Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an American actor.

Early life
Ribisi, who is Italian-American of Sicilian origin, was born in Los Angeles, California to Gay Landrum, a talent agent, and Albert Ribisi, a musician. He is the twin brother of actress Marissa Ribisi, and has another sister, Gina Ribisi.

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, The Wonder Years and My Two Dads. He entered the public eye with a prominent performance in The X-Files episode "D.P.O.," as well as with his recurring role as Frank Jr., the brother of Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) on Friends. He actually first appears as an unnamed character in The One With the Baby on the Bus asking for his condom back from Phoebe after throwing it with some change in her guitar case. More recently, he has appeared in four episodes of My Name Is Earl, earning a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance on the series. His film credits include Perfect Stranger (film), Gone in Sixty Seconds, Saving Private Ryan, That Thing You Do!, Boiler Room, subUrbia, The Gift, Basic, Lost in Translation, Flight of the Phoenix and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

Ribisi has also appeared on the video of British band Keane's single Crystal Ball, which was released worldwide on August 21, 2006. He also appeared with Winona Ryder and John C. Reilly in Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's music video "Talk About The Blues".

Personal life
Ribisi was married to Mariah O'Brien from March 18, 1997 through November 3, 2001; the couple had a daughter, Lucia, born in December 1997 and named after the doomed heroine in the Donizetti opera, Lucia di Lammermoor. His twin sister, Marissa, is also a Scientologist and is married to Scientologist indie-rocker Beck

Religious Beliefs
Ribisi is an active Scientologist, and participated in the gala opening of Scientology's controversial "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum in December 2005

In The News:

With the tip of a cowboy hat, the festival begins Globe and Mail, Canada - 18 hours ago J. Harry Edmiston, a cross-Atlantic bon vivant, discussed a recently wrapped film made with Anthony Green, son of Roots co-founder Don Green. ...

  Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:59:21 GMT

TV Review: HBO's 'Entourage' New York Post, NY - 9 hours ago Last we saw Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier), he was poised to become the toast of the Cannes Film Festival before his movie Medellin flopped miserably. ...

  Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:46:08 GMT

SUNDAY: Today?s movies Dispatch Online, South Africa - Aug 15, 2008 Starring Angelina Jolie, Nicolas Cage and Giovanni Ribisi. e.tv, 8pm, Moonstruck (1987) (13) Romance. A woman decides to marry a long-time friend for ...

  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:26:38 GMT

Jimmy Clabots: A ?Gay' ol' time Windy City Times, IL - Sep 3, 2008 If you could choose any actor or actress to collaborate with in your next film, who would they be? JC: I really like Giovanni Ribisi; I just love the range ...

  Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:01:02 GMT

HBO lines up slate of movies for September Business of Cinema, India - Sep 1, 2008 This is followed by a romantic movie Failure to Launch starring Matthew Mcconaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel and Justin Bartha on 21 September ...

  Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:06:17 GMT

Chicago Daily Herald

Hollywood is the target Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Aug 13, 2008 "Tropic Thunder" is not celebrating that or making light of it -- it's eviscerating it, along with the rest of the modern movie-star culture. Every actor ...

  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:14:42 GMT

The Sun

Sky-fi is the new sci-fi The Sun, UK - Aug 11, 2008 The hordes of Jude Law fans and any kid worth his salt will undoubtedly love this visually amazing film. As for the rest of the movie-going public, ...

  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:47:20 GMT

The Sun

Fly away.. The Sun, UK - Aug 11, 2008 Their chances of survival are slim until the mysterious Elliott (Giovanni Ribisi) reveals he?s an aircraft engineer. If they pull together, they can raise ...

  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:55:26 GMT

Nick Rogers: The satire rolls in ?Tropic Thunder? The State Journal-Register, IL - Aug 13, 2008 It?s performances such as these (specifically Penn?s) on which actor, co-writer and director Ben Stiller and company open fire in the film ?Tropic Thunder,? ...

  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:19:15 GMT

Deadbolt

Entourage: Season 5 Deadbolt - Sep 2, 2008 (Maybe we'll get an Entourage movie around 2012.) Entourage really needs to shake things up in the fifth season. By the end of episode two, Vince seems to ...

  Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:21:20 GMT

Filmography

Avatar (2009)
The Dog Problem (2007)
Perfect Stranger (2007)
The Dead Girl (2006) Rudy
10th & Wolf (2006)
The Big White (2005)
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Love's Brother (2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Basic (2003)
Cold Mountain (2003)
I Love Your Work (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
Heaven (2002)
Shot in the Heart (2001)
According to Spencer (2001)
The Virgin Suicides - narrator (2000)
Boiler Room (2000)
The Gift (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
It's the Rage (2000)
The Mod Squad (1999)
The Other Sister (1999) - as Daniel McMahon, Carla Tate's boyfriend
First Love, Last Rites (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Phoenix (1998)
Lost Highway (1997)
The Postman (1997)
That Thing You Do (1996)
SubUrbia (1996)
Scotch and Milk (1996)
The Hills Have Eyes III (also known as Mindripper)(1995)
Walker Texas Ranger (1994) Tony Kingston

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