Awards
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Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
(2011) -
Too Big to Fail
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
(2011) -
Too Big to Fail
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Best Actor
(2010) -
Barney's Version
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
(2010) -
Barney's Version
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
(2008) -
John Adams
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The balding, likeable, nervous-looking character actor Paul Giamatti is the son of the author, Yale president, and major league baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti. After earning his M.F.A. in Drama from Yale, the younger Giamatti got started on his acting career with small film parts and TV guest spots. He quickly became a recognizable face but his name was not yet well-known in Hollywood, while on-stage he appeared in lead roles for Broadway productions of The Three Sisters and The Iceman Cometh.
Giamatti's film breakthrough came in 1997 with the role of media executive Kenny (aka "Pig Vomit") in the Howard Stern movie Private Parts. In his next few films, he played small yet funny parts like the inept mob henchman in Safe Men, the slave-peddling ape in Planet of the Apes, and the bellboy in My Best Friend's Wedding. He then got starring roles in the HBO movies Winchell (opposite fellow character actor Stanley Tucci) and If These Walls Could Talk 2.
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