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Paul Giamatti
Highest Rated: 98% Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Lowest Rated: 20% Pretty Bird (2008)
Birthday: Jun 6, 1967
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Prior to becoming one of the more unlikely leading men in Hollywood, actor Paul Giamatti made a career out of playing comic foils and repressed loners constantly on the verge of exploding with rage. Giamatti first grabbed the public's attention with his vitriolic performance as Kenny - a.k.a. Pig Vomit - Howard Stern's nemesis in "Private Parts" (1997), before quickly developing into the go-to guy for a director looking for an everyman-type actor who could convincingly project simmering intensity. His sour yet endearing performance as bitter comic book writer Harvey Pekar in the offbeat biopic, "American Splendor" (2003) did much to put him on the mainstream moviegoer's radar. But it was with his highly-lauded performance in the surprise hit "Sideways" (2004), that Giamatti vaulted to the A-list as a kind of unlikely leading man, a leap that made the comfortable character actor a bit unsettled. With award-worthy performances in "John Adams" (HBO, 2008) and "Barney's Version" (2010), Giamatti became one of those rare actors capable of excelling in both leading and supporting roles, allowing him the freedom to oscillate between big budget fare and small indie films, while developing a reputation as one of the most mesmerizing performers of his time.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97% | 92% | The Holdovers | Paul Hunham (Character) | $20.3M | 2023 |
| 68% | 80% | A Mouthful of Air | Dr. Sylvester (Character) | $247.5K | 2021 |
| 63% | 92% | Jungle Cruise | Nilo (Character) | $117.0M | 2021 |
| 60% | 48% | Gunpowder Milkshake | Nathan (Character) | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Fang | Beauty Smith (Voice) | - | 2018 |
| 94% | 79% | Private Life | Richard (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 63% | 39% | I Think We're Alone Now | Patrick (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 33% | 51% | The Catcher Was a Spy | Samuel Goudsmit (Character) | $706.6K | 2018 |
| 92% | 87% | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 37% | 30% | Morgan | Dr. Alan Shapiro (Character) | $3.9M | 2016 |
| 79% | 38% | The Phenom | Dr. Mobley (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 22% | 42% | Ratchet & Clank | Chairman Drek (Voice) | $8.8M | 2016 |
| 97% | 77% | April and the Extraordinary World | Pizoni (Voice) | $294.3K | 2015 |
| 92% | 84% | The Little Prince | The Academy Teacher (Voice) | $1.3M | 2015 |
| 89% | 91% | Straight Outta Compton | Jerry Heller (Character) | $161.0M | 2015 |
| 49% | 52% | San Andreas | Lawrence (Character) | $155.2M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | River of Fundament | Ptah-Nem-Hotep (Character) | $43.1K | 2014 |
| 43% | 27% | Madame Bovary | Monsieur Homais (Character) | $44.2K | 2014 |
| 89% | 85% | Love & Mercy | Dr. Eugene Landy (Character) | $12.5M | 2014 |
| 51% | 64% | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Aleksei Sytsevich (Character) | $202.8M | 2014 |
| 72% | 53% | The Congress | Dr. Barker (Character) | $137.8K | 2013 |
| 79% | 84% | Saving Mr. Banks | Ralph (Character) | $83.3M | 2013 |
| 51% | 48% | Parkland | Abraham Zapruder (Character) | $652.4K | 2013 |
| 95% | 90% | 12 Years a Slave | Theophilus Freeman (Character) | $56.7M | 2013 |
| 24% | 46% | Romeo & Juliet | Friar Laurence (Character) | $1.2M | 2013 |
| 48% | 23% | All Is Bright |
Dennis (Character), Executive Producer |
$4.6K | 2013 |
| 67% | 65% | Turbo | Chet (Voice) | $83.0M | 2013 |
| 98% | 88% | Ernest & Celestine | Rat Judge (Voice) | $71.4K | 2012 |
| 59% | 54% | John Dies at the End |
Arnie (Character), Executive Producer |
$141.3K | 2012 |
| 67% | 31% | Cosmopolis | Benno Levin (Character) | $743.6K | 2012 |
| 42% | 55% | Rock of Ages | Paul Gill (Character) | $38.5M | 2012 |
| 77% | 75% | Too Big to Fail | Ben Bernanke (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 83% | 73% | The Ides of March | Tom Duffy (Character) | $41.0M | 2011 |
| 43% | 41% | Ironclad | King John (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 34% | 52% | The Hangover Part II | Kingsley (Character) | $254.5M | 2011 |
| 94% | 85% | Win Win | Mike Flaherty (Character) | $10.2M | 2011 |
| 77% | 78% | Barney's Version | Barney (Character) | $7.5M | 2010 |
| 71% | 67% | The Last Station | Chertkov (Character) | $6.6M | 2009 |
| 40% | 48% | The Haunted World of El Superbeasto | Dr. Satan (Voice) | - | 2009 |
| 75% | 54% | Cold Souls | Paul (Character) | $903.1K | 2009 |
