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44 postsDinklage appears as the character Tyrion Lannister in the first episode of Game of Thrones, titled Winter is Coming. A dwarf and the youngest child of the noble Lannister family, he is initially introduced as a comic foil-type character nicknamed The Imp for his small size and appetites for mischief. His character develops throughout the episode.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the second episode of season one, The Kingsroad. He disciplines his royal nephew Joffrey Baratheon, played by Jack Gleeson, for failing to pay his sympathies to the noble Stark family following the critical injury of their son Bran, due to the family’s rivalry with the Lannisters. He then informs his sister and brother, Cersei and Jaime, played by Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, that he intends to travel north from the Stark family stronghold Winterfell to the Wall of Westeros on the northern edge of the continent. He hints that he is aware of Cersei and Jaime’s involvement in the fall that injured Bran.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the third episode of season one, Lord Snow. Visiting the Wall of Westeros on the northern edge of the Seven Kingdoms, Tyrion is accused in absentia of involvement in an assassination attempt on Bran Stark, the son of a rival noble family. Unaware of the accusations against him, he agrees to intercede on behalf of the Night’s Watch for more men to protect the Wall when he returns to the capital, King’s Landing.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the fourth episode of season one, Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things. Tyrion visits the stronghold of the rival Stark noble family on his way south from the Wall of Westeros and gives Bran Stark, played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright, a device that will allow Bran to ride a horse again after his paraplegic injury. Traveling south towards the capital of King’s Landing, Tyrion is captured by Lady Catelyn Stark, played by Michelle Fairley, who suspects him of attempting to murder Bran Stark. He also encounters Bronn, a mercenary played by Jerome Flynn.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the fifth episode of the first season, The Wolf and the Lion. Tyrion is marched east as the captive of Lady Catelyn Stark, played by Michelle Fairley. He claims that he is innocent of the attempted assassination of her son Bran, and attempts to attract the attention of the mercenary Bronn, played by Jerome Flynn, by stating that his father Tywin Lannister will pay a reward for his release. The group are forced to fight when they are attacked by raiding hill tribes.
Nairn appears in season one, episode six, A Golden Crown. His character, Hodor the stableboy, delivers a specially-made saddle created from a design used by Dinklage’s character, the dwarf Tyrion Lannister, for Bran Stark, played by Hempstead-Wright. The saddle will allow Bran to ride a horse following the loss of the use of his legs.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the sixth episode of season one, A Golden Crown. At the Eyrie, the stronghold of the Arrin noble family, Tyrion is tried for the attempted assassination of Bran Stark. As the Arrin and Stark families are related by marriage, he determines that he will not receive a fair hearing and demands a trial by combat. The mercenary Bronn, played by Jerome Flynn, makes a calculated decision to represent Tyrion in the trial, realizing that he will be rewarded by the Lannister family’s wealth. He uses defensive fighting tactics to defeat a better trained and more heavily armed opponent.
Dinkalge appears as Tyrion Lannister in the eighth episode of season one, The Pointy End, alongside Jerome Flynn as the mercenary Bronn. In the eastern Vale region of the continent of Westeros, Tyrion and Bronn are menaced by hill tribes. Tyrion manages to convince the tribesmen that his wealthy family will give them weapons to fight the noble families that rule the region in exchange for safeguarding him. They escort Tyrion and Bronn westwards to where the Lannister armies are located.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the ninth episode of season one, Baelor. Lord Tywin Lannister, played by Charles Dance, informs Tyrion that he plans to use Tyrion’s group of hill tribesmen at the vanguard of an impending battle with the armies of the Stark noble family. Tyrion deduces that Tywin is trying to have him killed. At Tyrion’s request the mercenary Bronn, played by Jerome Flynn, procures the services of the prostitute Shae, played by Sibil Kekilli. A stroke of luck saves Tyrion from dying in the battle.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the tenth episode of the first season, Fire and Blood, alongside Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister and Sibel Kekilli as his lover, Shae. The Lannister military commanders realize they are fighting a battle on two fronts, against armies led by the Stark noble house to the north and the Baratheon house to the south. Tywin is impressed when Tyrion correctly assesses that they will not be able to make peace with the Starks. He appoints Tyrion to act as Hand of the King for his nephew, Joffrey Baratheon, but says that he must leave Shae behind when he travels to King’s Landing.
Dinklage is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones.
