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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.
Apr 30, 2024 · Paul Giamatti is an American actor who excels at portraying likable idiosyncratic everyman characters. He earned acclaim for his roles in the films American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), and Cinderella Man (2005) and the TV series John Adams (2008), for which he won an Emmy Award.
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Giamatti received his first Golden Globe nomination for his performance in ‘Sideways’ and his first Academy Award nomination for ‘Cinderella Man’. Apart from acting and producing, Paul has also worked as a voice artist and gave his voice for the films ‘Robots’, ‘Asterix and the Vikings’, ‘The Ant Bully’ and many more.
- 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.
Paul graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall prep school, majored in English at Yale, and obtained his Master's Degree in Fine Arts, with his major in drama from the Yale University School of Drama. His acting roots are in theatre, from his college days at Yale, to regional productions (Seattle, San Diego and Williamstown, Massachusetts), to Broadway.
- June 6, 1967
Jan 28, 2016 · In his early days as an actor after graduating from Yale, Giamatti began his career in Seattle. He remembers, “I did theater and industrial films. I did an infomercial, for reverse mortgages, I think. I’ve done everything an actor can do except p**n and performing in an amusement park.” From that, his career gradually ascended.
Paul Giamatti. Actor: Sideways. Paul Giamatti is an American actor who has worked steadily and prominently for over thirty years, and is best known for leading roles in the films American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), and Barney's Version (2010) (for which he won a Golden Globe), and supporting roles in the films Cinderella Man (2005), The ...
