Paul Giamatti
Known for Acting · 150 credits
- Born
- 1967-06-06 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
Biography
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globes, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
After studying acting at the Yale School of Drama, he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti debuted on Broadway, portraying Ezra Chater in the Tom Stoppard play Arcadia (1995). Later that year, he played the Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon in the David Hare play Racing Demon (1995). He returned to theatre in the revivals of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (1997) and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1999).
Giamatti's breakout film role was in Private Parts (1997), followed by roles in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Man on the Moon (1999). He won acclaim for his leading roles in American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), Win Win (2011), and Private Life (2018). He has also acted in Planet of the Apes (2001), The Illusionist (2006), Fred Claus (2007), The Ides of March (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Love & Mercy (2014), and Straight Outta Compton (2015). He has earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Joe Gould in Cinderella Man (2005) and Best Actor for playing a disgruntled teacher in The Holdovers (2023).
On television, Giamatti played the role in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), earning him acclaim and several awards, including a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe. He starred as U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades Jr. in the Showtime television series Billions (2016–2023). He earned Emmy nominations for his roles as Ben Bernanke in the HBO film Too Big to Fail (2011) and Harold Levinson in the ITV series Downton Abbey (2013). In the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror episode Eulogy (2025), he played a grieving lover.
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Known For
TV Shows (40)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Storylord (voice)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
BoJack Horseman
2014
as TV BoJack (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Conan
2010
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Guest
King of the Hill
1997
as Mr. McKay (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Black Mirror
2011
as Phillip
Billions
2016
as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
30 Rock
2006
as Ritchie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Harry Tjarks
Big Mouth
2017
as Andrew’s Shit (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
as Nus Braka
John Adams
2008
as John Adams
Lodge 49
2018
30 Coins
2020
as Christian Barbrow
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
The American Revolution
2025
as John Adams (voice)
New York News
1995
as Dr. Wargner
The Frame
2013
as Benno Levin
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Prohibition
2011
as Reader / George Remus (voice)
At Home with Amy Sedaris
2017
as Olgilvey
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Madison Grant (voice)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
The New Yorker Presents
2016
as Honoré de Balzac
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
2021
as Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)
Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
as Screw-On Head (voice)
Movies (110)
Saving Private Ryan
1998
as Sergeant Hill
The Truman Show
1998
as Simeon
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Aleksei Sytsevich
The Hangover Part II
2011
as Kingsley
Robots
2005
as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
Jungle Cruise
2021
as Nilo Nemolato
San Andreas
2015
as Dr. Lawrence Hayes
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Theophilus Freeman
The Negotiator
1998
as Rudy
The Holdovers
2023
as Paul Hunham
Turbo
2013
as Chet (voice)
Straight Outta Compton
2015
as Jerry Heller
Sabrina
1995
as Scott
Big Momma's House
2000
as John
Cinderella Man
2005
as Joe Gould
Donnie Brasco
1997
as FBI Technician
The Illusionist
2006
as Inspector Uhl
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Limbo
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
as Harold Levinson
Singles
1992
as Kissing Man
Rock of Ages
2012
as Paul Gill
Paycheck
2003
as Shorty
Shoot 'Em Up
2007
as Hertz
The Ant Bully
2006
as Stan Beals (voice)
Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Blaine (uncredited)
The Little Prince
2015
as The Academy Teacher (voice)
Parkland
2013
as Abraham Zapruder
Morgan
2016
as Dr. Alan Shapiro
Sideways
2004
as Miles
Madame Bovary
2015
as Monsieur Homais
Man on the Moon
1999
as Bob Zmuda
The Ides of March
2011
as Tom Duffy
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Nathan
The Nanny Diaries
2007
as Mr. X
Deconstructing Harry
1997
as Professor Abbott
Fred Claus
2007
as Nick (Santa) Claus
Ironclad
2011
as King John
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
as Bellman
Cosmopolis
2012
as Benno Levin
Lady in the Water
2006
as Cleveland Heep
Big Fat Liar
2002
as Marty Wolf
I Think We're Alone Now
2018
as Patrick
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as Ralph
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Uncle Chaz (archive footage)
Confidence
2003
as Gordo
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
as Extras Guild Researcher
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Ben Bernanke
Safe Men
1998
as Veal Chop
Ratchet & Clank
2016
as Chairman Drek (voice)
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Carlo
Asterix and the Vikings
2006
as Asterix (voice: English version)
American Splendor
2003
as Harvey Pekar
Romeo & Juliet
2013
as Friar Laurence
Win Win
2011
as Mike Flaherty
John Dies at the End
2013
as Arnie Blondestone
Love & Mercy
2015
as Dr. Eugene Landy
Barney's Version
2010
as Barney Panofsky
Duplicity
2009
as Richard Garsik
The Congress
2013
as Dr. Barker
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
as Dr. Satan (voice)
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Ted Hedley
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
as Sam Goudsmit
Private Parts
1997
as Kenny
Arresting Gena
1997
as Detective Wilson
Thunderpants
2002
as Johnson J. Johnson
Cold Souls
2009
as Paul
Private Life
2018
as Richard Grimes
Pretty Bird
2008
as Rick Honeycutt
The Last Station
2009
as Vladimir Chertkov
A Mouthful of Air
2021
as Dr. Sylvester
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
as Self
Duets
2000
as Todd Woods
Before and After
1996
as Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
Storytelling
2001
as Toby Oxman
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2013
as Self
No One Cares
Past Midnight
1992
as Larry Canipe
Trumbo
2007
as Self
Winchell
1998
as Herman Klurfeld
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Self
The Statement
The Phenom
2016
as Dr. Mobley
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012
as Self
The Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
as Screw-On Head (voice)
Tourist Trap
1998
as Jeremiah Piper
All Is Bright
2013
as Dennis Girard
River of Fundament
2014
as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
A Further Gesture
1997
as Hotel Clerk
1961
2000
as Ted Hedley
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
as Self
Goldfish
2015
as Goldfish (voice)
Hoke
2014
as Hoke Mosely
The Pentagon Papers
2003
as Anthony Russo
Breathing Room
1996
as George
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
2022
as Narrator
She'll Take Romance
1990
as Heckler #2
The Hawk Is Dying
2007
as Georges Gattling
Giant Sloth
2015
as Gordon Boonewell
A Sprinkle of History
as Sam Born
The Fan and the Flower
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Too Loud a Solitude
2007
as Hanta (voice)
Wax Paul Now
2019
as Self
Season of the Osprey
2021
as Narrator
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Boutique
as Calvin
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
2003
as Narrator
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
2012
as Narrator
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
2025
as Narrator
Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic
as DJ Art Bell
About Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globes, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. After studying acting at the Yale School of Drama, he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti debuted on Broadway, portraying Ezra Chater in the Tom Stoppard play Arcadia (1995). Later that year, he played the Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon in the David Hare play Racing Demon (1995). He returne… With 150 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Paul Giamatti has appeared in 110 films and 40 TV shows.
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- The Truman Show (1998) — as Simeon
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) — as Aleksei Sytsevich
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- Robots (2005) — as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
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