| Paul Giamatti  AKA Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
Born: 6-Jun-1967
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: John Adams Paul Giamatti is a schlubby but oddly charming character actor who has broken through as a leading man in Big Fat Liar, Sideways, and as Harvey Pekar in American Splendor. Other memorable character roles include Pig Vomit in Howard Stern's Private Parts, Richard the Bellman in My Best Friend's Wedding, a klutzy paratrooper in Saving Private Ryan, a slave-trading orangutan in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, and Andy Kaufman's best friend in Man on the Moon. He also karaoke-sang "Hello, It's Me" with Andre Braugher in Duets.
Father: Bart Giamatti (former Commissioner of Baseball)
Mother: Toni Smith (school teacher, m. 1960, d. 18-Sep-2004, cancer)
Brother: Marcus Giamatti (actor, b. 3-Oct-1961)
Sister: Elena Giamatti-Rossman (jeweler)
Wife: Elizabeth Cohen (m. 13-Oct-1997)
Son: Samuel Giamatti (b. 2001)
High School: Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT (1985)
University: BA English, Yale University
University: MFA Drama, Yale University School of Drama
John Kerry for President
Entertainment Weekly's 2003 "It" List Character Actor
Italian Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Fred Claus (3-Nov-2007)
The Nanny Diaries (24-Aug-2007)
Shoot 'Em Up (26-Jul-2007)
The Ant Bully (28-Jul-2006) [VOICE]
Lady in the Water (20-Jul-2006)
The Illusionist (27-Apr-2006)
The Hawk Is Dying (21-Jan-2006)
Cinderella Man (3-Jun-2005)
Robots (10-Mar-2005) [VOICE]
Sideways (13-Sep-2004)
Paycheck (25-Dec-2003)
The Pentagon Papers (9-Mar-2003)
Confidence (20-Jan-2003)
American Splendor (20-Jan-2003)
Thunderpants (24-May-2002)
Big Fat Liar (2-Feb-2002)
Planet of the Apes (27-Jul-2001)
Storytelling (12-May-2001)
Duets (09-Sep-2000)
Big Momma's House (31-May-2000)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (05-Mar-2000)
Man on the Moon (20-Dec-1999)
Cradle Will Rock (18-May-1999)
Winchell (11-Nov-1998)
Safe Men (07-Aug-1998)
The Negotiator (29-Jul-1998)
Saving Private Ryan (24-Jul-1998)
The Truman Show (5-Jun-1998)
A Further Gesture (28-Aug-1997)
Deconstructing Harry (26-Aug-1997)
My Best Friend's Wedding (20-Jun-1997)
Private Parts (7-Mar-1997)
Donnie Brasco (28-Feb-1997)
Sabrina (15-Dec-1995)
Mighty Aphrodite (13-Sep-1995)
Singles (18-Sep-1992)
Past Midnight (1992)
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