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But now, 26-year-old Rozi Khan has customers asking to have selfies taken with him and fields constant questions about his uncanny resemblance to Dinklage, 49. The American actor has played Tyrion Lannister, a witty and wily nobleman, since the series began in 2011.
People even stop Khan on the streets, he says, also for selfies.
Khan does not only have a similar look, haircut and beard as Dinklage, but the two share a genetic condition that results in small stature. The Pakistani waiter says his height is 1.33 metres, or 4 feet 5 inches.
Dinklagesa国际传媒檚 Pakistani doppelganger confesses that he likes his newfound popularity and that he has hopes the resemblance could help pull him out of a life of poverty sa国际传媒� and maybe even take him to Hollywood.
sa国际传媒淚t is my wish to work with Dinklage in movies,sa国际传媒� Khan told The Associated Press as customers crowded around him. sa国际传媒淔or me, it will be a dream come true to meet Dinklage.sa国际传媒�
Besides working as a waiter serving flatbread, mutton and other traditional Kashmiri dishes in the cafe in the garrison city of Rawalpindi sa国际传媒� and thanks to the striking resemblance to Dinklage sa国际传媒� Khan has already starred in a commercial for a food delivery service in Pakistan.
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Khan says the first person to notice and tell him about the resemblance was the restaurant ownersa国际传媒檚 son, Malik Aslam, who shared a photo of Khan on social media about two months ago.
That prompted Khan to take a look at some episodes of sa国际传媒淕ame of Thrones,sa国际传媒� which is airing on Pakistani cable channels. And although he couldnsa国际传媒檛 read the subtitles sa国际传媒� he never went to school or learned to read and write sa国际传媒� he enjoyed watching his look-alike.
sa国际传媒淕od created two similar men, one is a popular actor and the other is a poor waiter,sa国际传媒� Khan added, recounting how smirks and laughs of strangers and even family members had hurt him in the past.
sa国际传媒淭hose people, passers-by and relatives who used to laugh at me because of my short height now take selfies with me,sa国际传媒� he said. sa国际传媒淚 may live and die as a waiter, but I am happy that a person (Dinklage) who looks like me is treated with respect.sa国际传媒�
The American actor has done a lot to help dwarfs everywhere fight against the stigma over their height, Khan also said.
sa国际传媒淪ome men like Dinklage were blessed with fame by God. I am happy over his success.sa国际传媒�
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Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press
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