History Creator / PaulGiamatti

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'''Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti''' (born Jun. 6, 1967) is an American actor best known for ''{{Sideways}}'', ''Series/JohnAdams'', ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'', and a slew of HeyItsThatGuy roles in other films. His brother Marcus Giamatti is also an actor, and was a regular on ''Series/JudgingAmy''. Their father A. Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti was president of [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague Yale University]] from 1978 to 1986 and became commissioner of [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Major League Baseball]] about five months before dying in 1989; his death came only eight days after he banned Pete Rose from MLB for betting on games.

* IdenticalStranger: Has reported being mistaken for Rob Schneider ("My kids loved you in ''Film/TheAnimal''!")

* OneOfUs[=/=]PromotedFanboy: He once stated years before he wanted to play ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' vilain the Rhino. ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' gave him his wish.

'''Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti''' (born Jun. 6, 1967) is an American actor best known for ''{{Sideways}}'', ''Series/JohnAdams'', ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'', and a slew of HeyItsThatGuy roles in other films. His brother Marcus Giamatti is also an actor, and was a regular on ''Series/JudgingAmy''. Their father A. Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti was president of [[IvyLeague Yale University]] from 1978 to 1986 and became commissioner of [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Major League Baseball]] about five months before dying in 1989; his death came only eight days after he banned Pete Rose from MLB for betting on games.

* ''Film/{{Sabrina)'' (1995)

* ''{{Duets}}'' (2000)

* ''CinderellaMan'' (2005)

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born 1967) is an American actor best known for ''{{Sideways}}'', ''Series/JohnAdams'', ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'', and a slew of HeyItsThatGuy roles in other films. His brother Marcus Giamatti is also an actor, and was a regular on ''Series/JudgingAmy''. Their father A. Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti was president of [[IvyLeague Yale University]] from 1978 to 1986 and became commissioner of [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Major League Baseball]] about five months before dying in 1989; his death came only eight days after he banned Pete Rose from MLB for betting on games.

* ''PlanetOfTheApes'' (2001)

* ''TheAntBully'' (2006) (voice)

* ''BarneysVersion'' (2010)
* ''WinWin'' (2011)

* ''TheHangover Part II'' (2011)

* ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'' (2012)

* IdenticalStranger: Has reported being mistaken for Rob Schneider ("My kids loved you in ''TheAnimal''!")
* LargeHam: Has a tendency to play one of these. See ''Series/JohnAdams'', ''Film/ShootEmUp'' and ''{{Ironclad}}'' for just three examples.

* ''MyBestFriendsWedding'' (1997)

* ''{{Paycheck}}'' (2003)
* ''{{Sideways}}'' (2004)

* ''FredClaus'' (2007)
* ''{{Duplicity}}'' (2009)

* ''{{Cosmopolis}}'' (2012)

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born 1967) is an American actor best known for ''{{Sideways}}'', ''Series/JohnAdams'', ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'', and a slew of HeyItsThatGuy roles in other films. His brother Marcus Giamatti is also an actor, and was a regular on ''Series/JudgingAmy''. Their father A. Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti was president of [[IvyLeague Yale University]] from 1978 to 1986 and became commissioner of [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Major League Baseball]] about five months before dying in 1989, only eight days after banning Pete Rose from MLB for betting on games.

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born 1967) is an American actor best known for ''{{Sideways}}'', ''Series/JohnAdams'', ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'', and a slew of HeyItsThatGuy roles in other films. His brother Marcus Giamatti is also an actor, and was a regular on ''Series/JudgingAmy''.

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born 1967) is an American actor best known for ''{{Sideways}}'', ''Series/JohnAdams'', ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor'', and a slew of HeyItsThatGuy roles in other films.