
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 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
Credits
- 2025 · Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Harold Levinson
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2023 · The Holdovers as Paul Hunham
- 2021 · Teenage Euthanasia as
- 2021 · Jungle Cruise as Nilo
- 2020 · 30 Coins as Christian Barbrow
- 2018 · Private Life as Richard Grimes
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Andrew’s Shit (voice)
- 2016 · Ratchet & Clank as Chairman Drek (voice)
- 2016 · Billions as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Straight Outta Compton as Jerry Heller
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Little Prince as The Academy Teacher (voice)
- 2015 · Madame Bovary as Monsieur Homais
- 2015 · San Andreas as Dr. Lawrence Hayes
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as TV BoJack (voice)
- 2014 · The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Aleksei Sytsevich
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · River of Fundament as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Storylord (voice)
- 2013 · 12 Years a Slave as Theophilus Freeman
- 2013 · Romeo & Juliet as Friar Laurence
- 2013 · Turbo as Chet (voice)
- 2013 · Love, Marilyn as Self
- 2012 · Rock of Ages as Paul Gill
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Phillip
- 2011 · The Ides of March as Tom Duffy
- 2011 · Prohibition as Reader / George Remus (voice)
- 2011 · The Hangover Part II as Kingsley
- 2011 · Ironclad as King John
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Barney's Version as Barney Panofsky
- 2009 · Cold Souls as Paul
- 2009 · Duplicity as Richard Garsik
- 2008 · John Adams as John Adams
- 2007 · The Nanny Diaries as Mr. X
- 2007 · Shoot 'Em Up as Hertz
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Ritchie
- 2006 · The Illusionist as Inspector Uhl
- 2006 · The Ant Bully as Stan Beals (voice)
- 2006 · Lady in the Water as Cleveland Heep
- 2005 · Robots as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Sideways as Miles
- 2003 · Paycheck as Shorty
- 2003 · The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! as Narrator
- 2003 · Confidence as Gordo
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Big Fat Liar as Marty Wolf
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Limbo
- 2000 · Big Momma's House as John
- 2000 · If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Ted Hedley
- 1999 · Cradle Will Rock as Carlo
- 1998 · The Negotiator as Rudy
- 1998 · Saving Private Ryan as Sergeant Hill
- 1998 · Doctor Dolittle as Blaine (uncredited)
- 1998 · The Truman Show as Simeon
- 1997 · Deconstructing Harry as Professor Abbott
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Donnie Brasco as FBI Technician
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Mr. McKay (voice)
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical Comedy as
- 2026 · A Sprinkle of History as Sam Born
- 2025 · Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
- 2025 · Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
- 2025 · Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas as
- 2023 · The American Buffalo as (voice)
- 2022 · Woodpeckers: The Hole Story as Narrator
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as Madison Grant
- 2021 · A Mouthful of Air as Dr. Sylvester
- 2021 · Season of the Osprey as Narrator
- 2021 · Gunpowder Milkshake as Nathan
- 2021 · The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness as Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)
- 2019 · Wax Paul Now as Self
- 2018 · I Think We're Alone Now as Patrick
- 2018 · Lodge 49 as
- 2018 · The Catcher Was a Spy as Sam Goudsmit
- 2018 · Sex, Lies and Butterflies as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond as Self
- 2016 · Morgan as Dr. Alan Shapiro
- 2016 · The Phenom as Dr. Mobley
- 2016 · The New Yorker Presents as Honoré de Balzac
- 2015 · Love & Mercy as Dr. Eugene Landy
- 2015 · Goldfish as Goldfish (voice)
- 2015 · Giant Sloth as Gordon Boonewell
- 2014 · The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
- 2014 · The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Self
- 2014 · Hoke as Hoke Mosely
- 2013 · Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective as Self
- 2013 · Saving Mr. Banks as Ralph
- 2013 · Parkland as Abraham Zapruder
- 2013 · All Is Bright as Dennis Girard
- 2013 · The Congress as Dr Barker
- 2013 · The Frame as Benno Levin
- 2013 · John Dies at the End as Arnie Blondestone
- 2012 · PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary as Narrator
- 2012 · Citizens of Cosmopolis as Self
- 2012 · Cosmopolis as Benno Levin
- 2011 · Too Big to Fail as Ben Bernanke
- 2011 · Win Win as Mike Flaherty
- 2009 · The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Dr. Satan (voice)
- 2009 · The Last Station as Vladimir Chertkov
- 2009 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Uncle Chaz (archive footage)
- 2008 · Pretty Bird as Rick Honeycutt
- 2007 · Fred Claus as Nick (Santa) Claus
- 2007 · Too Loud a Solitude as Hanta (voice)
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2007 · The Hawk Is Dying as Georges Gattling
- 2006 · The Amazing Screw-On Head as Screw-On Head (voice)
- 2006 · Amazing Screw-On Head as Screw-On Head (voice)
- 2005 · Cinderella Man as Joe Gould
- 2005 · The Fan and the Flower as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · American Splendor as Harvey Pekar
- 2003 · The Pentagon Papers as Anthony Russo
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Johnson J. Johnson
- 2001 · Storytelling as Toby Oxman
- 2000 · Duets as Todd Woods
- 2000 · 1961 as Ted Hedley
- 1999 · Man on the Moon as Bob Zmuda
- 1998 · Winchell as Herman Klurfeld
- 1998 · Safe Men as Veal Chop
- 1998 · Tourist Trap as Jeremiah Piper
- 1997 · My Best Friend's Wedding as Bellman
- 1997 · Private Parts as Kenny
- 1997 · Arresting Gena as Detective Wilson
- 1997 · A Further Gesture as Hotel Clerk
- 1996 · Before and After as Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
- 1995 · Sabrina as Scott
- 1995 · New York News as Dr. Wargner
- 1995 · Mighty Aphrodite as Extras Guild Researcher
- 1992 · Singles as Kissing Man
- Future · Old Time Radio as
- 1992 · Past Midnight as Larry Canipe
- 1990 · She'll Take Romance as Heckler #2
- Future · The Goon as Franky
- Future · Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic as DJ Art Bell