Name
Paul Giamatti
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1967-06-06 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1998 Saving Private Ryan as Sergeant Hill
- 2001 Planet of the Apes as Limbo
- 2005 Cinderella Man as Joe Gould
- 2006 The Illusionist as Inspector Uhl
- 1999 Man on the Moon as Bob Zmuda
- 2011 The Ides of March as Tom Duffy
- 1997 Deconstructing Harry as Professor Abbott
- 2003 American Splendor as Harvey Pekar
- 2007 Shoot 'Em Up as Hertz
- 2007 Fred Claus as Nick (Santa) Claus
- 2009 Cold Souls as Paul
- 2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Dr. Satan (voice)
- 2002 Big Fat Liar as Marty Wolf
- 2007 The Nanny Diaries as Mr. X
- 2005 Robots as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
- 2000 Big Momma's House as John
- 2003 Paycheck as Shorty
- 2000 1961 as Ted Hedley
- 1998 The Negotiator as Rudy
- 1997 Private Parts as Kenny
- 2004 Sideways as Miles
- 2006 Lady in the Water as Cleveland Heep
- 2006 The Ant Bully as Stan Beals (voice)
- 2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Ted Hedley
- 2003 The Pentagon Papers as Anthony Russo
- 2008 Pretty Bird as Rick Honeycutt
- 2009 The Last Station as Vladimir Chertkov
- 2007 Trumbo as Self
- 2007 The Hawk Is Dying as Georges Gattling
- 1998 Safe Men as Veal Chop
- 2011 The Hangover Part II as Kingsley
- 2011 Ironclad as King John
- 2001 Storytelling as Toby Oxman
- 2009 Duplicity as Richard Garsik
- 2011 Too Big to Fail as Ben Bernanke
- 2010 Barney's Version as Barney Panofsky
- 2012 Cosmopolis as Benno Levin
- 1992 Past Midnight as Larry Canipe
- 2000 Duets as Todd Woods
- 2018 The Catcher Was a Spy as Sam Goudsmit
- 2012 Rock of Ages as Paul Gill
- 2011 Win Win as Mike Flaherty
- 2013 John Dies at the End as Arnie Blondestone
- 2013 12 Years a Slave as Theophilus Freeman
- 2013 Turbo as Chet (voice)
- 2013 Love, Marilyn as Self
- 2013 Saving Mr. Banks as Ralph
- 2013 The Congress as Dr. Barker
- 2013 All Is Bright as Dennis Girard
- 2013 Parkland as Abraham Zapruder
- 2007 Too Loud a Solitude as Hanta (voice)
- 2006 The Amazing Screw-On Head as Screw-On Head (voice)
- 1998 Winchell as Herman Klurfeld
- 2015 Madame Bovary as Monsieur Homais
- 2014 River of Fundament as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
- 2002 Thunderpants as Johnson J. Johnson
- 2015 Love & Mercy as Dr. Eugene Landy
- 2012 Citizens of Cosmopolis as Self
- 2018 Sex, Lies and Butterflies as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 The Truman Show as Simeon
- 2015 Straight Outta Compton as Jerry Heller
- 2005 The Fan and the Flower as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 She'll Take Romance as Heckler #2
- 2009 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Uncle Chaz (archive footage)
- 1992 Singles as Kissing Man
- 2022 Woodpeckers: The Hole Story as Self - Narrator
- 2016 Ratchet & Clank as Chairman Drek (voice)
- 2015 San Andreas as Dr. Lawrence Hayes
- 2014 Hoke as Hoke Mosely
- 2015 Giant Sloth as Gordon Boonewell
- 1998 Tourist Trap as Jeremiah Piper
- 1997 My Best Friend's Wedding as Bellman
- 1999 Cradle Will Rock as Carlo
- 2025 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Harold Levinson
- 2013 Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective as Self
- 2016 The Phenom as Dr. Mobley
- 2016 Morgan as Dr. Alan Shapiro
- 1995 Sabrina as Scott
- 2015 The Little Prince as The Academy Teacher (voice)
- 2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Aleksei Sytsevich
- 1997 Arresting Gena as Detective Wilson
- 2018 Private Life as Richard Grimes
- 2013 Romeo & Juliet as Friar Laurence
- 2003 Confidence as Gordo
- 2012 PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary as Narrator
- 2017 Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond as Self
- 1997 Donnie Brasco as FBI Technician
- 2018 I Think We're Alone Now as Patrick
- 2021 Jungle Cruise as Nilo Nemolato
- 1995 Mighty Aphrodite as Extras Guild Researcher
- 2003 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! as Narrator
- 2021 Gunpowder Milkshake as Nathan
- 2021 A Mouthful of Air as Dr. Sylvester
- 1998 Doctor Dolittle as Blaine (uncredited)
- 2023 The Holdovers as Paul Hunham
- 2019 Wax Paul Now as Self
- 2021 Season of the Osprey as Self - Narrator
- Soon A Sprinkle of History as Sam Born
- 2026 The Debut as Jerry
- 2015 Goldfish as Goldfish (voice)
- Soon Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic as DJ Art Bell
- 1997 A Further Gesture as Hotel Clerk
- 1996 Before and After as Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
- 2025 Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas as Narrator
- 2025 Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
- 2014 The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Self
- 1996 Breathing Room as George
- Soon The Statement
- Soon Boutique as Calvin
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 30 Rock ( 1 episode ) as Ritchie
- 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street ( 1 episode ) as Harry Tjarks
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1995 New York News ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Wargner
- 2008 John Adams ( 7 episodes ) as John Adams
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 Amazing Screw-On Head ( 1 episode ) as Screw-On Head (voice)
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Billions ( 84 episodes ) as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
- 2014 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History ( 7 episodes ) as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Teenage Euthanasia ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2016 The New Yorker Presents ( 1 episode ) as Honoré de Balzac
- 2014 BoJack Horseman ( 1 episode ) as TV BoJack (voice)
- 2021 The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 2020 30 Coins ( 8 episodes ) as Christian Barbrow
- 2023 The American Buffalo ( 2 episodes ) as (voice)
- 2013 The Frame ( 1 episode ) as Benno Levin
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Nature ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Mr. McKay (voice)
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2011 Prohibition ( 3 episodes ) as Reader / George Remus (voice)
- 2013 Rick and Morty ( 2 episodes ) as Storylord (voice)
- 2018 Lodge 49 ( 4 episodes )
- 2017 Big Mouth ( 1 episode ) as Andrew’s Shit (voice)
- 2010 Conan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as Phillip
- 2025 The American Revolution ( 5 episodes ) as John Adams (voice)
- 2017 At Home with Amy Sedaris ( 1 episode ) as Olgilvey
- 2005 The Colbert Report ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2026 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ( 3 episodes ) as Nus Braka
- 2022 The U.S. and the Holocaust ( 1 episode ) as Madison Grant (voice)
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
