What Is Paul Giamatti's Net Worth?
Paul Giamatti is an American actor and producer who has a net worth of $25 million. Paul Giamatti is known for his roles in films such as "Donnie Brasco," "Private Parts," "Lady in the Water," "Man on the Moon," "Big Fat Liar," "Splendor," and "Cold Souls." Giamatti earned Academy Award nominations for 2005's "Cinderella Man" and 2023's "The Holdovers," and he won several awards for his performance in 2004's "Sideways." Paul won a Primetime Emmy for his portrayal of Founding Father John Adams, the second President of the United States, in the HBO miniseries "John Adams."
Early Life
Paul Giamatti was born Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti on June 6, 1967, in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was a professor at Yale University and went on to become the university's president as well as the seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Paul's mother graduated from Columbia University and Yale Drama School and worked as an English teacher and homemaker. Giamatti is of Italian, German, English, and Dutch ancestry, and his family has roots tracing back to the early colonial era.
He attended The Foote School and the private boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall. After graduating in 1985, Paul enrolled at Yale University, where he was active in the school's theater scene and a member of the elite Skull & Bones secret society. In 1989, he graduated from the school with a bachelor's degree in English, and he remained at Yale to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Yale School of Drama.
Acting Career
Giamatti's acting career took off slowly with minor and uncredited appearances in films and television shows in the early '90s. He had a minor role in the 1991 action film "Past Midnight" and a guest appearance in a 1994 episode of the popular crime television show "NYPD Blue." In 1995, he was featured in an episode of the short-lived Mary Tyler Moore-led television show "New York News," and he appeared in the Woody Allen-directed romantic comedy "Mighty Aphrodite." Paul had a minor role in the hit 1995 romantic comedy "Sabrina." The next year, he made an appearance in another romantic comedy, "Breathing Room," and was featured in the pilot for the television show "The Show."
In 1997, Giamatti received the roles for which he would first become known. He had a minor role in the biographical drama "Donnie Brasco," and he had a supporting role in the film "Private Parts," which starred Howard Stern and was based on the talk radio host's autobiography of the same name. Stern praised Giamatti's performance and called for him to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. That same year, Paul appeared in the Hannah Weyer-directed independent drama "Arresting Gena" as well as the romantic comedy "My Best Friend's Wedding." He saw several big-budget feature film releases the following year.
Giamatti had a prominent role in the hit Jim Carrey dark comedy "The Truman Show," which grossed over $264 million at the box office worldwide and was critically acclaimed. He appeared in another major commercially and critically successful film with a supporting role in the Steven Spielberg war drama "Saving Private Ryan," starring alongside Tom Hanks and Matt Damon. His other 1998 appearances include supporting roles in the action film "The Negotiator" and the crime comedy "Stealth Men." In 1999, Paul had a prominent role in the Andy Kaufman biographical drama "Man on the Moon" as well as the critically acclaimed drama "The Cradle Will Rock."
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In the early 2000s, Giamatti continued to perform steadily as a supporting actor in feature films, and before the start of 2004, he had seen the releases of box office and critical hits such as "Big Momma's House," "Planet of the Apes," "Big Fat Liar," "Thunderpants," "Paycheck," and "American Splendor." In 2004, he appeared in the award-winning comedy-drama "Sideways," and he earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his supporting role in the 2005 biographical sports drama "Cinderella Man." In 2006, he had supporting roles in the M. Night Shyamalan film "Lady in the Water" and the Edward Norton and Jessica Biel magic drama "The Illusionist." In 2007, Paul voiced a character in the animated film "The Ant Bully" and had supporting roles in the children's fantasy film "The Nanny Diaries," the Christmas-themed film "Fred Claus," and the action film "Shoot 'Em Up." In 2009, Giamatti starred in the comedy-drama "Cold Souls." He played the role of an anxious, stressed actor who decides to purchase a service that claims to freeze one's soul and subsequently finds himself entangled in the underground world of soul trafficking.
The 2010s were equally successful for Giamatti. He appeared in the 2011 comedy "The Hangover Part II" and the 2012 absurdist comedy "John Dies at the End." In 2013, he appeared in the critically acclaimed films "12 Years A Slave" and "Saving Mr. Banks," and he followed those with a role in the 2014 box office hit "The Amazing Spiderman 2." In 2015, he appeared in the disaster film "San Andreas" and the award-winning biopic "Straight Outta Compton." The next year, Paul began acting in a leading role on the Showtime television series "Billions" as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In 2017, he had a voice acting role on the Netflix show "BoJack Horseman" and made an appearance in an episode of the surreal comedy series "At Home with Amy Sedaris." The following year, Giamatti narrated an episode of "Nature" and appeared in four episodes of the comedy-drama "Lodge 49," which he also produced. In 2020, he lent his voice to "Rick and Morty" as well as "Big Mouth."
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Personal Life
Giamatti married Elizabeth Cohen in 1997, and they welcomed son Samuel before divorcing at an undisclosed date. When Paul sold his share of their former Brooklyn Heights co-op to Elizabeth in 2016, Giamatti's publicist said that the former couple had been divorced for more than five years. Paul is an atheist.
Real Estate
Paul and Elizabeth purchased a townhome in Brooklyn Heights, New York, in 2002, but Giamatti sold his co-op share to her for $1.1 million after their divorce. In 2010, Paul purchased a three-bedroom Brooklyn Heights condo for $1.3 million. He owned a home near the beach in Venice, California, but he sold it for $2.4 million in 2023.
