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Review: Peter Dinklage wins 2018 Primetime Emmy for ‘Game of Thrones’ (Includes interview and first-hand account)

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September 30, 2018

This year, Dinklage bested stiff competition from such nominated actors as Game of Thrones cast-mate Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, David Harbour in Stranger Things (Netflix), British actor Joseph Fiennes in The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), Mandy Patinkin in Homeland, and Matt Smith in The Crown (Netflix).

Dinklage was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series” for his acting work in the episode “The Dragon and the Wolf.”

“Game of Thrones” author George RR Martin and the cast of the HBO show pose with the best drama series Emmy — the ninth for the program this year

VALERIE MACON, AFP

This marks his third career Emmy win in the “Supporting Actor” drama category for playing the same role (Tyrion Lannister). In his acceptance speech, Dinklage thanked his wife, Erica, for putting up with him despite being “temperamental,” George R. R. Martin for creating Game of Thrones, as well as his fellow cast member Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, whom he described as an “amazing, handsome brother.”

Game of Thrones won the 2018 Primetime Emmy award for “Outstanding Drama Series.”

Read More: Emmy winner Peter Dinklage chatted with Digital Journal this past February about his Super Bowl LII commercial.

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Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 24,000 original articles over the past 19 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is an 18-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.