About
Paul Giamatti
Overview
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/ JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as 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 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 Chekhov's Three Sisters (1997) and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1999).
Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | Downton Abbey 3 | Actor | Harold Levinson | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | The Holdovers | Actor | Paul Hunham | 72 Good |
| 2023 | The American Buffalo | Actor | (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2022 | Woodpeckers: The Hole Story | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Actor | Madison Grant | 71 Good |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | A Mouthful of Air | Actor | Dr. Sylvester | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Season of the Osprey | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise | Actor | Nilo | 72 Good |
| 2021 | Gunpowder Milkshake | Actor | Nathan | 61 Fair |
| 2021 | The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness | Actor | Narrator / Maury Terry (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2020 | 30 Coins | Actor | Christian Barbrow | 72 Good |
| 2019 | Wax Paul Now | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Private Life | Actor | Richard Grimes | 63 Fair |
| 2018 | I Think We're Alone Now | Actor | Patrick | 58 Average |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Actor | Sam Goudsmit | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Sex, Lies and Butterflies | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond | Actor | Self | 68 Fair |
| 2016 | Morgan | Actor | Dr. Alan Shapiro | 58 Average |
| 2016 | The Phenom | Actor | Dr. Mobley | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Ratchet & Clank | Actor | Chairman Drek (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Billions | Actor | Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr. | 76 Good |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Actor | Jerry Heller | 75 Good |
| 2015 | The Little Prince | Actor | The Academy Teacher (voice) | 73 Good |
| 2015 | Madame Bovary | Actor | Monsieur Homais | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Love & Mercy | Actor | Dr. Eugene Landy | 65 Fair |
| 2015 | San Andreas | Actor | Dr. Lawrence Hayes | 61 Fair |
| 2015 | Giant Sloth | Actor | Gordon Boonewell | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Actor | Theodore Roosevelt (voice) | 74 Good |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Actor | Aleksei Sytsevich | 64 Fair |
| 2014 | River of Fundament | Actor | Ptah-Nem-Hotep | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Hoke | Actor | Hoke Mosely | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Actor | Ralph | 71 Good |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Actor | Theophilus Freeman | 78 Good |
| 2013 | Parkland | Actor | Abraham Zapruder | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | Romeo & Juliet | Actor | Friar Laurence | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | All is Bright | Actor | Dennis Girard | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Turbo | Actor | Chet (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2013 | The Congress | Actor | Dr Barker | 61 Fair |
| 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | John Dies at the End | Actor | Arnie Blondestone | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Citizens of Cosmopolis | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Rock of Ages | Actor | Paul Gill | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | Cosmopolis | Actor | Benno Levin | 57 Average |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Actor | Ben Bernanke | 62 Fair |
| 2011 | Prohibition | Actor | Reader / George Remus (voice) | 73 Good |
| 2011 | The Ides of March | Actor | Tom Duffy | 65 Fair |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Actor | Kingsley | 64 Fair |
| 2011 | Win Win | Actor | Mike Flaherty | 63 Fair |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Actor | King John | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Barney's Version | Actor | Barney Panofsky | 64 Fair |
| 2009 | The Haunted World of El Superbeasto | Actor | Dr. Satan (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2009 | The Last Station | Actor | Vladimir Chertkov | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Cold Souls | Actor | Paul | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Actor | Uncle Chaz (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Duplicity | Actor | Richard Garsik | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Pretty Bird | Actor | Rick Honeycutt | 58 Average |
| 2008 | John Adams | Actor | John Adams | 75 Good |
| 2007 | Fred Claus | Actor | Nick (Santa) Claus | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Too Loud a Solitude | Actor | Hanta (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Trumbo | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The Nanny Diaries | Actor | Mr. X | 62 Fair |
| 2007 | Shoot 'Em Up | Actor | Hertz | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | The Hawk Is Dying | Actor | Georges Gattling | 58 Average |
| 2006 | The Amazing Screw-On Head | Actor | Screw-On Head (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2006 | The Illusionist | Actor | Inspector Uhl | 71 Good |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | Actor | Stan Beals (voice) | 57 Average |
| 2006 | Amazing Screw-On Head | Actor | Screw-On Head (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water | Actor | Cleveland Heep | 56 Average |
| 2005 | Cinderella Man | Actor | Joe Gould | 72 Good |
| 2005 | The Fan and the Flower | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Robots | Actor | Tim the Gate Guard (voice) | 64 Fair |
| 2004 | Sideways | Actor | Miles | 68 Fair |
| 2003 | Paycheck | Actor | Shorty | 61 Fair |
| 2003 | American Splendor | Actor | Harvey Pekar | 65 Fair |
| 2003 | The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Confidence | Actor | Gordo | 60 Fair |
| 2003 | The Pentagon Papers | Actor | Anthony Russo | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Actor | Johnson J. Johnson | 55 Average |
| 2002 | Big Fat Liar | Actor | Marty Wolf | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Storytelling | Actor | Toby Oxman | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Actor | Limbo | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Duets | Actor | Todd Woods | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Big Momma's House | Actor | John | 58 Average |
| 2000 | 1961 | Actor | Ted Hedley | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Actor | Ted Hedley | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon | Actor | Bob Zmuda | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Actor | Carlo | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Winchell | Actor | Herman Klurfeld | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Safe Men | Actor | Veal Chop | 58 Average |
| 1998 | The Negotiator | Actor | Rudy | 68 Fair |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Actor | Sergeant Hill | 81 Very good |
| 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | Actor | Blaine (uncredited) | 57 Average |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Actor | Simeon | 80 Very good |
| 1998 | Tourist Trap | Actor | Jeremiah Piper | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | Actor | Professor Abbott | 67 Fair |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Actor | Bellman | 64 Fair |
| 1997 | Private Parts | Actor | Kenny | 61 Fair |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Actor | FBI Technician | 73 Good |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena | Actor | Detective Wilson | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Ripper | Actor | Dr. Bud Cable | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | Before and After | Actor | Courtroom Audience | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Sabrina | Actor | Scott | 60 Fair |
| 1995 | Mighty Aphrodite | Actor | Extras Guild Researcher | 63 Fair |
| 1992 | Singles | Actor | Kissing Man | 61 Fair |
| 1992 | Past Midnight | Actor | Larry Canipe | 58 Average |
| 1990 | She'll Take Romance | Actor | Heckler #2 | 58 Average |
| San Andreas 2 | Actor | Dr. Lawrence Hayes | N/A N/A |
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| The Goon | Actor | Franky | N/A N/A |
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| Old Time Radio | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| A Sprinkle Of History | Actor | Sam Born | N/A N/A |
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| Hostel | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2018 | Lodge 49 | Production | Executive Producer | 67 Fair |
| 2016 | Outsiders | Production | Executive Producer | 66 Fair |
| 2013 | John Dies at the End | Production | Executive Producer | 61 Fair |
Crew |
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| 2019 | Wax Paul Now | Crew | Thanks | N/A N/A |