Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 06, 1967
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Credits
152 titles
Paul 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Giamatti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Debut
Jerry
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Nus Braka
The American Revolution
John Adams (voice)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Harold Levinson
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Self
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
Narrator
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Holdovers
Paul Hunham
The American Buffalo
(voice)
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Self - Narrator
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Madison Grant (voice)
A Mouthful of Air
Dr. Sylvester
Season of the Osprey
Self - Narrator
Teenage Euthanasia
Jungle Cruise
Nilo Nemolato
Gunpowder Milkshake
Nathan
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)
30 Coins
Christian Barbrow
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
Wax Paul Now
Self
Private Life
Richard Grimes
I Think We're Alone Now
Patrick
Lodge 49
The Catcher Was a Spy
Sam Goudsmit
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
Narrator (voice)
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Olgilvey
Big Mouth
Andrew’s Shit (voice)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Self
Morgan
Dr. Alan Shapiro
The Phenom
Dr. Mobley
Ratchet & Clank
Chairman Drek (voice)
The New Yorker Presents
Honoré de Balzac
Outsiders
Executive Producer
Billions
Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
Breakthrough
Director
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Straight Outta Compton
Jerry Heller
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Little Prince
The Academy Teacher (voice)
Madame Bovary
Monsieur Homais
Love & Mercy
Dr. Eugene Landy
San Andreas
Dr. Lawrence Hayes
Goldfish
Goldfish (voice)
Giant Sloth
Gordon Boonewell
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
BoJack Horseman
TV BoJack (voice)
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Self
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Aleksei Sytsevich
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
River of Fundament
Ptah-Nem-Hotep