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{{short description|American actor (born 1967)}}
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{{Use American English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Paul Giamatti
| image        = Paul Giamatti 2024.jpg 
| caption      = Giamatti in 2024
| birth_name   = Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1967|6|6}}
| birth_place  = [[New Haven, Connecticut]], U.S.
| alma_mater   = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])
| years_active = 1989–present
| occupation   = Actor
| spouse       = {{marriage|Elizabeth Cohen|1997||end=divorced}}
| children     = 1
| father       = [[A. Bartlett Giamatti]]
| relatives    = [[Marcus Giamatti]] (brother)
| awards       = [[List of awards and nominations received by Paul Giamatti|Full list]]
}}
'''Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|dʒ|iː|ə|ˈ|m|ɑː|t|i}} {{respell|JEE|ə|MAH|tee}}; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. [[List of awards and nominations received by Paul Giamatti|His accolades]] include a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] and three [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globes]], as well as nominations for two [[Academy Awards]] and a [[British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]]. 

After studying acting at the [[Yale School of Drama]] he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut portraying Ezra Chater in the [[Tom Stoppard]] play ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]'' (1995). Later that year he played the Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon in the [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]] play ''[[Racing Demon (play)|Racing Demon]]'' (1995). He returned to theatre in the revivals of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' (1997) and [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]'' (1999).

Giamatti's breakout role in film was in ''[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]]'' (1997), which led to supporting roles in ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding]]'' (1997), ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (1998), and ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'' (1999). He won acclaim for his leading roles in ''[[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]'' (2003), ''[[Sideways]]'' (2004), ''[[Win Win (film)|Win Win]]'' (2011), and ''[[Private Life (2018 film)|Private Life]]'' (2018). He has also acted in ''[[The Illusionist (2006 film)|The Illusionist]]'' (2006), ''[[Fred Claus]]'' (2007), ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]'' (2011), ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' (2013), and ''[[Saving Mr. Banks]]'' (2013). He also portrayed Limbo in ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (2001), [[Eugene Landy]] in ''[[Love & Mercy (film)|Love & Mercy]]'' (2014) and [[Jerry Heller]] in ''[[Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' (2015). He earned a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role as [[Joe Gould (boxing)|Joe Gould]] in ''[[Cinderella Man]]'' (2005) and a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his role as disgruntled teacher Paul Hunham in ''[[The Holdovers]]'' (2023).

On television, Giamatti played the [[John Adams|title role]] in the [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' (2008), which earned him acclaim and several awards including a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe. He starred as [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] Chuck Rhoades Jr in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] television series ''[[Billions (TV series)|Billions]]'' (2016–2023), and earned Emmy nominations for his roles as [[Ben Bernanke]] in the [[HBO]] film ''[[Too Big to Fail (film)|Too Big to Fail]]'' (2011), and [[List of Downton Abbey characters#Harold Levinson|Harold Levinson]] in the ITV series ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' (2013).

== Early life and education ==
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti<ref name="mother"/> was born June 6, 1967,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/06/06/Famous-birthdays-for-June-6-Ashley-Park-Sandra-Bernhard/5481654464308/ |title=Famous birthdays for June 6: Ashley Park, Sandra Bernhard |work=UPI |date=June 6, 2022 |access-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref> in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], the youngest of three children. His father, [[A. Bartlett Giamatti|Angelo Bartlett Giamatti]], was a [[Yale University]] professor who later became president of the university and later [[Commissioner of Baseball|commissioner]] of [[Major League Baseball]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/paul-giamatti-oscars-best-actor-076be7b6|title=He’s the Son of a Baseball Commissioner. He Might Win an Oscar.|last=Diamond|first=Jared|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=8 March 2024|access-date=8 March 2024|language=en}}</ref> His mother, Toni Marilyn Giamatti ([[Maiden and married names|''née'']] Smith), was a homemaker and [[English studies|English]] teacher who taught at the [[Hopkins School]] and had also previously acted.<ref name="mother">{{cite news|last=Pringle|first=Gill|title=Paul Giamatti: Mr Potato face|work=The Independent|location=UK|date=November 27, 2007|url=http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/features/article3199367.ece|access-date=November 27, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128073052/http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/features/article3199367.ece|archive-date=November 28, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/06/19/archives/ai-bartlett-giamatti-marries-ton-smith.html | work=The New York Times | title=–Ai. Bartlett Giamatti Marries Ton! Smith| date=June 19, 1960 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref>

His paternal grandfather's family were [[Italian Americans|Italian]] emigrants from [[Telese Terme]]; the family surname was originally spelled "Giammattei" ({{IPA|it|dʒammatˈtɛi}}) before immigrating to the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=LaGumina|first=Salvatore J.|title=The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia|publisher=Garland|year=2000|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/italianamericane00slag/page/263 263]–264|isbn=9780815307136|url=https://archive.org/details/italianamericane00slag|url-access=registration|quote=Angelo Giamattei.|display-authors=etal}}</ref> His paternal grandmother had deep roots in [[New England]], dating back to the [[Colonial history of the United States|colonial era]].<ref name="Giamatti1">{{cite book|last=Reston|first=James|title=Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|year=1997|location=Nebraska|pages=15–16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znjlwbfZOTcC&q=%22Bartlett+Giamatti%22+ITALIAN&pg=RA1-PA16|isbn=0-8032-8964-2}}</ref> Giamatti's brother, [[Marcus Giamatti|Marcus]], is also an actor, and his sister, Elena, was a jewelry designer.

