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.
149 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 149
Rick and Morty
2013
The Daily Show
1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Saturday Night Live
1975
Conan
2010
The Colbert Report
2005
Black Mirror
2011
King of the Hill
1997
Golden Globe Awards
1944
30 Rock
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Billions
2016
The View
1997
BoJack Horseman
2014
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Nature
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Big Mouth
2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Saving Private Ryan
1998
The Truman Show
1998
The Oscars
1953
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
Jungle Cruise
2021
The Holdovers
2023
The Hangover Part II
2011
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
The Negotiator
1998
Robots
2005
John Adams
2008
30 Coins
2020
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
San Andreas
2015
The American Revolution
2025
Straight Outta Compton
2015
12 Years a Slave
2013
Lodge 49
2018
Turbo
2013
Planet of the Apes
2001
Parkland
2013
The Frame
2013
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
New York News
1995
The Little Prince
2015
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
The Ant Bully
2006
Shoot 'Em Up
2007
Donnie Brasco
1997
Prohibition
2011
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Sabrina
1995
At Home with Amy Sedaris
2017
The Illusionist
2006
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
Big Momma's House
2000
Rock of Ages
2012
Paycheck
2003
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
Cinderella Man
2005
The Ides of March
2011
The Nanny Diaries
2007
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
Sideways
2004
The American Buffalo
2023
Lady in the Water
2006
Morgan
2016
Fred Claus
2007
Man on the Moon
1999
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Big Fat Liar
2002
Ratchet & Clank
2016
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
Ironclad
2011
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
Singles
1992
The New Yorker Presents
2016
Duplicity
2009
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Deconstructing Harry
1997
I Think We're Alone Now
2018
Cosmopolis
2012
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
Romeo & Juliet
2013
Barney's Version
2010
Love & Mercy
2015
Too Big to Fail
2011
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
A Mouthful of Air
2021
Before and After
1996
Private Parts
1997
No One Cares
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If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
2021
Cold Souls
2009
Confidence
2003
Storytelling
2001
Madame Bovary
2015
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2013
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
Safe Men
1998
Duets
2000
The Congress
2013
Thunderpants
2002
Trumbo
2007
Private Life
2018
Winchell
1998
The Last Station
2009
John Dies at the End
2013
American Splendor
2003
Love, Marilyn
2013
Win Win
2011
The Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
A Further Gesture
1997
A Sprinkle of History
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The Phenom
2016
Pretty Bird
2008
Arresting Gena
1997
Past Midnight
1992
The Pentagon Papers
2003
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012
The Statement
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All Is Bright
2013
Tourist Trap
1998
1961
2000
Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
The Hawk Is Dying
2007
Giant Sloth
2015
She'll Take Romance
1990
River of Fundament
2014
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
Breathing Room
1996
Hoke
2014
Goldfish
2015
Wax Paul Now
2019
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
2022
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
2012
The Fan and the Flower
2005
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
2018
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
2003
Boutique
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Season of the Osprey
2021
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
2025
Too Loud a Solitude
2007
Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic
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