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Paul Giamatti: Biography

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Birth Name: Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
Birth Place: New Haven, CT
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/06/1967, Gemini
Profession: Actor

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Paul Giamatti: TV Guide News

A Sunday for the History Books | Roush Dispatch | 4/18/2008
I love it when TV can be both very, very good as well as good for you. Such is the case with a logjam of terrific historical dramas competing for attention this Sunday. Two of them had me fighting back tears (and occasionally losing the fight), and then there’s Showtime’s The Tudors, that stimulating royal tonic of sex, religion and other courtly intrigues. Not a lot of boo-hooing while watching this Henry VIII romp, but rarely a dull moment, either.The quality honors this weekend go to HBO and PBS. HBO for concluding its remarkable John Adams miniseries with an episode of quiet, pained humanity as the nation’s second president (Paul Giamatti) goes into retirement with about as much grace—which is to say, very little—as he conducted himself in the political arena. Grumpy, discontent, impatient to the end and convinced he’ll be forgotten by time, John never lets up. There’s a terrific scene in which he’s invited, in his 90s, to view the... read more
Bones Is Back, and Other Happy TV Thoughts | Roush Dispatch | 4/14/2008
Why not start off a glorious spring week — a week that continues the welcome rollout of shows returning from long strike hiatus — with some positive thoughts? Starting with the return of Bones to Fox’s schedule. For those keeping track in this confusing midseason, Mondays are now the new Tuesdays for Fox. And once House kicks back in with new episodes starting April 28 (a House repeat airs next Monday), Mondays will almost feel like the new Thursdays with so many choices on the suddenly overstuffed night, as Fox’s first-rate drama combo faces ABC’s blazing-hot Dancing with the Stars, CBS’ terrific comedy lineup and the ever-popular CSI: Miami, as well as a cult fave in the CW’s returning Gossip Girl and NBC’s ubiquitous Deal or No Deal. Whew.But back to Bones, one of TV’s most purely enjoyable procedural crime dramas. Yes, there are icky remains to deal with (a body boiled in a sulfurous mud pit), but the fun of Bones is in the playful... read more
Preview: HBO's John Adams Proves That Founding Father Knows Best | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/14/2008
Why isn't John Adams more famous? His face isn't on Mount Rushmore or any dollar bill. Even the popular Boston beer company passed him over in favor of his rabble-rousing cousin, Sam. Turns out the legacy of our second president ? and arguably most significant Founding Father ? has languished in the shadows of his predecessor, George Washington, and successor, Thomas Jefferson. But the new, seven-part HBO miniseries John Adams (premiering Sunday at 8 pm/ET, HBO), based on David McCullough's ... read more
DVD Tuesday: Sex, Violence, Endangered Baby: I love Shoot 'Em Up! | Ask FlickChick | 1/15/2008
DVD Tuesday: A girl, a gun, a baby and Clive Owen careen through this sly meta-action movie romp in an exhilarating hail of bulletsWriter-director Michael Davis' deliriously trashy mash-up of John Woo and Loony Toons was greeted by a mix of scathing denunciations and cluelessly slavering encomiums applauding its over-the-top excesses; rare was the reviewer who deigned to notice its sly, poignantly affectionate deconstruction of contemporary action-movie clichés. Shoot 'Em Up tanked at the box office, but I suspect it's going to find its following on DVD, where each and every knowingly audacious frame can be frozen and savored. An itinerant, carrot-chomping, down-on-his-luck man with no name (Clive Owen) — come on, "Mr. Smith" is not a name — is waiting at a deserted big-city bus stop in the middle of a dark, dark night when a hugely pregnant woman waddles by with a gun-toting thug in hot pursuit. Smith intervenes — you just know he once knew someone like her,... read more
Good Buzz Delays Reveal of ScarJo's <I>Diaries</i> | Today's News: Our Take | 3/29/2007
According to Variety, the big-screen, Scarlett Johansson- and Paul Giamatti-fronted adaptation of the chick-lit hit The Nanny Diaries has had its mid-April release pushed to Sept. 7, so as to save it from getting lost in the summer ramp-up and to better position the film — as well as the dewy you-know-who — for awards consideration. read more

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John Adams, Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney courtesy Kent Eanes/HBO

John Adams, Paul Giamatti, Sean McKenzie, Tom Wilkinson courtesy Kent Eanes/HBO

John Adams, Paul Giamatti courtesy Kent Eanes/HBO

John Adams, Paul Giamatti, David Morse courtesy Kent Eanes/HBO

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Paul Giamatti: TV Listings

Paul Giamatti: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
John Adams (Actor - John Adams)	2008	TV Show Series
Pretty Bird (Actor)	2008	Movie
Fred Claus (Actor - Nick (Santa} Claus)	2007	Movie	Available
Shoot 'Em Up (Actor - Hertz)	2007	Movie
The Hawk Is Dying (Actor - George Gattling)	2007	Movie	Available