Paul Giamatti

Acting · 3.7 popularity

Age

Movies

109

Born: June 6, 1967
From: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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.

Works

109 films

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

20146.5

The Truman Show

19988.2

Saving Private Ryan

19988.2

San Andreas

20156.2

The Hangover Part II

20116.5

12 Years a Slave

20137.9

Robots

20056.5

Jungle Cruise

20217.3

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

20257.0

The Holdovers

20237.6

Turbo

20136.3

The Negotiator

19987.1

Straight Outta Compton

20157.8

Planet of the Apes

20015.8

Doctor Dolittle

19985.7

The Little Prince

20157.6

Donnie Brasco

19977.5

The Ant Bully

20065.8

Cinderella Man

20057.6

Shoot 'Em Up

20076.5

Big Momma's House

20005.8

The Illusionist

20067.3

Rock of Ages

20126.2

Gunpowder Milkshake

20216.3

Paycheck

20036.2

Fred Claus

20075.8

The Ides of March

20116.7

My Best Friend's Wedding

19976.6

Deconstructing Harry

19977.3

Man on the Moon

19997.2

Sideways

20047.1

Sabrina

19956.2

Saving Mr. Banks

20137.3

Big Fat Liar

20025.9

Duplicity

20095.9

Ratchet & Clank

20165.8

The Debut

2026

Parkland

20136.2

Love & Mercy

20157.1

The Nanny Diaries

20076.4

Morgan

20165.8

Lady in the Water

20065.6

Ironclad

20116.2

Romeo & Juliet

20136.7

Private Parts

19976.5

Thunderpants

20023.5

Too Big to Fail

20116.9

Mighty Aphrodite

19956.7

Singles

19926.4

The Congress

20136.4

Cosmopolis

20125.7

The Catcher Was a Spy

20186.2

Cradle Will Rock

19996.5

Before and After

19965.9

The Statement

2026

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

20095.9

Madame Bovary

20155.7

Confidence

20036.3

Safe Men

19985.5

Win Win

20116.8

John Dies at the End

20136.3

Cold Souls

20096.0

I Think We're Alone Now

20185.8

Barney's Version

20107.0

Private Life

20186.9

The Last Station

20096.4

If These Walls Could Talk 2

20006.5

A Mouthful of Air

20216.5

Storytelling

20016.6

American Splendor

20037.1

Duets

20005.7

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

20177.5

The Pentagon Papers

20035.8

Goldfish

2015

The Phenom

20165.4

All Is Bright

20135.4

Love, Marilyn

20136.6

Winchell

19986.3

Giant Sloth

2015

PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary

20126.0

Past Midnight

19925.1

Citizens of Cosmopolis

20126.1

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

20097.7

Boutique

2026

Tourist Trap

19986.6

Trumbo

20076.7

The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2

20147.4

Too Loud a Solitude

20074.7

1961

2000

Pretty Bird

20084.9

The Amazing Screw-On Head

20066.9

Woodpeckers: The Hole Story

20227.0

River of Fundament

20145.9

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

20252.5

She'll Take Romance

19904.7

The Hawk Is Dying

20074.9

The Fan and the Flower

20056.4

Arresting Gena

19975.5

Sex, Lies and Butterflies

20188.0

Breathing Room

19968.0

A Sprinkle of History

2026

Season of the Osprey

2021

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective

2013

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

2003

Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic

2026

A Further Gesture

19974.8

Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas

2025

Hoke

20145.5

Wax Paul Now

2019