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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.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
as Nus Braka

The American Revolution
as John Adams (voice)

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Harold Levinson

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self

Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
as Narrator

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self

The Holdovers
as Paul Hunham

The American Buffalo
as (voice)

Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
as Narrator

The U.S. and the Holocaust
as Madison Grant (voice)

A Mouthful of Air
as Dr. Sylvester

Season of the Osprey
as Narrator

Teenage Euthanasia

Jungle Cruise
as Nilo Nemolato

Gunpowder Milkshake
as Nathan

The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness
as Self - Narrator / Maury Terry (voice)

30 Coins
as Christian Barbrow

Wax Paul Now
as Self

Private Life
as Richard Grimes

I Think We're Alone Now
as Patrick

Lodge 49

The Catcher Was a Spy
as Sam Goudsmit

Sex, Lies and Butterflies
as Narrator (voice)

At Home with Amy Sedaris
as Olgilvey

Big Mouth
as Andrew’s Shit (voice)

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
as Self

Morgan
as Dr. Alan Shapiro

The Phenom
as Dr. Mobley

Ratchet & Clank
as Chairman Drek (voice)

The New Yorker Presents
as Honoré de Balzac

Billions
as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Jr.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest

Straight Outta Compton
as Jerry Heller

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self

The Little Prince
as The Academy Teacher (voice)

Madame Bovary
as Monsieur Homais

Love & Mercy
as Dr. Eugene Landy

San Andreas
as Dr. Lawrence Hayes
Goldfish
as Goldfish (voice)

Giant Sloth
as Gordon Boonewell

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)

BoJack Horseman
as TV BoJack (voice)

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

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Aleksei Sytsevich

Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self

River of Fundament
as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
Hoke
as Hoke Mosely

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
as Self

Rick and Morty
as Storylord (voice)

Saving Mr. Banks
as Ralph

12 Years a Slave
as Theophilus Freeman

Parkland
as Abraham Zapruder

Romeo & Juliet
as Friar Laurence

All Is Bright
as Dennis Girard

Turbo
as Chet (voice)

The Congress
as Dr. Barker

Love, Marilyn
as Self

The Frame
as Benno Levin

John Dies at the End
as Arnie Blondestone

PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary
as Narrator