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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.
Paul Giamatti
The Penguin
for The Penguin in Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight Vol 2
Suggested by vadim_havard
DOA: Joker, Penguin, & Two-Face secretly poison Batman with a virus that will kill him in 24 hours. At the same time, a daughter of a senator Bruce Wayne knows is kidnapped by a group of radical terrorists. Knowing he's probably going to die soon, Bruce devotes his last hours to saving the girl. HEAVY RAIN: A gang of criminals called the Gargoyle Gang rob a party held by a wealthy actress and take her assistant hostage. Having stolen an obsolete map of the sewers, the gang soon gets lost in the sewers. With a heavy rainstorm on its way, Batman must journey into the sewers, defeat the Gargoyle Gang, and save the hostage before they all drown in the rising rain water. THE FACTOR OF FEAR: When a cowardly small-time crook named Titus pulls off a failed armored truck robbery, he starts to see Batman's shadow everywhere he looks. Is Batman chasing after Titus, or is he just letting his paranoia get the better of him? JUST ANOTHER NIGHT: While Bruce has been going steady with a woman named Veronica Thomas for a few months, he decides to take her and her son Justin to the movies for a Grey Ghost movie marathon. But on their way home, they're stopped at gunpoint by a mugger.