Giamatti attended Yale, where he was active in the undergraduate theater scene and worked with fellow actors and Yale students [[Ron Livingston]] and [[Edward Norton]]. He graduated in 1989 with a [[bachelor's degree]] in English and went on to earn a [[master of fine arts]] degree from the [[Yale School of Drama]], where he studied with [[Earle R. Gister]]. He performed in numerous theatrical productions, including on [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] and a stint from 1989 to 1992 with Seattle's Annex Theater,<ref name="SeattleMet">Wiecking, Steve. [[Seattle Met]] magazine. "Worried Man". July 2009 edition. [http://www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-entertainment/articles/arts-giamatti/ Seattlemet.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110154832/http://seattlemet.com/arts-and-entertainment/articles/arts-giamatti |date=November 10, 2012 }}</ref> before appearing in some small television and film roles in the early 1990s.{{cn|date=January 2024}} 

In 2023, Giamatti was awarded an [[Honorary degree|honorary]] [[Doctor of Fine Arts]] degree from Yale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Degree Recipients {{!}} Yale 2023 |url=https://yale2023.yale.edu/honorary-degrees |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=yale2023.yale.edu}}</ref><!--- this is an honour, not education --->

==Career==
=== 1989–2002: Early roles ===
He made his television debut in the ABC made for television film ''[[She'll Take Romance]]'' (1990). After minor roles in the neo-noir ''[[Past Midnight]]'' (1991) and the romantic comedy ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' (1992) he acted in [[Woody Allen]]'s comedy film ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]'' (1995) and [[Sydney Pollack]]'s romantic comedy remake ''[[Sabrina (1995 film)|Sabrina]]'' (1995). That same year in March, he made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]'' portraying Ezra Chater. [[Vincent Canby]] describe the role as being "a helplessly funny subsidiary" one.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/31/theater/theater-review-arcadia-stoppard-s-comedy-of-1809-and-now.html|title= THEATER REVIEW: ARCADIA; Stoppard's Comedy Of 1809 And Now|work= The New York Times|date= March 31, 1995|accessdate= September 11, 2023|last1= Canby|first1= Vincent}}</ref> In November he portrayed The Rev. Donald Bacon in [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]]'s  ''[[Racing Demon (play)|Racing Demon]]''. Both of these productions took place at the [[Lincoln Center Theater]]. 

In 1997, Giamatti landed his first high-profile role as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton in the film adaptation of [[Howard Stern]]'s ''[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]]''. Stern praised Giamatti's performance often on [[The Howard Stern Show|his radio program]], calling for him to be nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' described Giamatti's performance as being "well played".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/private-parts-1997|title= Private Parts movie review|website= Rogerebert.com|accessdate= September 11, 2023}}</ref> That same year he reunited with Woody Allen, acting in the comedy ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]'' (1997). He also took a small but memorable role as Richard the Bellman in the [[Julia Roberts]]-led romantic comedy ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding]]'' (1997). That same year he returned to Broadway, playing Andrei Prozorov in the revival of [[Anton Chekov]]'s ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''. Greg Evans of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "[Giamatti,] as the sisters’ pensive, dispirited brother Andrei, plays urban neurosis like a Richard Lewis stand-up routine, then slides into shaky-voiced melodrama when the going gets tough".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/1997/legit/reviews/three-sisters-6-1200448692/|title= Three Sisters|website= Variety|date= February 23, 1997|accessdate= September 11, 2023}}</ref> 

In 1998, Giamatti appeared in a number of supporting roles in the big-budget films including [[Peter Weir]]'s drama ''[[The Truman Show]]'', [[Steven Spielberg]]'s [[World War II]] drama ''[[Saving Private Ryan]],'' and the action thriller ''[[The Negotiator]]''. In 1999, he played [[Bob Zmuda]] and [[Tony Clifton]] in [[Miloš Forman]]'s [[Andy Kaufman]] biopic, ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]''. Giamatti continued working steadily during the early 2000s by appearing in major studio releases including ''[[Duets (film)|Duets]]'' (2000), ''[[Big Momma's House]]'' (2000), ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (2001) and ''[[Big Fat Liar]]'' (2002). 
=== 2003–2015: Established actor ===
In 2003, Giamatti began to earn critical acclaim after his lead role in the film ''[[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]''. In 2004, Giamatti gained mainstream recognition and fame with the independent romantic comedy ''[[Sideways]]''. His portrayal of a depressed writer vacationing in the Santa Barbara wine country garnered him a [[Golden Globe]] nomination and an [[Independent Spirit Award]] and he was named Best Actor in a Leading Role by several significant film critics groups (New York, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Online Film Critics).

Following the commercial success of ''Sideways'', Giamatti appeared in ''[[Cinderella Man]]'', for which he earned an [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated for a [[Golden Globe]] and won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture]]. In 2006, Giamatti was the lead in [[M. Night Shyamalan]]'s ''[[Lady in the Water]]'', a supernatural thriller, followed by the animated film ''[[The Ant Bully (film)|The Ant Bully]]'', and Neil Burger's drama ''[[The Illusionist (2006 film)|The Illusionist]]'' co-starring [[Edward Norton]].

