| Giovanni Ribisi |

Giovanni Ribisi in March 2007 |
| Born |
Antonino Giovanni Ribisi
December 17, 1974 (1974-12-17) (age 33)
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Occupation |
Actor |
| Years active |
1983–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Mariah O'Brien (1997–2001) |
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Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an American actor.
Biography
Early life
Ribisi was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Gay (née Landrum), is a manager of actors and writers, and his father, Al Ribisi, is a musician.1 He is of Italian descentcitation needed and is the twin brother of actress Marissa Ribisi, and the brother of Gina Ribisi, a voice actress.2
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. He appears nude in the film subUrbia. More recently, he has appeared in four episodes of My Name Is Earl, earning a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance on the series.
Partial filmography
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 and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
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.
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 Beck3
Religious beliefs
Ribisi is an active Scientologist,45 and participated in the gala opening of Scientology's controversial "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum in December 2005.6
Filmography
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