The Paul Giamatti Handbook - Everything you need to know about Paul Giamatti

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Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (pronounced /d?i??m??ti/; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. An acclaimed character actor, Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several projects in the 2000s including American Splendor, Sideways, Cinderella Man, The Illusionist, John Adams, Cold Souls, Barney's Version, and Win Win.

This book is your ultimate resource for Paul Giamatti. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Paul Giamatti, Past Midnight, Singles (1992 film), Mighty Aphrodite, Sabrina (1995 film), Donnie Brasco (film), Private Parts (1997 film), My Best Friend's Wedding, Deconstructing Harry, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Truman Show, Dr. Dolittle (film), Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, Safe Men, Cradle Will Rock, Man on the Moon (film), If These Walls Could Talk 2, Big Momma's House, Duets, King of the Hill, Storytelling (film), Planet of the Apes (2001 film), Big Fat Liar, Thunderpants, American Splendor (film), Harvey Pekar, Sideways, Cinderella Man, Paycheck (film), Confidence (2003 film), The Pentagon Papers (film), Asterix and the Vikings, The Hawk Is Dying, The Illusionist (2006 film), Lady in the Water, The Ant Bully (film), The Amazing Screw-On Head, The Nanny Diaries (film), Shoot 'Em Up, Fred Claus, John Adams (TV miniseries), Pretty Bird, Duplicity (film), Cold Souls, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, The Last Station, Barney's Version (film), Win Win (film), Ironclad (film), The Hangover Part II, Too Big to Fail (film), The Ides of March (film), Rock of Ages (2012 film), Cosmopolis (film), John Dies at the End (film), The Congress (2013 film).

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• Biography
• Autobiography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781743387870
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Paul Giamatti Past Midnight Singles (1992 film) Mighty Aphrodite Sabrina (1995 film) Donnie Brasco (film) Private Parts (1997 film) My Best Friend's Wedding Deconstructing Harry Homicide: Life on the Street The Truman Show Dr. Dolittle (film) Saving Private Ryan The Negotiator Safe Men Cradle Will Rock Man on the Moon (film) If These Walls Could Talk 2 Big Momma's House Duets King of the Hill Storytelling (film) Planet of the Apes (2001 film) Big Fat Liar Thunderpants American Splendor (film) Harvey Pekar Sideways Cinderella Man Paycheck (film) Confidence (2003 film) The Pentagon Papers (film) Asterix and the Vikings The Hawk Is Dying

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The Illusionist (2006 film) Lady in the Water The Ant Bully (film) The Amazing Screw-On Head The Nanny Diaries (film) Shoot 'Em Up Fred Claus John Adams (TV miniseries) Pretty Bird

Duplicity (film) Cold Souls The Haunted World of El Superbeasto The Last Station Barney's Version (film) Win Win (film) Ironclad (film) The Hangover Part II Too Big to Fail (film) The Ides of March (film) Rock of Ages (2012 film) Cosmopolis (film) John Dies at the End (film) The Congress (2013 film)

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Elizabeth Cohen (1997–present)

Born

Paul Giamatti

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti( pronounced /dʒiəˈmɑːti/; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. An acclaimed character actor, Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts,The Truman Show,Saving Private Ryan,The Negotiator, andMan on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several projects in the 2000s includingAmerican Splendor, Sideways,Cinderella Man,The Illusionist,John Adams,Cold Souls,Barney's Version, andWin Win.

Actor

1990–present

Paul Giamatti

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Paul Giamatti

Early life Giamatti, the youngest of three children, was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, was a Yale University professor who later became president of the university and commissioner of Major League [1] Baseball. His mother, Toni Marilyn (nae Smith), was a homemaker and English teacher who taught at Hopkins [2] [3] School and had also previously acted. His father was of Italian and English descent and his mother was of Irish [4] and English ancestry. Giamatti's paternal grandmother was from a family with deep roots in New England, and his [5] paternal grandfather was the son of Italian immigrants from Telese. His brother, Marcus, is also an actor, and his sister, Elena, is a jewelry designer. He was educated at The Foote School and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall [6] in 1985. He attended Yale University, where he was elected to the Skull and Bones secret society. Giamatti was active in the undergraduate theater scene, working alongside actors Ron Livingston and Edward Norton, who were also Yale students. He graduated from Yale in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in English. He went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama where he studied with Earle R. Gister. He performed in numerous theatrical productions (including Broadway) before appearing in some small television and film roles in the early 1990s.