[[File:Paul Giamatti 2010 TIFF.jpg|thumb|upright|Giamatti in 2010]]

Giamatti had his first major role in an action movie in the 2007 film ''[[Shoot 'Em Up (film)|Shoot 'Em Up]]'', while starring in ''[[The Nanny Diaries (film)|The Nanny Diaries]]'' and ''[[Fred Claus]]''. In 2008, Giamatti received an [[Emmy Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/paul-giamatti |title=Paul Giamatti Emmy Award Winner |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref> for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie]] for his [[John Adams|title performance]] in the 2008 [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'', as well as his first [[Golden Globe Award]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-goldenglobes-television-idUSTRE50B1BW20090112|title="John Adams," "30 Rock" big winners at Golden Globes|date=2009-01-12|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film]], and also earned a [[Screen Actors Guild]] award. Barry Garron of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' praised his performance, writing "Giamatti is brilliant as Adams. He is fearless in his portrayal, confident that the character’s all-consuming sacrifices for his fledgling nation will more than compensate for his numerous character flaws".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/john-adams-125959/|title= John Adams|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= March 13, 2008|accessdate= September 11, 2023}}</ref> William Thomas of ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' agreed, adding "The acting, especially from Giamatti as the irascible Adams and Laura Linney as his wife Abigail, who steered him clear of vanity...has the tang of authenticity, even when burdened with great gulps of politicking".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/john-adams-review/|title= John Adams review|website= Empire|date= January 29, 2009|accessdate= September 11, 2023}}</ref> That same year, he starred in the independent film ''[[Pretty Bird]]'', which is a fictionalized retelling about the drama behind the invention of a [[Bell Rocket Belt|rocketbelt]].<ref>{{cite web |author=craveonline |url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648582/4/paul_giamatti's_good_times.html |title=Paul Giamatti's Good Times |publisher=Craveonline.com |date=2007-09-07 |access-date=2014-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422181726/http://www.craveonline.com/film |archive-date=April 22, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Giamatti received his second [[Golden Globe]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Paul-Giamatti-Wins-Golden-Globe-for-BARNEYS-VERSION-20110116|title=Paul Giamatti Wins Golden Globe for BARNEY'S VERSION|author=BWW News Desk|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=2017-07-23|language=en}}</ref> win for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy]] for his role in the 2010 film, ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]''. ''[[The Associated Press]]'' praised Giamatti, describing it as "pitch perfect", adding, "the picture undoubtedly will draw kudos in its home and native land and likely beyond, buoyed by that virtuouso Giamatti performance".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/barneys-version-film-review-29976/|title= Barney's Version movie review|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= October 14, 2010|accessdate= September 11, 2023}}</ref> Giamatti starred as the lead in the comedy-drama film ''[[Win Win (film)|Win Win]]'', which earned positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/win_win_2011/|access-date=March 12, 2011|website=Rotten Tomatoes|title=Win Win }}</ref> Scott Tobias of ''[[NPR]]'' wrote of his performance, "By now, the Giamatti persona has been well-defined — exasperation and despair, tempered by mordant wit—but the actor's every performance is like a snowflake, and here McCarthy provides him a role that's subtly down-to-earth".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134204255/win-win-sad-situations-with-attendant-comedy|title= 'Win Win': Sad Situations, With Comedy Attendant|website= NPR|accessdate= September 11, 2023}}</ref> The same year he had small roles in ''[[Ironclad (film)|Ironclad]]'', ''[[The Hangover Part II]]'' and ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]''.
[[File:PaulGiamattiSept2013TIFF.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Giamatti in 2013]]
In 2012, Giamatti became the voiceover actor for [[Liberty Mutual]] insurance commercials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertymutualgroup.com/omapps/ContentServer?pagename=LMGroup/Views/LMG&ft=3&fid=1138356780859 |title=Liberty Mutual Press Release |publisher=Libertymutualgroup.com |access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref> He was the narrator for the [[PBS]] ''[[Nature (TV series)|Nature]]'' episode ''An Original DUCKumentary''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/an-original-duckumentary/full-episode/8068/ |title=Watch An Original DUCKumentary Online &#124; Full Episode &#124; Nature |date=October 18, 2012 |publisher=PBS |access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref> Giamatti produced and starred in ''[[John Dies at the End (film)|John Dies at the End]]'', which is based on the book of the same name. He also had roles in the films ''[[Rock of Ages (2012 film)|Rock of Ages]]'' and ''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]''.

In 2013, Giamatti returned to his [[alma mater]], [[Yale University]], to perform the [[title role]] in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]'', for which he won rave reviews in a sold-out, [[modern dress]] stage production of the play at the [[Yale Repertory Theatre]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/marshall-fine/onstage-paul-giamatti-in_b_3050973.html |title=Marshall Fine: Onstage: Paul Giamatti in Hamlet |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2013-04-10 |access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref> He also had supporting roles in several films, including the animated ''[[Turbo (2013 film)|Turbo]]'' and ''[[The Congress (2013 film)|The Congress]]'', as well as ''[[Parkland (film)|Parkland]]'', ''[[Saving Mr. Banks]]'', and the critically acclaimed ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Paul Giamatti, Samuel L. Jackson Join DreamWorks Animation's 'Turbo' (Exclusive) |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/paul-giamatti-samuel-l-jackson-turbo-294686 |access-date=February 24, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/saving-mr-banks-paul-giamatti-jason-schwartzman-ruth-wilson |title=ScreenRant |date=July 25, 2012 |publisher=screenrant.com |access-date=26 July 2012}}</ref> In addition, Giamatti played the role of New Yorker Harold Levinson, the brother of Cora, the Countess of Grantham ([[Elizabeth McGovern]]), in the 2013 Christmas special of the [[period drama]], [[ITV Studios]]/[[Carnival Films]] television series, ''[[Downton Abbey]]''.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/downtonabbey/news/paul-giamatti-cast/ ITV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104042042/http://www.itv.com/downtonabbey/news/paul-giamatti-cast/|date=January 4, 2014}}</ref> For his performance he received a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] nomination.

