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I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.
Paul Giamatti
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Paul Giamatti
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: June 6
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Character Actor
Film Actor
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New Haven
Connecticut
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
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