O ti bi pẹlu achondroplasia, a wọpọ fọọmu ti dwarfism. Dinklage dagba bi awọn nikan dwarf ni ebi rẹ ni itan Brookside apakan ti Mendham Township, New Jersey, pẹlu awọn obi rẹ ati arakunrin agbalagba, Jonathan. Arakunrin rẹ Jonathan Dinklage gboye lati Mason Gross School of the Arts ni Rutgers University ati ki o jẹ violinist fun awọn orin Hamilton. O jẹ ti German ati Irish ìran. Bi a ọmọ, Dinklage ati arakunrin rẹ ṣe musicals fun awon eniyan ni wọn adugbo.
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