In 2014, Giamatti played villain [[Rhino (character)|The Rhino]] in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/paul-giamatti-talks-play-rhino-415899 |title=Paul Giamatti in Talks to Play The Rhino in 'Spider-Man 2' (Exclusive)|date=January 28, 2013|access-date=January 28, 2013|last=Kit|first=Borys|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-date=January 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130042047/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/paul-giamatti-talks-play-rhino-415899|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2014, Giamatti portrayed psychologist [[Eugene Landy]] in the [[Brian Wilson]] biopic ''[[Love & Mercy (film)|Love & Mercy]]''. In 2015, Giamatti portrayed [[N.W.A]] manager [[Jerry Heller]] in the biographical drama ''[[Straight Outta Compton (2015 film)|Straight Outta Compton]]''. He also played a scientist in the disaster film ''[[San Andreas (film)|San Andreas]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rossetto|first=Tiziana|date=2015-06-04|title=How scientifically accurate is San Andreas? Rock solid or a bit faulty?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/jun/04/san-andreas-earthquake-movie-is-it-accurate|access-date=2022-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

=== Since 2016 ===
[[File:Paul Giamatti 2024 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Giamatti in 2024]]

From 2016 to 2023, Giamatti played a lead role in the Showtime series ''[[Billions (TV series)|Billions]]'', portraying the [[U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York]]. The show, debuting in 2016, is loosely based on a real event.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's Office Gets Hollywood Treatment in Showtime Series|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattan-u-s-attorney-preet-bhararas-office-gets-hollywood-treatment-in-showtime-series-1451947972|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|access-date = April 11, 2016|issn = 0099-9660|first = Erica|last = Orden}}</ref> For the role he received a nomination for the [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series]]. In 2016, Giamatti began appearing in commercials for [[Prism TV]], the IPTV service owned by [[CenturyLink]]; the spots are the first-ever on-camera TV commercial appearances for Giamatti.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gianatasio|first1=David|title=Ad of the Day: Paul Giamatti Battles a Family of Movie Buffs in His First Ads Ever|url=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ad-day-paul-giamatti-battles-family-movie-buffs-his-first-ads-ever-169933|website=www.adweek.com|publisher=Adweek|access-date=8 May 2016|date=March 1, 2016}}</ref> In 2022, Giamatti appeared as [[Ebenezer Scrooge|Scrooge]] and [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] in [[Verizon]] commercials.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kemp | first=Audrey | title=US Ad of the Day: Paul Giamatti and Cecily Strong spread holiday cheer with Verizon | website=The Drum | date=November 15, 2022 | url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/11/15/us-ad-the-day-paul-giamatti-and-cecily-strong-spread-holiday-cheer-with-verizon | access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref> He served as an executive producer of the [[WGN America]] series ''[[Outsiders (American TV series)|Outsiders]]'' (2016–2017). He also lent his voice to ''[[BoJack Horseman]]'', ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' and ''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]''.

In 2018 he starred in the [[Tamara Jenkins]] directed film ''[[Private Life (2018 film)|Private Life]]'', acting alongside [[Kathryn Hahn]]. The film, distributed by [[Netflix]], received positive reviews. Alissa Wilkinson of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' praised the performances of the two leads, writing "Hahn and Giamatti bring their characteristic warmth-with-an-edge to their characters, and as their relationship unpacks itself onscreen, it feels authentic and lived-in".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/1/26/16912914/private-life-review-netflix-tamara-jenkins-kathryn-hahn-paul-giamatti|title= Private Life is a terrific, heartbreaking look at a marriage through the lens of infertility|website= Vox|date= January 26, 2018|accessdate= September 11, 2023}}</ref> That same year he acted in [[Reed Morano]]'s [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] romance drama ''[[I Think We're Alone Now (film)|I Think We're Alone Now]]'' and portrayed [[Samuel Goudsmit]] in the war film ''[[The Catcher Was a Spy (film)|The Catcher Was a Spy]]''. He returned to film in 2021, acting in the action thriller ''[[Gunpowder Milkshake]]'' and the family adventure film ''[[Jungle Cruise (film)|Jungle Cruise]]''.

He reunited with [[Alexander Payne]] in the [[coming-of-age]] film ''[[The Holdovers]]'' (2023), which premiered at the [[Telluride Film Festival]]. The film, distributed by [[Focus Features]], received positive reviews, with critics praising Giamatti's performance as a curmudgeonly teacher. Pete Hammond of ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' declared, "Giamatti, who so memorably starred in Payne’s 2004 ''[[Sideways (film)|Sideways]]'', has never been better", adding "this is perfect casting for Giamatti."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2023/09/the-holdovers-review-alexander-payne-paul-giamatti-family-telluride-film-festival-1235534101/|title= 'The Holdovers' Review: Alexander Payne & Paul Giamatti Make Movie Magic Again In Wry And Funny Comedy About Finding Family – Telluride Film Festival|website= Deadline Hollywood|date= September 2023|accessdate= September 11, 2023}}</ref> For his performance in ''The Holdovers'', Giamatti received an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] nomination and won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/paul-giamatti-golden-globe-best-actor-musical-comedy-1235862976/|title= Paul Giamatti Dedicates 'The Holdovers' Golden Globe Win to Teachers: 'They Do a Good Thing. It's a Tough Job.' |website= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date= January 7, 2024|accessdate= January 8, 2024}}</ref> and the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2024/01/paul-giamatti-joke-acceptance-speech-critics-choice-awards-1235791476/|title= Paul Giamatti Jokes About 'Going Viral' For Eating In-N-Out In Acceptance Speech At Critics Choice Awards |website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= January 14, 2024|accessdate= January 16, 2024}}</ref>