Dinkale appears as Tyrion Lannister in the first episode of the second season, The North Remembers, alongside Lena Headey as his sister, Cersei, and Sibel Kekilli as his lover, Shae. Tyrion arrives in King’s Landing to take his position as Hand of the King, and is forced to hide Shae in his chambers. Cersei accuses him of seeking to acquire power for himself. Tyrion criticizes her for failing to control her son Joffrey Baratheon, who is now king and has started a war that the Lannisters are losing.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the second episode of season two, The Night Lands. Conleth Hill plays Lord Varys, a eunuch who is the spymaster for the throne. Lena Headey plays Tyrion’s sister, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister, and Sibel Kekilli is his lover, Shae. In King’s Landing, Varys has discovered that Shae is living with Tyrion and threatens to reveal her presence. At a meeting of the king’s Small Council, Cersei rejects terms offered by the northern Stark armies. A message from the Night’s Watch warns the council that undead creatures are threatening the Wall of Westeros at the north of the continent. Tyrion confronts the commander of the City Watch over his betrayal of the previous Hand of the King, Lord Eddard Stark, and removes him from his post. He replaces him with his bodyguard, the mercenary Bronn, played by Jerome Flynn.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the third episode of the second season, What is Dead May Never Die. Tyrion uses a complex scheme to expose an informant on the Small Council who is spying on him for his sister, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister. He offers royal treasurer Lord Petyr Baelish, apparently an innocent victim of his scheme, the chance to be reunited with his childhood love, Lady Catelyn Stark. In return Baelish, played by Aidan Gillen, must act as an emissary to the army of Renly Baratheon, a challenger to the Iron Throne.
Dinklage appears in the fourth episode of season two, Garden of Bones. Jack Gleeson plays King Joffrey Baratheon, who is Tyrion’s nephew. Sophie Turner plays Sansa Stark, the oldest daughter of the noble family that is the Lannisters’ main rival. Tyrion’s bodyguard, the mercenary Bronn, is played by Jerome Flynn. Joffrey publicly humiliates Sansa, who he is betrothed to marry, after Sansa’s older brother Robb defeats Lannister armies in battle, until Tyrion intervenes to save her. Tyrion and Bronn decide that Joffrey is sexually frustrated as he is still a virgin. In an attempt to act as masculine role models, they send two prostitutes to his bedchamber, however Joffrey threatens the women with a crossbow and sadistically tortures them.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the fifth episode of the second season, The Ghost of Harrenhal. The Small Council in King’s Landing receives word of the death of Renly Baratheon, one of the five rivals for the kingship of Westeros. Tyrion predicts that an attack is imminent on King’s Landing by Stannis Baratheon, Renly’s older brother and a challenger to the Iron Throne. He discovers that Queen Regent Cersei Lannister, played by Lena Headey, has prepared a magical substance known as wildfire, which could devastate an attacker but could also burn the city. He orders the pyromancer who prepared to substance to report to him on defense plans.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the sixth episode of the second season, The Old Gods and the New. Jack Gleeson plays Tyrion’s nephew, King Joffrey Baratheon. Sophie Turner plays Sansa Stark, the oldest daughter of the Lannisters’ main rival family, who is betrothed to marry Joffrey. Rory McCann plays the king’s bodyguard Sandor Clegane, nicknamed The Hound, and Lena Headey plays Queen Regent Cersei Lannister. Tyrion, Sansa, Cersei and Joffrey flee as peasant refugees from the war for the Iron Throne riot in the streets of King’s Landing. At the royal stronghold, Joffrey refuses to send his men back out to find Sansa, who has been lost in the confusion. Tyrion harshly berates him for his stupidity. Sansa is rescued from a violent mob by The Hound moments before she was about to be brutalized.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the seventh episode of the second season. Lena Headey plays his sister, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister. Cersei expresses her concern about the increasingly violent behavior of her son, King Joffrey Baratheon, and wonders if this is due to the incestuous nature of his birth. Tyrion sympathizes and reassures her that her two younger children do not share his nature.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the eighth episode of the second season, The Prince of Winterfell. Ahead of an impending attack on King’s Landing by the armies of Stannis Baratheon, a challenger to the Iron Throne, Tyrion discusses the city’s defenses with his bodyguard Bronn, played by Jerome Flynn, and spymaster Lord Varys, played by Conleth Hill. It becomes apparent that Bronn is knowledgeable and intelligent despite his lowborn status and lack of education.
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the ninth episode of season two, Blackwater. The armies of Stannis Baratheon, played by Stephen Dillane, attack King’s Landing in a bid to place Stannis on the Iron Throne. Tyrion destroys Stannis’s fleet using a magical substance known as wildfire. Stannis and some of his men are able to land and storm a city gate. King Joffrey Baratheon, played by Jack Gleeson, shows cowardice and retreats from the front lines, leaving Tyrion to lead the defenses. As Tyrion leads the city’s small band of kingsguards and City Watchmen on a sortie outside the walls, a Lannister soldier turns on him in an apparent murder attempt, but he is saved by his squire. As defeat looks certain, a Lannister army arrives to save the city.