At the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti June 6, 1967 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Paul Giamatti

Career Giamatti's first high-profile role was in the film adaptation of Howard Stern'sPrivate Parts(1997) as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton, Stern's antagonistic program director at WNBC. Stern praised Giamatti's performance often on his radio program, calling for him to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He appeared in a number of supporting roles in big-budget movies such asThe Truman Show,Saving Private Ryan, andThe Negotiator(all 1998). In 1999, he played Bob Zmuda (and Tony Clifton) in the Andy Kaufman biopic,Man on the Moon. Giamatti continued to be featured in major studio releases such asBig Momma's House(2000) with Martin Lawrence, thePlanet of the Apesremake (2001), and inBig Fat Liar(2002) opposite Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes. Giamatti began to earn critical acclaim after his lead role in the 2003 filmAmerican Splendor. He gained mainstream recognition and fame with the 2004 independent romantic comedySideways. His portrayal of a depressed writer vacationing in the Santa Barbara wine country garnered him a Golden Globe nomination and an Independent Spirit Award. Following the commercial success of Sideways, Giamatti appeared inCinderella Man, for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture. In 2006, he was the lead in M. Night Shyamalan'sLady in the Water, a supernatural thriller, followed by the animated filmThe Ant Bully, and Neil Burger's dramaThe Illusionistco-starring Edward Norton. He also played Mr. Hertz in the action movieShoot 'Em Upand Santa Claus in the comedyFred Claus. In 2008, he received his first [7] Emmy Awardfor "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie" for his title performance in the HBO miniseriesJohn Adams, a role that also led to a Screen Actors Guild award. That same year, he starred in the [8] independent filmPretty Birdwhich is a fictionalized retelling about the drama behind the invention of a rocketbelt. He was nominated for 45 separate awards between 2001 and 2008, and won 26 of them, including both an Emmy and a Golden Globe forJohn Adams. All of his nominations except one were forAmerican Splendor,Sideways, Cinderella Man, orJohn Adams; the exception was a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination forBig [9] Momma's House. In 2011, he won a second Golden Globe, for his portrayal of the titular character in the Canadian filmBarney's Version. 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 forThe New York Times, and includedFrenzy,Dr. Strangelove,Brewster McCloud,The Big Clock,The Seventh [1] [10] [11] Victim,Dawn of the Dead(1978 version),Seconds, andInvasion of the Body Snatchers(1978 version). Giamatti was set to play the lead role, Colonel Tom Parker, inBubba [12] Nosferatu: Curse of the She-Vampires, which was to co-star Ron [1] Perlman, who replaced Bruce Campbell.

Personal life

A resident of the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New [10] York, Giamatti has been married to Elizabeth Giamatti (nae Cohen) since 1997. They have a son, Samuel Paul, known as Sam, (born 2001), who is raised in Elizabeth's Jewish religion. Giamatti himself is [13] an atheist.

Giamatti at the premiere ofBarney's Versionin January 2011

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Toby Oxman

Past Midnight

1991

The Negotiator

2000

If These Walls Could Talk 2

Veal Chop

Ted Hedley

Kissing Man

Ripper

Video game

Richard the Bellman

Doctor Bud Cable

George

New York News

Scott

Hotel Clerk

Detective Wilson

Rudy Timmons

Sabrina

Breathing Room

The Show

1996

FBI Technician

Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton

Television series; Episode: "Pit Bull Sessions"

Larry Canipe

Notes

Television series; Segment: "1961"

Limbo

Bob Zmuda/Tony Clifton

Mr. McKay

Todd Woods

John Maxwell

Carlo

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In culture Comedian James Adomian performs an impression of Giamatti on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast. The AV Club [14] describes Adomian's caricature of Giamatti as "a fantastically broken-down sad-sack."

Television series; Episode: "You Bet Your Life"

Role

Man In Sleeping Bag

Extras Guild Researcher

Television series; Episode: "Past Imperfect"

Dr. Wargner

Television series; Pilot

Jeffrey Roffman

King of the Hill

2001

Big Momma's House

Duets

Storytelling

Planet of the Apes

A Further Gesture

Arresting Gena

My Best Friend's Wedding

Deconstructing Harry

Donnie Brasco

Private Parts

Dr. Dolittle

1997

Saving Private Ryan

1998

The Truman Show

Homicide: Life on the Street

1994

Year

Credits

1992

NYPD Blue

Singles

Mighty Aphrodite

1995

Cradle Will Rock

Television series; Episode: "It's Not Easy Being Green"

Professor Abbot

Man on the Moon

Safe Men

1999

Harry Tjarks

Sergeant Hill

Title

Control Room Director

Blaine

Nominated–Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor– Comedy

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

2002

2003

2004

Big Fat Liar

Thunderpants

American Splendor

Paycheck

Confidence

The Pentagon Papers

Sideways

Marty Wolf

Johnson J. Johnson

Harvey Pekar

Shorty

Gordo

Anthony Russo

Miles Raymond

National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (Also forSidewaysandCinderella Man Nominated–Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated–Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated–Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated–Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated–Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Television series

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Comedy Film Honor for Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (Also forAmerican Splendorand Cinderella Man Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Performance, Male Nominated–Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated–Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated–London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated–Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

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Asterix and the Vikings

Cleveland Heep

Stan Beals

The Ant Bully

2006

John Adams

2008

Duplicity

2009

Shoot 'Em Up

Paul

John Adams

Rick

Richard "Dick" Garsik

Television series

Lady in the Water

Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor–Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Miniseries or Television Film Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor–Mini Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Satellite Award for Best Actor–Miniseries or Television Film Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor Also forSidewaysandAmerican Splendor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Performance, Male Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated–Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated–Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor–Motion Picture Nominated–Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor

Pretty Bird

Fred Claus

2007

The Nanny Diaries

The Illusionist

The Amazing Screw-On Head

The Hawk Is Dying

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated–Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast

Dr. Satan

Barney Panofsky

Vladimir Chertkov

George Gattling

Nicholas "Nick" Claus

Chief Inspector Uhl

Tim the Gate Guard

2005

Saturday Night Live

Paul Giamatti

Robots

The Fan and the Flower

Screw-On Head

Karl Hertz

Mr. X

The Last Station

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

Narrator

Host

2010

Barney's Version

Cold Souls

Cinderella Man

Joe Gould

Asterix

English Dub

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Television series; Episode: 30x10

Paul Giamatti

2011

2012

2013

Win Win

Ironclad

The Hangover Part II

Too Big to Fail

Prohibition

The Ides of March

Rock of Ages

Cosmopolis

John Dies at the End

The Congress

References

Mike Flaherty

King John

Kingsley

Ben Bernanke

Himself

Tom Duffy

Paul Gill

Benno Levin

Arnie Blondestone

Indiana Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

filming

filming

Also producer

[1] Gross, Terry (February 13, 2004). "Actor Paul Giamatti" (http:/ /www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1674650). NPR. . Retrieved May 31, 2007. [2] Pringle, Gill (November 27, 2007). "Paul Giamatti: Mr Potato face" (http:/ /arts.independent.co.uk/film/features/article3199367.ece). The Independent(UK). . Retrieved November 27, 2007. [3] "–Ai. Bartlett Giamatti Marries Ton! Smith" (http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract. html?res=F00B15F738551A7A93CBA8178DD85F448685F9).The New York Times. June 19, 1960. . Retrieved May 22, 2010. [4] Interview previously available at http:/ /www.sundayherald.com/57083 [5] Reston, James (1997).Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti(http://books.google.ca/ books?visbn=0803289642&id=znjlwbfZOTcC&pg=RA1-PA16&lpg=RA1-PA16&ots=_8zqp4MZuD&dq="Bartlett+Giamatti"+ ITALIAN&sig=iGZHVZTGXmCp8qRjBnZbD5GjzyE). Nebraska: U of Nebraska Press. pp. 15–0803289642. .16. ISBN [6] Burkeman, Oliver (November 12, 2009). "G2: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt': Paul Giamatti tends to play moody defeatists and rageful misanthropes. Which is just the way he likes it.".The Guardian. [7] Paul Giamatti Emmy Award Winner (http:/ /www.emmys.com/celebrities/paul-giamatti) [8] Paul Giamatti's Good Times (http:/ /www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648582/4/paul_giamattis_good_times.html) [9] According to the Internet Movie Database [10] Hale, Mike. "Film" (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E6DF1331F93AA15754C0A9619C8B63),The New York Times. July 29, 2007. Accessed November 29, 2007. [11] Web page titled "Paul Giamatti Selects" (http:/ /www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=145) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Web site, accessed July 28, 2007 [12] "Paul Giamatti Will Break Spine For Bubba Nosferatu! Now THAT'S Dedication!" (http:/ /www.dreadcentral.com/news/38374/ paul-giamatti-will-break-spine-for-bubba-nosferatu-now-thats-dedication). DreadCentral. . [13] http://www.totalfilm.com/features/i-never-saw-russell-lose-it-on-set [14] "AV Club Podmass: The Best" (Week of February 17–23)The Onion(http://www.avclub.com/articles/week-of-february-1723,52391/)

External links b Paul Giamatti (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm316079/) at the Internet Movie Database Paul Giamatti (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=42042) at the Internet Broadway Database Paul Giamatti (http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Paul& last=Giamatti&middle=) at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Paul Giamatti: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt,' The Guardian, Oliver Burkeman, 12 November 2009 (http://www. guardian.co.uk/film/2009/nov/12/paul-giamatti-cold-souls) Paul Giamatti at Emmys.com (http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/paul-giamatti)

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Past Midnight

Past Midnight

Past Midnight

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Written by

Starring

Music by

Cinematography

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Release date(s)

Running time

Country

Language

Jan Eliasberg

Lisa M. Hansen Paul Hertzberg Quentin Tarantino

Frank Norwood Uncredited: Quentin Tarantino

Rutger Hauer Natasha Richardson Clancy Brown Tom Wright Paul Giamatti Guy Boyd

Steve Bartek

Robert D. Yeoman

Christopher Rouse

Cinetel Films New Line Cinema Cineplex Odeon Films Columbia TriStar

October 18, 1991

100 min.

United States

English

Past Midnightis a 1991 Neo-noir thriller film (with slasher connections) starring Paul Giamatti, Tom Wright and Clancy Brown alongside leads Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson.

Synopsis Parolee Ben Jordan has spent the past fifteen years behind bars for his pregnant wife's murder. He is monitored by his parole officer Lee Samuels and social worker Laura Mathews after he is released. Mathews begins looking into his case and becomes convinced that he was convicted under circumstantial evidence and starts becoming convinced of his innocence in the crime. Before long she starts falling for him, but this is far from wise, since even if he is innocent, Mrs Jordan's real murderer may soon come a calling.

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