Paul Giamatti is an American actor and producer. He has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
Giamatti received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of boxing manager Joe Gould in Ron Howard's sports drama Cinderella Man (2005). The role also earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor â Motion Picture and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor. For his role as a depressed teacher on a road trip to a winery in the Alexander Payne dramedy Sideways (2004) he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Musical or Comedy and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. For his leading role as an uptight boarding school teacher in Alexander Payne's holiday dramedy The Holdovers (2023) he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Musical or Comedy and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor.
On television, he gained acclaim for his portrayal of title role in the HBO historical drama miniseries John Adams (2008) which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor â Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. He was further Emmy-nominated for his roles as Ben Bernanke in the HBO biographical drama film Too Big to Fail (2011), Harold Levinson in the PBS historical drama series Downton Abbey (2013), and a Juror in the Comedy Central sketch series Inside Amy Schumer (2015). For his performance as Charles "Chuck" Rhoades, Jr. in the Showtime drama series Billions (2016âÂÂ2023), he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.