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Paul Giamatti

Acting

🎂 1967-06-06

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.

Cast credits(144)

Storylord (voice)

2013

Self

1996

Phillip

2011

Mr. McKay (voice)

1997

Self

2014

Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.

2016

Self - Host

1975

TV BoJack (voice)

2014

Self

2010

Self

2015

Ritchie

2006

Self - Nominee

1944

Narrator (voice)

1982

Self

2005

Aleksei Sytsevich

2014

1993

Self

1997

Andrew’s Shit (voice)

2017

Kingsley

2011

Self

2015

Simeon

1998

Self

1988

Sergeant Hill

1998

Self

2003

Professor Abbott

1997

Self - Guest

1993

Dr. Lawrence Hayes

2015

Self

1953

Tim the Gate Guard (voice)

2005

Theophilus Freeman

2013

Nilo

2021

Christian Barbrow

2020

Limbo

2001

Jerry Heller

2015

Chet (voice)

2013

Self

2023

Paul Hunham

2023

FBI Technician

1997

Inspector Uhl

2006

John Adams

2008

The Academy Teacher (voice)

2015

Stan Beals (voice)

2006

Harold Levinson

2025

Bellman

1997

John

2000

Hertz

2007

Self (archive footage)

2022

Rudy

1998

Marty Wolf

2002

Tom Duffy

2011

Blaine (uncredited)

1998

Bob Zmuda

1999

Shorty

2003

Joe Gould

2005

Paul Gill

2012

Benno Levin

2013

Miles

2004

Scott

1995

King John

2011

Dr. Wargner

1995

Mr. X

2007

Nathan

2021

2021

Friar Laurence

2013

Monsieur Homais

2015

Abraham Zapruder

2013

Nick (Santa) Claus

2007

Ben Bernanke

2011

Reader / George Remus (voice)

2011

Richard Garsik

2009

Ted Hedley

2000

Cleveland Heep

2006

Kenny

1997

Dr. Satan (voice)

2009

Chairman Drek (voice)

2016

2018

Barney Panofsky

2010

Carlo

1999

Dr. Eugene Landy

2015

Ralph

2013

Arnie Blondestone

2013

Self

2017

Anthony Russo

2003

Dr. Alan Shapiro

2016

Vladimir Chertkov

2009

Extras Guild Researcher

1995

Sam Goudsmit

2018

Mike Flaherty

2011

Gordo

2003

Richard Grimes

2018

Kissing Man

1992

Rick Honeycutt

2008

Benno Levin

2012

Toby Oxman

2001

Madison Grant

2022

Uncle Chaz (archive footage)

2009

Harvey Pekar

2003

Honoré de Balzac

2016

Self

2013

Herman Klurfeld

1998

Courtroom Audience (uncredited)

1996

Todd Woods

2000

Dr Barker

2013

Georges Gattling

2007

Self

2013

Veal Chop

1998

Dr. Sylvester

2021

Patrick

2018

Ptah-Nem-Hotep

2014

Theodore Roosevelt (voice)

2014

Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)

2021

Paul

2009

Jeremiah Piper

1998

(voice)

2023

Johnson J. Johnson

2002

Dennis Girard

2013

Detective Wilson

1997

Larry Canipe

1992

Self

2019

Self

2012

Heckler #2

1990

Dr. Mobley

2016

Hotel Clerk

1997

Narrator

2003

Sam Born

2025

Self

2007

Screw-On Head (voice)

2006

Narrator (voice)

2018

2025

Hoke Mosely

2014

Screw-On Head (voice)

2006

Narrator

2021

Goldfish (voice)

2015

Ted Hedley

2000

Narrator

2012

Narrator

2022

Franky

Gordon Boonewell

2015

Narrator (voice)

2005

Hanta (voice)

2007

DJ Art Bell

Production (3)

Directing (1)

Crew (1)