In 2024 it was announced that Giamatti would star in a TV series based on the [[Hostel (film series)|''Hostel'' film series]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=2024-06-04 |title=‘Hostel’ TV Series Starring Paul Giamatti in the Works (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hostel-tv-show-paul-giamatti-1235914723/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Wax Paul Now campaign==
Giamatti is the subject of the viral "Wax Paul Now" campaign, which pushes for the actor to get a [[Madame Tussauds]] wax statue in his likeness.<ref name="avclub1">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/stephen-colbert-and-paul-giamatti-bring-the-saga-of-the-1823789527|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|title=Stephen Colbert and Paul Giamatti Bring the Saga|date=March 15, 2018 }}</ref> The movement first achieved national prominence when Giamatti appeared on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' and discussed the campaign with host [[Stephen Colbert]].<ref name="avclub1"/> After this and subsequent articles in [[BuzzFeed]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Wax For Paul |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/dear-madam-tussauds-give-paul-giamatti-wax-figure |title=People Are Demanding Paul Giamatti Get The Wax Figure He Deserves |publisher=BuzzFeed.com |date=2017-07-26 |access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref> and ''[[The A.V. Club]]''<ref name="avclub1"/> among others, Madame Tussauds New York announced that they would host a party in Giamatti's honor to coincide with the premiere of ''[[Billions (TV series)|Billions]]'' Season 3 on March 25, 2018, at which the founders of the Wax Paul Now movement would speak.<ref name="madametussauds1">{{cite web|url=https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/en/about-us/highlights/gallery-of-giamatti-and-billion-viewing-party/|title=Gallery of Giamatti and Billion Viewing Party|website=www.madametussaud's.com|access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref>

