Giamatti also famously played Founding Father John Adams in the 2008 HBO miniseries “John Adams.” He won an Emmy for the role, and the show won the Emmy for outstanding miniseries, among 11 ...

In John Adams, he’s sort of like American history’s version of Paul Hunham from The Holdovers—the ugly little guy who tries to get us to be better, at great personal cost.

Paul Giamatti, 2024 Oscars nominee for "The Holdovers" 09:48 Difficult characters are a Paul Giamatti specialty. He's portrayed a cantankerous John Adams and a brutal U.S. Attorney in "Billions ...

Paul Giamatti | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom. Paul Giamatti is an actor who disappears so seamlessly into the characters he plays — from My Best Friend’s Wedding to Saving Private Ryan, The Ides of March, ...