Giovanni Ribisi

Highest Rated: 99% Selma (2014)

Lowest Rated: 3% The Mod Squad (1999)

Birthday: Dec 17, 1974

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Born September 17, 1974, in Los Angeles, Giovanni Ribisi began his career in network television, with recurring and guest roles on a number of shows, including The Wonder Years. As a teenager, he was typecast for several years as a dimwitted slacker in films and on television, with a memorable guest spot in an episode of The X-Files and a recurring role as Lisa Kudrow's brother on Friends. Ribisi was eventually able to break the grunge mold, first with a secondary role in Tom Hanks' That Thing You Do! (1996) and then in Richard Linklater's SubUrbia (1997). It was his role in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998) that caused many critics to dub him one of the leading actors of his generation, a status confirmed by his appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair with a number of fellow up-and-comers. Ribisi was given further opportunities to showcase his sleepy-eyed versatility in such films as 1999's The Mod Squad and The Other Sister. If Ribisi's best roles had been unfairly weighed down by an overabundance of commendable but little seen roles in the previous years, all this would change as the young actor began to focus increasingly on roles that were not only high quality, but high profile as well. His role in the high stakes 2000 drama The Boiler Room may have went largely unseen in theaters, but healthy word of mouth combined with an impressive cast of up and comers found the film an enduring shelf life on cable and DVD. After burning rubber in the fast and furious Nicolas Cage action thriller Gone in Sixty Seconds, Ribisi's memorable performance in director Sam Raimi's southern gothic flavored chiller The Gift preceded a touching turn in the affecting made-for-television drama Shot in the Heart. Ribisi's subsequent role as a conflicted police officer in the 2002 drama Heaven may have been a well-intended commentary on the state of crime and terrorism, but audiences largel dismissed the effort as pretentious tripe and the actor took a brief turn into blockbuster territory with Basic before a turn as an aloof, celebrity obsessed photogapher in director Sophia Coppola's art-house hit Lost in Translation. If his turn as a celebrity who turns convention in its head by stalking a fan in I Love Your Work didn't strike home with viewers, an appearance in the same year's Cold Mountain offered him the chance to flex his dramatic skills alongside an impressive cast that included Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. Of course Ribisi never was one to be predictable with his choice of roles, and following the romantic comedy Love's Brother he essayed a supporting role in the 2004 sci-fi thriller Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow. A handful of largely forgettable roles followed, and on the heels of recurring television roles in My Name is Earn and Entourage, Ribisi dove back into sci-fi with a role as villainous Chief Administrator Parker Selfridge in James Cameron's phenominally successful Avatar. And if Ribisi's performace in that film failed to make your skin crawl, his turn as a psychotic, heavily-tattooed drug dealer in the fast paced 2012 action thriller Contraband was sure to do the trick. He continued his villainous run as a stalker in the surprise hit film Ted (2012). Ribisi later re-teamed with his Ted director, Seth MacFarlane, in 2014's A Million Ways to Die in the West. He also appeared in the Oscar-nominated film Selma that same year.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
27%	A Million Little Pieces	Actor	—	2019
47%	The Bad Batch	The Screamer	$0.2M	2017
11%	Papa: Hemingway in Cuba	Denne Bart Petitclerc	$1.2M	2016
96%	Meadowland	Tim	—	2015
45%	Ted 2	Donny	$63.9M	2015
84%	Results	Paul	—	2015
99%	Selma	Lee C. White	—	2014
33%	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Edward	$37.4M	2014
31%	Gangster Squad	Officer Conwell Keeler	$46M	2013
69%	Ted	Donny	$218.2M	2012
52%	Contraband	Tim Briggs	$66.5M	2012
51%	The Rum Diary	Moburg	$13.1M	2011
40%	Middle Men	Wayne Beering	$0.8M	2010
No Score Yet	Columbus Circle	Det. Frank Giardello Executive Producer	—	2010
82%	Avatar	Parker Selfridge	$749.8M	2009
68%	Public Enemies	Alvin Karpis	$97.1M	2009
No Score Yet	Spirit of the Forest (Espíritu del bosque)	Cebolo	—	2008
63%	The Dog Problem	Solo	—	2007
No Score Yet	The Gardener of Eden	Actor	—	2007
10%	Perfect Stranger	Miles Haley	$23.8M	2007
76%	The Dead Girl	Rudy	—	2006
19%	10th & Wolf	Joey	—	2006
30%	The Big White	Ted	—	2005
22%	I Love Your Work	Gray Evans	—	2005
30%	Flight of the Phoenix	Elliott	$21M	2004
70%	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Dex	$37.7M	2004
No Score Yet	Love's Brother	Angelo Donnini	—	2004
71%	Cold Mountain	Junior	—	2003
95%	Lost In Translation	John	$44.6M	2003
24%	Masked and Anonymous	Soldier	$0.2M	2003
21%	Basic	Kendall	$26.6M	2003
74%	Heaven	Filippo	$0.7M	2002
No Score Yet	Spencer	Louis	—	2001
83%	Shot in the Heart	Mikal Gilmore	—	2001
57%	The Gift	Buddy Cole	$11.2M	2000
25%	Gone in 60 Seconds (Gone in Sixty Seconds)	Kip Raines	$101M	2000
77%	The Virgin Suicides	Narrator	—	2000
27%	It's the Rage	Sidney Lee	—	2000
66%	Boiler Room	Seth	—	2000
3%	The Mod Squad	Pete	—	1999
29%	The Other Sister	Danny	—	1999
50%	Phoenix	Joey Schneider	—	1998
40%	First Love, Last Rites	Joey	—	1998
93%	Saving Private Ryan	T/4 Medic Wade	—	1998
No Score Yet	Some Girl	Jason	—	1998
No Score Yet	Into the Breach: 'Saving Private Ryan'	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Doomed Flight	Actor	—	1998
8%	The Postman	Bandit No. 20	—	1997
61%	Lost Highway	Steve `V'	—	1997
65%	Suburbia	Jeff	—	1997
93%	That Thing You Do!	Chad	—	1996
No Score Yet	Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper	Scott	—	1995
No Score Yet	Promised a Miracle	Wesley	—	1988

