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Peter Dinklage
Introduction
Early life
Career
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Works and accolades
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Peter Dinklage
Peter Hayden Dinklage (/'dINGkledZ/DINK-lij, born June 11, 1969) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Born in Morristown, New Jersey and raised in Brookside, Dinklage self-identifies as a dwarf (achondroplasia) and stands 4 ft 5 in (1.35 m) tall. He began acting as a child in a fifth-grade production of The Velveteen Rabbit. He studied acting at Bennington College, starring in a number of amateur stage productions. His film debut was in Living in Oblivion (1995) and his breakthrough came with the comedy-drama The Station Agent (2003). He has since appeared in such films as the comedy Elf (2003), the crime film Find Me Guilty (2006), the superhero comedy Underdog (2007), the high fantasyThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) and the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
Since 2011, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones, which earned him the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2015, as well as receiving consecutive Emmy nominations from 2011 to 2016. He also won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2012. Dinklage is one of the highest paid actors on television. Dinklage is an animal rights activist and has been viewed as a role model for people sharing his condition.
Early life
Peter Hayden Dinklage was born on June 11, 1969, in Morristown, New Jersey,[1][2][3] to John Carl Dinklage (1931–2004), a retired insurance salesman, and Diane Dinklage (b. 1943), an elementary-school music teacher.[4] He was born with achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism.[5] Dinklage grew up as the only dwarf in his family in Brookside, New Jersey, with his parents and older brother, Jonathan.[6] As a child, Dinklage and his brother used to perform puppet musicals for people in their neighborhood. Dinklage has described his brother, who is a violinist, as being the "real performer of the family", saying that his brother's passion for the violin was the only thing that kept him from pursuing acting.[7]
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 the show.[8] In 1987 Dinklage graduated from Delbarton School, a Catholic preparatory school for boys, where he had developed his acting as part of the school's drama club. The play True West, written by American playwright Sam Shepard, inspired Dinklage to pursue a career in acting.[6]
Dinklage then attended Bennington College, where he studied for a drama degree and also appeared in numerous productions before graduating in 1991.[9][10] After that he moved to New York City with his friend Ian Bell to build a theater company. Failing to pay the rent, they moved out of their apartment.[6] Dinklage then worked at a data processing company for six years before pursuing a career as a full-time actor.[11]
Career
Early career (1995–2002)
Dinklage made his film debut in the low-budget independent comedy-drama Living in Oblivion (1995) where he performed alongside Steve Buscemi. The film tells the story of a director, crew, and cast filming a low-budget independent film in the middle of New York City. Dinklage's role was that of a frustrated actor with dwarfism who complains about his clichéd roles.[12] The film was critically acclaimed.[13] The following year he appeared as a building manager in the crime drama Bullet starring rapper Tupac Shakur.[14] Even after the critical success of Living in Oblivion, Dinklage still could not find someone willing to be his agent.[6] After a recommendation from Buscemi to the director Alexandre Rockwell, Dinklage was cast in the comedy 13 Moons (2002).[6] When later asked what role he wanted to play in the future, he replied "the romantic lead" who gets the girl.[6]
Breakthrough (2003–2010)
Dinklage found his breakthrough playing Finbar McBride, who is a quiet, withdrawn, unmarried man in the 2003 Tom McCarthy-directed film The Station Agent.[15] According to co-star Bobby Cannavale, the film took three years to make and was not at first written with Dinklage in mind, 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 the character McCarthy had written was that that it was not one of the stereotypical roles people with dwarfism play; rather, McBride has "romantic feelings" as well as "anger and ... flaws".[16] The role earned him the Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor nominations.[17][18] In the New York Observer, reviewer Andrew Sarris wrote, "Dinklage projects both size and intelligence in the fascinating reticence of his face."[19] Besides being Dinklage's highest-rated film on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes,[20]The Station Agent was modestly successful at the box office, earning over $8 million against its half-million-dollar budget.[21]
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 a person with dwarfism.[22][23] 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 dwarves".[6] 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 was just like, It's Gary Oldman. He can do whatever he wants, and I'm so happy to be here."[23]
That year, Dinklage also starred in several Off-Broadway productions, such as Richard III.[6][24] 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.[25] In 2005, he starred in the short-lived CBSscience fiction series Threshold and appeared as a wedding planner in the comedy film The Baxter.[26][27] He also made an appearance in the adventure comedy-drama Lassie as a traveling circus performer.[28] The film received highly positive reviews, though it did not fare well at the box office.[29][30]
