1. Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor.
50 Facts About Paul Giamatti
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Paul Giamatti's accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
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Paul Giamatti returned to theatre in the revivals of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh.
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Paul Giamatti won acclaim for his leading roles in American Splendor, Sideways, Win Win, and Private Life.
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Paul Giamatti earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Joe Gould in Cinderella Man, and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as disgruntled teacher Paul Hunham in The Holdovers.
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On television, Paul Giamatti played the title role in the HBO miniseries John Adams, which earned him acclaim and several awards including a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe.
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Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti was born June 6,1967, in New Haven, Connecticut, the youngest of three children.
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Paul Giamatti's father, Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, was a Yale University professor who later became president of the university and later commissioner of Major League Baseball.
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Paul Giamatti's mother, Toni Marilyn Giamatti, was a homemaker and English teacher who taught at the Hopkins School and had previously acted.
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Paul Giamatti's brother, Marcus, is an actor, and his sister, Elena, was a jewelry designer.
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Paul Giamatti attended Yale, where he was active in the undergraduate theater scene and worked with fellow actors and Yale students Ron Livingston and Edward Norton.
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Paul Giamatti graduated in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in English and went on to earn a master of fine arts degree from the Yale School of Drama, where he studied with Earle R Gister.
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Paul Giamatti performed in numerous theatrical productions, including on Broadway and a stint from 1989 to 1992 with Seattle's Annex Theater, before appearing in some small television and film roles in the early 1990s.
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In 2023, Paul Giamatti was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Yale.
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Paul Giamatti made his television debut in the ABC made for television film She'll Take Romance.
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In 1997, Paul Giamatti landed his first high-profile role as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton in the film adaptation of Howard Stern's Private Parts.
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Paul Giamatti took a small but memorable role as Richard the Bellman in the Julia Roberts-led romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding.
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Paul Giamatti appeared in a number of supporting roles in the big-budget films including Peter Weir's drama The Truman Show, Steven Spielberg's World War II drama Saving Private Ryan, and the action thriller The Negotiator.
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Paul Giamatti continued working steadily during the early 2000s by appearing in major studio releases including Duets, Big Momma's House, Planet of the Apes and Big Fat Liar.
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In 2003, Paul Giamatti began to earn critical acclaim after his lead role in the film American Splendor.
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In 2004, Paul Giamatti gained mainstream recognition and fame with the independent romantic comedy Sideways.
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Paul Giamatti was nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture.
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In 2006, Giamatti was the lead in M Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water, a supernatural thriller, followed by the animated film The Ant Bully, and Neil Burger's drama The Illusionist co-starring Edward Norton.
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Paul Giamatti had his first major role in an action movie in the 2007 film Shoot 'Em Up, while starring in The Nanny Diaries and Fred Claus.
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In 2008, Paul Giamatti received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his title performance in the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams, as well as his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film, and earned a Screen Actors Guild award.
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Paul Giamatti received his second Golden Globe win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for his role in the 2010 film, Barney's Version.
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The Associated Press praised Paul Giamatti, describing it as "pitch perfect", adding, "the picture undoubtedly will draw kudos in its home and native land and likely beyond, buoyed by that virtuoso Paul Giamatti performance".
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Paul Giamatti starred as the lead in the comedy-drama film Win Win, which earned positive reviews from critics.
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In 2012, Paul Giamatti became the voiceover actor for Liberty Mutual insurance commercials.
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Paul Giamatti was the narrator for the PBS Nature episode An Original DUCKumentary.
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Paul Giamatti produced and starred in John Dies at the End, which is based on the book of the same name.
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Paul Giamatti had roles in the films Rock of Ages and Cosmopolis.
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In 2013, Paul Giamatti returned to his alma mater, Yale University, to perform the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet, for which he won rave reviews in a sold-out, modern dress stage production of the play at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.
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Paul Giamatti had supporting roles in several films, including the animated Turbo and The Congress, as well as Parkland, Saving Mr Banks, and the critically acclaimed 12 Years a Slave.
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In 2014, Paul Giamatti played villain The Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Paul Giamatti played a scientist in the disaster film San Andreas.
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From 2016 to 2023, Paul Giamatti played a lead role in the Showtime series Billions, portraying the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
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In 2016, Paul Giamatti began appearing in commercials for Prism TV, the IPTV service owned by CenturyLink; the spots are the first-ever on-camera TV commercial appearances for Paul Giamatti.
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In 2022, Paul Giamatti appeared as Scrooge and Einstein in Verizon commercials.
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Paul Giamatti served as an executive producer of the WGN America series Outsiders.
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Paul Giamatti lent his voice to BoJack Horseman, Rick and Morty and Big Mouth.
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Alissa Wilkinson of Vox praised the performances of the two leads, writing "Hahn and Paul Giamatti bring their characteristic warmth-with-an-edge to their characters, and as their relationship unpacks itself onscreen, it feels authentic and lived-in".
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Paul Giamatti returned to film in 2021, acting in the action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake and the family adventure film Jungle Cruise.
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Paul Giamatti reunited with Alexander Payne in the coming-of-age film The Holdovers, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
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The movement first achieved national prominence when Paul Giamatti appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and discussed the campaign with host Stephen Colbert.
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Paul Giamatti is an atheist, although for him "religion features more now in my life than it did when I was a kid".
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Paul Giamatti then won the Critics' Choice and SAG Award and received nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cinderella Man.
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Paul Giamatti won another two Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his roles in the miniseries John Adams and the television biopic Too Big to Fail, the former of which won him the Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film.
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Paul Giamatti won two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor for his performances in Barney's Version and The Holdovers.
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Paul Giamatti is among few actors to achieve Oscar nominations in both acting categories.