TV

		Credit
96%	Sneaky Pete 2017-2019	Pete Marius Josipovic/Peter Murphy	2019 2018 2017 2015
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2019	Guest	2017 2015
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2014
0%	Dads 2013-2014	Warner Warner Whittemore	2014 2013
No Score Yet	Chelsea Lately 2007-2014	Guest	2014 2013 2012
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007-2019	Guest	2014 2010
No Score Yet	Family Guy 1999	Voice	2013
No Score Yet	Lopez Tonight 2009-2011	Guest	2010
38%	Memphis Beat 2010-2011		2010
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2010 2009
66%	Entourage 2004-2011	Nick	2008
82%	My Name Is Earl 2005-2009	Ralph	2008 2007 2006 2005
No Score Yet	American Experience 1988	Voice Narrator	2001
No Score Yet	The Hunger 1997-1999		2000 1999 1998 1997
75%	The X-Files 1993-2018	Darren	1995
No Score Yet	Ellen 1994-1998	Cashier	1994
84%	NYPD Blue 1993-2005	Bruce Mackie	1994
No Score Yet	Walker, Texas Ranger 1993-2001		1994
No Score Yet	The Commish 1991-1996	Joey Burke	1993
No Score Yet	The Wonder Years 1988-1993	Jeff Billings	1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
No Score Yet	Married...With Children 1987-1997	Teddy	1989 1987
57%	Davis Rules 1991-1992	Skinner

QUOTES FROM Giovanni Ribisi CHARACTERS

Tim Briggs says: What's up, Houdini? Got somethin' for me?

Edward says: So should I bring her back around 6?

Millie says: We really don't keep a schedule around here. He'll just be in when he feels like putting his penis in an asshole.

Edward says: So we'll say 6, then.

Edward says: Oh, hey, look! It's the ice!

Edward says: Ice is so big!

Albert says: So it doesn't melt. Actually, it's really interesting how they do it. It's this one company out in Boston that- OOAH! That went so, so fast! Ah!

Albert says: So it doesn't melt. Actually, it's really interesting how they do it. It's this one company out in Boston that- OOAH! That went south so fast! Ah!

Edward says: Please don't shoot us on sex night.

Polly Perkins says: A man came to see me today, a scientist. He was terrified. Said someone was coming for him. I asked him who he was so afraid of and he repeated one name: Totenkopf. He nearly went white when he said it.

Dex Dearborn says: Totenkopf. Who is he?