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.[31] Critical reaction to the film was mostly positive, though it was a commercial failure.[32][33] 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".[31] The same year, he portrayed the character Marlowe Sawyer in episodes of Nip/Tuck.[26] He played a fictionalized version of himself in an episode of the HBO series Entourage and appeared in NBC's 30 Rock as Stuart.[26][34] The same year, Dinklage appeared in the British romantic comedy Penelope playing Lemon, a tabloid reporter.[35] The film received mixed reviews from critics.[36]
Dinklage appeared in the 2007 British comedy film Death at a Funeral, reprising the role in the 2010 American remake.[37][38] The film tells the story of a family trying to deal with a variety of issues after the death of their father.[39] Both films had modest commercial success.[40][41] Later in 2007, he played the villainous Simon Bar Sinister in Underdog, which was poorly received but had some commercial success.[42][43]
Dinklage played Trumpkin in the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.[44] The movie was a commercial success with global revenues of $419.7 million,[45] although film critic Bill Gibron described Dinklage's role as a "cutesy stereotype he has tried to avoid".[46] Later that year, he played 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.[47] In 2010, he appeared in the Australian movie I Love You Too alongside Brendan Cowell and Peter Helliar.[48]
Mainstream and critical success (2011–present)
Since 2011, Dinklage has played Tyrion Lannister in HBO's fantasydramaGame of Thrones, an adaptation of author George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.[49]Game of Thrones takes place on 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.[50] Tyrion is a member of House Lannister, one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the fictional kingdom of Westeros, who uses his status as a Lannister to mitigate the impact of the marginalization and derision he has received all of his life.[51] In May 2009, he was the first actor to be cast,[52] as showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss noted that the funny and "incredibly smart" Dinklage 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".[6] Unfamiliar with the source material, Dinklage was cautious in his first meeting with the producers; as a dwarf, "he wouldn't play elves or leprechauns" and was choosy about genre roles.[6] 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."[6] Dinklage signed on to play Tyrion before the meeting was half over, in part because, he said, "They told me how popular he was."[6] Martin said of Dinklage's casting, "If he hadn't accepted the part, oh, boy, I don't know what we would have done."[53] The series proved to be a commercial success; it was renewed for a seventh season,[54] which is scheduled to premiere on July 16, 2017,[55] and will conclude with its eighth season in 2018.[56]
Dinklage has received widespread praise for his performance,[57][58] with Matthew Gilbert from The Boston Globe saying that Dinklage "gives a winning performance that is charming, morally ambiguous, and self-aware".[59] Dan Kois of The New York Times noted that Dinklage's performance has made the character "all the more popular".[60] The Los Angeles Times wrote "In many ways, Game of Thrones belongs to Dinklage".[61] Tyrion has been called the "most quotable" character and "one of the most beloved characters" of the series.[62] For his performance, he has gone on to win a Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2015, as well as the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.[63][64] As a result of his performance and increased screen time, Dinklage was given top billing starting in the series' second season.[65] 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."[66] In 2014, Dinklage and four of his Game of Thrones co-stars became some of the highest paid actors on television,[67] although sources differ on the actors' per-episode salaries.[a][68] In 2015, Dinklage reprised his role as Tyrion in the episodicgraphic adventure video game based on the show, developed by Telltale Games.[69]
In 2012, Dinklage voiced Captain Gutt in Ice Age: Continental Drift,[70] which earned over $877 million—his highest grossing release as of 2016.[71] Dinklage has said that because this was his first voiceover role, he prepared himself by making sure to rest his voice before the recording sessions, and that he prefers doing roles he has not done before.[72] 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 called "Space Pants".[73] He received praise for his performance.[73][74]
In 2014, Dinklage starred in 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.[75] The same year, he played the villain Bolivar Trask in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past.[76] The movie was the sixth highest-grossing film of 2014 with global revenues of $747.9 million.[77] In preparation for his role, Dinklage stated that he did not want to approach the character necessary as a villain, saying that Trask "actually sees what he's doing as a good thing".[78] He also voiced the AI Ghost in the 2014 video gameDestiny,[79] but was replaced by Nolan North in August 2015.[80]
In 2015, Dinklage starred in the science fiction comedy film Pixels as a former arcade champion named Eddie Plant,[81] which was poorly received by the critics, though the movie had a global revenues of $244.9 million.[82][83] In 2016, Dinklage provided the voice of The Mighty Eagle in The Angry Birds Movie,[84] and recorded a song for the musical's soundtrack.[85] The film went on to become the second highest-grossing video game film of all-time, with a global revenues of $349.8 million,[86] only behind Warcraft ($433.5 million).[87] It also became the most successful Finnish film to date.[88] His next release, the independent film Rememory, failed to impress reviewers, but his role of Sam Bloom was praised.[89] 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 perf[ormance] that will attract fans' attention".[90][91]
