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99-457: Bolivar Trask appears in the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past , portrayed by Peter Dinklage . Bolivar Trask was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby , and first appeared in The X-Men #14 (November 1965). Bolivar Trask was an anthropologist who saw the rise of mutants as a threat to humanity. Bolivar was the father of Larry Trask , ironically revealed to be

198-524: A new version of Sentinels in Ecuador . In the 1995 storyline Age of Apocalypse , Bolivar Trask married Moira Kinross and together they designed heavily armed Sentinels to fight Apocalypse. These Sentinels were better programmed and even capable of reasoning with mutants if they protected humans (their primary objective). Bolivar participates in a plan to bomb North American Apocalypse forces, though this would mean extensive civilian deaths. He returns in

297-697: A Drama Series for the same role. He is also the only member of the cast to receive a Primetime Emmy. Dinklage has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor each year from 2014 to 2017. He has also been nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor three times, in 2012, 2016 and 2017. As of 2024 , Dinklage has won thirty-two awards from seventy-six nominations. He has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards and sixteen Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and

396-575: A Funeral (2010), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023). In 2018, he appeared as Eitri in the Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War , and as Hervé Villechaize in the biopic film My Dinner with Hervé . He also provided voice-acting for the video game Destiny , and in 2023 voiced Scourge in Transformers: Rise of

495-515: A Golden Globe Award. General Interviews Talks William Stryker Reverend William Stryker is a fictional character in Marvel Comics , known for his recurring role as an adversary of the X-Men . A former sergeant and a devout Christian minister , Stryker harbors an intense hatred for mutants , often leading campaigns against them. He is also the father of Jason Stryker ,

594-522: A Latina actress as Snow White , they had retained the damaging stereotype of the Seven Dwarfs. Disney responded: "We are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community. We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period". Fellow dwarf actor and professional wrestler Hornswoggle criticized Dinklage for his comments, claiming he

693-528: A cameo in Jerry Seinfeld 's Unfrosted , which premiered on Netflix. On October 5, 2017, Dinklage purchased the rights to the film adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale 's novel The Thicket . The film, The Thicket , which stars starring Dinklage alongside Juliette Lewis and Esme Creed-Miles , is scheduled to be released in September 2024. In 2020, it was announced Dinklage will voice Hitpig in

792-601: A character named William Stryker Jr. , a reverend who resides in Manhattan with his wife, Kate Stryker, and their son, John Stryker. He experiences a profound tragedy when his family is killed during the " Ultimatum Wave " that strikes New York. Although Stryker miraculously survives, he struggles to cope with his grief. He attempts to lead a spiritual congregation of survivors in a tent set up in Central Park but fails to conduct his service successfully. Stryker encounters

891-518: A credited film debut in the low-budget independent comedy-drama Living in Oblivion (1995), where he starred alongside Steve Buscemi . It tells the story of a director, crew, and cast filming a low-budget independent film in New York City. Dinklage's role was that of a frustrated actor with dwarfism who complains about his clichéd roles. The next year, he appeared as a building manager in

990-455: A dwarf, "he wouldn't play elves or leprechauns" and was choosy about genre roles. Benioff and Weiss told Dinklage that the character was "a different kind of fantasy little person," or in the actor's words, "No beard, no pointy shoes, a romantic, real human being." Dinklage signed on to play Tyrion before the meeting was half over, in part because, he said, "They told me how popular he was." Martin said of Dinklage's casting, "If he hadn't accepted

1089-526: A film based on the final days of actor Hervé Villechaize , who died by suicide shortly after his 1993 interview with Gervasi. In 2018, Dinklage starred and played the title role in My Dinner with Hervé . The movie was approved by HBO, with Dinklage co-starring alongside Jamie Dornan . In August and September 2018, he starred in the title role of Cyrano , a stage musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac written by his wife Erica Schmidt, with songs by

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1188-480: A former arcade champion named Eddie Plant. According to director Chris Columbus , Plant was partially inspired by Billy Mitchell . The film was critically panned. The Guardian praised Dinklage's performance in an otherwise "dreary romp". In 2016, Dinklage provided the voice of The Mighty Eagle in The Angry Birds Movie , and recorded a song for the musical's soundtrack . His next release,

1287-405: A genetic disorder which affects bone growth. As a result, he is 4 feet 5 inches (1.35 m) tall, with an average-sized head and torso but shorter than average limbs. He has come to accept his condition, but sometimes found it challenging when growing up. In 2003, he said that when he was younger he was often angry and bitter, but that as he got older, he realized he "just [has] to have

