Paul Giamatti
Known for Acting · 149 credits
- Born
- 1967-06-06 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
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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Known For
TV Shows (40)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Storylord (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self
King of the Hill
1997
as Mr. McKay (voice)
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Black Mirror
2011
as Phillip
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Billions
2016
as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
BoJack Horseman
2014
as TV BoJack (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
30 Rock
2006
as Ritchie
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Harry Tjarks
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Big Mouth
2017
as Andrew’s Shit (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
as Nus Braka
30 Coins
2020
as Christian Barbrow
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
John Adams
2008
as John Adams
At Home with Amy Sedaris
2017
as Olgilvey
Lodge 49
2018
The Frame
2013
as Benno Levin
New York News
1995
as Dr. Wargner
Prohibition
2011
as Reader / George Remus (voice)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014
as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Madison Grant (voice)
The American Revolution
2025
as John Adams (voice)
The New Yorker Presents
2016
as Honoré de Balzac
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
as Screw-On Head (voice)
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
2021
as Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)
Movies (109)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Aleksei Sytsevich
Saving Private Ryan
1998
as Sergeant Hill
The Truman Show
1998
as Simeon
San Andreas
2015
as Dr. Lawrence Hayes
Turbo
2013
as Chet (voice)
The Hangover Part II
2011
as Kingsley
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Theophilus Freeman
Robots
2005
as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
Jungle Cruise
2021
as Nilo Nemolato
Straight Outta Compton
2015
as Jerry Heller
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Limbo
Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Blaine (uncredited)
The Debut
2026
as Jerry
The Illusionist
2006
as Inspector Uhl
The Holdovers
2023
as Paul Hunham
Donnie Brasco
1997
as FBI Technician
Rock of Ages
2012
as Paul Gill
Big Momma's House
2000
as John
The Little Prince
2015
as The Academy Teacher (voice)
The Negotiator
1998
as Rudy
Cinderella Man
2005
as Joe Gould
Parkland
2013
as Abraham Zapruder
Paycheck
2003
as Shorty
Deconstructing Harry
1997
as Professor Abbott
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
as Harold Levinson
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
as Bellman
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Nathan
The Ant Bully
2006
as Stan Beals (voice)
Sabrina
1995
as Scott
The Nanny Diaries
2007
as Mr. X
Shoot 'Em Up
2007
as Hertz
Ironclad
2011
as King John
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as Ralph
Ratchet & Clank
2016
as Chairman Drek (voice)
Duplicity
2009
as Richard Garsik
Morgan
2016
as Dr. Alan Shapiro
Sideways
2004
as Miles
Lady in the Water
2006
as Cleveland Heep
The Ides of March
2011
as Tom Duffy
John Dies at the End
2013
as Arnie Blondestone
Man on the Moon
1999
as Bob Zmuda
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
as Sam Goudsmit
Fred Claus
2007
as Nick (Santa) Claus
Big Fat Liar
2002
as Marty Wolf
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Ben Bernanke
Cosmopolis
2012
as Benno Levin
Romeo & Juliet
2013
as Friar Laurence
Love & Mercy
2015
as Dr. Eugene Landy
Thunderpants
2002
as Johnson J. Johnson
I Think We're Alone Now
2018
as Patrick
Private Parts
1997
as Kenny
The Congress
2013
as Dr. Barker
Before and After
1996
as Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
as Extras Guild Researcher
Madame Bovary
2015
as Monsieur Homais
Singles
1992
as Kissing Man
The Statement
A Mouthful of Air
2021
as Dr. Sylvester
American Splendor
2003
as Harvey Pekar
Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
Boutique
as Calvin
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Carlo
Confidence
2003
as Gordo
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
as Self
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
2012
as Narrator
Barney's Version
2010
as Barney Panofsky
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Ted Hedley
Goldfish
2015
as Goldfish (voice)
Win Win
2011
as Mike Flaherty
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
as Dr. Satan (voice)
All Is Bright
2013
as Dennis Girard
Safe Men
1998
as Veal Chop
Private Life
2018
as Richard Grimes
The Last Station
2009
as Vladimir Chertkov
Duets
2000
as Todd Woods
River of Fundament
2014
as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
Storytelling
2001
as Toby Oxman
Giant Sloth
2015
as Gordon Boonewell
Winchell
1998
as Herman Klurfeld
A Sprinkle of History
as Sam Born
Too Loud a Solitude
2007
as Hanta (voice)
Past Midnight
1992
as Larry Canipe
Cold Souls
2009
as Paul
A Further Gesture
1997
as Hotel Clerk
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Uncle Chaz (archive footage)
Tourist Trap
1998
as Jeremiah Piper
1961
2000
as Ted Hedley
Arresting Gena
1997
as Detective Wilson
The Phenom
2016
as Dr. Mobley
The Hawk Is Dying
2007
as Georges Gattling
She'll Take Romance
1990
as Heckler #2
The Fan and the Flower
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Trumbo
2007
as Self
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Self
The Pentagon Papers
2003
as Anthony Russo
Pretty Bird
2008
as Rick Honeycutt
The Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
as Screw-On Head (voice)
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
2022
as Self - Narrator
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
as Self
Breathing Room
1996
as George
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
2025
as Narrator
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2013
as Self
Season of the Osprey
2021
as Self - Narrator
Hoke
2014
as Hoke Mosely
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic
as DJ Art Bell
Wax Paul Now
2019
as Self
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
2003
as Narrator
About 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 returne… With 149 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Paul Giamatti has appeared in 109 films and 40 TV shows.
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- Saving Private Ryan (1998) — as Sergeant Hill
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