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Paul Giamatti

Acting 58 years old New Haven, Connecticut, USA ★ 4.2
Born: June 6, 1967

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

The Truman Show
The Truman Show Simeon 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan Sergeant Hill 1998
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Aleksei Sytsevich 2014
The Little Prince
The Little Prince The Academy Teacher (voice) 2015
The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part II Kingsley 2011

Jimmy's Seen (1)

Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks Ralph 2013

Filmography

Acting Credits (149)

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Nus Braka 2026
The American Revolution
The American Revolution John Adams (voice) 2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Harold Levinson 2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale Self 2025
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas Narrator 2025
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2023
The Holdovers
The Holdovers Paul Hunham 2023
The American Buffalo
The American Buffalo (voice) 2023
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story Narrator 2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust
The U.S. and the Holocaust Madison Grant 2022
A Mouthful of Air
A Mouthful of Air Dr. Sylvester 2021
Season of the Osprey
Season of the Osprey Narrator 2021
Teenage Euthanasia
Teenage Euthanasia 2021
Jungle Cruise
Jungle Cruise Nilo Nemolato 2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
Gunpowder Milkshake Nathan 2021
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice) 2021
30 Coins
30 Coins Christian Barbrow 2020
Wax Paul Now
Wax Paul Now Self 2019
Private Life
Private Life Richard Grimes 2018
I Think We're Alone Now
I Think We're Alone Now Patrick 2018
Lodge 49
Lodge 49 2018
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Catcher Was a Spy Sam Goudsmit 2018
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
Sex, Lies and Butterflies Narrator (voice) 2018
At Home with Amy Sedaris
At Home with Amy Sedaris Olgilvey 2017
Big Mouth
Big Mouth Andrew’s Shit (voice) 2017
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Self 2017
Morgan
Morgan Dr. Alan Shapiro 2016
The Phenom
The Phenom Dr. Mobley 2016
Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank Chairman Drek (voice) 2016
The New Yorker Presents
The New Yorker Presents Honoré de Balzac 2016
Billions
Billions Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr. 2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton Jerry Heller 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
The Little Prince
The Little Prince The Academy Teacher (voice) 2015
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary Monsieur Homais 2015
Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy Dr. Eugene Landy 2015
San Andreas
San Andreas Dr. Lawrence Hayes 2015
Goldfish
Goldfish Goldfish (voice) 2015
Giant Sloth
Giant Sloth Gordon Boonewell 2015
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Theodore Roosevelt (voice) 2014
BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman TV BoJack (voice) 2014
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Self 2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Aleksei Sytsevich 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
River of Fundament
River of Fundament Ptah-Nem-Hotep 2014
Hoke
Hoke Hoke Mosely 2014
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective Self 2013
Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty Storylord (voice) 2013
Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks Ralph 2013
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave Theophilus Freeman 2013
Parkland
Parkland Abraham Zapruder 2013
Romeo & Juliet
Romeo & Juliet Friar Laurence 2013
All Is Bright
All Is Bright Dennis Girard 2013
Turbo
Turbo Chet (voice) 2013
The Congress
The Congress Dr. Barker 2013
Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn Self 2013
The Frame
The Frame Benno Levin 2013
John Dies at the End
John Dies at the End Arnie Blondestone 2013
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary Narrator 2012
Citizens of Cosmopolis
Citizens of Cosmopolis Self 2012
Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages Paul Gill 2012
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis Benno Levin 2012
Black Mirror
Black Mirror Phillip 2011
Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail Ben Bernanke 2011
The Ides of March
The Ides of March Tom Duffy 2011
Prohibition
Prohibition Reader / George Remus (voice) 2011
The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part II Kingsley 2011
Win Win
Win Win Mike Flaherty 2011
Ironclad
Ironclad King John 2011
Conan
Conan Self 2010
Barney's Version
Barney's Version Barney Panofsky 2010
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Dr. Satan (voice) 2009
The Last Station
The Last Station Vladimir Chertkov 2009
Cold Souls
Cold Souls Paul 2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler Uncle Chaz (archive footage) 2009
Duplicity
Duplicity Richard Garsik 2009
Pretty Bird
Pretty Bird Rick Honeycutt 2008
John Adams
John Adams John Adams 2008
Fred Claus
Fred Claus Nick (Santa) Claus 2007
Too Loud a Solitude
Too Loud a Solitude Hanta (voice) 2007
Trumbo
Trumbo Self 2007
The Nanny Diaries
The Nanny Diaries Mr. X 2007
Shoot 'Em Up
Shoot 'Em Up Hertz 2007
The Hawk Is Dying
The Hawk Is Dying Georges Gattling 2007
30 Rock
30 Rock Ritchie 2006
The Amazing Screw-On Head
The Amazing Screw-On Head Screw-On Head (voice) 2006
The Illusionist
The Illusionist Inspector Uhl 2006
The Ant Bully
The Ant Bully Stan Beals (voice) 2006
Amazing Screw-On Head
Amazing Screw-On Head Screw-On Head (voice) 2006
Lady in the Water
Lady in the Water Cleveland Heep 2006
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report Self - Guest 2005
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man Joe Gould 2005
The Fan and the Flower
The Fan and the Flower Narrator (voice) 2005
Robots
Robots Tim the Gate Guard (voice) 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self 2005
Sideways
Sideways Miles 2004
Paycheck
Paycheck Shorty 2003
American Splendor
American Splendor Harvey Pekar 2003
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! Narrator 2003
Confidence
Confidence Gordo 2003
The Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers Anthony Russo 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Thunderpants
Thunderpants Johnson J. Johnson 2002
Big Fat Liar
Big Fat Liar Marty Wolf 2002
Storytelling
Storytelling Toby Oxman 2001
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes Limbo 2001
Duets
Duets Todd Woods 2000
Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House John 2000
1961
1961 Ted Hedley 2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
If These Walls Could Talk 2 Ted Hedley 2000
Man on the Moon
Man on the Moon Bob Zmuda 1999
Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock Carlo 1999
Winchell
Winchell Herman Klurfeld 1998
Safe Men
Safe Men Veal Chop 1998
The Negotiator
The Negotiator Rudy 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan Sergeant Hill 1998
Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle Blaine (uncredited) 1998
The Truman Show
The Truman Show Simeon 1998
Tourist Trap
Tourist Trap Jeremiah Piper 1998
Deconstructing Harry
Deconstructing Harry Professor Abbott 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
My Best Friend's Wedding Bellman 1997
Private Parts
Private Parts Kenny 1997
Donnie Brasco
Donnie Brasco FBI Technician 1997
Arresting Gena
Arresting Gena Detective Wilson 1997
King of the Hill
King of the Hill Mr. McKay (voice) 1997
A Further Gesture
A Further Gesture Hotel Clerk 1997
Breathing Room
Breathing Room George 1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Before and After
Before and After Courtroom Audience (uncredited) 1996
Sabrina
Sabrina Scott 1995
New York News
New York News Dr. Wargner 1995
Mighty Aphrodite
Mighty Aphrodite Extras Guild Researcher 1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street Harry Tjarks 1993
Singles
Singles Kissing Man 1992
Past Midnight
Past Midnight Larry Canipe 1992
She'll Take Romance
She'll Take Romance Heckler #2 1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self 1988
Nature
Nature Narrator (voice) 1982
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
A Sprinkle of History
A Sprinkle of History Sam Born
No One Cares
No One Cares
Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic
Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic DJ Art Bell
The Statement
The Statement
Boutique
Boutique Calvin

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