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Ribisi in 2009
Born	Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (1974-12-17) December 17, 1974 (age 49) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Vonni Ribisi
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Mariah O'Brien ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2001)​ Agyness Deyn ​ ​ (m. 2012; div. 2015)​
Partner(s)	Cat Power (2007–2012) Emily Ward (2018–present)
Children	3
Relatives	Marissa Ribisi (twin sister)

Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (Italian pronunciation: [antoˈniːno dʒoˈvanni riˈbiːzi]; born December 17, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in the TV sitcom Dads (2013–2014) and the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019). He has also appeared in the films Saving Private Ryan (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Heaven (2002), Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Perfect Stranger (2007), Public Enemies (2009), Gangster Squad (2013), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), and Papa: Hemingway in Cuba (2015). 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 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.

Personal life

Ribisi married actress Mariah O'Brien in 1997 and together they have a daughter. 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
	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
2024	Horizon: An American Saga	TBA	Filming
2025	Avatar 3	Parker Selfridge	Post-production
2029	Avatar 4		Filming
2031	Avatar 5		Filming

Key

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Television

Video games

Music videos

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Giovanni Ribisi para niños