Upcoming projects
Dinklage and writer-director Sacha Gervasi spent several years writing and producing a film based on the final days of actor Hervé Villechaize, who committed suicide shortly after his 1993 interview with Gervasi.[92] As of 2017, Dinklage will star and play the title role in My Dinner with Hervé.[93][94] The movie has been greenlit by HBO, with Dinklage being set to co-star alongside Jamie Dornan.[95] In 2017, it was announced that Dinklage has been attached to star in the American comedy O Lucky Day, which is to be directed by Adam Shankman and is said to be a "leprechaun comedy".[96]
The same year, Dinklage is set to appear in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, from director Martin McDonagh. He will also appear in Three Christs that same year.[97][98][99] In early 2017, Dinklage was cast in the 2018 Marvel Studios film Avengers: Infinity War in a role he will repeat in the 2019 untitled Avengers film.[100][101] Dinklage has filmed 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.[102] The film is set for a 2018 release.[102]
Personal life
In 2005, Dinklage married Erica Schmidt, a theater director. They have a daughter who was born in 2011.[103] Their daughter's name has not been revealed publicly, though Dinklage has denied media reports that the girl's name is "Zelig".[104] As of March 2, 2017, Dinklage and Schmidt are expecting a second child.[105] Dinklage's face was injured in the early 1990s, when he was in a "punk-funk-rap" band called Whizzy. It gave him a scar that runs from his neck to his eyebrow. The accident happened while he was playing at the CBGB in New York City, where he got accidentally kneed in the face and then started bleeding all over the stage.[7]
In 2008, Dinklage described himself as a lapsed Catholic.[106] Dinklage has been a vegetarian since the age of 16.[107] An advocate for animal rights,[108] he supports Farm Sanctuary and has served as the spokesperson for the organization's Walk for Farm Animals.[107] He also narrated the video Face your Food, a film on behalf of PETA advocating a vegan diet on ethical grounds.[107] In 2017, Dinklage attended the Women's March demonstration in Park City, Utah to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues. When asked about the news that president Donald Trump is reportedly ending the funding for national arts and humanities programs, Dinklage responded: "It's always the first to go, isn't it? Art, then education: the two most important things", along with "climate, of course".[109]
Dinklage has a form of dwarfism, achondroplasia, which affects bone growth. As a result, he is 4 feet 5 inches (135 cm) tall, with a typical-sized head and torso but short limbs. While Dinklage has come to accept his condition, he sometimes found it challenging when growing up.[5] In 2003, he said that when he was younger he was often angry and bitter about his condition, but as he got older, he realized that he "just ha[s] to have a sense of humor", to know "that it's not your problem. It's theirs."[24] When asked in 2012 whether he saw himself as "a spokesman for the rights of little people", Dinklage responded: "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."[92] Dinklage has been viewed as a role model for people sharing his condition.[110]
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.[111] Henderson is a person with dwarfism from England, who was badly injured by being tossed by a rugby fan in a bar. The speech by Dinklage brought media and public attention to the act of dwarf-tossing with Henderson's name being trended worldwide on social media.[112][113] Dinklage's wife suggested that he should say something about Henderson, being that he is in a position to change the "way people look at people his size".[111] Dinklage later turned down offers to discuss the topic with various talk shows, saying that 20 years ago he would have accepted these offers but that he's 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."[111]
Works and accolades
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), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).[20]
Dinklage won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Game of Thrones.[64] He has also won two Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the same role.[63] Dinklage has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor each year from 2013 to 2016.[114][115][116][117] He has also been nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor two times, in 2012 and 2016.[118][119]
Notes
References
External links
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San Diego Comic-Con
Coordinates: 32°42′22.60″N117°09′42.63″W
San Diego Comic-Con International is a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego, California, United States. It was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention in 1970 by a group of San Diegans that included Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, and Mike Towry; later, it was called the "San Diego Comic Book Convention". The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International: San Diego; but it is commonly known simply as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con or "SDCC".[2][3][4][5] It is a four-day event (Thursday–Sunday) held during the summer at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. On the Wednesday evening prior to the official opening of the event, there is a preview for professionals, exhibitors, and select guests pre-registered for all four days.
Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon, held in Los Angeles, and the Alternative Press Expo (APE), held in San Francisco. Since 1974, Comic-Con has bestowed its annual Inkpot Award on guests and persons of interest in the popular arts industries, as well as on members of Comic-Con's board of directors and the Convention committee. It is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards.
Originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fantasy related film, television, and similar popular arts, the convention has since included a larger range of pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres, including horror, animation, anime, manga, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels. According to Forbes, the convention is the "largest convention of its kind in the world;"[6]Publishers Weekly wrote "Comic-Con International: San Diego is the largest show in North America;"[7] it is also the largest convention held in San Diego.[8] In 2010, it filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with more than 130,000 attendees.[9]
History and organization
The convention was founded in 1970 by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk, and Greg Bear.[2][3] Detroit, Michigan-born, comics fan Shel Dorf, had, in the mid-1960s, mounted the Detroit Triple-Fan Fairs, one of the first commercial comics-fan conventions. When he moved to San Diego, California, in 1970,[10] he organized a one-day convention (Golden State Comic-Minicon) on March 21, 1970, "as a kind of 'dry run' for the larger convention he hoped to stage." Dorf went on to be associated with the convention as president or manager, variously, for years until becoming estranged from the organization.[11] Alf co-chaired the first convention with Krueger and became chairman in 1971.[3]
Following the initial gathering, Dorf's first three-day San Diego comics convention, the Golden State Comic-Con,[10] drew 300 people[12] and was held at the U.S. Grant Hotel[10] from August 1–3, 1970.[13] Other locations in the convention's early years included the El Cortez Hotel, the University of California, San Diego, and Golden Hall, before being moved to the San Diego Convention Center in 1991.[14]Richard Alf, chairman in 1971, has noted an early factor in the Con's growth was an effort "to expand the Comic-Con [organizing] committee base by networking with other fandoms such as the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Mythopoeic Society, among others. (We found a lot of talent and strength through diversity)."[15] By the late 1970s, the show had grown to such an extent that Bob Schreck recalled visiting with his then-boss Gary Berman of Creation Conventions and reflecting, "While [Berman] kept repeating (attempting to convince himself) 'This show's not any bigger than ours!' I was quietly walking the floor stunned and in awe of just how much bigger it really was. I was blown away."[16]
The convention is organized by a panel of 13 board members, 16 to 20 full-time and part-time workers, and 80 volunteers who assist via committees. Comic Con International is a non-profit organization, and proceeds of the event go to funding it, as well as the Alternative Press Expo (APE) and WonderCon.[14] The convention logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Josh Beatman in 1995. In September 2010, the convention announced that it would stay in San Diego through 2015.[17][18] In 2015, working with Lionsgate, a video channel was created to host Comic-Con related content.[19][20]
According to the San Diego Convention and Visitor's Bureau, the convention has an annual regional economic impact of $162.8 million,[21][22] with a $180 million economic impact in 2011.[23]
Events
Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films, and portfolio review sessions with top comic book and video game companies. The evenings include events such as awards ceremonies, the annual Masquerade costume contest, and the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, which showcases shorts and feature-length movies that do not have distribution or distribution deals.
