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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
A Sprinkle of History
2025
as Sam Born
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
2025
as Harold Levinson
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
2025
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
2023
as Paul Hunham
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
2022
as Narrator
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
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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
2021
as Dr. Sylvester
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
2021
as Narrator
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
2021
as Nilo
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
2021
as Nathan
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
2019
as Self
Three New Yorkers will stop at nothing to get Paul Giamatti his own wax statue at Madame Tussauds.

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
2018
as Richard Grimes
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
2018
as Patrick
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
2018
as Sam Goudsmit
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
2018
as Narrator (voice)
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
2017
as Self
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
2016
as Dr. Alan Shapiro
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
2016
as Dr. Mobley
A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.

Ratchet & Clank
2016
as Chairman Drek (voice)
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
2015
as Jerry Heller
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
2015
as The Academy Teacher (voice)
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
2015
as Monsieur Homais
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
2015
as Dr. Eugene Landy
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
2015
as Dr. Lawrence Hayes
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)
A young man making a documentary stumbles into a place of magic he never imagined truly existed.

Giant Sloth
2015
as Gordon Boonewell
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
2014
as Aleksei Sytsevich
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
2014
as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
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
Life and misadventures of homicide detective Hoke Moseley during the 1980s.

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2013
as Self
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
2013
as Ralph
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
2013
as Theophilus Freeman
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
2013
as Abraham Zapruder
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
2013
as Friar Laurence
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
2013
as Dennis Girard
Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees.

Turbo
2013
as Chet (voice)
The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.

The Congress
2013
as Dr Barker
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
2013
as Self
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
2013
as Arnie Blondestone
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
2013
Executive Producer
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
2012
as Narrator
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
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
2012
as Paul Gill
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Cosmopolis
2012
as Benno Levin
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
2011
as Ben Bernanke
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
2011
as Tom Duffy
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
2011
as Kingsley
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
2011
as Mike Flaherty
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
2011
as King John
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
2010
as Barney Panofsky
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
2009
as Dr. Satan (voice)
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
2009
as Vladimir Chertkov
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
2009
as Paul
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
2009
as Uncle Chaz (archive footage)
Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.

Duplicity
2009
as Richard Garsik
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
2008
as Rick Honeycutt
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
2007
as Nick (Santa) Claus
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)
An elderly paper-crusher branded a fool in Prague secretly stashes condemned books, preserving their contents and extrapolating from them eccentric sc...

Trumbo
2007
as Self
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
2007
as Mr. X
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
2007
as Hertz
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
2007
as Georges Gattling
A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.

The Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
as Screw-On Head (voice)
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
2006
as Inspector Uhl
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
2006
as Stan Beals (voice)
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
2006
as Cleveland Heep
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
2005
as Joe Gould
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
2005
as Narrator (voice)
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
2005
as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)
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
2004
as Miles
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the ...

Paycheck
2003
as Shorty
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
2003
as Harvey Pekar
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!
2003
as Narrator
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
2003
as Gordo
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
2003
as Anthony Russo
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
2002
as Johnson J. Johnson
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
2002
as Marty Wolf
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
2001
as Toby Oxman
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Planet of the Apes
2001
as Limbo
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
2000
as Todd Woods
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
2000
as John
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
2000
as Ted Hedley
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
2000
as Ted Hedley
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
1999
as Bob Zmuda
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Carlo
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

Winchell
1998
as Herman Klurfeld
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.

Safe Men
1998
as Veal Chop
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
1998
as Rudy
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
1998
as Sergeant Hill
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
1998
as Blaine (uncredited)
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
1998
as Simeon
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
1998
as Jeremiah Piper
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
1997
as Professor Abbott
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
1997
as Bellman
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
1997
as Kenny
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
1997
as FBI Technician
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

Arresting Gena
1997
as Detective Wilson
A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).

A Further Gesture
1997
as Hotel Clerk
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
1996
as Courtroom Audience (uncredited)
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

Sabrina
1995
as Scott
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
1995
as Extras Guild Researcher
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
1992
as Kissing Man
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
1992
as Larry Canipe
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
1990
as Heckler #2
A TV reporter leads a search for the most romantic man in Seattle and finds one for herself.

The Goon
N/A
as Franky
“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
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
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
A biopic about the late paranormal DJ Art Bell