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Paul Giamatti

Born 1967-06-06
📍 New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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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Filmography 140

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