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Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. Giamatti's breakout film role was in Private Parts (1997), followed by supporting roles in Saving Private Ryan (1998), Man on the Moon (1999), Big Momma's House (2000), Storytelling (2001), and Planet of the Apes (2001).
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Born 6 June 1967 · Q208649
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Public attention spiked: 14,628 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6× the usual 2,428, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “‘What is it to be human?’ Diane Paulus, John Turturro, Paul Giamatti, and Tatiana Maslany on working on ‘Rhinoceros’” (The Boston Globe).
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The Boston Globe: ‘What is it to be human?’ Diane Paulus, John Turturro, Paul Giamatti, and Tatiana Maslany on working on ‘Rhinoceros’
Deadline: Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘The Debut’ With Julianne Moore & Paul Giamatti To Close BFI London Film Festival
Giamatti said he has a new house in Connecticut
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In 2026, Giamatti said he has a new house in Connecticut.
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Yahoo: Paul Giamatti Lets ‘Interesting’ Stories Guide His Film Career Rather Than Roles: That’s ‘Kind of Secondary’ (Exclusive)
Reprised his role as Harold Levinson in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
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GQ: Paul Giamatti Should Win Best Actor for ‘The Holdovers’—and Should Have Won for Something, for Anything, by Now
Yahoo: Who Is Paul Giamatti's Girlfriend? Here's What We Know
New York Post: Paul Giamatti’s childhood helped prepare him for his Oscar-nominated role in ‘The Holdovers’
People: Paul Giamatti Says People Keep Telling Him Cher 'Really Needs to Talk to Me' and He Does Not Know Why
USA Today: Paul Giamatti says Cher 'really needs to talk to' him, doesn't know why: 'It's killing me'
Uproxx: Paul Giamatti Finally Revealed How He Did That Freaky Lazy Eye In ‘The Holdovers’
The Guardian: The Holdovers review – a masterclass in melancholy with Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Guardian: The Holdovers review – brilliant Paul Giamatti hits the happy/sad sweet spot
It was announced that Giamatti would star in a TV series based on the Hostel film series
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The Guardian: The Holdovers review – Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti reunite for charming comedy
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Holdovers (2023).
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Giamatti was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Yale
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Giamatti appeared as Scrooge and Einstein in Verizon commercials
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Acting in the action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake and the family adventure film Jungle Cruise
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Published video “Londonderry Air”.
At which the founders of the Wax Paul Now movement would speak
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Starred in the Tamara Jenkins-directed film Private Life, acting alongside Kathryn Hahn
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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 Giamatti
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Is inspired by real-life prosecutions of financial crime conducted by former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara
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Giamatti portrayed psychologist Eugene Landy in the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy
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Giamatti played villain The Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
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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 Theatr
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Giamatti became the voiceover actor for Liberty Mutual insurance commercials
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Awarded Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor (2011).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for John Adams (2008).
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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 o
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Giamatti was the lead in M
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Giamatti gained mainstream recognition and fame with the independent romantic comedy Sideways
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Giamatti began to earn critical acclaim after his lead role in the film American Splendor
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Played Bob Zmuda and Tony Clifton in Miloš Forman's Andy Kaufman biopic, Man on the Moon
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Giamatti appeared in Season 6, Episode 15 of “Homicide: Life on the Street
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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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With a bachelor's degree in English, and performed in numerous theatrical productions, including on Broadway and a stint from 1989 to 1992 with Seattle's Annex Theater
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Born 1967-06-06.
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