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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 10: Back to School
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Getting the name "Dr. Isaac Delaney" before Sable arrives, Peter asks MJ to check. She reports about a costume party at Empire State University, and sends a photo with 4 people, and says she doesn't know which one is Delaney. Peter goes there, and gets a call from Aunt May, who says that Rio loved the idea of Miles helping out at the shelter. Arriving at the ESU, Peter finds Delaney dressed as the Lizard. The Demons capture Delaney and take him to a building. Peter follows, saving students along the way. Delaney is taken to Martin Li. Peter tries to intervene, but is defeated by Mr. Negative who used an energy blast. Li uses the negative energy to force Delaney to reveal who is working on Devil's Breath, and gets the answer: Morgan Michaels. Li leaves a gun with Delaney, who, unable to control himself, shoots himself in the head. Spider warns Yuri about Michaels, but she says Sable is protecting him, and refuses to say where. MJ informs him that Osborn asked Fisk to build a secret lab, then destroy the records. She thinks Fisk kept the information for blackmail. Peter breaks into Oscorp and accesses Norman's computer, where he finds Project GR-27, which researches the cure for any disease, but which is a failure. Peter discovers that the GR-27 is the Devil's Breath, and that the only sample is with Michaels. MJ says she's looking for information on Michaels, and Peter heads to Central Park. Otto calls Peter, and tells him he's excited to unlock the mind's potential.