Tussauds announced that if a Change.org petition garnered 500,000 signatures in the nine days leading up to the party, they would agree to create the wax statue of Giamatti.<ref name="madametussauds1"/> As the petition was unable to garner enough signatures in time, the Wax Paul Now campaign is still ongoing.<ref>{{cite web|date=March 26, 2018|title=Night of a Thousand Paul Giamattis|work=Vulture|author=King, Darryn|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/night-of-a-thousand-paul-giamattis.html}}</ref> A short film chronicling the campaign premiered at the [[Virginia Film Festival]] in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2019/11/its-time-to-wax-paul-now|title = It's time to 'Wax Paul Now'}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Giamatti resides in the [[Brooklyn Heights]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]]<ref name="film">Hale, Mike. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E6DF1331F93AA15754C0A9619C8B63 "Film"], ''[[The New York Times]]''. July 29, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2007.</ref> and was married to Elizabeth Cohen from 1997 to an undisclosed date in the 2000s. They have a son, Samuel. Though not religious, he stated: "My wife is [[Jews|Jewish]]. And I'm fine with my son being raised as a Jew".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/21/paul-giamatti-my-family-values|title=Paul Giamatti: My family values|first=Elaine|last=Lipworth|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=July 31, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Giamatti is an [[Atheism|atheist]], although for him "religion features more now in my life than it did when I was a kid".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/21/paul-giamatti-my-family-values|title=Paul Giamatti: My family values|first=Elaine|last=Lipworth|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=July 31, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}} In this interview he declares that in due time he will tell his son about atheism, because "There is a great tradition of Jewish atheism, there are no better atheists in the world than Jews".</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
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|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Director !! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Past Midnight]]'' || Larry Canipe || [[Jan Eliasberg]] ||
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| 1992 || ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' || Kissing Man || [[Cameron Crowe]] || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995 || ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]'' || Extras Guild Researcher || [[Woody Allen]] || 
|-
| ''[[Sabrina (1995 film)|Sabrina]]'' || Scott || [[Sydney Pollack]] || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996 || ''Breathing Room'' || George ||  Jon Sherman || 
|-
| ''[[Before and After (film)|Before and After]]'' || Member of the Jury || [[Barbet Schroeder]] || Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1997 || ''[[Arresting Gena]]'' || Detective Wilson || [[Hannah Weyer]] || 
|-
| ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'' || FBI Technician || [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] || 
|-
| ''[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]]'' || [[Kevin Metheny|Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton]] || [[Betty Thomas]] || 
|-
| ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding]]'' || Richard the Bellman || [[P. J. Hogan]] || 
|-
| ''[[Deconstructing Harry]]'' || Professor Abbot || Woody Allen || 
|-
| ''{{sortname|A|Further Gesture}}'' || Hotel Clerk || [[Robert Dornhelm]] || 
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1998 || ''{{sortname|The|Truman Show}}'' || Control Room Director || [[Peter Weir]] || 
|-
| ''[[Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)|Dr. Dolittle]]'' || Blaine Hammersmith || Betty Thomas || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' || Sergeant William Hill || [[Steven Spielberg]] || 
|-
| ''[[The Negotiator]]'' || Rudy Timmons || [[F. Gary Gray]] ||
|-
| ''[[Safe Men]]'' || Veal Chop || [[John Hamburg]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999 || ''[[Cradle Will Rock]]'' || Carlo || [[Tim Robbins]] || 
|-
| ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'' || [[Bob Zmuda]] || [[Miloš Forman]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000 || ''[[Big Momma's House]]'' || John Maxwell || [[Raja Gosnell]] ||
|-
| ''[[Duets (film)|Duets]]'' || Todd Woods || [[Bruce Paltrow]] || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001 || ''[[Storytelling (film)|Storytelling]]'' || Toby Oxman || [[Todd Solondz]] || Segment: "Non-Fiction"
|-
| ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' || Limbo || [[Tim Burton]] || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002 || ''[[Big Fat Liar]]'' || Marty Wolf || [[Shawn Levy]] || 
|-
| ''[[Thunderpants]]'' || Johnson J. Johnson || [[Peter Hewitt (director)|Pete Hewitt]] || 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2003 || ''[[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]'' || [[Harvey Pekar]] || [[Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini|Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini]] ||
|-
| ''[[Paycheck (film)|Paycheck]]'' || Shorty || [[John Woo]] || 
|-
| ''[[Confidence (2003 film)|Confidence]]'' || Gordo || [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]] || 
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Sideways]]'' || Miles Raymond || [[Alexander Payne]] || 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005 || ''[[Robots (2005 film)|Robots]]'' || Tim the Gate Guard || [[Chris Wedge]] || Voice
|-
| ''The Fan and the Flower'' || Narrator || [[Bill Plympton]] || Voice; short film
|-
| ''[[Cinderella Man]]'' || [[Joe Gould (boxing)|Joe Gould]] || [[Ron Howard]] || 
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2006 || ''[[Asterix and the Vikings]]'' || [[Asterix (character)|Asterix]] || Stefan Fjeldmark & [[Jesper Møller (animator)|Jesper Møller]] || Voice
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Hawk Is Dying}}'' || George Gattling || [[Julian Goldberger]] || 
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Illusionist|dab=2006 film}}'' || Chief Inspector Uhl || [[Neil Burger]] || 
|-
| ''[[Lady in the Water]]'' || Cleveland Heep || [[M. Night Shyamalan]] || 
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Ant Bully|dab=film}}'' || Stan Beals || [[John A. Davis]] || Voice
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2007 || ''{{sortname|The|Nanny Diaries|dab=film}}'' || Mr. X || Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini ||
|-
| ''[[Shoot 'Em Up (film)|Shoot 'Em Up]]'' || Karl Hertz || [[Michael Davis (director)|Michael Davis]] || 
|-
| ''[[Too Loud a Solitude#Adaptations|Too Loud a Solitude]]'' || Hanta || Genevieve Anderson  || Voice
|-
| ''[[Fred Claus]]'' || [[Santa Claus|Nicholas "Nick" Claus]] || [[David Dobkin (director)|David Dobkin]] || 
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Pretty Bird]]'' || Rick || [[Paul Schneider (actor)|Paul Schneider]] || Also producer
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2009 || ''[[Duplicity (film)|Duplicity]]'' || Richard "Dick" Garsik || [[Tony Gilroy]] || 
|-
| ''[[Cold Souls]]'' || Paul Giamatti || [[Sophie Barthes]] || 
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Haunted World of El Superbeasto}}'' || Dr. Satan/Steve Wachowski || [[Rob Zombie]] || Voice
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Last Station}}'' || [[Vladimir Chertkov]] || [[Michael Hoffman (director)|Michael Hoffman]] || 
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]'' || Barney Panofsky || [[Richard J. Lewis]] || 
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2011 || ''[[Win Win (film)|Win Win]]'' || Mike Flaherty || [[Tom McCarthy (director)|Tom McCarthy]] || 
|-
| ''[[Ironclad (film)|Ironclad]]'' || [[John, King of England|King John]] || [[Jonathan English]] || 
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Hangover Part II}}'' || Kingsley / Detective Peters || [[Todd Phillips]] || 
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Ides of March|dab=2011 film}}'' || Tom Duffy || [[George Clooney]] || 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2012 || ''[[Rock of Ages (2012 film)|Rock of Ages]]'' || Paul Gill || [[Adam Shankman]] || 
|-
| ''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]'' || Benno Levin || [[David Cronenberg]] || 
|-
| ''[[John Dies at the End (film)|John Dies at the End]]'' || Arnie Blondestone || [[Don Coscarelli]] || Also producer
