It’s funny how people see me and treat me,
since I’m really just a simple,
boring person.
There is just something about Peter Dinklage that I find so fascinating and it’s not the fact that he is a little person. The depth of his characters far exceed his four feet five inches.
After his father’s death, Daniel, played by Matthew MacFadyen, has the 
unfortunate task of planning the funeral, from handling the costs rather then being able to invest in a flat for him and his wife Jane, to ensuring the relatives all arrive since the dreadful Uncle Alfie is wheelchair bound, and giving the eulogy rather than his famous author brother. Then as if that weren’t enough things begin to spiral downward even more with a mysterious guest lurking about, played by Peter Dinklage, a bottle of Valium that’s not actually Valium, and male nudity. All this wrapped up with an incredible cast makes Death at A Funeral anything, but boring.
When Finbar McBride’s boss Henry dies, the train shop they worked at 
together closes its doors for good. It is stipulated in Henry’s will that Finbar, played by Peter Dinklage, will inherit an old train station in rural New Jersey. Finbar decides to make his way to New Jersey content to live a life of solitude inside the train station, but after nearly getting run over twice by a local townswoman Olivia Harris, played by Patricia Clarkson, and with Joe Oramas, played by Bobby Cannavale, selling tacos out of his van in the train station parking lot, Finbar gets anything but solitude. In The Station Agent these characters, although seemingly different in every possible way, fulfill a need in each other not revealed until they meet.
In the movie Find Me Guilty based on the true story of mobster Jackie DiNorscio, played by Vin Diesel, we take a glimpse into crime history at the longest trial on record. Although humorous Jackie is in for a fight, since he already has a 30 year sentence he decides to defend himself against the wishes of Lawyer Ben Klandis, played by Peter Dinklage. Then the Lucchese family begins to turn on him believing he will rat them out to get his freedom. From the beginning of the trial to the final verdict Jackie’s journey is filled with laughter and heartache that has the audacity to make you feel remorse.
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