Marcus Giamatti

Marcus Giamatti
Marcus Giamatti
Born Marcus Giamatti
October 3, 1961 (1961-10-03) (age 50)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1986–present

Marcus Giamatti (born October 3, 1961 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American actor, best known for being a regular member of the cast of the CBS drama series Judging Amy.

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Background

He is the son of former Yale University president and Major League Baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti and older brother of Academy Award-nominated actor Paul Giamatti.[1] He attended The Foote School, Hopkins School, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, and finally Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where he received the Carole Dye Award for Excellence in Acting.

Career

Giamatti started his career on the soap opera One Life to Live, but is likely best known for his series regular role on the CBS drama series Judging Amy, where he played the title character's older brother Peter Grey throughout the series' six season run. He has also guest-starred on a number of popular series, such as The X-Files, Homicide: Life on the Street, Monk, The Mentalist, and House MD. He has less frequently appeared in films, which include Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, Necessary Roughness, and the TV docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley.[2]

An accomplished musician, Giamatti plays bass guitar in several bands in Los Angeles, including the alternative folk-rock group Olivea and the psychedelic jam band Rebel Soul. He is also a session musician and is a member of Musicians Local 47.

Giamatti tossed the ceremonial first pitch at the 1989 World Series opener, played in Oakland, California.

More recently[when?], he guest starred as a shape shifter on FRINGE in season 3 and as a divorced father who murders his son on the final season of The Closer.

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