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2013 || ''[[Turbo (2013 film)|Turbo]]'' || Chet || [[David Soren (animator)|David Soren]] || Voice
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Congress|dab=2013 film}}'' || Dr. Baker || [[Ari Folman]] ||
|-
| ''[[Romeo & Juliet (2013 film)|Romeo & Juliet]]'' || [[Friar Laurence]] || [[Carlo Carlei]] ||
|-
| ''[[Parkland (film)|Parkland]]'' || [[Abraham Zapruder]] || [[Peter Landesman]] || 
|-
| ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' || [[Theophilus Freeman]] || [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]] || 
|-
| ''[[All Is Bright]]'' || Dennis || [[Phil Morrison (director)|Phil Morrison]] || Also producer
|-
| ''[[Saving Mr. Banks]]'' || Ralph || [[John Lee Hancock]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2014 || ''[[Ernest & Celestine]]'' || Rat Judge || [[Stéphane Aubier]], [[Vincent Patar]] & [[Benjamin Renner]] || English dub
|-
| ''[[River of Fundament]]'' || Ptah-Nem-Hotep ||[[Matthew Barney]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]'' || [[Rhino (character)|Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino]] || [[Marc Webb]] ||
|-
| ''[[Madame Bovary (2014 film)|Madame Bovary]]'' || Monsieur Homais ||[[Sophie Barthes]] ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2015 || ''Giant Sloth'' || Gordon Boonewell || [[Paul Hornschemeier]] || Voice; short film
|-
| ''[[Love & Mercy (film)|Love & Mercy]]'' || [[Eugene Landy|Dr. Eugene Landy]] || [[Bill Pohlad]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Little Prince (2015 film)|The Little Prince]]'' || The Academy Teacher || [[Mark Osborne (filmmaker)|Mark Osborne]] || Voice
|-
| ''[[San Andreas (film)|San Andreas]]'' || Dr. Lawrence Hayes || [[Brad Peyton]] || 
|-
| ''[[Straight Outta Compton (2015 film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' || [[Jerry Heller]] || F. Gary Gray || 
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2016 || ''[[Ratchet & Clank (film)|Ratchet & Clank]]'' || Drek || [[Kevin Munroe]] || rowspan="2" | Voice
|-
| ''[[April and the Extraordinary World]]'' || Pizoni || Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci 
|-
| ''[[The Phenom (film)|The Phenom]]'' || Dr. Mobley || [[Noah Buschel]] || 
|-
| ''[[Morgan (2016 film)|Morgan]]'' || Dr. Alan Shapiro || [[Luke Scott (director)|Luke Scott]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2018 || ''[[I Think We're Alone Now (film)|I Think We're Alone Now]]'' || Patrick || [[Reed Morano]] || 
|-
| ''[[Private Life (2018 film)|Private Life]]'' || Richard Grimes || [[Tamara Jenkins]] || 
|-
| ''[[The Catcher Was a Spy (film)|The Catcher Was a Spy]]'' || [[Samuel Goudsmit]] || [[Ben Lewin]] || 
|-
| ''[[White Fang (2018 film)|White Fang]]'' || Beauty Smith || [[Alexandre Espigares]] || Voice 
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2021 || ''[[Gunpowder Milkshake]]'' || Nathan || [[Navot Papushado]] || 
|-
| ''[[Jungle Cruise (film)|Jungle Cruise]]'' || Nilo ||[[Jaume Collet-Serra]] ||
|-
| ''[[A Mouthful of Air (film)|A Mouthful of Air]]''|| Dr. Sylvester || Amy Koppelman|| 
|-
| 2023 || ''[[The Holdovers]]'' || Paul Hunham || Alexander Payne ||
|-
| 2025 || ''[[Untitled Downton Abbey: A New Era sequel|Downton Abbey 3]]'' || Harold Levinson || [[Simon Curtis (filmmaker)|Simon Curtis]] || Filming
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 1990 || ''[[She'll Take Romance]]'' || Heckler #2 || Television film
|-
| 1994 || ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' || Man in Sleeping Bag || Episode: "You Bet Your Life"
|-
| 1995 || ''[[New York News]]'' || Dr. Wargner || Episode: "Past Imperfect"
|-
| 1996 || ''{{sortname|The|Show|dab=UK TV series}}'' || Jeffrey Roffman || Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998 || ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' || Harry Tjarks || Episode: "Pit Bull Sessions"
|-
| ''Tourist Trap'' || Jeremiah Piper || rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| ''[[Winchell (film)|Winchell]]'' || Herman Kurfeld 
|-
| 1999 || ''[[American Experience]]'' || Narrator || Voice; episode: "New York: Part V - Cosmopolis"
|-
| 2000 || ''[[If These Walls Could Talk 2]]'' || Ted Hedley ||Television film
|-
| 2001 || ''[[King of the Hill]]'' || Mr. McKay || Voice; episode: "It's Not Easy Being Green"
|-
| 2003 || ''{{sortname|The|Pentagon Papers|dab=film}}'' || [[Anthony Russo (whistleblower)|Anthony Russo]] || Television film
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || Himself (host) || Episode: "Paul Giamatti/Ludacris featuring Sum-41"
|-
| 2006 || ''{{sortname|The|Amazing Screw-On Head|The Amazing Screw-On Head#TV pilot}}'' || Screw-On Head || Voice; pilot
|-
| 2008 || ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' || [[John Adams]] || 7 episodes
|-
| 2010 || ''[[30 Rock]]'' || Ritchie || Episode: "[[When It Rains, It Pours (30 Rock)|When It Rains, It Pours]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''[[Prohibition (miniseries)|Prohibition]]'' || Himself || Documentary
|-
| ''[[Too Big to Fail (film)|Too Big to Fail]]'' || [[Ben Bernanke]]|| Television film
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' || [[List of Downton Abbey characters#Harold Levinson|Harold Levinson]] || Episode: "The London Season"
|-
| 2014 || ''[[The Roosevelts (miniseries)|The Roosevelts: An Intimate History]]'' || [[Theodore Roosevelt]] || Voice; documentary
|-
| 2014 || ''Hoke'' || Hoke Mosely || Pilot; also executive producer
|-
| 2014–2015 || ''[[Inside Amy Schumer]]'' || God / Juror #10 || 2 episodes
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Breakthrough (TV series)|Breakthrough]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/spotlight/paul-giamatti-breakthrough-nat-geo-1201621189/|title=Paul Giamatti on Nat Geo's 'Breakthrough': Actor Embraces Inner Geek - Variety|author=Jon Weisman|work=Variety|date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> || Himself || Documentary; also director; episode: "More Than Human"
|-
| 2016–2023 || ''[[Billions (TV series)|Billions]]'' || Chuck Rhoades || 84 episodes 
|-
| 2016–2017 || ''[[Outsiders (American TV series)|Outsiders]]'' || {{n/a}} || Executive producer
|-
| 2017 || ''[[BoJack Horseman]]'' || Himself as BoJack || Voice; episode: "The Old Sugarman Place"
|-
| 2017 || ''[[At Home with Amy Sedaris]]'' || Mr. Ogilvy || Episode: "TGIF"
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Nature (TV series)|Nature]]'' || Narrator || Voice; episode: "Sex, Lies and Butterflies"
|-
| 2018–2019 || ''[[Lodge 49]]'' || L. Marvin Metz || 4 episodes; also executive producer
|-
| 2020–2022 ||''[[Rick and Morty]]'' || Story Lord || Voice; 2 episodes
|-
| 2020 ||''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]'' || Andrew's Shit || Voice; episode: "Poop Madness"
|-
| 2021 || ''[[The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness]]'' || [[Maury Terry]] || Voice; 4 episodes
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Benjamin Franklin (film)|Benjamin Franklin]]'' || [[John Adams]] || Voice; documentary
|- 
| rowspan="2" | 2023 || ''[[Teenage Euthanasia]]'' || Vic || Voice; episode: "CARS 4"
|-
| ''[[30 Coins]]'' || Christian Barbrow || 8 episodes
|-
| TBA || ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TV series)|Star Trek: Starfleet Academy]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1139638/star-trek-starfleet-academy-cast-premiere-date-characters-season-1/ |title=‘Starfleet Academy’ Adds Legacy Cast & Cadets: Everything We Know About New ‘Star Trek’ Series |work=tvinsider.com |last=Jacobs |first=Meredith |date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref> || || Pre-production
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]'' || Ezra Chater  || [[Lincoln Center Theater]] 
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Racing Demon (play)|Racing Demon]]'' || The Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon  || [[Lincoln Center Theater]] 
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Michael Cristofer|The Blues are Running]]'' || Pyle/Boo/Johnny || [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Three Sisters (play)|The Three Sisters]]'' || Andrei Prozorov  || [[The Roundabout Theatre Company]]
|-
| 1999 || ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]'' || James Cameron  || [[Brooks Atkinson Theatre]]
|-
| 2002 || ''[[The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui]]'' || Ted Ragg/Prosector/Ignatius Dullfeet  || [[National Actors Theatre]] 
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Hamlet]]'' || [[Prince Hamlet]] || [[Yale Repertory Theatre]] 
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Ripper (video game)|Ripper]]'' || Doctor Bud Cable || 
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Ratchet & Clank (2016 video game)|Ratchet & Clank]]'' || Chairman Drek || Voice
|}

