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  Paul Giamatti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor.
Giamatti was born in New Haven, Connecticut to A.
Giamatti attended the elite boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall, was an English major at Yale, and has a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.
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 Profile and Interview: Paul Giamatti
Non-film buffs may not even know who thirty-five year-old Paul Giamatti is. The name might sound vaguely familiar, but that's only because he is the son of the late Commissioner of Major League Baseball, A. Bartlett Giamatti.
Paul Giamatti is stuck in a grocery check-out line in American Splendor.
Paul Giamatti as a slave trader in The Planet of the Apes.
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 Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti has been one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood since breaking through in the 1997 Howard Stern biopic Private Parts.
Giamatti is known for his slightly offbeat looks and a quirky presence in roles that often involve angry-but-funny outbursts.
Giamatti's father was A. Bartlett Giamatti, the former commissioner of major league baseball who famously banned Pete Rose from the game.
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 Biography for Paul Giamatti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
His father, A. Bartlett Giamatti, was a professor of Renaissance Literature at Yale University, and went on to become the university's youngest president.
Son of A. Bartlett Giamatti, late president of Yale University, major league baseball commissioner and nemesis of Pete Rose.
In the 1998 remake of Doctor Dolittle (1998), Paul portrayed a human in charge of a talking orangutan, in the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes (2001), he portrays a talking orangutan in charge of humans.
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 Paul Giamatti - Biography - Moviefone
The balding, likeable, nervous-looking character actor Paul Giamatti is the son of the author, Yale president, and major league baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
Giamatti's film breakthrough came in 1997 with the role of media executive Kenny (aka "Pig Vomit") in the Howard Stern movie Private Parts.
Giamatti seemed to get good parts in both independent films (Storytelling, Confidence) and in major studio blockbusters (Big Momma's House, Big Fat Liar).
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 Guardian Unlimited Film | Interviews | 'It's all so freaky'
Giamatti, New York-based, more slender than he looks on screen, but no less average-looking, is in town to talk about his breakout hit Sideways, a movie whose critical reception over the Christmas period is in the process of transforming him from contented character actor into something of a star.
Giamatti plays Miles, a tightly wound grade-school teacher and wine enthusiast waiting to hear if his third fat, quasi-autobiographical novel will be the one that gets published.
It's worth bearing in mind, however, that Giamatti is the son of a college English lit professor who became the president of Yale University (Giamatti's alma mater) and was later the commissioner of baseball, in which post he gained notoriety for expelling the legendary crooked player Pete Rose out of the game.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Paul Giamatti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Giamatti was born in New York City, New York to A. Bartlett Giamatti, a Yale University professor who later became president of the university and commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Paul Giamatti continued to appear in major studio releases such as Big Momma's House (2000) and the Planet of the Apes remake (2001), and co-starred in Big Fat Liar (2002).
Paul's most acclaimed performances were in lead roles in American Splendor (2003) and Sideways (2004).
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 Paul Fischer Interviews Paul Giamatti
Despite the film's critical acclaim, sitting with Giamatti at a purple-décor restaurant in Park City's trendy Main Street during Sundance, Giamatti, 36, underplays the way in which this choice project fell into his lap.
Giamatti is the son of the author, Yale president, and major league baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
While Giamatti, who has appeared in over 30 films, laughingly says that many of his films are not necessarily anything you would like to see, the actor remains one of Hollywood's busiest actors.
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 Paul Giamatti - TrikiWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti was born on the 6th of June, 1967 in New York, USA.
Marcus Giamatti, who is an actor, and a sister, named Elena, who works as a jewelry designer.
His father, A. Bartlett Giamatti was teaching Renaissance Literature classes at the Yale University.
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 Exclusive: Actor Paul Giamatti - ComingSoon.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Paul Giamatti had been playing small parts in big movies for most of the '90s, but it wasn't until 2003's American Splendor and his performance as cranky cartoonist Harvey Pekar that people started taking notice and taking him seriously as a leading actor.
Although Giamatti was snubbed in the awards mania that followed, he received a much-deserved Oscar nomination for his next role as boxing trainer Joe Gould in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man.
Giamatti: The humor in it was definitely something he wanted, and I think he also hired me [for that reason].
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 Exclusive Paul Giamatti/Sideways Interview at The Toronto Film Festival
Giamatti says there are aspects of this character with whom he could identify.
Giamatti is a successful character actor in a town that celebrates youth and stardom, but Paul is always working, always trying to find characters that challenge him.
Giamatti says he looks forward to taking a break for a while, admitting that he is tired and yearns to spend more time with his family.
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 The Nominees: Paul Giamatti, Supporting Actor Nominees - CBS News
His father was A. Paul Giamatti, a scholar (former Yale president) and sports executive (former commissioner of Major League Baseball).
Not surprisingly, Yale is Paul Giamatti's alma mater.
Giamatti, 38, and his wife, Elizabeth, have been married for eight years.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/03/01/oscar/printable1361818.shtml   (456 words)

  
 No Paul Giamatti nomination? - Salon
From the chattering streets of Park City, where much of the industry has convened to look for the next big thing, no one seems to be able to figure out how Paul Giamatti could have been passed up as a nominee for best actor this year.
Another problem that Paul Giamatti has is that he is considered too much of an actor and not enough of a star.
Add to that problem the fact that Giamatti has not been as available to campaign for a nomination this season, as he's been off shooting a movie in Canada for most of the time.