| 65% | 37% | Duplicity | Richard Garsik (Character) | $40.6M | 2009 |
| 20% | 16% | Pretty Bird |
Rick Honeycutt (Character), Producer |
- | 2008 |
| 84% | 78% | Trumbo | Unknown (Character) | $108.3K | 2007 |
| 21% | 45% | Fred Claus | Nicholas (Character) | $72.0M | 2007 |
| 67% | 65% | Shoot 'Em Up | Mr. Hertz (Character) | $12.8M | 2007 |
| 34% | 51% | The Nanny Diaries | Mr. X (Character) | $25.9M | 2007 |
| 30% | 43% | The Hawk Is Dying | George (Character) | $6.1K | 2006 |
| 73% | 83% | The Illusionist | Inspector Uhl (Character) | $39.8M | 2006 |
| 62% | 42% | The Ant Bully | Stan Beals (Voice) | $28.1M | 2006 |
| 25% | 49% | Lady in the Water | Cleveland Heep (Character) | $42.3M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Amazing Screw-On Head | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 80% | 91% | Cinderella Man | Joe Gould (Character) | $61.6M | 2005 |
| 64% | 54% | Robots | Crank (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| 97% | 79% | Sideways | Miles Raymond (Character) | $71.5M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | The Pentagon Papers | Anthony Russo (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 27% | 45% | Paycheck | Shorty (Character) | $53.8M | 2003 |
| 94% | 86% | American Splendor | Harvey (Character) | $6.0M | 2003 |
| 69% | 70% | Confidence | Gordo (Character) | $12.2M | 2003 |
| 67% | 44% | Thunderpants | Johnson J. Johnson (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 45% | 44% | Big Fat Liar | Marty Wolf (Character) | $47.8M | 2002 |
| 54% | 67% | Storytelling | Toby Oxman (Character) | $912.4K | 2001 |
| 44% | 27% | Planet of the Apes | Limbo (Character) | $180.0M | 2001 |
| 21% | 49% | Duets | Todd (Character) | $4.7M | 2000 |
| 30% | 57% | Big Momma's House | John (Character) | $117.6M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Ted Hedley (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 64% | 79% | Man on the Moon | Bob Zmuda (Character) | $34.6M | 1999 |
| 65% | 71% | Cradle Will Rock | Carlo (Character) | $2.9M | 1999 |
| 57% | 54% | Safe Men | Veal Chop (Character) | $36.7K | 1998 |
| 94% | 89% | The Truman Show | Control Room Director (Character) | $125.6M | 1998 |
| 74% | 79% | The Negotiator | Rudy Timmons (Character) | $44.7M | 1998 |
| 83% | 71% | Winchell | Herman Klurfeld (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 94% | 95% | Saving Private Ryan | Sergeant Hill (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Tourist Trap | Jeremiah Piper (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 74% | 73% | My Best Friend's Wedding | Richard the Bellman (Character) | $126.8M | 1997 |
| 73% | 68% | Private Parts | Kenny 'Pig Vomit' Rushton (Character) | $41.2M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | Past Midnight | Larry Canipe (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'll Take Romance | Heckler 2 (Character) | - | 1990 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2007-2009 2015 2024 |
| 91% | 76% | 30 Coins | Christian Barbrow (Character) | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2016 2019-2020 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 2018-2021 2023 |
| 87% | 67% | Billions | Chuck Rhoades (Character) | 2016-2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nature | Narrator | 2018 2022 |
| 100% | 85% | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Madison Grant (Voice) | 2022 |
| 78% | 85% | Benjamin Franklin | John Adams (Voice) | 2022 |
| 58% | 69% | The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness | Narrator | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empires of New York | Self | 2020 |
| 94% | 89% | Lodge 49 |
Unknown (Guest Star), Executive Producer, Producer |
2018-2019 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2017-2019 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Outsiders | Executive Producer | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breakthrough |
Director, Narrator |
2015 |
| 100% | 94% | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Unknown (Voice) | 2014 |
| 87% | 93% | Downton Abbey | Harold Levinson (Character) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009 2011-2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2003 2006 2009 2011 |
| 78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Ritchie (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 82% | 88% | John Adams | John Adams (Character) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2007-2008 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Mr. McKay (Guest Voice) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |