2. Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) — $15 million
Peter Dinklage who portrayed Tyrion Lannister was quite a popular actor even before Game of Thrones started. But despite this, his earnings, just like Lena Headey’s, were $150 thousand per episode. After the negotiation process with the HBO channel, this amount was increased to $300 thousand, and then it rose to $1.2 million per episode, just like all the other A-list actors.