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Main Movie Roles 2010 - Ironclad 2010 - Barney's Version 2009 - Duplicity 2009 - The Haunted World of El Superbeasto 2009 - Cold Souls 2008 - Pretty Bird 2007 - Shoot 'Em Up 2007 - Fred Claus 2007 - The Nanny Diaries 2006 - Asterix and the Vikings 2006 - The Illusionist 2006 - Lady in the Water 2006 - The Ant Bully 2005 - Robots 2005 - Cinderella Man 2005 - The Fan and the Flower 2004 - Sideways 2003 - American Splendor 2003 - Paycheck 2003 - Confidence 2002 - Thunderpants 2002 - Big Fat Liar 2001 - Storytelling 2001 - Planet of the Apes 2000 - Big Momma's House 1999 - Man on the Moon 1998 - The Negotiator 1998 - Saving Private Ryan 1998 - Dr. Dolittle 1998 - The Truman Show 1997 - Private Parts 1997 - My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 - Donnie Brasco 1997 - Deconstructing Harry 1997 - A Further Gesture 1996 - Before and After 1995 - Sabrina 1995 - Mighty Aphrodite 1992 - Singles

BIOGRAPHY:

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti was born June 6, 1967. He 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.

Paul is the youngest of three children. His older brother, Marcus Giamatti, is also an actor. His sister, Elena, designs jewelry. His father, A. Bartlett Giamatti, was a professor of Renaissance Literature at Yale University, and went on to become the university's youngest president. (In 1986, Bart Giamatti was appointed president of baseball's National League. He became Commissioner of Baseball on April 1, 1989 and served for five months until his untimely death on September 1, 1989. He was commissioner at the time Pete Rose was banned from the game.) Paul's mother, the former Toni Smith, was an actress before she married Dr. Giamatti. Paul's father has written six books.

Giamatti's acting roots are in theatre, from his college days at Yale, to regional productions (Seattle, San Diego and Williamstown, Massachusetts) to Broadway.


TRIVIA:

• Father died in 1989.
• Graduated from the Yale University School of Drama with a master's degree in drama
• Is a Boston Red Sox fan
• Is a big fan of science-fiction.
• His life ambition is to star in a crime caper with 'Robert Duvall' (qv) and 'John Hurt' (qv). He plans on contacting the two stars with his idea should _Sideways (2004)_ (qv) win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
• The Brooklyn Academy of Music asked Giamatti, its "2007 BAM Cinema Club Chair", to pick films for an eight-movie series called "Paul Giamatti Selects" and shown at the Academy in August and September 2007. His selections indicated a taste for paranoia and "the darkest of dark comedy", according to a writer for The New York Times. Giamatti chose: _Frenzy (1972)_ (qv), _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv), _Brewster McCloud (1970)_ (qv), _The Big Clock (1948)_ (qv), _The Seventh Victim (1943)_ (qv), _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv), _Seconds (1966)_ (qv), and _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)_ (qv).
• His father was of Italian and English descent. His mother is of Irish descent.
• Was listed as a potential nominee on the both the 2003 and 2007 Razzie Award nominating ballots. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Supporting Actor category on the 2003 ballot for his performance in the film _Big Fat Liar (2002)_ (qv) and in the Worst (Leading) Actor category for his performance in the film _Lady in the Water (2006)_ (qv). He failed to receive either nomination.