Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti, born June 6, 1967, is a film producer and actor from the United States. He rose to prominence after playing Kenny “Pig Vomit” Rushton in Private Parts, which led to minor appearances in Saving Private Ryan, Man on the Moon, Big Momma’s House, and Big Fat Liar.
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti was born on June 6, 1967, in New Haven, Connecticut, as the youngest of three children. His father, Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, was a Yale University professor who went on to become the university’s president and the commissioner of Major League Baseball. Toni Marilyn Giamatti (née Smith), his mother, was a housewife and English teacher who had previously performed and taught at Hopkins School.
His paternal grandfather’s family were Italian emigrants from Telese Terme before immigrating to the United States; the family surname was originally spelled “Giammattei” (Italian pronunciation). Giamatti’s ancestors are also German, Dutch, English, French, Irish, and Scottish. His paternal grandmother traced her origins back to the New England colonial era.
Where did Paul Giamatti go to high school?
Giamatti graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1985 after attending The Foote School. He went to Yale University and was active in the college theatrical scene, working with fellow performers and Yale students Ron Livingston and Edward Norton. He graduated from Yale School of Drama with a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in drama from Earle Gister.