Polly Perkins says: He's the invisible man. I've been through every library record twice, looking for anything. I've called every contact I have from Paris to Bangkok. This is the only thing I could dig up. He ran some kind of secret science unit outside of Berlin before the start of World War I. Something called Unit 11. It's been more than 30 years since anyone has spoken his name. Until today.

Dex Dearborn says: I thought you said this thing was big? Can I have it?

Joe "Sky Captain" Sullivan says: You find out where it came from and I'll buy you one for Christmas.

Donny says: You're mine, Ted!

Ted says: Screw you, pal! I belong to John Bennett.

Donny says: But I can give you love, and rocking horses, and dancing!

Ted says: I think we're very far apart on this.

Donny says: Hi, Ted.

Ted says: Fuck!

Donny says: Are you out here all alone?

Ted says: Uh, no, no I'm not. Uh, you're never alone, when you're with Christ, so no, I'm not alone

Ted says: Uh, no, no I'm not. Uh, you're never alone, when you're with Christ, so no, I'm not alone.

Donny says: (to Ted) I'll give you love, rocking horses and dancing

Donny says: [to Ted] I'll give you love, rocking horses and dancing.

Bandit #20 says: A Postal Carrier from the Restored Republic of California. Who are you? Postmaster Ford Lincoln Mercury. It's an Honor sir!

Elliott says: I'm glad you finally see the light, Mr. Towns.

Capt. Frank Towns says: Let's get one thing strait: I'm not taking orders from you.

Elliott says: Everyone here is dispensable except me.

Elliott says: (shoots injured smuggler) Well, that settles that.

Elliott says: [shoots injured smuggler] Well, that settles that.

Capt. Frank Towns says: What the h*ll is the matter with you?!

Elliott says: Oh, shut up. He would have lasted three days, drinking all of our water.

Capt. Frank Towns says: You murdered him, *sshole!

Elliott says: No, no, no. The great Captain Towns murdered him. In his infinite wisdom, he told you to go out there, and I told you not to! And now, we're one man short! You made the wrong decisions! You could have killed us all, again! I told you the plane was too heavy!

Capt. Frank Towns says: If we turned back we would have had to refuel! You remember!

Elliott says: If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be here at all!

Capt. Frank Towns says: (punches Elliot) Get up!

Capt. Frank Towns says: [punches Elliot] Get up!

Kelly says: Will you help us build this plane?

Elliott says: Say please.

Kelly says: You're kidding.

Elliott says: Say please!

Capt. John Miller says: You're the doctor! Tell us what you need!

T/4 Medic Wade says: I... could use... some more... of those painkillers...

T/4 Medic Wade says: Momma... I'm comin' home... Momma... Momma... (dies)

T/4 Medic Wade says: Momma... I'm comin' home... Momma... Momma... [dies]

Moburg says: If the Bible´s God´s book, why didn´t he give it to everyone?

Kelly says: Ok, listen, I'm under Evelyn Waugh, okay? Okay, Arigato Arigato!

John says: Muchi Muchi!

Charlotte says: Evelyn Waugh?

John says: What?

Charlotte says: Evelyn Waugh was a man.

Tim Briggs says: Tell him not to dump it in the water!

Moburg says: "Is it the clap?"

Moburg says: Is it the clap?

Paul Kemp says: "It's a standing ovation."

Paul Kemp says: It's a standing ovation.

Parker Selfridge says: What the hell have you people been smoking out there? There just goddamn trees!

Parker Selfridge says: [after a stunned pause] What the HELL have you people been smoking out there? [beginning to laugh]

Parker Selfridge says: They're just. Goddamn. Trees.

Wayne Beering says: If I've learned one thing, it's that business is a lot like sex. Getting in is easy, pulling out is hard.

Private Richard Reiben says: You wanna explain the math of this to me? I mean, where's the sense of riskin' the lives of the eight of us to save one guy?

Capt. John Miller says: Twenty degrees. Anybody wanna answer that?

T/4 Medic Wade says: Reiben, think about the poor bastard's mother.

Private Richard Reiben says: Hey, Doc, I got a mother, all right? I mean, you got a mother. Sarge's got a mother. I mean, [he turns and looks at Miller, who has a bemused expression on his face] shit, I bet even the captain's got a mother.

Private Richard Reiben says: Well, maybe not the captain, but the rest of us got mothers.

Parker Selfridge says: What have you been smoking? They're just trees for godsakes!