American actor (born 1967)
Giamatti at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
(1967-06-06) June 6, 1967 (age 56)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Yale University (BA, MFA)
Actor
1989–present
Elizabeth Cohen
(m. 1997, divorced)
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A. Bartlett Giamatti (father)
Marcus Giamatti (brother)
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Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/ JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. Giamatti began his career as a character actor before establishing himself in leading roles in film and television. He has received numerous accolades including one Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, along with a nomination for an Academy Award.
After studying acting at the Yale School of Drama he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti made his Broadway debut 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 Chekov\'s Three Sisters (1997) and Eugene O\'Neill\'s The Iceman Cometh (1999).
Giamatti\'s breakout role in film was in Private Parts (1997) which led to supporting 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), Private Life (2018), and The Holdovers (2023). He earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Joe Gould in Cinderella Man (2005). During this time he also acted in The Illusionist (2006), Fred Claus (2007), The Ides of March (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and Saving Mr. Banks (2013). He also portrayed Limbo in Planet of the Apes (2001), Eugene Landy in Love & Mercy (2014) and Jerry Heller in Straight Outta Compton (2015).
He played the titular character in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), which earned him acclaim and several awards including the Primetime Emmy Award a Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. He starred as U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades Jr in the Showtime television series Billions (2016–2023) earning a Critics\' Choice Television Award nomination. He earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Ben Bernanke in the HBO film Too Big to Fail (2011), and Harold Levinson in the PBS series Downton Abbey (2013).
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1989
I, Madman
Detective who answers phone call
Tibor Takács
Uncredited
1991
Past Midnight
Larry Canipe
Jan Eliasberg
1992
Singles
Kissing Man
Cameron Crowe
1995
Mighty Aphrodite
Extras Guild Researcher
Woody Allen
Sabrina
Scott
Sydney Pollack
1996
Breathing Room
George
Jon Sherman
Before and After
Member of the Jury
Barbet Schroeder
Uncredited
1997
Arresting Gena
Detective Wilson
Hannah Weyer
Donnie Brasco
FBI Technician
Mike Newell
Private Parts
Kenny \"Pig Vomit\" Rushton
Betty Thomas
My Best Friend\'s Wedding
Richard the Bellman
P.J. Hogan
Deconstructing Harry
Professor Abbot
Woody Allen
A Further Gesture
Hotel Clerk
Robert Dornhelm
1998
The Truman Show
Control Room Director
Peter Weir
Dr. Dolittle
Blaine Hammersmith
Betty Thomas
Uncredited
Saving Private Ryan
Sergeant William Hill
Steven Spielberg
The Negotiator
Rudy Timmons
F. Gary Gray
Safe Men
Veal Chop
John Hamburg
1999
Cradle Will Rock
Carlo
Tim Robbins
Man on the Moon
Bob Zmuda
Miloš Forman
2000
Big Momma\'s House
John Maxwell
Raja Gosnell
Duets
Todd Woods
Bruce Paltrow
2001
Storytelling
Toby Oxman
Todd Solondz
Segment: \"Non-Fiction\"
Planet of the Apes
Limbo
Tim Burton
2002
Big Fat Liar
Marty Wolf
Shawn Levy
Thunderpants
Johnson J. Johnson
Pete Hewitt
2003
American Splendor
Harvey Pekar
Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
Paycheck
Shorty
John Woo
Confidence
Gordo
James Foley
2004
Sideways
Miles Raymond
Alexander Payne
2005
Robots
Tim the Gate Guard
Chris Wedge
Voice
The Fan and the Flower
Narrator
Bill Plympton
Voice; short film
Cinderella Man
Joe Gould
Ron Howard
2006
Asterix and the Vikings
Asterix
Stefan Fjeldmark &Jesper Møller
Voice
The Hawk Is Dying
George Gattling
Julian Goldberger
The Illusionist
Chief Inspector Uhl
Neil Burger
Lady in the Water
Cleveland Heep
M. Night Shyamalan
The Ant Bully
Stan Beals
John A. Davis
Voice
2007
The Nanny Diaries
Mr. X
Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
Shoot \'Em Up
Karl Hertz
Michael Davis
Too Loud a Solitude
Hanta
Genevieve Anderson
Voice
Fred Claus
Nicholas \"Nick\" Claus
David Dobkin
2008
Pretty Bird
Rick
Paul Schneider
Also producer
2009
Duplicity
Richard \"Dick\" Garsik
Tony Gilroy
Cold Souls
Paul Giamatti
Sophie Barthes
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Dr. Satan/Steve Wachowski
Rob Zombie
Voice
The Last Station
Vladimir Chertkov
Michael Hoffman
2010
Barney\'s Version
Barney Panofsky
Richard J. Lewis
2011
Win Win
Mike Flaherty
Tom McCarthy
Ironclad
King John