===Audiobooks===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title
|-
| 2006 || ''[[A Scanner Darkly]]''
|-
| 2008 || ''[[The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs]]''
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Skeleton Crew (short story collection)|Skeleton Crew]] ''
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered]]''
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
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Giamatti has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Paul Giamatti|various accolades]] throughout his career. His [[breakthrough role]] in ''[[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]'' (2003) won him the [[National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance#2000s|National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Actor]] and earned him a nomination for the [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead]]. [[2004 in film|The following year]], he received nominations for the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor|Critics' Choice]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|SAG Award for Best Actor]] for his role in the comedy-drama ''[[Sideways]]'' (2004), which won him the [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead]] as well as the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Critics' Choice]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|SAG Award for Best Cast]].

Giamatti then won the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor|Critics' Choice]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|SAG Award]] and received nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture|Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance in ''[[Cinderella Man]]'' (2005). He won another two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]], for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]] for his roles in the miniseries ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' (2008) and the television biopic ''[[Too Big to Fail (film)|Too Big to Fail]]'' (2011), the former of which also won him the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Emmy]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film]]. His performances in ''Too Big to Fail'', ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' and ''[[Inside Amy Schumer]]'' also earned him Emmy nominations, for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]], [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]], respectively. With these achievements, Giamatti is one of few actors [[Primetime Emmy Awards#Categories|to receive Emmy nominations across]] all three [[Primetime Emmy Awards#Acting|performance (lead, supporting and guest) and genre (comedy, drama and miniseries or movie) categories]].

As a member of the [[ensemble cast]]s of ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' (2012) and ''[[Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' (2015), Giamatti received nominations for both the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Critics' Choice]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|SAG Award for Best Cast]]. His performance in the drama series ''[[Billions (TV series)|Billions]]'' (2016{{ndash}}2023) earned him a nomination for the [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series]].

Giamatti won two [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor]] for his performances in ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]'' (2010) and ''[[The Holdovers]]'' (2023). The latter also won him the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor|Critics' Choice]] and earned him nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|BAFTA]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|SAG Award for Best Actor]]. He is among [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations|few actors to achieve Oscar nominations in both acting categories]].

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