His father, Angelo Bartlett Giamatti, was a Yale University professor who later became president of the university and later commissioner of Major League Baseball. Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti was born June 6, 1967, in New Haven, Connecticut, the youngest of three children. He earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Ben Bernanke in the HBO film Too Big to Fail (2011), and Harold Levinson in the PBS series Downton Abbey (2013). Attorney Chuck Rhoades Jr in the Showtime television series Billions (2016–2023) earning a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. He played the titular character in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), which earned him acclaim and several awards including the Primetime Emmy Award a Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. He also portrayed Limbo in Planet of the Apes (2001), Eugene Landy in Love & Mercy (2014) and Jerry Heller in Straight Outta Compton (2015). During this time he also acted in The Illusionist (2006), Fred Claus (2007), The Ides of March (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and Saving Mr.

He earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Joe Gould in Cinderella Man (2005). He won acclaim for his leading roles in American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), Win Win (2011), Private Life (2018), and The Holdovers (2023). Giamatti's breakout role in film was in Private Parts (1997) which led to supporting roles in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Man on the Moon (1999). He returned to theatre in the revivals of Anton Chekov's Three Sisters (1997) and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1999). Donald 'Streaky' Bacon in the David Hare play Racing Demon (1995).

Giamatti made his Broadway debut portraying Ezra Chater in the Tom Stoppard play Arcadia (1995). He has received numerous accolades including one Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, along with a nomination for an Academy Award.Īfter studying acting at the Yale School of Drama he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti began his career as a character actor before establishing himself in leading roles in film and television. Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti ( / ˌ dʒ iː ə ˈ m ɑː t i/ JEE-ə- MAH-tee born June 6, 1967) is an American actor.

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