1386-604: A group of men who inform him that the mutant Magneto is responsible for the Ultimatum Wave and encourages his growing hatred of all mutants. They supply him with weapons acquired from a cache of destroyed Sentinels, leading Stryker to become the leader of an anti-mutant militia. He subsequently leads the Purifier forces in an attack on the Xavier Mansion during the Ultimatum Wave, emerging as the sole survivor after

1485-587: A mutant precognitive . Bolivar had realized this, and gave his son a medallion which suppresses his power. Bolivar is also the father of Tanya, a mutant whose ability to travel through time causes her to vanish but is rescued by Rachel Summers in a far future and become a part of the Askani under the alias Madame Sanctity . Tanya's travels through time would result in property damage to Trask's land. This mysterious situation would only further cement his attitudes. Bolivar decides that humanity has to fight back against

1584-487: A mutant who plays a significant role in his motivations. The character made his debut in X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (1982), created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Brent Anderson . Stryker is characterized by his high intelligence, military training, and expertise in psychological manipulation. He has been affiliated with several organizations, including Weapon X and, previously, Stryker's Crusade and

1683-422: A new leaf as he merges with the sentient artificial intelligence known as Reverend Paul , ultimately being placed in a containment tube. Stryker reappears at the beginning of the 2005 " Decimation " storyline, following the events of the " House of M " storyline. He interprets the sudden and drastic reduction of the mutant population as a sign from God, declaring, "[God] made the first step and now we have to take

1782-415: A number of amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the black comedy film Living in Oblivion (1995), and had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama The Station Agent . His other films include Elf (2003), Lassie (2005), Find Me Guilty (2006), Penelope (2006), Death at a Funeral (2007), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Death at

1881-468: A person with dwarfism. According to Dinklage, the original cut of the film was "gorgeous," but the director was fired shortly after turning it in, and the film was re-cut into a "rom-com with dwarfs." Speaking on the Oldman controversy, Dinklage said, "There was some flak: 'Why would you put Gary Oldman on his knees? That's almost like blackface.' And I have my own opinions about political correctness, but I

1980-491: A public debate on human/mutant relations. Xavier argues that mutants are just like humans and not evil, but that does not convince Trask revealing the Sentinels. But Trask and his scientists had apparently created a too adaptive, open-ended tactical/strategic programming, and as a result the Sentinels turn against him, claiming that they were superior to humans. The Sentinels left with Trask and brought him to his first creation,

2079-467: A result of his performance and increased screen time, Dinklage was given top billing starting in the series' second season. In 2014, he said on The Late Show with David Letterman that he had once tried to read the books the show is based upon, but had found them confusing. He joked, "George Martin, our author, is probably going to kill my character soon because I mentioned that." In 2014, Dinklage and four of his Game of Thrones co-stars became some of

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2178-488: A role model for people sharing his condition. At the 2012 Golden Globe ceremony, when Dinklage won the award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film , he told the audience that he had been thinking about "a gentleman, his name is Martin Henderson", and suggested that they google his name. Henderson was a man with dwarfism from Somerset, England, who was badly injured after being tossed by

2277-405: A rugby fan in a bar. Dinklage's words brought media and public attention to the act of dwarf-tossing , with Henderson's name being trended worldwide on social media. Henderson eventually died of his injuries in 2016, five years after the incident. Dinklage turned down offers from talk shows to discuss the topic. He later explained that 20 years earlier he might have accepted the offers, but that he

2376-535: A self-destruct sequence, resulting in the deaths of his employees. Stryker is also shown to be starting a project involving the Hulk's blood to create Mutant/Hulk hybrids. Following further investigations, Old Man Logan's team and the Hulk attack the Weapon X Project's central command; however, the Hulk argues against killing Stryker. During a brief altercation between Old Man Logan, Sabretooth, and Lady Deathstrike with

2475-447: A sense of humor" to know "that it's not your problem. It's theirs." When asked in 2012 whether he saw himself as "a spokesman for the rights of little people," Dinklage said: "I don't know what I would say. Everyone's different. Every person my size has a different life, a different history. Different ways of dealing with it. Just because I'm seemingly okay with it, I can't preach how to be okay with it." He has nonetheless been viewed as

2574-638: A theater company; failing to pay the rent, they had to move out of their apartment. He subsequently lived in New York for 20 years in Williamsburg and the West Village, then worked six years for a data-processing company before again pursuing a full-time acting career. Dinklage initially struggled to find acting work, partially because he refused to take the roles typically offered to actors with his condition, such as "elves or leprechauns". He had

2673-573: A tragic twist of fate, his father is later killed by other surviving humans. Consequently, Stryker lives in hiding, learning to depend on the kindness of both humans and mutants, which makes this version of him far more tolerant than his counterpart in Earth-616. Adopting the persona of the Prophet , Stryker begins to avenge humanity alongside a group known as the X-Terminated. He breaks into

