Paul Giamatti
Acting • Born 1967-06-06
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.
Filmography
149 credits
Saving Private Ryan
Movie • 1998
Sergeant Hill
Planet of the Apes
Movie • 2001
Limbo
Cinderella Man
Movie • 2005
Joe Gould
The Illusionist
Movie • 2006
Inspector Uhl
Man on the Moon
Movie • 1999
Bob Zmuda
The Ides of March
Movie • 2011
Tom Duffy
Deconstructing Harry
Movie • 1997
Professor Abbott
American Splendor
Movie • 2003
Harvey Pekar
Shoot 'Em Up
Movie • 2007
Hertz
Fred Claus
Movie • 2007
Nick (Santa) Claus
Cold Souls
Movie • 2009
Paul
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Movie • 2009
Dr. Satan (voice)
Big Fat Liar
Movie • 2002
Marty Wolf
The Nanny Diaries
Movie • 2007
Mr. X
Robots
Movie • 2005
Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
Big Momma's House
Movie • 2000
John
Paycheck
Movie • 2003
Shorty
1961
Movie • 2000
Ted Hedley
The Negotiator
Movie • 1998
Rudy
Private Parts
Movie • 1997
Kenny
Sideways
Movie • 2004
Miles
Lady in the Water
Movie • 2006
Cleveland Heep
The Ant Bully
Movie • 2006
Stan Beals (voice)
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Movie • 2000
Ted Hedley
The Pentagon Papers
Movie • 2003
Anthony Russo
Pretty Bird
Movie • 2008
Rick Honeycutt
The Last Station
Movie • 2009
Vladimir Chertkov
Trumbo
Movie • 2007
Self
The Hawk Is Dying
Movie • 2007
Georges Gattling
Safe Men
Movie • 1998
Veal Chop
The Hangover Part II
Movie • 2011
Kingsley
Ironclad
Movie • 2011
King John
Storytelling
Movie • 2001
Toby Oxman
Duplicity
Movie • 2009
Richard Garsik
Too Big to Fail
Movie • 2011
Ben Bernanke
Barney's Version
Movie • 2010
Barney Panofsky
Cosmopolis
Movie • 2012
Benno Levin
Past Midnight
Movie • 1992
Larry Canipe
Duets
Movie • 2000
Todd Woods
The Catcher Was a Spy
Movie • 2018
Sam Goudsmit
Rock of Ages
Movie • 2012
Paul Gill
Win Win
Movie • 2011
Mike Flaherty
John Dies at the End
Movie • 2013
Arnie Blondestone
12 Years a Slave
Movie • 2013
Theophilus Freeman
Turbo
Movie • 2013
Chet (voice)
Love, Marilyn
Movie • 2013
Self
Saving Mr. Banks
Movie • 2013
Ralph
The Congress
Movie • 2013
Dr. Barker
All Is Bright
Movie • 2013
Dennis Girard
Parkland
Movie • 2013
Abraham Zapruder
Too Loud a Solitude
Movie • 2007
Hanta (voice)
The Amazing Screw-On Head
Movie • 2006
Screw-On Head (voice)
Winchell
Movie • 1998
Herman Klurfeld
Madame Bovary
Movie • 2015
Monsieur Homais
River of Fundament
Movie • 2014
Ptah-Nem-Hotep
Thunderpants
Movie • 2002
Johnson J. Johnson
Love & Mercy
Movie • 2015
Dr. Eugene Landy
Citizens of Cosmopolis
Movie • 2012
Self
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
The Truman Show
Movie • 1998
Simeon
Straight Outta Compton
Movie • 2015
Jerry Heller
The Fan and the Flower
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
She'll Take Romance
Movie • 1990
Heckler #2
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Movie • 2009
Uncle Chaz (archive footage)
Singles
Movie • 1992
Kissing Man
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Movie • 2022
Narrator
Ratchet & Clank
Movie • 2016
Chairman Drek (voice)
San Andreas
Movie • 2015
Dr. Lawrence Hayes
Hoke
Movie • 2014
Hoke Mosely
Giant Sloth
Movie • 2015
Gordon Boonewell
Tourist Trap
Movie • 1998
Jeremiah Piper
My Best Friend's Wedding
Movie • 1997
Bellman
Cradle Will Rock
Movie • 1999
Carlo
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie • 2025
Harold Levinson
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Movie • 2013
Self
The Phenom
Movie • 2016
Dr. Mobley
Morgan
Movie • 2016
Dr. Alan Shapiro
Sabrina
Movie • 1995
Scott
The Little Prince
Movie • 2015
The Academy Teacher (voice)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Movie • 2014
Aleksei Sytsevich
Arresting Gena
Movie • 1997
Detective Wilson
Private Life
Movie • 2018
Richard Grimes
Romeo & Juliet
Movie • 2013
Friar Laurence
Confidence
Movie • 2003
Gordo
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
Movie • 2012
Narrator
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Movie • 2017
Self
Donnie Brasco
Movie • 1997
FBI Technician
I Think We're Alone Now
Movie • 2018
Patrick
Jungle Cruise
Movie • 2021
Nilo
Mighty Aphrodite
Movie • 1995
Extras Guild Researcher
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Gunpowder Milkshake
Movie • 2021
Nathan
A Mouthful of Air
Movie • 2021
Dr. Sylvester
Doctor Dolittle
Movie • 1998
Blaine (uncredited)
The Holdovers
Movie • 2023
Paul Hunham
Wax Paul Now
Movie • 2019
Self
Season of the Osprey
Movie • 2021
Narrator
A Sprinkle of History
Movie
Sam Born
No One Cares
Movie
Goldfish
Movie • 2015
Goldfish (voice)
Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic
Movie
DJ Art Bell
A Further Gesture
Movie • 1997
Hotel Clerk
Before and After
Movie • 1996
Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
Movie • 2025
Narrator
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Movie • 2025
Self
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Movie • 2014
Self
Breathing Room
Movie • 1996
George
The Statement
Movie
Boutique
Movie
Calvin
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Ritchie
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Harry Tjarks
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
New York News
TV • 1995
Dr. Wargner
John Adams
TV • 2008
John Adams
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Amazing Screw-On Head
TV • 2006
Screw-On Head (voice)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
TV • 2022
Madison Grant
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Billions
TV • 2016
Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
TV • 2014
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Teenage Euthanasia
TV • 2021
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The New Yorker Presents
TV • 2016
Honoré de Balzac
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
TV BoJack (voice)
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
TV • 2021
Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
30 Coins
TV • 2020
Christian Barbrow
The American Buffalo
TV • 2023
(voice)
The Frame
TV • 2013
Benno Levin
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Mr. McKay (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Prohibition
TV • 2011
Reader / George Remus (voice)
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
Storylord (voice)
Lodge 49
TV • 2018
Big Mouth
TV • 2017
Andrew’s Shit (voice)
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Phillip
The American Revolution
TV • 2025
John Adams (voice)
At Home with Amy Sedaris
TV • 2017
Olgilvey
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV • 2026
Nus Braka