Paul Giamatti 1967 58
Paul Giamatti 1967 58
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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2025 A Sprinkle Of History as Sam Born
2025 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Harold Levinson
2025 Old Time Radio
2025 The Goon as Franky
2025 Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic as DJ Art Bell
2025 Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical Comedy
2023 The Holdovers as Paul Hunham
2022 Woodpeckers: The Hole Story as Narrator
2022 Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)
2021 A Mouthful of Air as Dr. Sylvester
2021 Season of the Osprey as Narrator
2021 Jungle Cruise as Nilo
2021 Gunpowder Milkshake as Nathan
2019 Wax Paul Now as Self Thanks
2018 Private Life as Richard Grimes
2018 I Think We're Alone Now as Patrick
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 Ratchet & Clank as Chairman Drek (voice)
2016 Billions as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
2015 Straight Outta Compton as Jerry Heller
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 Goldfish as Goldfish (voice)
2015 Giant Sloth as Gordon Boonewell
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Aleksei Sytsevich
2014 River of Fundament as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
2014 Hoke as Hoke Mosely
2013 Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective as Self
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 John Dies at the End as Arnie Blondestone Executive Producer
2012 PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary as Narrator
2012 Citizens of Cosmopolis as Self
2012 Rock of Ages as Paul Gill
2012 Cosmopolis as Benno Levin
2011 Too Big to Fail as Ben Bernanke
2011 The Ides of March as Tom Duffy
2011 The Hangover Part II as Kingsley
2011 Win Win as Mike Flaherty
2011 Ironclad as King John
2010 Barney's Version as Barney Panofsky
2009 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
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 Nanny Diaries as Mr. X
2007 Shoot 'Em Up as Hertz
2007 The Hawk Is Dying as Georges Gattling
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 Lady in the Water as Cleveland Heep
2005 Cinderella Man as Joe Gould
2005 The Fan and the Flower as Narrator (voice)
2005 Robots as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
2004 Sideways as Miles
2003 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
2002 Thunderpants as Johnson J. Johnson
2002 Big Fat Liar as Marty Wolf
2001 Storytelling as Toby Oxman
2001 Planet of the Apes as Limbo
2000 Duets as Todd Woods
2000 Big Momma's House as John
2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Ted Hedley
2000 1961 as Ted Hedley
1999 Man on the Moon as Bob Zmuda
1999 Cradle Will Rock as Carlo
1998 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
1997 Deconstructing Harry as Professor Abbott
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 A Further Gesture as Hotel Clerk
1996 Before and After as Courtroom Audience, Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
1995 Sabrina as Scott
1995 Mighty Aphrodite as Extras Guild Researcher
1992 Singles as Kissing Man
1992 Past Midnight as Larry Canipe
1990 She'll Take Romance as Heckler #2