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Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ ˌ dʒ iː ə ˈ m ɑː t i / JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
Sep 17, 2024 · Giamatti was born into an intellectually active family; his mother, Toni Giamatti, was a former actor who taught English at a preparatory school, and his father, A. Bartlett Giamatti, was a professor and president of Yale University before becoming commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- HE GREW UP WANTING TO BE A PROFESSOR. Growing up in a family surrounded by academics, Paul Giamatti considered following his father’s career path and becoming a professor.
- HE HAD A STRANGE OBSESSION WITH BASEBALL UMPIRES. Growing up, Giamatti was oddly fascinated with baseball umpires. “I don’t think it had anything to do with their authority,” he told The Believer.
- HIS FATHER IS THE MAN WHO BANNED PETE ROSE FROM BASEBALL. Giamatti’s obsession with baseball’s supporting players might make more sense when you consider that, after leaving his position at Yale in 1986, Bart Giamatti became the president of the National League and, in 1989, was appointed MLB Commissioner.
- HE LIKES PLAYING SUPPORTING ROLES. Though he emerged as more of a leading man in the early 2000s with movies like American Splendor and Sideways, Giamatti is content to play a supporting role.
May 11, 2020 · Paul Giamatti is trying to remember when the production of Billions season five was shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak. “Whenever Hanks was”—that would be Tom Hanks getting...
- Gabriella Paiella
Jan 28, 2016 · In Showtime’s Billions, Emmy Award-winner Paul Giamatti plays a ruthless U.S. Attorney on the trail of a hedge fund manager (played by Damian Lewis). It’s the type of dramatic role that Giamatti excels at — driven, angry, and towing the line between hero and villain.
- Chris Mckittrick
Jun 3, 2012 · “When I was looking to make a living, I realised there would always be a use for a guy who looks like me. The white male is one of the easiest things to be. There’s always a job, there’s ...
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Feb 21, 2024 · Set at an all-boys boarding school over Christmas 1970, the movie traces the unlikely bond that’s forged between the caustic Paul Hunham (Giamatti), his mutinous pupil (Dominic Sessa) and the...
