FrameThrower · Actors · Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
19 films · 1,895 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1999–2023
Born 6 June 1967 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globes, and 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 debuted on Broadway, 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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 19 films · 1,895 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1999–2023
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy2023
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2008
- Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor2011
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,895 frames from the 19 films we hold. This is the look of the work Paul takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 19 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Paul takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Holdovers
2023 · Paul Hunham
Private Life
2018 · Richard Grimes
I Think We’re Alone Now
2018 · Patrick
Cold Souls
2009 · Paul
Shoot 'Em Up
2007 · Hertz
Lady in the Water
2006 · Cleveland Heep
The Illusionist
2006 · Inspector Uhl
Sideways
2004 · Miles
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021 · Nathan
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 · Aleksei Sytsevich
Love & Mercy
2014 · Dr. Eugene Landy
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Theophilus Freeman
The Congress
2013 · Dr. Barker
Cosmopolis
2012 · Benno Levin
The Hangover Part II
2011 · Kingsley
Duplicity
2009 · Richard Garsik
Planet of the Apes
2001 · Limbo
Man On The Moon
1999 · Bob Zmuda
The Truman Show
· Simeon
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,895 frames from Paul Giamatti's 19 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.