Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an
American actor. His film credits include
Perfect Stranger,
Heaven,
Gone in Sixty Seconds,
Saving Private Ryan,
That Thing You Do!,
Boiler Room,
subUrbia,
The Gift,
Basic,
Lost in Translation,
Flight of the Phoenix,
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,
I Love Your Work,
The Dead Girl and most recently,
Public Enemies.
Biography
Early life
Ribisi was born
Antonino Giovanni Ribisi in
Los Angeles, California. His mother, Gay (born Landrum), is a manager of actors and writers, and his father, Albert Anthony Ribisi, is a musician. He is the twin brother of actress
Marissa Ribisi, and the brother of Gina Ribisi, a voice actress.
[Marissa Ribisi Biography (1974?-)] Ribisi's paternal grandfather was the son of farmers from
Sicily.
[Giovanni Ribisi goes the distance to portray a character][Antinino Giovanni Ribisi family tree]
Career
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. More recently, he has appeared in multiple episodes of
My Name Is Earl, earning a 2007
Emmy nomination for his performance on the series.
