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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
J. Jonah Jameson
for J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man - Phase 2 Film 1 (My MCU)
Suggested by biggord
Synopsis: Peter Parker is the definition of your average nerdy teenager. He is often picked on by the leader of the New York highs football club Flash Thompson. However, he has two gullible friends who are always there for him, Harry Osborn, son of New York's most successful businessman Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy, daughter of police captain George Stacy. On a class trip to Oscorp, Peter's life changes forever, he is bitten by a radioactive spider that gives him inhuman powers. Peter is shocked when he finds out what the spider has done to him. He can jump high, climb walls, he has a spider sense and so much more. Peter returns to school the next day, happier than ever. He meets Harry and Gwen, but he keeps quiet about his newfound ability. Peter is confronted by Flash who continues to bully him, but to Flash's shock, Peter actually stands up for himself. Flash begins to strike blows at Peter, who avoids all of them. Peter strikes back at Flash, who is thrown into a locker. Peter's classmates look at him strangely before he runs away.