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 Bio for Paul Giamatti on MSN Movies
Many thought Giamatti was more than deserving of an Academy Award nomination for his role in American Splendor, but when the nods were announced his name was absent.
An additional role in the romantic fantasy adventure The Illusionist that same year found Giamatti taking a trip back to turn-of-the-century Vienna to play a conflicted police inspector whose outward obligations to the aristocracy belie his growing suspicions that they may be covering up an especially confounding murder.
With a voice that was equally as recognizable as his distinctive face, Giamatti began lending his vocal chords to a variety of animated projects including Robots, The Any Bully, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto and the curiously titled Amazing Screw-on Head as well.
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 Paul Giamatti Biography @ Filmbug
Paul Giamatti captured the eyes of America in Betty Thomas's hit comedy Private Parts.
Giamatti was also seen in Big Momma's House opposite Martin Lawrence, Bruce Paltrow's Duets opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Todd Solondz's Storytelling, and Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes.
Paul was most recently seen in Peter Hewitt's Thunderpants, and in Big Fat Liar where he had a headlining role starring opposite Frankie Muniz.
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 The Envelope.com: Talking with: Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti has long been a critics' darling.
Giamatti is nominated for his work in "Cinderella Man," where he plays Depression-era boxing manager Joe Gould, who risks everything on a comeback by Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe).
The acclaim comes one year after Giamatti was named best actor by several critics' organizations and the Independent Spirit Awards for his work as the lovelorn wine snob Miles in "Sideways," but failed to receive an Academy Award nomination.
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 Insider - tvguide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Giamatti: I'm not a huge comic-book guy, but I appreciate them — sometimes I'll go to a comic-book store and pick things up — and this happened to be one that a bunch of years ago I looked at.
Giamatti: [Laughs] No, I say let's take it out of the hands of suits and put it in the hands of the people, and see what they think.
Giamatti: The book it's based on is ostensibly autobiographical, so the woman never named names.
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 IGN: Exclusive Interview with Paul Giamatti
Yet Giamatti seems like the kind of guy who would shrug-off the idea of an Oscar, though maybe not with a scowl.
After the theater emptied, Paul Giamatti and I sat in the front row before the big screen and discussed this, that and the other cool thing...
Giamatti looks over to his wife, Elizabeth, carrying his son, maybe a year-old who he referred to as "Bubba." She comes over and we greet each other.
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 Paul Giamatti Talks Lady in the Water
Paul plays a janitor with a tragic secret, who's forced to face down his fear to help the mythical Lady in the Water.
Paul continues his great work in the upcoming The Illusionist and voice-over work in the animated The Ant Bully, and Rob Zombie's El Superbeasto.
Paul Giamatti: I had seen him in his other movies, and I always thought he was good.
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 Paul Giamatti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti was born June 6, 1967.
Paul Giamatti has 1 in-development credit available on IMDbPro.com.
Please tell me there are HUGE Paul freaks here...
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 Paul Giamatti - MovieActors.com
Paul Giamatti was born on June 6, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut.
In 2005 Paul Giamatti brought to life the tin character in the animated movie ROBOTS playing the voice of Tim the Gate Guard.
Marcus Giamatti is Paul Giamatti brother, Marcus is also an actor he has been on the hit TV seires JUDGING AMY as Peter Gray and in the movie MR.
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 Paul Giamatti News
Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" had Paul Giamatti scratching his head.
Paul Giamatti, who plays a Viennese police inspector in the supernatural period movie The Illusionist, told SCI FI Wire that the film role offered him a rare departure on screen.
Paul Giamatti, who voices Stan the exterminator in the upcoming animated film The Ant Bully, told SCI FI Wire that he plays the villain of the piece.
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 Paul Giamatti
American-born Giamatti is the youngest of three children born to Bartlett Giamatti, a former president of Yale University and major league baseball commissioner.
Paul majored in English at Yale University before obtaining his Master's Degree in Fine Arts from the Yale University School of Drama.
Continuing his work in theater from his college days, Giamatti ventured out to work on regional productions in Seattle, San Diego, and Massachusetts.
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 Paul Giamatti Bio, News and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
With a diverse roster of finely etched, award-winning and critically acclaimed performances, Paul Giamatti has established himself as one of the most versatile actors of his generation.
Giamatti also earned accolades for his performance in Alexander Payne's Sideways, including Best Actor from the Independent Spirit Awards, New York Film Critics Circle and a Golden Globe nomination.
This summer, Giamatti lends his vocal talent to the John A. Davis animated family adventure The Ant Bully, alongside Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, and also stars opposite Edward Norton and Jessica Biel in The Illusionist, directed by Neil Burger.
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 Paul Giamatti Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The bookish son of the late A. Bartlett Giamatti, formerly president of Yale University and commissioner of Major League Baseball, Paul Giamatti emerged as a character actor specializing in playing scmoes, schleps and cantankerous sad sacks whose talents eventually catapulted him to stardom as an off-kilter leading man.
Giamatti turned in a compelling cartoonishly villainous performance as duplicitous Hollywood executive Marty Wolf, who steals a young boy's (Franke Muniz) movie idea in the family-oriented "Big Fat Liar" (2002).
Giamatti's poignant and affecting performance was both heartbreaking and hysterical (often both at once) and was hailed as one of the best of the year.
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 Paul Giamatti Photos - Paul Giamatti News - Paul Giamatti Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Paul Giamatti is the son of A. Bartlett Giamatti, the youngest president of Yale University and the Commissioner of Baseball, and actress Toni Smith.
He is the brother of actor Marcus Giamatti, and jewelry designer Elena Giamatti.
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