Paul Giamatti
- Acting
- June 6, 1967 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Giamatti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- A Sprinkle of History · Sam Born
- The Debut · Jerry Blankenbuehler
- A Statement · David Slade
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy · Nus Braka
- The American Revolution · John Adams (Voice)
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale · Harold Levinson
- Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale · Self
- Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas · Narrator
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Holdovers · Paul Hunham
- The American Buffalo · Voice
- Woodpeckers: The Hole Story · Self
- The U.S. and the Holocaust · Madison Grant (Voice)
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home · Self
- A Mouthful of Air · Dr. Sylvester
- Season of the Osprey · Self
- Teenage Euthanasia
- Jungle Cruise · Nilo Nemolato
- Gunpowder Milkshake · Nathan
- The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness · Self
- 30 Coins · Christian Barbrow
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire · Self
- Wax Paul Now · Self, Thanks
- Private Life · Richard Grimes
- I Think We're Alone Now · Patrick
- Lodge 49 · L. Marvin Metz, Executive producer
- The Catcher Was a Spy · Sam Goudsmit
- Sex, Lies and Butterflies · Narrator (Voice)
- At Home with Amy Sedaris · Olgilvey
- Big Mouth · Andrew’s Shit (Voice)
- Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · Self
- Morgan · Dr. Alan Shapiro
- The Phenom · Dr. Mobley
- Ratchet & Clank · Chairman Drek (Voice)
- The New Yorker Presents · Honoré de Balzac
- Outsiders · Executive producer
- Billions · Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
- Breakthrough · Director
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Straight Outta Compton · Jerry Heller
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Little Prince · The Academy Teacher (Voice)
- Madame Bovary · Monsieur Homais
- Love & Mercy · Dr. Eugene Landy
- San Andreas · Dr. Lawrence Hayes
- Goldfish · Goldfish (Voice)
- Giant Sloth · Gordon Boonewell
- The Roosevelts: An Intimate History · Theodore Roosevelt (Voice)
- BoJack Horseman · TV BoJack (Voice)
- The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · Self
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · Aleksei Sytsevich
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- River of Fundament · Ptah-Nem-Hotep
- Hoke · Hoke Mosely
- Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective · Self
- Rick and Morty · Storylord (Voice)
- Saving Mr. Banks · Ralph
- 12 Years a Slave · Theophilus Freeman
- Parkland · Abraham Zapruder
- Romeo & Juliet · Friar Laurence
- All Is Bright · Dennis Girard
- Turbo · Chet (Voice)
- The Congress · Dr. Barker
- Love, Marilyn · Self
- The Frame · Benno Levin
- John Dies at the End · Arnie Blondestone, Executive producer
- PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary · Narrator
- Citizens of Cosmopolis · Self
- Rock of Ages · Paul Gill
- Cosmopolis · Benno Levin
- Black Mirror · Phillip
- Too Big to Fail · Ben Bernanke
- The Ides of March · Tom Duffy
- Prohibition · Reader / George Remus (Voice)
- The Hangover Part II · Kingsley
- Win Win · Mike Flaherty
- Ironclad · King John
- Conan · Self
- Barney's Version · Barney Panofsky
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto · Dr. Satan (Voice)