Cast
Paul Giamatti
Acting
Cast
Paul Giamatti
Known for
Acting
Born
1967-06-06
From
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Giamatti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★6.5
MOVIE2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Aleksei Sytsevich
★8.2
MOVIE1998
Saving Private Ryan
as Sergeant Hill
★8.2
MOVIE1998
The Truman Show
as Simeon
★6.2
MOVIE2015
San Andreas
as Dr. Lawrence Hayes
★6.3
MOVIE2013
Turbo
as Chet (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2011
The Hangover Part II
as Kingsley
★7.9
MOVIE2013
12 Years a Slave
as Theophilus Freeman
★6.5
MOVIE2005
Robots
as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2021
Jungle Cruise
as Nilo Nemolato
★7.8
MOVIE2015
Straight Outta Compton
as Jerry Heller
★5.8
MOVIE2001
Planet of the Apes
as Limbo
★5.7
MOVIE1998
Doctor Dolittle
as Blaine (uncredited)
MOVIE2026
The Debut
as Jerry
★7.3
MOVIE2006
The Illusionist
as Inspector Uhl
★7.6
MOVIE2023
The Holdovers
as Paul Hunham
★7.5
MOVIE1997
Donnie Brasco
as FBI Technician
★6.2
MOVIE2012
Rock of Ages
as Paul Gill
★5.8
MOVIE2000
Big Momma's House
as John
★7.6
MOVIE2015
The Little Prince
as The Academy Teacher (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE1998
The Negotiator
as Rudy
★7.6
MOVIE2005
Cinderella Man
as Joe Gould
★6.3
MOVIE2013
Parkland
as Abraham Zapruder
★6.2
MOVIE2003
Paycheck
as Shorty
★7.3
MOVIE1997
Deconstructing Harry
as Professor Abbott
★7.0
MOVIE2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Harold Levinson
★6.6
MOVIE1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
as Bellman
★6.3
MOVIE2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
as Nathan
★5.8
MOVIE2006
The Ant Bully
as Stan Beals (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE1995
Sabrina
as Scott
★6.4
MOVIE2007
The Nanny Diaries
as Mr. X
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Shoot 'Em Up
as Hertz
★6.2
MOVIE2011
Ironclad
as King John
★7.3
MOVIE2013
Saving Mr. Banks
as Ralph
★5.8
MOVIE2016
Ratchet & Clank
as Chairman Drek (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Duplicity
as Richard Garsik
★5.8
MOVIE2016
Morgan
as Dr. Alan Shapiro
★7.1
MOVIE2004
Sideways
as Miles
★5.6
MOVIE2006
Lady in the Water
as Cleveland Heep
★6.7
MOVIE2011
The Ides of March
as Tom Duffy
★6.3
MOVIE2013
John Dies at the End
as Arnie Blondestone
★7.2
MOVIE1999
Man on the Moon
as Bob Zmuda
★6.2
MOVIE2018
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Sam Goudsmit
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Fred Claus
as Nick (Santa) Claus
★5.9
MOVIE2002
Big Fat Liar
as Marty Wolf
★6.9
MOVIE2011
Too Big to Fail
as Ben Bernanke
★5.7
MOVIE2012
Cosmopolis
as Benno Levin
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Romeo & Juliet
as Friar Laurence
★7.1
MOVIE2015
Love & Mercy
as Dr. Eugene Landy
★3.5
MOVIE2002
Thunderpants
as Johnson J. Johnson
★5.8
MOVIE2018
I Think We're Alone Now
as Patrick
★6.5
MOVIE1997
Private Parts
as Kenny
★6.4
MOVIE2013
The Congress
as Dr. Barker
★5.9
MOVIE1996
Before and After
as Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1995
Mighty Aphrodite
as Extras Guild Researcher
★5.7
MOVIE2015
Madame Bovary
as Monsieur Homais
★6.4
MOVIE1992
Singles
as Kissing Man
MOVIETBA
The Statement
★6.5
MOVIE2021
A Mouthful of Air
as Dr. Sylvester
★7.2
MOVIE2003
American Splendor
as Harvey Pekar
★6.6
MOVIE2013
Love, Marilyn
as Self
MOVIETBA
Boutique
as Calvin
★6.5
MOVIE1999
Cradle Will Rock
as Carlo
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Confidence
as Gordo
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2012
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
as Narrator
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Barney's Version
as Barney Panofsky
★6.5
MOVIE2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Ted Hedley
MOVIE2015
Goldfish
as Goldfish (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2011
Win Win
as Mike Flaherty
★5.9
MOVIE2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Dr. Satan (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE2013
All Is Bright
as Dennis Girard
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Safe Men
as Veal Chop
★6.9
MOVIE2018
Private Life
as Richard Grimes
★6.4
MOVIE2009
The Last Station
as Vladimir Chertkov
★5.7
MOVIE2000
Duets
as Todd Woods
★5.9
MOVIE2014
River of Fundament
as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
★6.5
MOVIE2001
Storytelling
as Toby Oxman
MOVIE2015
Giant Sloth
as Gordon Boonewell
★6.3
MOVIE1998
Winchell
as Herman Klurfeld
MOVIETBA
A Sprinkle of History
as Sam Born
★4.7
MOVIE2007
Too Loud a Solitude
as Hanta (voice)
★5.1
MOVIE1992
Past Midnight
as Larry Canipe
★6.0
MOVIE2009
Cold Souls
as Paul
★4.8
MOVIE1997
A Further Gesture
as Hotel Clerk
★6.1
MOVIE2012
Citizens of Cosmopolis
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Uncle Chaz (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1998
Tourist Trap
as Jeremiah Piper
MOVIE2000
1961
as Ted Hedley
★5.5
MOVIE1997
Arresting Gena
as Detective Wilson
★5.4
MOVIE2016
The Phenom
as Dr. Mobley
★4.9
MOVIE2007
The Hawk Is Dying
as Georges Gattling
★4.7
MOVIE1990
She'll Take Romance
as Heckler #2
★6.4
MOVIE2005
The Fan and the Flower
as Narrator (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2007
Trumbo
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2014
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE2003
The Pentagon Papers
as Anthony Russo
★4.9
MOVIE2008
Pretty Bird
as Rick Honeycutt
★6.9
MOVIE2006
The Amazing Screw-On Head
as Screw-On Head (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
as Self - Narrator
★2.5
MOVIE2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1996
Breathing Room
as George
MOVIE2025
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
as Narrator
MOVIE2013
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
as Self
MOVIE2021
Season of the Osprey
as Self - Narrator
★5.5
MOVIE2014
Hoke
as Hoke Mosely
★8.0
MOVIE2018
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIETBA
Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic
as DJ Art Bell
MOVIE2019
Wax Paul Now
as Self
MOVIE2003
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
as Narrator