| Giovanni Ribisi | |
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Ribisi in December 2009 |
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| Born | Antonino Giovanni Ribisi December 17, 1974 Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | Mariah O'Brien (1997–2001) |
Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an American actor. His film credits include Gone in 60 Seconds, Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan, The Mod Squad, The Gift, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Lost in Translation and more recently, Public Enemies and Avatar. He is also known for his role as Phoebe Buffay's brother Frank on the sitcom Friends. He also appeared in music videos for "Crystal Ball" by Keane and "Talk About the Blues" by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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Ribisi was born Antonino Giovanni Ribisi in Los Angeles, the son of Gay Landrum, a manager of actors and writers, and Albert Anthony Ribisi, a musician who had been the keyboard player in People! (a band whose cover version of "I Love You" reached No. 14 on Billboard's Hot 100, in the spring of 1968). Ribisi is the twin brother of actress Marissa Ribisi, and the brother of Gina Ribisi, a voice actress.[1] Ribisi is of Sicilian (from his paternal grandfather), German, and English descent.[2][3]
Ribisi began his career in network television with recurring and guest roles on a number of shows, including The New Leave It to Beaver, Married With Children, The Wonder Years and My Two Dads. He entered the public eye with a prominent performance in The X-Files episode "D.P.O." (an episode that also starred Jack Black), as well as with his recurring role as Frank Jr., the brother of Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) on Friends, but also starred as an extra earlier on in series 2 "The One with the Baby on the Bus". Between 2005-2008, he has appeared in multiple episodes of My Name Is Earl as the recurring character Ralph, earning a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance on the series.
Ribisi has appeared on the video of British band Keane's single "Crystal Ball", which was released worldwide on August 21, 2006. He appeared with Winona Ryder and John C. Reilly in Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's music video "Talk About the Blues". In September 2008, he appeared twice on the HBO comedy series Entourage.
Ribisi is an active Scientologist,[4][5] and participated in the gala opening of Scientology's "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum in December 2005.[6] His twin sister, Marissa, is married to musician Beck; both are also Scientologists.[7] His daughter, Lucia Santina (born August 6, 1997), was featured on Beck's album The Information and two of Sia's albums, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born.
| Year | Film/TV | Role | Notes |
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| 1985 | Twilight Zone | Teddy | TV: 1 Episode |
| 1985-1989 | Still the Beaver | Duffy Guthrie | TV: 15 Episodes |
| 1987–1988 | Married...With Children | Teddy | TV: 2 Episodes |
| 1987–1990 | My Two Dads | Cory Kupkus | TV: 29 Episodes Nominated: Young Artist Award, Best Young Actor |
| 1990–1991 | Blossom | Mitchell | TV: 2 Episodes |
| 1991–1992 | Davis Rules | Skinner Buckley | TV: 16 Episodes |
| 1993 | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Pete Reyes | TV |
| The Wonder Years | Jeff Bilings | TV: 15 Episodes Nominated: Young Artist Award, Best Young Actor |
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| The Commish | Joey Burke | TV: 2 Episodes | |
| Family Album | Elvis DeMattis | TV: 6 Episodes | |
| 1994 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Tony Kingston | TV: 2 Episodes |
| Ellen | Cashier | TV: 1 Episode | |
| 1995 | The X-Files | Darin Peter Oswald | TV: 1 Episode |
| The Outpost | Scott | ||
| 1996–2004 | Friends | Frank Buffay, Jr. | TV: 9 Episodes |
| 1996 | SubUrbia | Jeff | |
| That Thing You Do! | Chad | ||
| 1997 | First Love, Last Rites | Joey | |
| The Postman | Bandit 20 | ||
| Lost Highway | Steve V. | ||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | T-5 Medic Irwin Wade | OSCF Award for Best Cast Nominated: Screen Actors Guild Award, Ensemble Cast (shared) |
| Some Girl | Jason | ||
| 1999 | The Other Sister | Daniel McMann | |
| The Mod Squad | Peter | ||
| 2000 | Boiler Room | Seth Davis | Nominated: Teen Choice Award for Choice Liar |
| The Gift | Buddy Cole | Nominated: Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
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| Gone in 60 Seconds | Kip Raines | ||
| The Virgin Suicides | Narrator | Voice Only | |
| 2001 | According to Spencer | Louis | |
| 2002 | Heaven | Filippo | Pula Film Festival, Best Actor Award |
| 2003 | Basic | Kendall | |
| Cold Mountain | Junior | ||
| I Love Your Work | Gray Evans | ||
| Lost in Translation | John | ||
| Masked and Anonymous | Soldier | ||
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Dexter "Dex" Dearborn | Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Flight of the Phoenix | Elliott | ||
| Love's Brother | Angelo Donnini | ||
| 2005 | The Big White | Ted | |
| 2005-2009 | My Name Is Earl | Ralph Mariano | TV: 6 Episodes |
| 2006 | 10th & Wolf | Joey | |
| The Dead Girl | Rudy | ||
| The Dog Problem | Solo | ||
| 2007 | Gardener of Eden | Vic | |
| Perfect Stranger | Miles Haley | ||
| 2008 | Entourage | Nick | TV: 2 Episodes |
| Spirit of the Forest | Cebolo | ||
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Alvin Karpis | |
| Avatar | Parker Selfridge | Nominated: Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit | |
| 2010 | Middle Men | Wayne Beering | |
| Columbus Circle | Detective Paul Giardello | Also Executive Producer | |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | Moberg | |
| 2012 | Contraband | Tim Briggs | post-production |
| Ted | Donny | filming | |
| Waco | David Koresh | in production | |
| The Other Side | Sean Splinter | in production | |
| 2013 | The Gangster Squad | Conway Keeler | Filming |