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Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globes, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. After studying acting at the Yale School of Drama, he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti debuted on Broadway, portraying Ezra Chater in the Tom Stoppard play Arcadia (1995). Later that year, he played the Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon in the David Hare play Racing Demon (1995). He returned to theatre in the revivals of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (1997) and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1999). Giamatti's breakout film role was in Private Parts (1997), followed by roles in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Man on the Moon (1999). He won acclaim for his leading roles in American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), Win Win (2011), and Private Life (2018). He has also acted in Planet of the Apes (2001), The Illusionist (2006), Fred Claus (2007), The Ides of March (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Love & Mercy (2014), and Straight Outta Compton (2015). He has earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Joe Gould in Cinderella Man (2005) and Best Actor for playing a disgruntled teacher in The Holdovers (2023). On television, Giamatti played the role in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), earning him acclaim and several awards, including a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe. He starred as U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades Jr. in the Showtime television series Billions (2016–2023). He earned Emmy nominations for his roles as Ben Bernanke in the HBO film Too Big to Fail (2011) and Harold Levinson in the ITV series Downton Abbey (2013). In the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror episode Eulogy (2025), he played a grieving lover. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Giamatti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
This is set in Bruce’s Earlier Days when he first becomes Batman. Bruce is on a mission to solve his parents murder and get revenge but when The Joker turns up kidnapping people and doing terrorist acts. Harvey Bullock is a new detective in town after his TV show failed he’s partnered with Jim Gordon but Bullocks arrogance lands them in trouble with the corrupt Mayor Cobblepot and The Joker. Joker kidnaps Barbara Gordon and tortures her. Bruce is at a Gala event to do some recon on Oswald Cobblepot with other big names like Oliver Queen, Thomas Elliot & Lex Luthor there too, but when the Joker does a livestream of him planning to kill Barbara Batman races to the location and the pair fight whilst Gordon gets Barbara out. Bullock tried to help but gets thrown into a cellar filled with old patients and victims from Arkham showing him “the real Gotham” Batman is able to stop Joker and hands him over to the GCPD. Batman races back over to the Mayors office to confront Cobblepot about the Wayne’s Murder and he admits to plotting it but then stabs Bruce in the chest with his umbrella. Oswald is about to kill Batman after unmasking him as Bruce but then Alfred comes in and kills Oswald to save Bruce. The film ends with Bruce visiting Barbara in hospital and offering to pay for her medical bills but through the hospital window we see a man on the rooftop watching Bruce.
