Giovanni Ribisi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3.5432

Gender

Male

Birthday

17-Dec-1974

Age

(52 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As
  • Antonino Giovanni Ribisi
  • Vonni Ribisi

Giovanni Ribisi

Biography

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.


Credits

The White Door The White Door (2006) Character: Man
THE WHITE DOOR, starring Giovanni Ribisi, is a more realized version of the Beck 'Lonesome Tears' music video from three years prior and now a love story.
Avatar 5 Avatar 5 (2031) Character: Parker Selfridge
The fifth installment of the franchise. Plot TBA.
Avatar 4 Avatar 4 (2029) Character: Parker Selfridge
The fourth installment of the franchise. Plot TBA.
The Dead Girl The Dead Girl (2006) Character: Rudy
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.
Contraband Contraband (2012) Character: Tim Briggs
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
I Love Your Work I Love Your Work (2003) Character: Gray Evans
A fictional movie star goes through the disintegration of his marriage, his gradual mental breakdown, and his increasing obsession with a young film student who reminds him of his own life before becoming famous.
A Million Ways to Die in the West A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) Character: Edward
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Gardener of Eden Gardener of Eden (2007) Character: Vic
When a young deli-counter clerk and general slacker in New Jersey accidentally saves a young woman from a serial rapist, he becomes convinced that his new role in life is to become a vigilante.
The Postman The Postman (1997) Character: Bandit #20
In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
Some Girl Some Girl (1998) Character: Jason
Inexperienced in love and living in Los Angeles, aspiring actress Claire longs to find that special someone. Unfortunately, she couldn't pick a more undeserving guy when she starts a relationship with womanizer Chad. Although her friend April warns her about him, it's not as if April doesn't have problems of her own -- namely a chronic inability to stay faithful to her longtime boyfriend, Neal.
Lost in Translation Lost in Translation (2003) Character: John
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Loom Loom (2012) Character: Galvin
Tommy, a dogged lab tech of industrial food who, though once known in the business as "The Apostate", seems to have rededicated himself to producing scientifically engineered meat. A film about a dystopian future rife with genetic engineering, corporate corruption of government and rampant infection, is really about Tommy’s loneliness and the at-home experiment he conducts.
The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides (2000) Character: Narrator (voice)
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
The Other Sister The Other Sister (1999) Character: Daniel McMann
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.
Scotch and Milk Scotch and Milk (1998) Character: Marty
A brooding self-styled swinger obsessed with things from the 1950's loses himself in booze and night clubbing amongst similar other men. Meanwhile he pines for the woman he really loves, but is incapable of establishing a meaningful relationship with.
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) Character: Pickering
In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow gunman.
Results Results (2015) Character: Paul
Two mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.
Masked and Anonymous Masked and Anonymous (2003) Character: Soldier
A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event. Headlining is legendary musician Jack Fate, whose prison time is cut short with Sweetheart's help. Meanwhile, journalist Tom Friend investigates the corrupt concert and sets out to unmask the truth to the public.
Boiler Room Boiler Room (2000) Character: Seth Davis
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Strange Darling Strange Darling (2024) Character: Art Pallone (voice)
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
The Bad Batch The Bad Batch (2017) Character: The Screamer
After being exiled to a fenced-off wasteland, Arlen is kidnapped by a group of cannibals and goes on a journey to reunite a missing girl with her father.
Promised a Miracle Promised a Miracle (1988) Character: Wesley Parker
True story of a couple charged with manslaughter when their rejection of modern medicine in favor of religion to treat their diabetic child resulted in his death.
Capturing Avatar Capturing Avatar (2010) Character: Self
Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far back as the production of Titanic in 1995. Also included are numerous interviews with cast, artists, and other crew members. The documentary was released as a bonus feature on the extended collector's edition of Avatar.
Selma Selma (2014) Character: Lee White
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Mind Ripper Mind Ripper (1995) Character: Scott
A top secret experiment intended to produce a superhuman has gone terribly wrong. Now the creators, trapped in a remote desert outpost, are being pursued ruthlessly by their creation.
The Mod Squad The Mod Squad (1999) Character: Peter Cochran
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship (2015) Character: The Joker / Two-Face (voice)
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship surrenders DC Comics' multitude of Super Heroes and Super-Villains to the demented whims of the award-winning Robot Chicken for a triumphant third time. This time around, Batman and Superman’s bromance takes a competitive turn and the fate of the universe somehow hangs in the balance!
Avatar: The Way of Water Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Character: Parker Selfridge
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Gangster Squad Gangster Squad (2013) Character: Conway Keeler
