Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

1967-06-06 New Haven, Connecticut, USA 109 Credits

Biography

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 t...

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A Sprinkle of History

2025

as Sam Born

Acting

Amazon’s A Sprinkle of History is a dark comedy crime thriller biopic that dives into the gritty, unexpected origins of the American sprinkle and dine...

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025

as Harold Levinson

Acting

When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of soc...

Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas

Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas

2025

Acting

Join the gang as they settle in for a holiday adventure loosely based on the seasonal classic, “T’was the Night Before Christmas”.

The Holdovers

The Holdovers

2023

as Paul Hunham

7.7
Acting

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with no...

Woodpeckers: The Hole Story

Woodpeckers: The Hole Story

2022

as Narrator

7.0
Acting

Go deep into the woods to explore the lives of a unique avian family. Woodpeckers come in 239 species and live on every continent except Antarctica an...

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from J...

A Mouthful of Air

A Mouthful of Air

2021

as Dr. Sylvester

6.5
Acting

Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness...

Season of the Osprey

Season of the Osprey

2021

as Narrator

Acting

From somewhere along the east coast of South America, an osprey has just flown 4000 miles to a small saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River, ...

Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

2021

as Nilo

7.3
Acting

Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together, they search for a...

Gunpowder Milkshake

Gunpowder Milkshake

2021

as Nathan

6.3
Acting

To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its...

Wax Paul Now

Wax Paul Now

2019

as Self

Acting

Three New Yorkers will stop at nothing to get Paul Giamatti his own wax statue at Madame Tussauds.

Wax Paul Now

Wax Paul Now

2019

Thanks

Three New Yorkers will stop at nothing to get Paul Giamatti his own wax statue at Madame Tussauds.

Private Life

Private Life

2018

as Richard Grimes

6.9
Acting

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of ...

I Think We're Alone Now

I Think We're Alone Now

2018

as Patrick

5.8
Acting

After a catastrophe destroys most of humanity, recluse Del lives in his small, empty town, content with the utopia he has methodically created for him...

The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018

as Sam Goudsmit

6.2
Acting

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

Sex, Lies and Butterflies

Sex, Lies and Butterflies

2018

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting

An exploration of the diversity of moths and butterflies from caterpillars to larvae to chrysalis to winged flight. The documentary covers camouflage ...

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2017

as Self

7.5
Acting

Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on th...

Morgan

Morgan

2016

as Dr. Alan Shapiro

5.8
Acting

A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment...

The Phenom

The Phenom

2016

as Dr. Mobley

5.5
Acting

A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.

Ratchet & Clank

Ratchet & Clank

2016

as Chairman Drek (voice)

5.8
Acting

When the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain, a mechanic and his newfound robot ally join an elite squad of combatants to save ...

Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton

2015

as Jerry Heller

7.8
Acting

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in Am...

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

2015

as The Academy Teacher (voice)

7.6
Acting

Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency ...

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

2015

as Monsieur Homais

5.7
Acting

The classic story of Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor in 19th century France, who engages in extra marital affairs in an attempt...

Love & Mercy

Love & Mercy

2015

as Dr. Eugene Landy

7.1
Acting

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the s...

San Andreas

San Andreas

2015

as Dr. Lawrence Hayes

6.2
Acting

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estra...

Goldfish

2015

as Goldfish (voice)

Acting

A young man making a documentary stumbles into a place of magic he never imagined truly existed.

Giant Sloth

Giant Sloth

2015

as Gordon Boonewell

Acting

In this existential animated short, Museum curator Gordon Boonewell's world is falling apart and his mind may be following.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014

as Aleksei Sytsevich

6.5
Acting

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school grad...

River of Fundament

River of Fundament

2014

as Ptah-Nem-Hotep

6.2
Acting

Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collabora...

Hoke

2014

as Hoke Mosely

5.5
Acting

Life and misadventures of homicide detective Hoke Moseley during the 1980s.

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective

2013

as Self

Acting

A documentary that explores the making of The Hangover Trilogy. It includes Zach's unlikely audition as "Alan," the truth behind Ed Helms missing toot...

Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

2013

as Ralph

7.3
Acting

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big scre...

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

2013

as Theophilus Freeman

7.9
Acting

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well...

Parkland

Parkland

2013

as Abraham Zapruder

6.2
Acting

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This f...

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

2013

as Friar Laurence

6.7
Acting

In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation t...

All Is Bright

All Is Bright

2013

as Dennis Girard

5.4
Acting

Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees.

Turbo

Turbo

2013

as Chet (voice)

6.3
Acting

The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.

The Congress

The Congress

2013

as Dr Barker

6.4
Acting

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013

as Self

6.6
Acting

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote ...

John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End

2013

as Arnie Blondestone

6.3
Acting

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End

2013

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary

PBS Nature - An Original DUCKumentary

2012

as Narrator

6.0
Acting

Ducks are true originals. There are more than 120 different species of ducks in all, a fantastical group of complex characters. Ducks have a talent fo...

Citizens of Cosmopolis

2012

as Self

6.1
Acting

An in-depth documentary about the making of David Cronenberg's feature film, Cosmopolis (2012), an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel of the same name.

Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages

2012

as Paul Gill

6.2
Acting

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Cosmopolis

Cosmopolis

2012

as Benno Levin

5.7
Acting

Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

2011

as Ben Bernanke

7.0
Acting

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a f...

The Ides of March

The Ides of March

2011

as Tom Duffy

6.7
Acting

Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

The Hangover Part II

The Hangover Part II

2011

as Kingsley

6.5
Acting

The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a me...

Win Win

Win Win

2011

as Mike Flaherty

6.8
Acting

When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns...

Ironclad

Ironclad

2011

as King John

6.1
Acting

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that u...

Barney's Version

Barney's Version

2010

as Barney Panofsky

7.0
Acting

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

2009

as Dr. Satan (voice)

5.9
Acting

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book s...

The Last Station

The Last Station

2009

as Vladimir Chertkov

6.3
Acting

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material ...

Cold Souls

Cold Souls

2009

as Paul

6.0
Acting

Paul is agonising over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya' and, paralysed by anxiety, stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-t...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

as Uncle Chaz (archive footage)

8.4
Acting

Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.

Duplicity

Duplicity

2009

as Richard Garsik

5.9
Acting

Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and al...

Pretty Bird

Pretty Bird

2008

as Rick Honeycutt

5.0
Acting

A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the busin...

Fred Claus

Fred Claus

2007

as Nick (Santa) Claus

5.8
Acting

Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes over...

Too Loud a Solitude

2007

as Hanta (voice)

4.7
Acting

An elderly paper-crusher branded a fool in Prague secretly stashes condemned books, preserving their contents and extrapolating from them eccentric sc...

Trumbo

Trumbo

2007

as Self

6.7
Acting

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hol...

The Nanny Diaries

The Nanny Diaries

2007

as Mr. X

6.4
Acting

A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, an...

Shoot 'Em Up

Shoot 'Em Up

2007

as Hertz

6.5
Acting

A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.

The Hawk Is Dying

The Hawk Is Dying

2007

as Georges Gattling

4.8
Acting

A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.

The Amazing Screw-On Head

The Amazing Screw-On Head

2006

as Screw-On Head (voice)

6.8
Acting

Based on the award-winning comic book by Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy), The Amazing Screw-On Head chronicles the adventures of a Civil War-era sec...

The Illusionist

The Illusionist

2006

as Inspector Uhl

7.3
Acting

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eise...

The Ant Bully

The Ant Bully

2006

as Stan Beals (voice)

5.8
Acting

Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the i...

Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

2006

as Cleveland Heep

5.6
Acting

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is act...

Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man

2005

as Joe Gould

7.6
Acting

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

The Fan and the Flower

The Fan and the Flower

2005

as Narrator (voice)

6.4
Acting

A narrator tells us the story of a ceiling fan, ensconced in the spare room of a house occupied by an old woman. The fan is lonely, and its life takes...

Robots

Robots

2005

as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)

6.5
Acting

Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now...

Sideways

Sideways

2004

as Miles

7.1
Acting

Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the ...

