Cast & creator
Paul Giamatti
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
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television credits
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1944–2027 · acting roles
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Filmography (159)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Rick and Morty
Storylord (voice)
2013
The View
Self
1997
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
King of the Hill
Mr. McKay (voice)
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Black Mirror
Phillip
2011
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
30 Rock
Ritchie
2006
BoJack Horseman
TV BoJack (voice)
2014
Billions
Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.
2016
Homicide: Life on the Street
Harry Tjarks
1993
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
Big Mouth
Andrew’s Shit (voice)
2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Truman Show
Simeon
1998
Saving Private Ryan
Sergeant Hill
1998
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Aleksei Sytsevich
2014
San Andreas
Dr. Lawrence Hayes
2015
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Nus Braka
2026
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
2020
Planet of the Apes
Limbo
2001
The Hangover Part II
Kingsley
2011
The Little Prince
The Academy Teacher (voice)
2015
The Negotiator
Rudy
1998
12 Years a Slave
Theophilus Freeman
2013
The Holdovers
Paul Hunham
2023
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Outsiders
Executive Producer
2016
30 Coins
Christian Barbrow
2020
Lodge 49
2018Lodge 49
Executive Producer
2018
Jungle Cruise
Nilo Nemolato
2021
Donnie Brasco
FBI Technician
1997
Cinderella Man
Joe Gould
2005
Turbo
Chet (voice)
2013
Robots
Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
2005
John Adams
John Adams
2008
New York News
Dr. Wargner
1995
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Harold Levinson
2025
The Ant Bully
Stan Beals (voice)
2006
The American Revolution
John Adams (voice)
2025
Straight Outta Compton
Jerry Heller
2015
Big Momma's House
John
2000
Gunpowder Milkshake
Nathan
2021
The Debut
Jerry
2026
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Olgilvey
2017
Shoot 'Em Up
Hertz
2007
The Illusionist
Inspector Uhl
2006
Rock of Ages
Paul Gill
2012
The Ides of March
Tom Duffy
2011
Man on the Moon
Bob Zmuda
1999
Fred Claus
Nick (Santa) Claus
2007
Prohibition
Reader / George Remus (voice)
2011
The Frame
Benno Levin
2013
Big Fat Liar
Marty Wolf
2002
Lady in the Water
Cleveland Heep
2006
Doctor Dolittle
Blaine (uncredited)
1998
My Best Friend's Wedding
Bellman
1997
Saving Mr. Banks
Ralph
2013
Ratchet & Clank
Chairman Drek (voice)
2016
Paycheck
Shorty
2003
Singles
Kissing Man
1992
The Nanny Diaries
Mr. X
2007
Duplicity
Richard Garsik
2009
Ironclad
King John
2011
Sabrina
Scott
1995
Romeo & Juliet
Friar Laurence
2013
Sideways
Miles
2004
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Madison Grant (voice)
2022
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
2014
The American Buffalo
(voice)
2023
A Mouthful of Air
Dr. Sylvester
2021
Love & Mercy
Dr. Eugene Landy
2015
Morgan
Dr. Alan Shapiro
2016
Before and After
Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
1996
Deconstructing Harry
Professor Abbott
1997
The New Yorker Presents
Honoré de Balzac
2016
Mighty Aphrodite
Extras Guild Researcher
1995
Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection
Private Parts
Kenny
1997
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)
2021
The Catcher Was a Spy
Sam Goudsmit
2018
The Congress
Dr. Barker
2013
Too Big to Fail
Ben Bernanke
2011
Breakthrough
Director
2015
Parkland
Abraham Zapruder
2013
A Statement
David Slade
2026
The Last Station
Vladimir Chertkov
2009
Cradle Will Rock
Carlo
1999
Confidence
Gordo
2003
I Think We're Alone Now
Patrick
2018
John Dies at the End
Arnie Blondestone
2013John Dies at the End
Executive Producer
2013
Barney's Version
Barney Panofsky
2010
Madame Bovary
Monsieur Homais
2015
Duets
Todd Woods
2000
Love, Marilyn
Self
2013
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Ted Hedley
2000
Cosmopolis
Benno Levin
2012
American Splendor
Harvey Pekar
2003
Private Life
Richard Grimes
2018
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Dr. Satan (voice)
2009
Storytelling
Toby Oxman
2001
Cold Souls
Paul
2009
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Self
2017
Thunderpants
Johnson J. Johnson
2002
Win Win
Mike Flaherty
2011
Safe Men
Veal Chop
1998
Amazing Screw-On Head
Screw-On Head (voice)
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Uncle Chaz (archive footage)
2009
The Hawk Is Dying
Georges Gattling
2007
All Is Bright
Dennis Girard
2013
Winchell
Herman Klurfeld
1998
The Phenom
Dr. Mobley
2016
Pretty Bird
Rick Honeycutt
2008
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Self
2014
Giant Sloth
Gordon Boonewell
2015
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Self
2025
PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
Narrator
2012
A Further Gesture
Hotel Clerk
1997
The Pentagon Papers
Anthony Russo
2003A Sprinkle of History
Sam Born
2027
River of Fundament
Ptah-Nem-Hotep
2014
She'll Take Romance
Heckler #2
1990
Past Midnight
Larry Canipe
1992
The Amazing Screw-On Head
Screw-On Head (voice)
2006
Tourist Trap
Jeremiah Piper
1998
Trumbo
Self
2007Boutique
Calvin
Boutique
Producer
Goldfish
Goldfish (voice)
2015
Arresting Gena
Detective Wilson
1997
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Self
2013Citizens of Cosmopolis
Self
2012
The Fan and the Flower
Narrator (voice)
2005
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
Narrator
2025
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
Narrator
2003
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
Narrator (voice)
2018
Season of the Osprey
Self - Narrator
2021
Breathing Room
George
1996
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Self - Narrator
2022
1961
Ted Hedley
2000Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic
DJ Art Bell
Too Loud a Solitude
Hanta (voice)
2007Hoke
Hoke Mosely
2014
Wax Paul Now
Self
2019Wax Paul Now
Thanks
2019