production of Game of Thrones since the series first aired in 2011.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

It has been more than three years since Dinklage has been in Northern Ireland with filming having concluded for Game of Thrones in the summer of 2018.

In an interview with the Irish Independent he talked further about his time living in the Province.

He said: “For me, being the only American in the cast, it wasn’t just a show that I miss, it’s the life over there in Ireland.

“I’d live over there six months of the year, I had a daughter who went to school there, she came home to us talking with this Irish accent.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

“I loved the community of Belfast, and of Northern Ireland ... and I just miss that, I miss being a part of their lives.

“Liam Cunningham (the Dublin actor who played Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones) is one of my favourite human beings.

“I really miss that guy, and Dermot, my driver. I got really close to his family, and the people up there, the people of Ireland as a whole, the lifestyle there, which was so very unlike living where I live in New York city.

“I looked forward to it every year, and I miss it.”

Dinklage was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in an Irish-American family.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

As an Irish-American Catholic, he said that he got “all the guilt, but not all the beautiful countryside”.

——— ———

A message from the Editor:

Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our advertisers — and consequently the revenue we receive — we are more reliant than ever on you taking out a digital subscription.

Subscribe to newsletter.co.uk and enjoy unlimited access to the best Northern Ireland and UK news and information online and on our app. With a digital subscription, you can read more than 5 articles, see fewer ads, enjoy faster load times, and get access to exclusive newsletters and content. Visit https://www.newsletter.co.uk/subscriptions now to sign up.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Our journalism costs money and we rely on advertising, print and digital revenues to help to support them. By supporting us, we are able to support you in providing trusted, fact-checked content for this website.

Ben Lowry

Editor