Actor of the Week: Paul Giamatti – Risk Taker Extraordinaire

Paul Giamatti is easily one of the best actors in Hollywood. And although he may not look like your typical Hollywood hunk, it’s perhaps his reliability and ambiance as an “average-joe” that makes him so likable. Not only is he versatile and charismatic, Giamatti has a way of earning audience empathy that simply can’t be taught in any acting class. It’s probably a combination of his natural poise, well spoken articulation, toothy grin and lovely bald head that make Paul Giamatti one memorable actor.

Paul grew up in Connecticut where his father taught at Yale. Giamatti eventually attended Yale alongside fellow actor Edward Norton, and participated in some undergraduate theater work but graduated with a degree in English in 1989. He then got his masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama and originally appeared in several theatrical productions until his early work on screen in the early ’90s… (click link above to read more)