Marcus Giamatti
About
Biography
Filmography
Family & Companions
Biography
This tall, curly-haired son of former Major League Baseball commissioner A Bartlett Giamatti and older brother of actor Paul Giamatti, began his career with a one-shot appearance in a TV commercial at age nine. After training at Yale, Marcus Giamatti embarked on a stage career that included work in regional theaters before he landing a role in a 1989 Lincoln Center staging of "Measure for Measure." The following year, he broke into features in "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" and followed with roles in the formulaic gridiron comedy "Necessary Roughness," starring Scott Bakula, and the CBS movie "Aftermath: A Test of Love" (both 1991), as well as guesting that year on NBC's "Hunter." A 1992 episode of "Quantum Leap" reunited him with Bakula, and he finally achieved a more prominent profile as Corey Parker's slick, unctuous office mate in the Fox sitcom "Flying Blind" (1992-93). Between film and movie assignments, Giamatti returned to the stage, co-starring with his brother in Michael Cristofer's 1996 two-character Off-Broadway play "The Blues Are Running." He was featured the next year in Horton Foote's Pulitzer-winning "The Young Man From Atlanta" alongside heavyweights Rip Torn and Shirley Knight. Though he continued to land small roles in features (i.e., Barry Levinson's "Jimmy Hollywood" 1994) and TV-movies (e.g., TNT's critically-acclaimed "Pirates of Silicon Valley" 1999), Giamatti's next great opportunity came as a series regular again in "Judging Amy" (CBS, 1999-2005), playing Amy Brenneman's uptight brother Peter Gray. He also portrayed Guildenstern in a cable version of "Hamlet" (Odyssey, 2000), directed by and starring Campbell Scott.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1971
Made one-shot appearance in a TV commercial at age nine (date approximately)
1986
Earned Equity card performing at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (date approximate)
1989
Had supporting role in Lincoln Center staging of Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"; Campbell Scott also featured in production
1990
Film debut, "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge"
1991
TV debut in episode of "Hunter" (NBC), also acted in CBS movie "Aftermath: A Test of Love"
1991
Played Sargie in "Necessary Roughness", starring Scott Bakula
1992
Debut as a TV series regular, playing Ted, the unscrupulous office mate of Corey Parker's Neil on Fox's twentysomething comedy "Flying Blind"
1992
Reteamed with Bakula on episode of "Quantum Leap" (NBC)
1994
Appeared onstage in NYC in the Off-Broadway staging of "Durang, Durang"
1994
Had small role as BMW Preppy in Barry Levinson's "Jimmy Hollywood"
1996
Starred alongside brother Paul in the two-character Off-Broadway play "The Blues Are Running" by Michael Crisotofer
1997
Broadway debut in Horton Foote's "The Young Man From Atlanta", starring Rip Torn and Shirley Knight
1997
Portrayed Agent Atkinson in "Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing" (HBO)
1997
Supported wife Kathryn Meisle in New Jersey Shakespeare Festival staging of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" at
1999
Had small role as a pushy high school friend of filmmaker David Gold in "Judy Berlin"; premiered at Sundance
1999
Appeared as Dan Kotke in critically-acclaimed "Pirates of Silicon Valley" (TNT), starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates
1999
Had regular role as Amy Brenneman's uptight brother Peter Gray on "Judging Amy" (CBS)
2000
Played Guildenstern in TV version of "Hamlet" (Odyssey), directed by and starring Campbell Scott
Family
Companions
