The person playing in the starring role as Einstein is none other than famed actor Paul Giamatti. Giamatti is one of the more prominent actors of the past few decades, nabbing roles in cultural touchstones like Saving Private Ryan, The Truman Show and Planet of the Apes.

The commercial you are referring to was filmed at Fordham University, with Keating Hall in the background.

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Fresh off of playing perhaps the grumpiest character in all of literature, Paul Giamatti is now suiting up as perhaps one of the most intelligent in real life. Fresh off of playing perhaps the grumpiest character in all of literature, Paul Giamatti is now suiting up as perhaps one of the most intelligent in real life.

Paul Marcarelli Paul Marcarelli is most recognizable from his nearly twenty years as an actor in commercials.

2. Paul Marcarelli: Paul Marcarelli is perhaps the most recognizable face associated with Verizon. He gained fame as the “Can You Hear Me Now?” guy in Verizon's iconic campaign from 2002 to 2011. Marcarelli's role involved highlighting Verizon's extensive coverage and network reliability.

T-Mobile's long-running partnership with comedic actors Donald Faison and Zack Braff has elevated that brief into beloved campaigns that have gone all the way to the Super Bowl.

Tom Conti Tom Conti as Albert Einstein Albert Einstein, the influential physicist, makes a brief but impactful appearance in Oppenheimer, played by actor Tom Conti.

Albert Einstein - Shia LaBeouf, Jason Segel, Andy Serkis, and John Malkovich all bear an uncanny resemblance to Albert Einstein.

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Since 2016 Marcarelli has been working as a Sprint (later merged with T-Mobile) spokesman and often refers to his switch from Verizon to Sprint in the commercials in which he appears.