Overview
Paul Giamatti
Known For
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
The American Buffalo
The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the...
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s...
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20...
Biography
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/ JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. After studying acting at the Yale School of Drama he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti made his Broadway debut portraying Ezra Chater in the Tom Stoppard play Arcadia (1995). Later that year he played the Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon in the David Hare play Racing Demon (1995). He returned to theatre in the revivals of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (1997) and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1999).