2772-603: A wedding planner in the comedy film The Baxter . He also made an appearance in the adventure comedy-drama Lassie as a traveling circus performer. In 2006, Dinklage co-starred with Vin Diesel in Find Me Guilty , a courtroom drama directed by Sidney Lumet . The film tells the true story of the longest Mafia trial in American history; Dinklage played Ben Klandis, the lead defense attorney. Critical reaction to

2871-707: Is an American actor. Portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), Dinklage won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Dinklage has a common form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia , and stands 4 ft 5 in (1.35 m) tall. He has used his celebrity status to raise social awareness of dwarfism. Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College , performing in

2970-610: The HBO series Entourage and appeared in NBC 's 30 Rock as Stewart. The same year, Dinklage appeared in the British romantic comedy Penelope playing Lemon, a tabloid reporter. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Dinklage appeared in the 2007 British comedy film Death at a Funeral , reprising the role in the 2010 American remake . Later in 2007, he played the villainous Simon Bar Sinister in Underdog , which

3069-551: The Master Mold , who orders him to construct more Sentinels. To stop the Sentinels, Xavier summons the X-Men . The X-Men fight the Sentinels, but Beast is captured. To reveal the X-Men's secrets, the Sentinels tell Trask to use a device to read Beast's mind. Trask discovers that the X-Men were mutants protecting humanity and realizes that he had been wrong. He helps the X-Men defeat the Sentinels by sacrificing himself to destroy

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3168-694: The President of the United States . This proved to be a foolish move when Magneto easily reprogrammed the chromium-built machines to destroy humankind. After a subsequent Sentinel attack on Washington, D.C. , the Sentinel Initiative was shut down. He has recently appeared in the Sentinels story arc of Ultimate X-Men , revealed as being employed by the Fenris twins to build the new Sentinels currently attacking mutants. This would suggest that

3267-717: The Purifiers . Stryker has been featured in the X-Men film series , where he is portrayed as Colonel William Stryker , the leader of Weapon X and a primary antagonist of Wolverine . He is portrayed by Brian Cox in X2 (2003), Danny Huston in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and Josh Helman in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). In 2009, IGN ranked William Stryker as

3366-528: The Venom symbiote as a cure for cancer. However, he later tricked the two to sign a contract that made the symbiote his full property and then he was deliberately responsible for a plane crash that killed Edward, Richard and Mary Parker, by manipulating Edward to steal a piece of the unstable Venom symbiote and try it on board, so that the suit would remain in his possession, despite it being incomplete and very dangerous. Years later, Eddie Brock Jr. ends up stealing

3465-568: The X-Men are compelled to ally with Magneto . The extent of Stryker's bigotry is further revealed when he attempts to murder Kitty Pryde during a live television broadcast, resulting in an NYPD officer shooting him. Stryker reappeared in the X-Treme X-Men storyline, having been presumed forgotten within the narrative. It is revealed that he had been serving a prison sentence due to the consequences of his previous actions. During his transfer on an airplane, Lady Deathstrike infiltrates

3564-452: The eradication of all mutants. Fueled by this conviction, Stryker rises to prominence as a controversial preacher and televangelist . His followers, which include a secret paramilitary group known as the Purifiers , engage in hate crimes against mutants. In a calculated move, Stryker orchestrates the kidnapping and brainwashing of Professor Xavier , connecting him to a device designed to eliminate all living mutants. To thwart this plan,

3663-745: The highest paid actors on television , although sources differ on the actors' per-episode salaries. In 2015, Dinklage lent his voice for the role of Tyrion in Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series , a video game based on the show. In 2011, Dinklage appeared opposite Kate Hudson in Nicole Kassell 's A Little Bit of Heaven . The following year, Dinklage voiced Captain Gutt in Ice Age: Continental Drift . Dinklage said he prepared himself by making sure to rest his voice before

3762-400: The 2009-2010 miniseries X-Men Noir , Bolivar Trask is a multitalented doctor of anthropology, and sociology, who is also a pulp sci-fi writer, and a public proponent of eugenics , though not a racist, as his leading characters possess the "finest" qualities of different ethnic groups. He is the writer of the pulp sci-fi series, "The Sentinels", about a race of genetically superior beings in

3861-468: The 2012 launched Age of Apocalypse ongoing series, as one of the leaders of the remaining human resistance. His daughter Francesca is a main operative in the X-Terminators (code-named "Fiend") alongside Prophet , Good Night , Horror Show , and Zora Risman aka DeadEye though she and Bolivar have a rocky relationship. In the 2008 miniseries Civil War: House of M , Bolivar Trask is sworn in as