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.
A Million Little Pieces A Million Little Pieces (2019) Character: John
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
According to Spencer According to Spencer (2001) Character: Louis
A mail clerk at an advertising firm sets out to climb the corporate ladder and win the woman of his dreams.
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 (2024) Character: Roland Bailey
Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during, and following the Civil War, from 1859 to 1874, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.
The Dog Problem The Dog Problem (2006) Character: Solo
In the film, Solo is a down-on-his-luck writer who is encouraged by his psychiatrist to get a dog. Solo meets his love interest, who he assumes to be a dog owner when meeting her at a dog play park, but dog problems stand in their way.
The Gift The Gift (2000) Character: Buddy Cole
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Phoenix Phoenix (1998) Character: Joey Schneider
Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Lost Highway Lost Highway (1997) Character: Steve "V"
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Love's Brother Love's Brother (2004) Character: Angelo Donnini
Set in rural Australia and Tuscany in the 1950's, this is the story of two brothers and the bride who - as fate would have it - arrives from Italy betrothed to one yet falls madly in love with the other.
Ted Ted (2012) Character: Donny
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
Heaven Heaven (2002) Character: Filippo
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
Papa Hemingway in Cuba Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015) Character: Ed Myers
In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
The Rum Diary The Rum Diary (2011) Character: Moberg
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a businessman involved in shady property development deals.  It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.
Alptraum im Airport Alptraum im Airport (1998) Character: Student
An American woman is stranded in a German airport when she witnesses someone sabotaging a plane.
SubUrbia SubUrbia (1997) Character: Jeff
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Gone in Sixty Seconds Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) Character: Kip Raines
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) Character: Dex
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
Flight of the Phoenix Flight of the Phoenix (2004) Character: Elliott
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.
All the Rage All the Rage (1999) Character: Sidney
A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint. At the centre of it all are Helen and Warren Harding, an up-scale couple on the brink of divorce, whose awakening in the night by a burglar sets off a catastrophic series of events.
Shot in the Heart Shot in the Heart (2001) Character: Mikal Gilmore
The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own family.
Meadowland Meadowland (2015) Character: Tim
In the hazy aftermath of an unimaginable loss, Sarah and Phil come unhinged, recklessly ignoring the repercussions. Phil starts to lose sight of his morals as Sarah puts herself in increasingly dangerous situations, falling deeper into her own fever dream.
Basic Basic (2003) Character: 2LT Levi Kendall
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
The Grave The Grave (1996) Character: Wex
Two prisoners escape with the help of their jailer to search for a treasure that is supposedly buried with a dead millionaire.
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise (2014) Character: The Joker / Two-Face (voice)
The Robot Chicken crew takes a peek at what happens when the DC villains end up on the same beach as the DC heroes on spring break!
Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan (1998) Character: T/4 Medic Wade
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Public Enemies Public Enemies (2009) Character: Alvin Karpis
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Perfect Stranger Perfect Stranger (2007) Character: Miles Haley
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
Avatar: Fire and Ash Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Character: Selfridge
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.
The Big White The Big White (2005) Character: Ted
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
Avatar Avatar (2009) Character: Parker Selfridge
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Columbus Circle Columbus Circle (2012) Character: Detective Frank Giardello
An heiress who's been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation.
That Thing You Do! That Thing You Do! (1996) Character: Chad
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
10th & Wolf 10th & Wolf (2006) Character: Joey
A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Middle Men Middle Men (2009) Character: Wayne Beering
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
Cold Mountain Cold Mountain (2003) Character: Junior
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
Ted 2 Ted 2 (2015) Character: Donny
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) Character: Pete Reyes
A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.
First Love, Last Rites First Love, Last Rites (1998) Character: Joey
Passion and infatuation ignite as two lovers flounder through their "first time" in this alarmingly sexy film set in the Louisiana bayou. Joey and Sissel are a young misguided couple trying desperately to make their way through their first intense relationship. Blinded by sexual attraction, they become oblivious to everything around them. But when forced far great than themselves threaten their idyllic existence, each must learn to cope with heart-wrenching pain and loss.



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