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Paul Giamatti

Giamatti was born in New York City, New York to A. Bartlett Giamatti, a Yale University professor who later became president of the university and commissioner of Major League Baseball. His mother, Toni Smith, was a teacher at Hopkins School. Giamatti's paternal grandfather was the child of Italian immigrants; his other grandparents were American.

Giamatti has a brother, Marcus, who is also an actor. Giamatti attended the elite boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall, was an English major at Yale, and has a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama. Following his graduation, he performed in numerous theatrical productions (including Broadway) before appearing in some small television and film roles in the early 1990s.

Paul Giamatti played Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton, Howard's antagonistic program director at WNBC. Howard praised Paul's performance often on his radio program, calling for him to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. That didn't happen, but Paul's career certainly received a boost. He appeared in a number of supporting roles in big-budget movies such as (2004). He was nominated for a Golden Globe for the latter but did not win. He was not nominated for an Academy Award, an omission which rankled many fans of the film and left many film critics dumbfounded. He was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar in 2005 for his role in