Paul Giamatti

With a diverse roster of finely etched, award-winning and critically acclaimed performances, Paul Giamatti has established himself as one of the most versatile actors of his generation.

Giamatti first captured the eyes of America in Betty Thomas' hit comedy Private Parts. His extensive list of film credits also includes Jonathan English's Ironclad; Todd Phillips' The Hangover Part II; The Last Station, opposite Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren; Tony Gilroy's Duplicity; Sophie Barthes' Cold Souls; David Dobkin's Fred Claus; Shoot 'Em Up, opposite Clive Owen; Springer Berman and Pulcini's The Nanny Diaries; M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water; Neil Burger's The Illusionist; Milos Forman's Man on the Moon; Julian Goldberger's The Hawk is Dying; Tim Robbins' Cradle Will Rock; F. Gary Gray's The Negotiator; Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan; Peter Weir's The Truman Show; Mike Newell's Donnie Brasco; Todd Solondz's Storytelling; Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes; Duets, opposite Gwyneth Paltrow; the animated film Robots; Big Momma's House, which co-starred Martin Lawrence; James Foley's Confidence; and John Woo's Paycheck.

In 2015, Giamatti lent his voice to the English-language version of the Oscar®-nominated French animated feature Ernest & Celestine, as well as the feature-film adaptation of The Little Prince, directed by Mark Osborne. Giamatti was also seen in the Showtime original drama series Billions, in which he plays the lead opposite Damian Lewis, and the independent feature drama The Phenom, written and directed by Noah Buschel.

Also in 2014, Giamatti starred in Bill Pohlad's Love & Mercy and Sophie Barthes' Madame Bovary, in which he played the ardent Monsieur Homais, among other films. Giamatti received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his guest-starring role as Harold Levinson, the eccentric American brother of Elizabeth McGovern's character Cora Crawley, on the highly acclaimed drama series Downton Abbey.

Prior to that, Giamatti executive produced and starred in Phil Morrison's black comedy All Is Bright, alongside Paul Rudd. The film centers around two French Canadian Christmas-tree salesmen who devise a get-rich-quick scheme and travel to New York to sell trees. Giamatti was also seen in Steve McQueen's Oscar®-winning drama 12 Years a Slave, John Lee Hancock's Saving Mr. Banks and Peter Landesman's docudrama Parkland. He played Spider-Man's formidable foe The Rhino in the latest entry of the blockbuster superhero franchise, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, directed by Marc Webb. In 2013, Giamatti appeared in Yale Repertory Theatre's production of the stage play Hamlet.

In 2012, Giamatti was seen in New Line Cinema's adaptation of the Broadway stage musical Rock of Ages, directed by Adam Shankman. The film co-starred Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand and Julianne Hough. Giamatti also starred in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, alongside Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche.
In 2011, Giamatti starred in the critically praised Win Win, a film written and directed by Oscar® nominee Thomas McCarthy. Giamatti portrayed Mike Flaherty, a disheartened attorney moonlighting as a high-school wrestling coach who stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings. Giamatti was also seen in The Ides of March, which was directed by George Clooney and co-starred Ryan Gosling, Clooney and Evan Rachel Wood. The film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture-Drama.

He also starred in Curtis Hanson's HBO movie Too Big to Fail, in which he portrayed Ben Bernanke. opposite William Hurt and Billy Crudup. Giamatti's performance earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, as well as Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

His performance in 2010's Barney's Version earned him a Golden Globe Award. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler, the film was directed by Richard J. Lewis and co-starred Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike and Minnie Driver.

In 2008, Giamatti won Primetime Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe awards for Best Actor in a Miniseries for his portrayal of the title character in HBO's seven-part Primetime Emmy Award-winning miniseries John Adams. Directed by Primetime Emmy-winning director Tom Hooper, Giamatti played President John Adams as part of a cast that also included award-winning actors Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, David Morse and Stephen Dillane. In 2006, Giamatti's performance in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man earned him his first SAG Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominations in the same category.

For his role in Alexander Payne's critically lauded Sideways, Giamatti earned accolades including Best Actor at the Independent Spirit Awards and New York Film Critics Circle Awards, as well as Golden Globe and a SAG award nominations.

In 2003, Giamatti received outstanding reviews and commendations (Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor, National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance of the Year) for his portrayal of Harvey Pekar in Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's American Splendor.

As an accomplished stage actor, Giamatti received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play as Jimmy Tomorrow in Howard Davies' Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh. His other Broadway credits include The Three Sisters, directed by Scott Elliott; Racing Demon, directed by Richard Eyre; and Arcadia, directed by Trevor Nunn. He was seen off-Broadway in the ensemble cast of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, with Al Pacino.

For television, Giamatti appeared in The Pentagon Papers, with James Spader; HBO's Winchell, opposite Stanley Tucci; and Jane Anderson's segment "1961" in If These Walls Could Talk 2, also for HBO.

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