Jonathan English
The Hangover Part II
Kingsley / Detective Peters
Todd Phillips
The Ides of March
Tom Duffy
George Clooney
2012
Rock of Ages
Paul Gill
Adam Shankman
Cosmopolis
Benno Levin
David Cronenberg
John Dies at the End
Arnie Blondestone
Don Coscarelli
Also producer
2013
Turbo
Chet
David Soren
Voice
The Congress
Dr. Baker
Ari Folman
Romeo & Juliet
Friar Laurence
Carlo Carlei
Parkland
Abraham Zapruder
Peter Landesman
12 Years a Slave
Theophilus Freeman
Steve McQueen
All Is Bright
Dennis
Phil Morrison
Also producer
Saving Mr. Banks
Ralph
John Lee Hancock
2014
Ernest & Celestine
Rat Judge
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar & Benjamin Renner
English dub
River of Fundament
Ptah-Nem-Hotep
Matthew Barney
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino
Marc Webb
Madame Bovary
Monsieur Homais
Sophie Barthes
2015
Giant Sloth
Gordon Boonewell
Paul Hornschemeier
Voice; short film
Love & Mercy
Dr. Eugene Landy
Bill Pohlad
The Little Prince
The Academy Teacher
Mark Osborne
Voice
San Andreas
Dr. Lawrence Hayes
Brad Peyton
Straight Outta Compton
Jerry Heller
F. Gary Gray
2016
Ratchet & Clank
Drek
Kevin Munroe
Voice
April and the Extraordinary World
Pizoni
Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci
Voice
The Phenom
Dr. Mobley
Noah Buschel
Morgan
Dr. Alan Shapiro
Luke Scott
2018
I Think We\'re Alone Now
Patrick
Reed Morano
Private Life
Richard
Tamara Jenkins
The Catcher Was a Spy
Samuel Goudsmit
Ben Lewin
White Fang
Beauty Smith
Alexandre Espigares
Voice
2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
Nathan
Navot Papushado
Jungle Cruise
Nilo
Jaume Collet-Serra
A Mouthful of Air
Dr. Sylvester
Amy Koppelman
2023
The Holdovers
Paul Hunham
Alexander Payne
Television
1990
She\'ll Take Romance
Heckler #2
Television film
1994
NYPD Blue
Man in Sleeping Bag
Episode: \"You Bet Your Life\"
1995
New York News
Dr. Wargner
Episode: \"Past Imperfect\"
1996
The Show
Jeffrey Roffman
Episode: \"Pilot\"
1998
Homicide: Life on the Street
Harry Tjarks
Episode: \"Pit Bull Sessions\"
1998
Tourist Trap
Jeremiah Piper
Television film
1998
Winchell
Herman Kurfeld
Television film
1999
American Experience
Narrator
Voice; episode: \"New York: Part V - Cosmopolis\"
2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Ted Hedley
Television film
2001
King of the Hill
Mr. McKay
Voice; episode: \"It\'s Not Easy Being Green\"
2003
The Pentagon Papers
Anthony Russo
Television film
2005
Saturday Night Live
Himself (host)
Episode: \"Paul Giamatti/Ludacris featuring Sum-41\"
2006
The Amazing Screw-On Head
Screw-On Head
Voice; pilot
2008
John Adams
John Adams
7 episodes
2010
30 Rock
Ritchie
Episode: \"When It Rains, It Pours\"
2011
Prohibition
Himself
Documentary
2011
Too Big to Fail
Ben Bernanke
Television film
2013
Downton Abbey
Harold Levinson
Episode: \"The London Season\"
2014
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Theodore Roosevelt
Voice; documentary
2014
Hoke
Hoke Mosely
Pilot; also executive producer
2015
Breakthrough
Himself
Documentary; also director; episode: \"More Than Human\"
2014–2015
Inside Amy Schumer
God / Juror #10
2 episodes
2016–2023
Billions
Chuck Rhoades
72 episodes
2016–2017
Outsiders
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Executive producer
2017
BoJack Horseman
Himself as BoJack
Voice; episode: \"The Old Sugarman Place\"
2017
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Mr. Ogilvy
Episode: \"TGIF\"
2018
Nature
Narrator
Voice; episode: \"Sex, Lies and Butterflies\"
2018–2019
Lodge 49
L. Marvin Metz
4 episodes; also executive producer
2020–2022
Rick and Morty
Story Lord
Voice; 2 episodes
2020
Big Mouth
Andrew\'s Shit
Voice; episode: \"Poop Madness\"
2021
The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness
Maury Terry
Voice; 4 episodes
2022
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Voice; documentary
2023
Teenage Euthanasia
Vic
Voice; episode: \"CARS 4\"
2023
30 Coins
Christian Barbow
Theatre
1995
Arcadia
Ezra Chater
Lincoln Center Theater
1995
Racing Demon
The Rev. Donald \"Streaky\" Bacon
Lincoln Center Theater
1996
The Blues are Running
Pyle/Boo/Johnny
Manhattan Theatre Club
1997
The Three Sisters
Andrei Prozorov
The Roundabout Theatre Company
1999
The Iceman Cometh
James Cameron
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
2002
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Ted Ragg/Prosector/Ignatius Dullfeet
National Actors Theatre
2013
Hamlet
Prince Hamlet
Yale Repertory Theatre
Video games
1996
Ripper
Doctor Bud Cable
2016
Ratchet & Clank
Chairman Drek
Voice
Audiobooks
2006
A Scanner Darkly
2008
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
2016
Skeleton Crew
2019
Stay Sexy and Don\'t Get Murdered
Awards and nominations
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Paul Giamatti
