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Giovanni Ribisi

American actor (born 1974)

Field	Value
name	Giovanni Ribisi
image	GiovanniRibisiDec09.jpg
caption	Ribisi in 2009
birth_name	Antonino Giovanni Ribisi
birth_date
birth_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
other_names	Vonni Ribisi
occupation	Actor, cinematographer
years_active	1985–present
spouse
partner	Cat Power (2007–2012)
Emily Ward (2018–present)
children	3
relatives	Marissa Ribisi (twin sister)

Emily Ward (2018–present)

Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an American actor and cinematographer. He has appeared in the films That Thing You Do! (1996), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Heaven (2002), Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Perfect Stranger (2007), Avatar (2009), Public Enemies (2009), Gangster Squad (2013), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), and Papa: Hemingway in Cuba (2015). He had starring roles in the TV sitcom Dads (2013–2014) and the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019). He also had recurring roles in television series such as The Wonder Years (1992–1993), Friends (1995–1998, 2003) and My Name Is Earl (2005–2008).

Early life

Ribisi was born in Los Angeles on December 17, 1974. His father, Al Ribisi, is a musician who had been the keyboard player in People!, and his mother, Gay, is a manager of actors and writers. He is the twin brother of actress Marissa Ribisi and the older brother of voice actress Gina Ribisi.

Career

Ribisi began acting when he was young, and was in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads and in films during the 1990s. He had a prominent part as a recurring character in the popular 1990s sitcom Friends, playing the half brother of Phoebe Buffay. Later, for My Name Is Earl, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. By the late 1990s, he began to have significant roles in several successful films.

In 2016, Ribisi directed a music video for "Siberian Nights", the third single from Ash & Ice by The Kills.

Ribisi starred as Marius/“Pete” in the Amazon series Sneaky Pete over its three seasons.

Ribisi had his feature film cinematographer debut in the 2024 independent film Strange Darling.

Ribisi will play Angelo Dundee, who trained Ali during various parts of his career as a boxer in Amazon Prime Video‘s new Muhammad Ali limited series The Greatest.

Ribisi is starring in the Avatar franchise as Parker Selfridge and Horizon: An American Saga as H. Silas Pickering.

Personal life

Ribisi married actress Mariah O'Brien in 1997 and together they have a daughter, artist Lucia Santina Ribisi, born that year. The couple divorced in 2001. In 2007, he began a relationship with indie rock singer-songwriter Cat Power. The couple lived together for five years before ending their relationship in 2012. Ribisi married English model Agyness Deyn on June 16, 2012, and filed for divorce in January 2015. He announced the birth of his fraternal twins with girlfriend Emily Ward in December 2018.

Ribisi is an active Scientologist. He participated in the gala opening of Scientology's Psychiatry: An Industry of Death museum in December 2005.

Filmography

Film===

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Mind Ripper	Scott Stockton	Direct-to-video
1996	The Grave	Wex
That Thing You Do!	Chad
SubUrbia	Jeff
1997	Lost Highway	Steve V.
First Love, Last Rites	Joey
The Postman	Bandit 20
1998	Some Girl	Jason	Written by sister Marissa Ribisi
Phoenix	Joey Schneider
Saving Private Ryan	T-4 Medic Irwin Wade
1999	The Other Sister	Daniel McMahon
The Mod Squad	Peter
The Virgin Suicides	Narrator (voice)
It's the Rage	Sidney
2000	Boiler Room	Seth Davis
Gone in 60 Seconds	Kip Raines
The Gift	Buddy Cole
2001	According to Spencer	Louis
2002	Heaven	Filippo
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Soldier
Basic	Kendall
Lost in Translation	John
I Love Your Work	Gray Evans
Cold Mountain	Junior
2004	Love's Brother	Angelo Donnini
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Dexter "Dex" Dearborn
Flight of the Phoenix	Elliott
2005	The Big White	Ted
2006	10th & Wolf	Joey
The Dog Problem	Solo
The Dead Girl	Rudy
2007	Perfect Stranger	Miles Haley
Gardener of Eden	Vic
2008	Spirit of the Forest	Cebolo (voice)	English dub
2009	Middle Men	Wayne Beering
Public Enemies	Alvin Karpis
Avatar	Parker Selfridge
2011	The Other Side	Sean Splinter
The Rum Diary	Moburg
2012	Contraband	Tim Briggs
Columbus Circle	Detective Frank Giardello	Executive producer
Ted	Donny
2013	Gangster Squad	Officer Conway Keeler
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Edward
Selma	Lee C. White
2015	Results	Paul
Meadowland	Tim
Ted 2	Donny
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba	Ed Myers
2016	The Bad Batch	Bobby
2018	A Million Little Pieces	John
2022	Avatar: The Way of Water	Parker Selfridge	Cameo
2023	Strange Darling	Art Pallone (voice)	Cameo; also cinematographer and producer
2024	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1	H. Silas Pickering	Cameo
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
2025	Avatar: Fire and Ash	Parker Selfridge
TBA		H. Silas Pickering	Filming
		in production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Highway to Heaven	Curtis Johnson	2 episodes
Simon & Simon	Kid #1	Episode: "The Skull of Nostradamus"
The Twilight Zone	Teddy	Episode: "The Beacon"
1985–1989	The New Leave It to Beaver	Duffy Guthrie	15 episodes
1986–1987	Sidekicks	Travis	4 episodes
1987; 1989	Married... with Children	Teddy	2 episodes
1987–1990	My Two Dads	Cory Kupkus	30 episodes
1991	Blossom	Mitchell	Episode: "Blossom Blossoms"
1991–1992	Davis Rules	Skinner Buckley	16 episodes
1992–1993	The Wonder Years	Jeff Billings	Recurring role (season 6); 15 episodes
1993	The Commish	Joey Burke	2 episodes
Family Album	Elvis DeMattis	6 episodes
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom	Pete Reyes	Television film
1994	Walker, Texas Ranger	Tony Kingston	2 episodes
NYPD Blue	Bruce
Ellen	Cashier	Episode: "Pilot"
1995	The X-Files	Darin Peter Oswald	Episode: "D.P.O."
Marker	Eddie	Episode: "Dead Man's Marker"
Chicago Hope	Michael Weber	Episode: "Every Day a Little Death"
1995–1998, 2003	Friends	Frank Buffay, Jr./Condom Guy	10 episodes
1996	Tracey Takes On...	Dad	Episode: "Family"
1999	The Hunger	Eddie Foden	Episode: "Sanctuary"
2001	Shot in the Heart	Mikal Gilmore	Television film
2005–2008	My Name Is Earl	Ralph Mariano	6 episodes
2008	Entourage	Nick	2 episodes
2010	Memphis Beat	Gene Templer	Episode: "One Night of Sin"
2013	Family Guy	Randy (voice)	Episode: "Call Girl"
2013–2014	Dads	Warner Whittemore	18 episodes
2014	Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise	The Joker / Two-Face (voices)	Television film
2015	Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015–2019	Sneaky Pete	Pete Murphy / Marius Josipovic	30 episodes; also producer; Also directed the episode "Inside Out"
2021	On the Verge	Jerry	11 episodes
2022	The Offer	Joe Colombo	Miniseries
2023	Waco: The Aftermath	Dan Cogdell
TBA	The Greatest	Angelo Dundee
American Hostage	Tony Kiritsis

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2003	Call of Duty	Pvt. Elder
2006	Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure	Kry1
2009	James Cameron's Avatar: The Game	Parker Selfridge

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Notes
1998	"Talk About the Blues"	Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	Actor
2006	"Crystal Ball"	Keane	Actor
2016	"Siberian Nights"	The Kills	Director
2020	"Exhale"	Jónsi	Co-director{{cite web	url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U44-xky1vjw	archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/U44-xky1vjw	archive-date=2021-11-13	url-status=live	title=Jónsi – Exhale (Official Video)	website=YouTube
2020	"Cannibal"	Jónsi, Elizabeth Fraser	Co-director

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1986	Young Artist Award	Best Younger Guest Actor in a Television Series	Highway to Heaven
1989	Young Artist Award	title=Tenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, 1987-1988	url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms10.htm	website=Young Artist Association	access-date=August 26, 2016	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928201709/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms10.htm	archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}	Promised a Miracle
1989	Young Artist Award	Best Actor Starring in a Television Series	My Two Dads
1990	Young Artist Award	Best Actor in a Comedy Series	My Two Dads
1999	Online Film Critics Society	Best Cast	Saving Private Ryan
1999	Screen Actors Guild Award	Best Ensemble Cast	Saving Private Ryan
2001	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor	The Gift
2002	American Film Institute Award	Best Actor in a Television Film	Shot in the Heart
2002	Golden Arena Award	Best Actor — Foreign Film	Heaven
2005	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2007	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	My Name is Earl
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Hissy Fit	Avatar

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