Paul Giamatti is an American actor.
Film Year Title Role Director Notes 1991 Past Midnight Larry Canipe Jan Eliasberg 1992 Singles Kissing Man Cameron Crowe 1995 Mighty Aphrodite Extras Guild Researcher Woody Allen Sabrina Scott Sydney Pollack 1996 Breathing Room George Jon Sherman Before and After Member of the Jury Barbet Schroeder Uncredited 1997 Arresting Gena Detective Wilson Hannah Weyer Donnie Brasco FBI Technician Mike Newell Private Parts Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton Betty Thomas My Best Friend's Wedding Richard the Bellman P. J. Hogan Deconstructing Harry Professor Abbot Woody Allen Hotel Clerk Robert Dornhelm 1998 Control Room Director Peter Weir 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 1999 Cradle Will Rock Carlo Tim Robbins Man on the Moon Bob Zmuda Miloš Forman 2000 Big Momma's House John Maxwell Raja Gosnell Duets Todd Woods Bruce Paltrow 2001 Storytelling Toby Oxman Todd Solondz Segment: "Non-Fiction" Planet of the Apes Limbo Tim Burton 2002 Big Fat Liar Marty Wolf Shawn Levy Thunderpants Johnson J. Johnson Pete Hewitt 2003 American Splendor Harvey Pekar Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini Paycheck Shorty John Woo Confidence Gordo James Foley 2004 Sideways Miles Raymond Alexander Payne 2005 Robots Tim the Gate Guard Chris Wedge Voice The Fan and the Flower Narrator Bill Plympton Voice; short film Cinderella Man Joe Gould Ron Howard 2006 Asterix and the Vikings Asterix Stefan Fjeldmark & Jesper Møller Voice George Gattling Julian Goldberger Chief Inspector Uhl Neil Burger Lady in the Water Cleveland Heep M. Night Shyamalan Stan Beals John A. Davis Voice 2007 Mr. X Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini Shoot 'Em Up Karl Hertz Michael Davis Too Loud a Solitude Hanta Genevieve Anderson Voice Fred Claus Nicholas "Nick" Claus David Dobkin 2008 Pretty Bird Rick Paul Schneider Also producer 2009 Duplicity Richard "Dick" Garsik Tony Gilroy Cold Souls Paul Giamatti Sophie Barthes Dr. Satan/Steve Wachowski Rob Zombie Voice Vladimir Chertkov Michael Hoffman 2010 Barney's Version Barney Panofsky Richard J. Lewis 2011 Win Win Mike Flaherty Tom McCarthy Ironclad King John Jonathan English Kingsley / Detective Peters Todd Phillips Tom Duffy George Clooney 2012 Rock of Ages Paul Gill Adam Shankman Cosmopolis Benno Levin David Cronenberg John Dies at the End Arnie Blondestone Don Coscarelli Also producer 2013 Turbo Chet David Soren Voice Dr. Baker Ari Folman Romeo & Juliet Friar Laurence Carlo Carlei Parkland Abraham Zapruder Peter Landesman 12 Years a Slave Theophilus Freeman Steve McQueen All Is Bright Dennis Phil Morrison Also producer Saving Mr. Banks Ralph John Lee Hancock 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 Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino Marc Webb Madame Bovary Monsieur Homais Sophie Barthes Love & Mercy Dr. Eugene Landy Bill Pohlad 2015 Giant Sloth Gordon Boonewell Paul Hornschemeier Voice; short film The Little Prince The Academy Teacher Mark Osborne Voice San Andreas Dr. Lawrence Hayes Brad Peyton Straight Outta Compton Jerry Heller F. Gary Gray 2016 Ratchet & Clank Chairman Drek Kevin Munroe Voice April and the Extraordinary World Pizoni Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci The Phenom Dr. Mobley Noah Buschel Morgan Dr. Alan Shapiro Luke Scott 2018 I Think We're Alone Now Patrick Reed Morano Private Life Richard Grimes Tamara Jenkins The Catcher Was a Spy Samuel Goudsmit Ben Lewin White Fang Beauty Smith Alexandre Espigares Voice 2021 Gunpowder Milkshake Nathan Navot Papushado Jungle Cruise Nilo Nemolato Jaume Collet-Serra A Mouthful of Air Dr. Sylvester Amy Koppelman 2023 The Holdovers Paul Hunham Alexander Payne 2025 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Harold Levinson Simon Curtis 2026 The Debut Jerry Jesse Eisenberg A Statement David Slade Tom McCarthy Completed
Television Year Title Role 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 Jeffrey Roffman Episode: "Pilot" 1998 Homicide: Life on the Street Harry Tjarks Episode: "Pit Bull Sessions" Tourist Trap Jeremiah Piper Television 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 Anthony Russo Television film 2005 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Paul Giamatti/Ludacris featuring Sum-41" 2006 Screw-On Head Voice; pilot 2008 John Adams John Adams 7 episodes 2010 30 Rock Ritchie Episode: "When It Rains, It Pours" 2011 Prohibition Himself Documentary Too Big to Fail Ben Bernanke Television film 2013 Downton Abbey Harold Levinson Episode: "The London Season" 2014 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 Himself Documentary; also director; episode: "More Than Human" 2016–2023 Billions Chuck Rhoades 84 episodes 2016–2017 Outsiders 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 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 Andrew's Shit Voice; episode: "Poop Madness" 2021 The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness Maury Terry Voice; 4 episodes 2022 Benjamin Franklin John Adams Voice; documentary 2023 Teenage Euthanasia Vic Voice; episode: "CARS 4" 30 Coins Christian Barbrow 8 episodes 2025 Black Mirror Phillip Connarthy Episode: "Eulogy" The American Revolution John Adams Voice; docuseries 2026 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Nus Braka 3 episodes ("Kids These Days", "Come, Let's Away", "Rubincon")
Theater Year Title Role Notes 1988The Legend of OedipusTheban GuardWilliamstown Theatre Festival, MassachusettsThe American ClockRudyThe Resistible Rise of Arturo UiBowl Tom JonesPartridge1994As You Like ItJacques de BoysYale Repertory Theatre, New HavenThe Triumph of LoveHarlequinLa Jolla Playhouse, San DiegoThérèse Raquin CamilleBaby AngerManPlaywrights Horizons, Off-Broadway1995 Arcadia Ezra Chater Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway Racing Demon The Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon Lincoln Center Theater, Broadway 1996 The Blues are Running Pyle/Boo/Johnny New York City Center, Off-Broadway 1997 The Three Sisters Andrei Prozorov Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway 1999 The Iceman Cometh James Cameron Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway 2002 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Ted Ragg/Prosecutor/Ignatius Dullfeet Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, Off-Broadway 2013 Hamlet Prince Hamlet Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven 2026 Rhinoceros Jean American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Video games Year Title Role Notes 1996 Ripper Doctor Bud Cable 2016 Ratchet & Clank Chairman Drek Voice (audio from film)
Audiobooks Year Title 2006 A Scanner Darkly 2008 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! 2016 Skeleton Crew 2019 Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered 2025 Something Wicked This Way Comes
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