List of Paul Giamatti performances

Paul Giamatti is an American actor.

Giamatti in 2024

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes Refs.
1991 Past Midnight Larry Canipe Jan Eliasberg [1]
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 [2]
My Best Friend's Wedding Richard the Bellman P. J. Hogan [3]
Deconstructing Harry Professor Abbot Woody Allen [4]
A Further Gesture Hotel Clerk Robert Dornhelm
1998 The Truman Show Control Room Director Peter Weir [5]
Dr. Dolittle Blaine Hammersmith Betty Thomas Uncredited
Saving Private Ryan Sergeant William Hill Steven Spielberg [6]
The Negotiator Rudy Timmons F. Gary Gray [7]
Safe Men Veal Chop John Hamburg [8]
1999 Cradle Will Rock Carlo Tim Robbins [9]
Man on the Moon Bob Zmuda Miloš Forman [10]
2000 Big Momma's House John Maxwell Raja Gosnell [11]
Duets Todd Woods Bruce Paltrow [12]
2001 Storytelling Toby Oxman Todd Solondz Segment: "Non-Fiction" [13]
Planet of the Apes Limbo Tim Burton [14]
2002 Big Fat Liar Marty Wolf Shawn Levy [15]
Thunderpants Johnson J. Johnson Pete Hewitt [16]
2003 American Splendor Harvey Pekar Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini [17]
Paycheck Shorty John Woo [18]
Confidence Gordo James Foley [19]
2004 Sideways Miles Raymond Alexander Payne [20]
2005 Robots Tim the Gate Guard Chris Wedge Voice [21]
The Fan and the Flower Narrator Bill Plympton Voice; short film
Cinderella Man Joe Gould Ron Howard [22]
2006 Asterix and the Vikings Asterix Stefan Fjeldmark & Jesper Møller Voice [23]
The Hawk Is Dying George Gattling Julian Goldberger [24]
The Illusionist Chief Inspector Uhl Neil Burger [25]
Lady in the Water Cleveland Heep M. Night Shyamalan [26]
The Ant Bully Stan Beals John A. Davis Voice [27]
2007 The Nanny Diaries Mr. X Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini [28]
Shoot 'Em Up Karl Hertz Michael Davis [29]
Too Loud a Solitude Hanta Genevieve Anderson Voice
Fred Claus Nicholas "Nick" Claus David Dobkin [30]
2008 Pretty Bird Rick Paul Schneider Also producer [31]
2009 Duplicity Richard "Dick" Garsik Tony Gilroy [32]
Cold Souls Paul Giamatti Sophie Barthes [33]
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Dr. Satan/Steve Wachowski Rob Zombie Voice [34]
The Last Station Vladimir Chertkov Michael Hoffman [35]
2010 Barney's Version Barney Panofsky Richard J. Lewis [36]
2011 Win Win Mike Flaherty Tom McCarthy [37]
Ironclad King John Jonathan English [38]
The Hangover Part II Kingsley / Detective Peters Todd Phillips [39]
The Ides of March Tom Duffy George Clooney [40]
2012 Rock of Ages Paul Gill Adam Shankman [41]
Cosmopolis Benno Levin David Cronenberg [42]
John Dies at the End Arnie Blondestone Don Coscarelli Also producer [43]
2013 Turbo Chet David Soren Voice [44]
The Congress Dr. Baker Ari Folman [45]
Romeo & Juliet Friar Laurence Carlo Carlei [46]
Parkland Abraham Zapruder Peter Landesman [47]
12 Years a Slave Theophilus Freeman Steve McQueen [48]
All Is Bright Dennis Phil Morrison Also producer [49]
Saving Mr. Banks Ralph John Lee Hancock [50]
2014 Ernest & Celestine Rat Judge Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar & Benjamin Renner English dub [51]
River of Fundament Ptah-Nem-Hotep Matthew Barney [52]
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino Marc Webb [53]
Madame Bovary Monsieur Homais Sophie Barthes [54]
Love & Mercy Dr. Eugene Landy Bill Pohlad [55]
2015 Giant Sloth Gordon Boonewell Paul Hornschemeier Voice; short film
The Little Prince The Academy Teacher Mark Osborne Voice [56]
San Andreas Dr. Lawrence Hayes Brad Peyton [57]
Straight Outta Compton Jerry Heller F. Gary Gray [58]
2016 Ratchet & Clank Chairman Drek Kevin Munroe Voice [59]
April and the Extraordinary World Pizoni Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci [60]
The Phenom Dr. Mobley Noah Buschel [61]
Morgan Dr. Alan Shapiro Luke Scott [62]
2018 I Think We're Alone Now Patrick Reed Morano [63]
Private Life Richard Grimes Tamara Jenkins [64]
The Catcher Was a Spy Samuel Goudsmit Ben Lewin [65]
White Fang Beauty Smith Alexandre Espigares Voice [66]
2021 Gunpowder Milkshake Nathan Navot Papushado [67]
Jungle Cruise Nilo Nemolato Jaume Collet-Serra [68]
A Mouthful of Air Dr. Sylvester Amy Koppelman [69]
2023 The Holdovers Paul Hunham Alexander Payne [70]
2025 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Harold Levinson Simon Curtis Post-production [71]
TBA Untitled Jesse Eisenberg musical comedy Jesse Eisenberg Filming [72]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
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 The Show 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 The Pentagon Papers Anthony Russo Television film
2005 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Paul Giamatti/Ludacris featuring Sum-41"
2006 The Amazing Screw-On Head Screw-On Head Voice; pilot
2008 John Adams John Adams 7 episodes
2010 30 Rock Ritchie Episode: "When It Rains, It Pours" [73]
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 [74]
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" [75]
2016–2023 Billions Chuck Rhoades 84 episodes [76]
2016–2017 Outsiders Executive producer
2017 BoJack Horseman Himself as BoJack Voice; episode: "The Old Sugarman Place" [77]
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" [78]
2026 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Nus Brak Post-production [79]

Theater

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1995 Arcadia Ezra Chater Lincoln Center Theater [80]
1995 Racing Demon The Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon Lincoln Center Theater
1996 The Blues are Running Pyle/Boo/Johnny Manhattan Theatre Club
1997 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/Prosecutor/Ignatius Dullfeet National Actors Theatre [81]
2013 Hamlet Prince Hamlet Yale Repertory Theatre [82]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1996 Ripper Doctor Bud Cable
2016 Ratchet & Clank Chairman Drek Voice (audio from film)

Audiobooks

Year Title Refs.
2006 A Scanner Darkly
2008 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
2016 Skeleton Crew
2019 Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered [83]

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