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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
Otto Octavius
for Otto Octavius in Marvel's Spider-Man - Episode 1: The Main Event
Suggested by johnmaximus
Peter wakes up to his cell phone ringing, with a police call that reports an operation taking place at Fisk Tower. He puts on his Spider-Man outfit and jumps out of the apartment window. Peter receives a call from Captain Yuri Watanabe, who says that his team is at Fisk Tower awaiting a warrant, and asks him to help in Times Square. Peter's boss calls him, saying they have to do a demo before the committee arrives. In Times Square, Peter disarms and defeats Fisk's henchmen. He heads to Fisk Tower. Yuri says he can help, and Spider-Man breaks into the building, defeating a group of thugs. The police break into the building and use the stairs. Peter accesses the elevator and goes up through the ducts. Informed that the servers' data is being wiped, Peter heads there, while receiving a call from Aunt May. Spider-Man defeats and prevents the deletion of the files. Kingpin taunts him, saying he had the city under control. Peter saves victims in the building. A squad arrives, and ask Spider-Man to open the way, but they try to kill him, discovering that they work for Fisk. Peter arrives at Fisk's office, where they begin fighting. Eventually, Peter defeats him and leaves Fisk trapped for the police. Peter heads to the lab where he works, and finds Dr. Octavius. Peter and Otto are developing arm prostheses, and in a demonstration, Peter saves Otto from an accident. The committee arrives and sees the situation. Otto dismisses Peter, but Peter fixes the prosthetic before leaving.
