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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
Egghead
for Egghead in The Astonishing Ant-Man & The Wonderful Wasp
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Ant-Man and the Wasp follows Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne using their shrinking technology to prevent it from becoming a weapon. Their quiet work ends when A.I.M. resurfaces under the control of George Tarleton, a brilliant scientist transformed into the enlarged MODOK after an experiment using stolen Pym Particles. MODOK believes evolution has left humanity weak and plans to create a new intellectual order ruled by minds enhanced through technology. To complete his plan, he recruits Elihas Starr, the arrogant genius known as Egghead, who has spent years obsessed with proving he is smarter than Hank. Together, they steal Pym's research and construct a device capable of shrinking sections of cities, giving A.I.M. control through fear. Hank wants to face the crisis alone, but Janet refuses to let him repeat his old mistakes. Their conflict reminds them why they became partners, in the first place! They infiltrate an A.I.M. facility and discover MODOK has captured Bill Foster, Hank's former colleague, forcing him to stabilize it. Hank and Janet race to stop the launch. Egghead betrays MODOK, intending to claim the technology, but MODOK anticipated it and turns A.I.M. against him. During the final battle, Hank becomes Ant-Man and Janet becomes the Wasp, combining shrinking and flight to destroy the machine from within while Bill escapes and disables its power source. Egghead is arrested, but MODOK escapes after Hank defeats his calculations. The film ends with Hank and Janet choosing to work as true partners. A.I.M. is dismantled, but MODOK survives with stolen research.
