Paul Giamatti

His father, A. Bartlett Giamatti, was president of Yale University from 1978-1986, then president of the National League from 1986-89. In April 1989, he was named Commissioner of Baseball, but died five months later. Appeared on Broadway in Chekhov's The Three Sisters and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh . Made his big-screen debut with a small part as the Kissing Man in 1992's Singles . Provided the voice of Frank, Tiger Woods' talking club-head cover, in a series of popular Nike Golf commercials.… Show more Breakthrough role was as radio exec Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton in Howard Stern's Private Parts (1997). Improvised his part as a paratrooper sergeant in Saving Private Ryan (1998). When David Letterman refused to release an explosive appearance of Harvey Pekar for a segment in the movie American Splendor, Giamatti and the screenwriters recreated it for the screen. Knew little about John Adams before taking on the title role for the seven-part HBO miniseries. Played a finicky editor who spreads romantic rumors about Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) on the 30 Rock  episode "When It Rains, It Pours." In Barney's Version, a film that spans five decades, felt the challenge of aging younger was harder than aging older. ~ Rovi

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