Traditional events include an eclectic film program, screening rooms devoted to Japanese animation, gaming, programs such as cartoonist Scott Shaw!'s "Oddball Comics" slide show and animation expert Jerry Beck's program featuring TV's "worst cartoons ever", as well as over 350 hours of other programming on all aspects of comic books and pop culture.
Like most comic-book conventions, Comic-Con features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as movie studios and TV networks, as well as comic-book dealers and collectibles merchants. And like most comics conventions, Comic-Con includes an autograph area, as well as the Artists' Alley where comics artists can sign autographs and sell or do free sketches. Despite the name, artists' alleys can include writers and even models.
Academics and comic industry professionals annually hold the Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con, presenting scholarly studies on comics as a medium.
In recent years, the number of television shows that are promoted far outnumber films. During the 2011 convention, at least 80 TV shows were represented, compared to about 35 films.[24] The shows not only promote in the exhibit halls, but also use screenings and panels of various actors, writers, producers, and others from their shows.
While many animated shows are represented, many non-animated shows are also promoted by studios and the networks. Examples of the wide variety of TV shows recently promoted include Bones, Burn Notice, Castle, Chuck, Grimm, MythBusters, Nikita, Once Upon a Time, Psych, Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory, The Originals, and The Vampire Diaries. Sci-fi TV shows are also there, such as Being Human, EUReKA, Fringe, Lost Girl, Sanctuary, Torchwood, Doctor Who, and Warehouse 13, but HBO and Showtime are also big attractions with shows like Game of Thrones, Dexter, Shameless, and True Blood.[24][25][26]
In 2013, there were 1075 total panels held during the convention, the plurality of which were anime-focused (29%), followed by comic-focused panels (26%). 1036 vendors participated in the convention in 2013.[27]
There are at least 17 separate rooms in the convention center used for panels and screenings, ranging in size from 280 seats to 6,100 seats. The two biggest are Ballroom 20, which seats approximately 4,900;[28] and Hall H, which seats just over 6,100.[29]
The neighboring Hilton Bayfront is also used, with its main ballroom (Indigo) seating up to 2,600.[30][31] The other neighboring hotel, the Marriott Marquis & Marina, also hosts a lot of Comic-Con activity. Among other things, the hotel serves as the anime headquarters and is where the nighttime films are shown.[30]
Exclusive collectibles
In the 21st century, the convention has drawn toy and collectibles designers who sell "Comic-Con Exclusive" products. Such companies have included Lego, Hasbro, Funko, Gentle Giant LTD,[32]Mattel, National Entertainment Collectibles Association, ThinkGeek, and Sideshow Collectibles.[33] Most such exclusives are licensed properties of movie, comic book, and animation characters.
In the media
Comic-Con International has served as the setting for Mark Hamill's Comic Book: The Movie, and for an episode of the HBO television series Entourage, the latter of which, while set at the event, was not filmed there. Comic-Con also served as an excuse for the fictional characters Seth Cohen and Ryan Atwood's trip to Tijuana, Mexico in episode 7 ("The Escape") of the first season of TV series The O.C. The convention also featured prominently as a setting for the Numb3rs episode " Graphic". In season 4 of Beauty and the Geek, an episode was featured where the contestants traveled to Comic-Con 07 and were given a challenge to create their own superheroes. In an episode of Punk'd, Hilary Swank gets Punk'd after an "attack from talking robot". In season 5, episode six, of the Showtime show Weeds, attendees from Comic-Con 2009 are seen in Silas and Doug's medicinal marijuana club.
Comic-Con featured at some length in the 2011 movie Paul which stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.[34] Issue No. 72 of The Invincible Iron Man (1974) was set at the July–August 1974 Comic-Con at the El Cortez Hotel, and featured cameos by a few of the special guests.
Comic-Con is mentioned in the CBS television show The Big Bang Theory in several episodes, and in NBC's Chuck in the episode "Chuck Versus the Sandworm", as an event the characters enjoy attending.[35][36] On the Futurama episode "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences
