Paul Giamatti profile
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Paul Giamatti

6th June 1967 New Haven, Connecticut, USA Acting

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.

100 Movies 42 TV Shows 1 In Production 151 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Morgan poster
Morgan 1st September 2016 as Dr. Alan Shapiro
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Parkland 2nd October 2013 as Abraham Zapruder
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Turbo 11th July 2013 as Chet (voice)
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Win Win 18th March 2011 as Mike Flaherty
Trumbo poster
Trumbo 10th September 2007 as Self
Robots poster
Robots 10th March 2005 as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
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Duets 9th September 2000 as Todd Woods
1961 poster
1961 5th March 2000 as Ted Hedley
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Winchell 21st November 1998 as Herman Klurfeld
Singles poster
Singles 18th September 1992 as Kissing Man
30 Coins poster
30 Coins 29th November 2020 as Christian Barbrow
Big Mouth poster
Big Mouth 29th September 2017 as Andrew’s Shit (voice)
Billions poster
Billions 17th January 2016 as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
Prohibition poster
Prohibition 2nd October 2011 as Reader / George Remus (voice)
Conan poster
Conan 8th November 2010 as Self
Nature poster
Nature 10th October 1982 as Narrator (voice)
The Debut poster Coming soon
The Debut 10th December 2026 as Jerry