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He was nominated for 45 separate awards between 2001 and 2008, and won 26 of them, including both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for John Adams.

All of his nominations except one were for American Splendor, Sideways, Cinderella Man, or John Adams ; the exception was a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for Big Momma's House.

In 2011, he won a second Golden Globe, for his portrayal of the titular character in the Canadian film Barney's Version.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music asked Giamatti, its " 2007 BAM Cinema Club Chair ", to pick films for an eight-movie series called " Paul Giamatti Selects " and shown at the Academy in August and September 2007.

His selections indicated a taste for paranoia and " the darkest of dark comedy ," according to a writer for The New York Times, and included Frenzy, Dr. Strangelove, Brewster McCloud, The Big Clock, The Seventh Victim, Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 version ), Seconds, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1978 version ).