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Peter Dinklage to join Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Universal's Wicked ... as Game of Thrones alum will provide voice of Dr. Dillamond


The latest role for the Emmy-winning star, 54, was announced at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Wednesday.

The Morristown, New Jersey-born actor's role in The Wizard of Oz prequel is described as a goat who works as 'a professor of history at Shiz University,' the outlet reported. Grande told the crowd at the event in Las Vegas Wednesday, 'We both felt such a tremendous responsibility to honor these women and to pour our hearts, our souls, our tears - so many different pairs of lashes,' Variety reported. Dinklage has appeared in a number of films in addition to his TV efforts, including 2003's The Station Agent, 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past, 2017's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing and 2018's My Dinner with Hervé.

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