3960-504: The 70th-greatest comic book villain of all time. William Stryker was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Brent Anderson , making his first appearance in the 1982 graphic novel X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills . The character was reportedly modeled after American televangelist Jerry Falwell . The Reverend William Stryker is a religious fanatic with a military background, characterized by his intense hatred of mutants. This animosity drives him to commit horrific acts, including

4059-612: The Adamantium cyborgs capture Lady Deathstrike to harvest her genetic material for the Weapon X Project, Old Man Logan and Sabretooth manage to evade the cyborgs, but Stryker and the Weapon X Project obtain the necessary tissue samples. Additionally, Stryker orders the Adamantium cyborgs to target the Totally Awesome Hulk for a blood sample. When the Hulk and Old Man Logan's group raid the Weapon X Project's base to rescue Lady Deathstrike and Warpath, Stryker initiates

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4158-937: The Beasts . Dinklage has also performed in theater, with roles including the title character in Richard III (2003) at the Public Theatre , Rakitin in A Month in the Country (2015) at Classic Stage Company , and Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano at the Daryl Roth Theatre in 2019. Dinklage was born on June 11, 1969, in the Jersey Shore region of New Jersey, to John Carl Dinklage, an insurance salesman, and Diane Dinklage, an elementary school music teacher of German and Irish descent. He grew up in

4257-505: The Hulk, Stryker and Dr. Alba take the opportunity to escape via helicopter. Later, Stryker and several of his Adamantium cyborgs attempt to recapture Weapon X's rogue experiment, H-Alpha. However, H-Alpha kills all the cyborgs and severely damages Stryker's body. Stryker is subsequently found by Logan's group and the new Wolverine , and he agrees to disclose how to defeat H-Alpha. During the battle against H-Alpha, Sabretooth attempts to take Stryker's torso to destroy it, but it disappears in

4356-482: The Prophet climbs onto an attacking Sentinel, cuts into its head, and flips away as the robot is destroyed from the damage. He asserts that his talents were acquired by witnessing the slaughter of thousands, and that his victories honor their memory. When Weapon X leads a final assault on the last surviving City of Men, the Prophet allows the civilians to escape by throwing an explosive at Weapon X, leading his team out of

4455-519: The Purifiers. During the "Weapons of Mutant Destruction" storyline, Stryker is resurrected as a cyborg and forms a new incarnation of Weapon X . He focuses on having his scientists develop Adamantium cyborgs with the goal of eradicating humanity. To refine the cyborgs, Stryker instructs the Weapon X Project to target Old Man Logan , Sabretooth , Warpath, Domino , and Lady Deathstrike, selecting these mutants for their unique abilities. After

4554-540: The Sentinel's base. Recently in X-Force , Bastion having been reactivated by the Purifiers has apparently resurrected Bolivar Trask through use of a Technarch to be part of a team of the world's foremost mutant killers. He was apparently given credit for the deaths of all mutants and, being the inventor of the Sentinels, had the highest record of mutant kills: 16,521,618. Consistent with the remorse he had displayed at

4653-679: The US Government ' Sentinel Initiative ', a response to Magneto 's terrorist attacks on Capitol Hill. Initially, the Sentinels patrolled Los Angeles and then New York City , destroying any human containing mutant genes. However, these attacks ceased after the X-Men rescued the President's daughter from the Brotherhood of Mutants . He discovered the Savage Land 's location, and dispatched to destroy Magneto's paradise by order from

4752-572: The Vice-President of the US and creates Sentinels to fight against Magneto in his rise to power. Magneto confronts him on board the Helicarrier. Trask summons Sentinels in self-defense, but they go into non-lethal mode as the ship is staffed with humans. Trask over-rides this, causing the death of many SHIELD agents. Magneto then throws Trask into a Sentinel beam, causing his disintegration. In

4851-603: The aircraft, where she kills Stryker's guards and rescues him. It is then disclosed that the two are lovers, and Stryker promptly initiates a new crusade against the X-Men, targeting Wolverine , Cannonball , the X-Treme X-Men team, and Shadowcat, with whom he holds a longstanding grudge. Stryker dispatches a group of his followers to confront several X-Men members and kidnaps Kitty Pryde. During this encounter, Pryde manages to persuade Stryker that mutants are not an abomination. This revelation leads him to seemingly turn over

4950-478: The apartment of Krakken, an engineer who built ovens to incinerate humans, and murders him, sparing his family. Before killing Krakken, the Prophet reveals that he previously destroyed one of Krakken's eyes and then finishes the job by decapitating him. Stryker studies the Sentinels and the mutants' hunt of humans to refine his skills in taking them down, claiming he has learned their weaknesses and that, despite their powers, his will and skill are superior. With ease,

5049-476: The assassination of Wallflower , ordering one of his snipers to shoot her in the head. Stryker also attempts to kill Dust , mistakenly targeting X-23 instead. The deaths of Wallflower and Dust are crucial to Stryker's agenda, as he has been informed by Nimrod that both females pose a threat to his army. Stryker eventually launches an assault on the Xavier Institute with the Purifiers, resulting in

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5148-594: The band The National . He reprised the role in a 2021 film adaptation of the musical , for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy . In 2019, Dinklage was announced he would co-star in the comedy film Brothers , alongside Josh Brolin . The film, directed by Max Barbakow with a screenplay by Macon Blair from a story by Etan Cohen , is slated to be released in October 2024. In 2020, Dinklage portrayed

5247-511: The character "all the more popular." The Los Angeles Times wrote "In many ways, Game of Thrones belongs to Dinklage." HuffPost called Tyrion the "most quotable" character and "one of the most beloved characters" of the series. For his performance, he went on to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, 2015, 2018, and 2019, as well as the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor . As

5346-553: The character McCarthy had written was that it was not one of the stereotypical roles people with dwarfism play; rather, McBride has "romantic feelings" as well as "anger and ... flaws." The role earned him the Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor nominations. In the New York Observer , reviewer Andrew Sarris wrote, "Dinklage projects both size and intelligence in

5445-541: The character necessarily as a villain, saying that Trask "actually sees what he's doing as a good thing." He also voiced the AI Ghost in the 2014 video game Destiny , but was replaced by Nolan North in August 2015. Executive producer Mark Noseworthy said that it was due to scheduling difficulties caused by Dinklage's other acting commitments. In 2015, Dinklage starred in the science fiction comedy film Pixels as

5544-536: The city. Once they are clear, the city is destroyed by Weapon X. The Ultimate Marvel universe features two distinct versions of William Stryker. This iteration of William Stryker is an Admiral named William Stryker Sr. , who serves as the leader of the anti-mutant conspiracy within the U.S. Government . He is also associated with the creation of the Legacy Virus before being arrested and presumably committing suicide off-screen. This iteration features

5643-511: The comedy horror film Knights of Badassdom opposite Ryan Kwanten and Steve Zahn . The film is about three best friends that go to the woods and reenact a live action Dungeons & Dragons role play, when they mistakenly conjure up a demon from Hell. The same year, he played the villain Bolivar Trask in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past . In preparation for his role, Dinklage stated that he did not want to approach

5742-465: The crime drama Bullet starring rapper Tupac Shakur . Even after his well-received performance in Living in Oblivion , Dinklage could not find someone willing to be his agent. After a recommendation from Buscemi to director Alexandre Rockwell , Dinklage was cast in the comedy 13 Moons (2002). When later interviewed for a theater website, he was asked what his ideal role was, and he replied "to play

5841-438: The death of Quill and critically wounding Onyxx and Cannonball, as well as injuring Bishop , Emma Frost , and other students. Following the defeat of the Purifiers, Stryker is killed by Elixir , Wallflower's enraged boyfriend, who inflicts catastrophic damage to Stryker's brain through rapid tumor growth. Stryker is later resurrected by Bastion with a Technarch to join his new Purifiers. Bastion reveals that Stryker has

5940-501: The drama Three Christs , both of which played at the Toronto International Film Festival , with the former receiving widespread critical success. In 2018, Dinklage produced and starred in I Think We're Alone Now , a post-apocalyptic drama based on the companionship between Del, played by Dinklage, and Grace, played by Elle Fanning . The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival , and

6039-680: The dystopian future and prompting the government to shut down the Sentinel program while Trask is arrested for selling military secrets to foreign nations. A character called Trask also appears in X-Men: The Last Stand , portrayed by Bill Duke . This version was the head for the Department of Homeland Security . Bolivar Trask's hatred of mutants is discussed in the non-fiction book From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books . Peter Dinklage Peter Hayden Dinklage ( / ˈ d ɪ ŋ k l ɪ dʒ / ; born June 11, 1969)

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6138-671: The ensuing chaos. Eventually, Stryker resurfaces in Nebraska , with his limbs repaired, and establishes the Church of Human Potential. Believing that God no longer supported his crusade against mutants, Stryker and the Church of Human Potential turn to Satanism and dark magic rituals to gain the power necessary to destroy mutantkind. Stryker recruits Mentallo as a follower and compels him to use his abilities to force mutants to join his cult, whom he intends to sacrifice. Mentallo captures M and uses her as bait to lure Weapon X-Force . In

6237-591: The ensuing confrontation, Weapon X-Force rescues M, destroys the Church, and kills Stryker. However, with his dying breath, Stryker reveals that he orchestrated these events so that Mentallo could summon him from Hell. X-Force splits its efforts between battling Stryker in Hell and confronting Mentallo on Earth. During the conflict, Sabretooth falls into Mentallo's sacrifice pit, which is essential for completing Stryker's ritual. As Stryker ascends from Hell, Sabretooth decapitates him, thereby destroying Stryker's soul and using

6336-434: The fascinating reticence of his face." Besides being Dinklage's highest-rated film on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , The Station Agent was modestly successful at the box office, earning over $ 8 million against its small budget. Dinklage later appeared in the direct-to-DVD film Tiptoes (2003) with Gary Oldman and Matthew McConaughey . The film met with negative reviews, particularly Oldman's role as

6435-490: The fearsome pirate Fannybaws in the music video [1] of the same name from Scottish power metal band Alestorm . In 2020, Dinklage portrayed mobster Roman Lunyov in the crime thriller I Care a Lot . His performance was praised, with Tony Sokol favorably comparing his character to Russian mobsters in other media, including Training Day and Orange is the New Black . In 2023, Dinklage voiced Terrorcon Scourge ,

6534-605: The fictional continents of Westeros and Essos and chronicles the power struggles among noble families as they fight for control of the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms. Tyrion is a member of House Lannister , one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Westeros, and uses his status as a Lannister to mitigate the impact of the marginalization and derision he has received all of his life. In May 2009, he

6633-401: The film was mostly positive, though it was a commercial failure. Writing for Chicago Sun-Times , film critic Roger Ebert praised Dinklage's performance, saying that the character he plays stands apart as "concise, articulate and professional." The same year, he portrayed the character Marlowe Sawyer in episodes of Nip/Tuck . He played a fictionalized version of himself in an episode of

6732-450: The government no longer employs him, perhaps due to the failure of the Sentinel Initiative. Feeling horrified by all that he has done, he allows himself, during Angel 's attempted saving, to drop into the heart of an explosion and is killed. Another iteration of the character is featured in Ultimate Spider-Man . He is shown to be the CEO of Trask Industries and a former employer of Edward Brock Sr. and Richard Parker while they worked on

6831-426: The government to fund his Sentinel program, eventually leading to the Sentinels driving mutants and humanity to the verge of extinction by 2023. The surviving X-Men send Logan 's mind back in time to 1973 in the hopes of convincing Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr 's past selves to stop Mystique from assassinating Trask and prevent the Sentinels from being created. Eventually, Xavier convinces Mystique to spare Trask, averting

6930-404: The historic Brookside section of Mendham Township , with his parents and older brother Jonathan. He is the only member of his family with achondroplasia . He was raised Catholic . As a child, Dinklage and his brother performed puppet musicals for people in their neighborhood. He has described his brother Jonathan as "the real performer of the family", saying that his brother's passion for

7029-496: The independent film Rememory (2017), failed to impress reviewers, but his role of Sam Bloom was praised. Freelance film critic Yasmin Kleinbart stated that "Dinklage deserves better than this film" and John DeFore in The Hollywood Reporter said that he "delivers a soulful lead performance that will attract fans' attention." Also in 2017, Dinklage had a supporting role in the drama-dark comedy film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri , from director Martin McDonagh , and

7128-435: The main antagonist in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts . He also starred in the romantic comedy-drama film She Came to Me , and played Casca Highbottom in the film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes . In 2024, Dinklage was announced to voice Dr. Dillamond in the two-part film adaptation of the musical, Wicked , alongside a cast including Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande . In 2024, Dinklage had

7227-494: The murder of his wife, Marcy Stryker, and their mutant son shortly after the child's birth in Nevada . Following these events, Stryker experiences a suicide attempt . Over time, he becomes convinced that Satan is plotting to destroy humanity by corrupting prenatal souls, leading to the emergence of mutants. Stryker ultimately interprets the birth of his mutant son as a sign from God , compelling him to fulfill his perceived calling:

7326-609: The mutants and develops robotic guardians for humanity, known as the Sentinels. Larry was shielded from the Sentinels' ability to detect mutants due to the medallion Bolivar had given his son. Bolivar publishes articles on the threat of mutants. One of these articles showed an illustration of mutant overlords keeping humans as slaves. This illustration would become a symbol for human/mutant relations and several years later Quentin Quire and his Omega Gang would base their appearance on this picture. Professor Charles Xavier invites Trask for

7425-560: The next," effectively rallying for genocide during a television broadcast. While he primarily serves as the main antagonist in New X-Men , he also makes appearances in other comics set during this period. With the assistance of Icarus , a student at the Xavier Institute , Stryker orchestrates the explosion of a bus, resulting in the deaths of approximately one-quarter of the academy's de-powered students. He subsequently plots

7524-561: The organism for himself as Venom. Later, after his researcher Adrian Toomes witnesses Venom fighting Peter Parker , Trask hires Silver Sable and the Wild Pack to find and capture Venom to deliver Venom to Trask. He and Toomes begin to experiment on Venom, but they are suddenly interrupted by the Beetle which allows Venom to escape. Bolivar Trask appears in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), portrayed by Peter Dinklage . This version

7623-531: The part, oh, boy, I don't know what we would have done." The series proved to be a commercial success; it was renewed for multiple seasons and concluded with its eighth season in May 2019. Dinklage received widespread critical praise for his performance. Matthew Gilbert from The Boston Globe said that Dinklage "gives a winning performance that is charming, morally ambiguous, and self-aware." Dan Kois of The New York Times noted that Dinklage's performance has made

7722-498: The recording sessions as it was his first voice acting role, and that he prefers doing roles he has not done before. After appearing in an episode of NBC 's late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live in 2013, Dinklage hosted an episode of the show in April 2016; his appearances included a sketch of him and Gwen Stefani singing a new song called "Space Pants." He received praise for his performance. In 2014, Dinklage starred in

7821-535: The reformed Weapon X team, led by Rogue , slaughters all the Purifiers present except for him. After his escape, Stryker begins to hallucinate visions of his deceased abusive father, who fuels his hatred of mutants and religious fervor until he is ready to strike back against them. Following the revelation that mutants are the result of human experimentation, Stryker orchestrates a massive attack in Times Square , rounding up mutants and forcing them to repent under

7920-456: The romantic lead and get the girl." Dinklage found his breakthrough playing Finbar McBride, who is a quiet, withdrawn, unmarried man in the 2003 Tom McCarthy -directed film The Station Agent . According to co-star Bobby Cannavale , the film took three years to make and was not at first written with Dinklage in mind. Cannavale said McCarthy "set out to tell a story about a guy who was a train enthusiast who had chosen to isolate himself from

8019-409: The sacrifice to revive his son, Graydon Creed . In 2017, WhatCulture ranked William Stryker fifth in their list of the "10 Most Evil X-Men Villains." In the alternate timeline depicted in the 1995 Age of Apocalypse storyline, William Stryker is raised by a preacher father who cares for him and other children in their town after most of the townspeople are slaughtered by mutants. However, in

8118-580: The second highest number of mutant kills among the Purifiers' ranks, surpassed only by Bolivar Trask , the creator of the Sentinels . Bastion assigns Stryker the task of locating Hope Summers and Cable following their return from the future during the "Second Coming" event. His Purifiers, in conjunction with Cameron Hodge 's Right foot soldiers, engage the X-Men and New Mutants before Archangel ultimately kills Stryker by slicing him in half. However, his son Jason Stryker continues his legacy by joining

8217-427: The show. He attended Delbarton School , a Catholic preparatory school for boys, where he developed his acting skills. In 1984, he was inspired to pursue an acting career by a production of Sam Shepard's play True West . He attended Bennington College , where he studied for a drama degree and appeared in numerous productions before graduating in 1991. He moved to New York City with his friend Ian Bell to build

8316-578: The threat of death. The X-Men intervene, but Rogue betrays them by making a deal with Stryker to regain her normalcy in exchange for her assistance. During the ensuing struggle, the Shroud kills Stryker by phasing an arm through his abdomen. In his dying moments, he manipulates a wave of Nimrod Sentinels to eliminate every mutant in the country. As the Nimrods begin hunting mutants nationwide, some are commanded by Master Mold , where Stryker's consciousness

8415-528: The time of his death, Trask killed himself after escaping Bastion's mental control. Bolivar's death would not be the end of the Sentinels, as Master Mold would return repeatedly and his son Larry, still unaware of his own mutant status (who had prophetic dreams), would follow in his father's footsteps and create more Sentinels to avenge his father. Additionally, his brother Simon Trask was the founder of Humanity's Last Stand . Later, his nephew Donald Trask would be recruited by Cassandra Nova to gain control of

8514-895: The title role in Uncle Vanya (directed by his wife, Erica Schmidt) in Bard College 's annual Bard SummerScape , the Upstate New York summer stage on the Annandale-on-Hudson campus. In 2010, he appeared in the Australian movie I Love You Too alongside Brendan Cowell and Peter Helliar . Between 2011 and 2019, Dinklage portrayed Tyrion Lannister in HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones , an adaptation of author George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Game of Thrones takes place on

8613-483: The upcoming animated film Hitpig, alongside Ru Paul , Hannah Gadsby and Lily Singh . The film is slated to be released in November 2024. Dinklage will voice Hercule Poirot in an Audible adaptation of Agatha Christie 's The Mysterious Affair at Styles . In 2005, Dinklage married Erica Schmidt, a theater director. They have two children: a daughter born in 2011 and a son born in 2017. Dinklage's face

8712-526: The violin was the only thing that kept him from pursuing acting. Jonathan graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and served as violinist and concertmaster for the musical Hamilton . Dinklage had his first theatrical success in a fifth-grade production of The Velveteen Rabbit . Playing the lead, he was delighted by the audience's response to

8811-478: The world," but when McCarthy actually started "putting pen to paper" for the screenplay, he decided to write the role for him. Speaking about the role, Dinklage noted that usually "roles written for someone my size are a little flat"—often either comical or "sort of Lord of the Rings " type characters filled with wisdom; further: "They're not sexual, they're not romantic" and "they're not flawed." What attracted him to

8910-461: The year 2013 who protect humanity from the grisly deformed "Mutants". His characters include Stephen Lang , creator of the Sentinels; Callisto , leader of inadequates/muties; sentinel commander Bastion , perfect sentinels Nimrod and Rachel as well as the mad Egyptian En Sabah Nur . The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Bolivar Trask is featured in Ultimate X-Men as the architect for

9009-579: Was "a little bit more at peace with things now", and "I said what I wanted to say… I have a friend who says the world doesn't need another angry dwarf." In January 2022, Dinklage appeared on an episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, where he criticized Disney's portrayal of the Seven Dwarfs in the upcoming live-action remake of the 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . He said that although Disney tried to be progressive by casting

9108-549: Was injured in the early 1990s when he was in a "punk-funk-rap" band called Whizzy. He was playing at the nightclub CBGB in New York City, when he was accidentally kneed in the face and started bleeding on the stage. It gave him a scar that runs from his neck to his eyebrow. In 2008, Dinklage described himself as a lapsed Catholic . Dinklage was vegetarian from the age of 16 until he started eating fish and chicken again, while filming Game of Thrones in Croatia because he

9207-525: Was just like, It's Gary Oldman. He can do whatever he wants, and I'm so happy to be here." That year, Dinklage also starred in several off-Broadway productions, such as Richard III . Dinklage appeared in the Christmas comedy film Elf as Miles Finch, an irritable children's author who beats up Buddy Hobbs ( Will Ferrell ) after he mistakes him for an elf. In 2005, he starred in the short-lived CBS science fiction series Threshold and appeared as

9306-453: Was later released to theaters on September 14, 2018. In 2016, Dinklage and his longtime manager David Ginsburg founded their joint-venture production company, Estuary Films. I Think We're Alone Now is the first film under Estuary. Dinklage appeared in the 2018 Marvel Studios film Avengers: Infinity War as the character Eitri , a giant dwarf. Dinklage and writer-director Sacha Gervasi spent several years writing and producing

9405-413: Was poorly received, but had some commercial success. Dinklage played Trumpkin in the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian . The film was considered a box office disappointment compared to the first installment, with global revenues of $ 419.7 million, and film critic Bill Gibron described Dinklage's role as a "cutesy stereotype he has tried to avoid." Later that year, he played

9504-502: Was primarily active in the 1970s, learned of mutants' existence from Charles Xavier 's dissertation from Oxford University , and sought to harness mutant powers to create the Sentinel program and bring about world peace by uniting humanity against a common enemy. Due to his inhumane and fatal experiments on mutants, Mystique assassinated him in 1973. However, this made him a martyr for the Anti-Mutant Movement and convinced

9603-410: Was the first actor to be cast. Showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss noted that Dinklage, whom they described as funny, smart and witty, was their first choice for the role, as the actor's "core of humanity, covered by a shell of sardonic dry wit, is pretty well in keeping with the character." Unfamiliar with the source material, Dinklage was cautious in his first meeting with the producers; as

9702-576: Was tired on set. He supports Farm Sanctuary and has been the group's spokesperson for its Walk for Farm Animals. He appeared in a PETA campaign, asking Game of Thrones fans to adopt pets from shelters rather than buying huskies that might look like direwolves . In 2017, Dinklage attended the Women's March demonstration in Park City, Utah to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues. Dinklage has achondroplasia ,

9801-550: Was trying to reduce the number of roles available for dwarf actors. According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes , Dinklage's most critically acclaimed films are Living in Oblivion (1995), The Station Agent (2003), Lassie (2005), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Dinklage won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in Game of Thrones . He has also won four Primetime Emmy Awards : Outstanding Supporting Actor in

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