Paycheck

Paycheck

2003

as Shorty

6.2
Acting

Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term m...

American Splendor

American Splendor

2003

as Harvey Pekar

7.2
Acting

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

2003

as Narrator

Acting

You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that...

Confidence

Confidence

2003

as Gordo

6.3
Acting

What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting ...

The Pentagon Papers

The Pentagon Papers

2003

as Anthony Russo

5.8
Acting

This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to pre...

Thunderpants

Thunderpants

2002

as Johnson J. Johnson

3.5
Acting

An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becom...

Big Fat Liar

Big Fat Liar

2002

as Marty Wolf

5.9
Acting

After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Holly...

Storytelling

Storytelling

2001

as Toby Oxman

6.5
Acting

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

2001

as Limbo

5.8
Acting

After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes domi...

Duets

Duets

2000

as Todd Woods

5.6
Acting

Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. All roads lead to Oma...

Big Momma's House

Big Momma's House

2000

as John

5.8
Acting

When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate...

1961

1961

2000

as Ted Hedley

Acting

An elderly lesbian couple, Edith (Vanessa Redgrave) and Abby (Marian Seldes), find out their long-term relationship has no bearing in the eyes of the ...

If These Walls Could Talk 2

If These Walls Could Talk 2

2000

as Ted Hedley

6.5
Acting

The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Ed...

Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon

1999

as Bob Zmuda

7.2
Acting

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

1999

as Carlo

6.5
Acting

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

Winchell

Winchell

1998

as Herman Klurfeld

6.1
Acting

The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.

Safe Men

Safe Men

1998

as Veal Chop

5.5
Acting

Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the loca...

The Negotiator

The Negotiator

1998

as Rudy

7.1
Acting

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elabo...

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

1998

as Sergeant Hill

8.2
Acting

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain Joh...

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle

1998

as Blaine (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a chi...

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998

as Simeon

8.1
Acting

Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, ...

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap

1998

as Jeremiah Piper

5.8
Acting

George Piper, dissatisfied with his dead-end job and longing for adventure, embarks on an RV trip with his family. Guided by an old Civil War diary, t...

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

1997

as Professor Abbott

7.3
Acting

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated fr...

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997

as Bellman

6.6
Acting

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter rea...

Private Parts

Private Parts

1997

as Kenny

6.5
Acting

The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be a...

Donnie Brasco

Donnie Brasco

1997

as FBI Technician

7.5
Acting

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

Arresting Gena

Arresting Gena

1997

as Detective Wilson

1.0
Acting

A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).

A Further Gesture

A Further Gesture

1997

as Hotel Clerk

4.7
Acting

Dowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New York...

Before and After

Before and After

1996

as Courtroom Audience (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

Sabrina

Sabrina

1995

as Scott

6.2
Acting

Sabrina Fairchild, a chauffeur's daughter, grew up at the Long Island estate of the wealthy Larrabee family enchanted with their sparkling world of pr...

Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite

1995

as Extras Guild Researcher

6.7
Acting

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother i...

Singles

Singles

1992

as Kissing Man

6.4
Acting

A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.

Past Midnight

Past Midnight

1992

as Larry Canipe

5.1
Acting

A man gets out of prison after 15 years for stabbing his wife to death, and his social worker becomes convinced he was innocent. As she researches his...

She'll Take Romance

She'll Take Romance

1990

as Heckler #2

2.5
Acting

A TV reporter leads a search for the most romantic man in Seattle and finds one for herself.

The Goon

The Goon

N/A

as Franky

Acting

“The Goon” comic, which debuted in 1998 and was picked up by Dark Horse in 2003, is about a hulking orphan raised by his aunt, a strong-woman for a ca...

Old Time Radio

N/A

Acting

On Halloween Evening, the decrepit Riktus Grim, and equally withered Edward D. Mise, await a new tale of terror from their possessed old time radio.

Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical Comedy

N/A

Acting

A shy woman is unexpectedly cast in a local production of an original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses ...

Untitled DJ Art Bell Biopic

N/A

as DJ Art Bell

Acting

A biopic about the late paranormal DJ Art Bell