Paul Giamatti

Acting · 3.8 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

Saving Private Ryan

19988.2

The Truman Show

19988.2

San Andreas

20156.2

The Hangover Part II

20116.5

Robots

20056.5

The Holdovers

20237.6

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

20257.0

Jungle Cruise

20217.3

12 Years a Slave

20137.9

Straight Outta Compton

20157.8

The Negotiator

19987.1

Donnie Brasco

19977.5

Doctor Dolittle

19985.7

Turbo

20136.3

The Illusionist

20067.3

Planet of the Apes

20015.8

Cinderella Man

20057.6

The Ant Bully

20065.8

The Little Prince

20157.6

Big Momma's House

20005.8

Shoot 'Em Up

20076.5

Rock of Ages

20126.2

Fred Claus

20075.8

Gunpowder Milkshake

20216.3

The Ides of March

20116.7

My Best Friend's Wedding

19976.6

Paycheck

20036.2

Sideways

20047.1

Man on the Moon

19997.2

Deconstructing Harry

19977.3

Saving Mr. Banks

20137.3

Sabrina

19956.2

Duplicity

20095.9

Big Fat Liar

20025.9

Ironclad

20116.2

Morgan

20165.8

Parkland

20136.2

The Debut

2026

Lady in the Water

20065.6

The Nanny Diaries

20076.4

Ratchet & Clank

20165.8

Private Parts

19976.5

Love & Mercy

20157.1

Romeo & Juliet

20136.7

Mighty Aphrodite

19956.7

The Catcher Was a Spy

20186.2

Cradle Will Rock

19996.5

Singles

19926.4

Before and After

19965.9

Too Big to Fail

20116.9

Cosmopolis

20125.7

Thunderpants

20023.5

John Dies at the End

20136.3

The Congress

20136.4

Safe Men

19985.5

Win Win

20116.8

Private Life

20186.9

I Think We're Alone Now

20185.8

The Statement

2026

Confidence

20036.3

Madame Bovary

20155.7

Barney's Version

20107.0

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

20095.9

A Mouthful of Air

20216.5

The Last Station

20096.4

American Splendor

20037.1

If These Walls Could Talk 2

20006.5

Storytelling

20016.6

Cold Souls

20096.0

Duets

20005.7

The Pentagon Papers

20035.8

Love, Marilyn

20136.6

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

20177.5

Winchell

19986.3

All Is Bright

20135.4

Past Midnight

19925.1

The Phenom

20165.4

Giant Sloth

2015

PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary

20126.0

Citizens of Cosmopolis

20126.1

Goldfish

2015

Too Loud a Solitude

20074.7

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

20097.7

Boutique

2026

Pretty Bird

20084.9

Trumbo

20076.7

1961

2000

River of Fundament

20145.9

The Amazing Screw-On Head

20066.9

Tourist Trap

19986.6

Woodpeckers: The Hole Story

20227.0

Breathing Room

19968.0

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

20147.4

A Further Gesture

19974.8

A Sprinkle of History

2026

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

20252.5

Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic

2026

The Fan and the Flower

20056.4

Arresting Gena

19975.5

The Hawk Is Dying

20074.9

Hoke

20145.5

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective

2013

Sex, Lies and Butterflies

20188.0

She'll Take Romance

19904.7

Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas

2025

Season of the Osprey

2021

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

2003

Wax Paul Now

2019