The Station Agent is a 2003 American independent psychological comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom McCarthy in his directorial debut. It stars Peter Dinklage as a man who seeks solitude in an abandoned train station in the Newfoundland section of Jefferson Township, New Jersey. Soon after moving in however, he meets Olivia (Patricia Clarkson) and Joe (Bobby Cannavale) and they find their isolated lives coming together in a friendship none of them could foresee.