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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
Professor Martin Campbell
for Professor Martin Campbell in The Atom (2015)
Suggested by mrelimac
Released July 15, 2015, For ten years, world renowned physicist and professor Ray Palmer has been missing. After an experiment with atoms at Ivy University, Dr. Palmer was pronounced dead, but only one person believed he was alive. One of his former students, Ryan Choi, recently received a message from Dr. Palmer saying he was in the Microverse. Because of this message, Ryan has made it his job to find a way to reach the Microverse. After looking through Ray’s notes, he discovered a blueprint for a belt to control the mass of a white dwarf star that Ray discovered. Ryan followed this blueprint and was able to create this belt. However, Ryan was not the only one that knew about Ray’s research. Another student, Sylbert Rudine, also found the blueprints and created one for himself. For years, Rudine wanted to kill Palmer for exposing the crimes Rudine committed. It is now up to Ryan to save Dr. Palmer not only from the Microverse but from Rudine.
