Dinklage Takes on Diesel in 'Guilty'

Fresh Air | By Terry Gross

Published March 21, 2006 at 8:00 AM PST

Actor Peter Dinklage plays a defense attorney in the new Sidney Lumet-directed film Find Me Guilty, starring Vin Diesel as a member of the Lucchese crime family who represents himself on trial. Dinklage, a person of short stature, is perhaps best known for his award-winning film The Station Agent.

Dinklage also played a dwarf actor in the independent film Living in Oblivion, and a children's book author in the blockbuster movie Elf. His upcoming films include Lassie, The Baxter, and The Little Fugitive.

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