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 |
| 12% | 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 |
| 34% | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Edward | $37.4M | 2014 |
| 32% | Gangster Squad | Officer Conwell Keeler | $46M | 2013 |
| 68% | 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 |
| 71% | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Dex | $37.7M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Love's Brother | Angelo Donnini | — | 2004 |
| 70% | Cold Mountain | Junior | — | 2003 |
| 95% | Lost In Translation | John | $44.6M | 2003 |
| 25% | 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 |
| 76% | 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 |
| 60% | 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 |
| 71% |
Family Guy 1999 |
Voice |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight 2009-2011 |
Guest |
2010 |
| 53% |
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 |
|
| 74% |
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!