Giovanni 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.

Ribisi has starred in the Avatar franchise as Parker Selfridge and Horizon: An American Saga as H. Silas Pickering.

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.

Ribisi had his feature film cinematographer debut in the 2024 independent film Strange Darling.

Ribisi will play Angelo Dundee, who trained Ali during various parts of his career as a boxer in Amazon Prime Video‘s new Muhammad Ali limited series The Greatest.

Personal life

Ribisi married actress Mariah O'Brien in 1997 and together they have a daughter, artist Lucia Santina Ribisi, born that year. 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 .

Ribisi is a cinematographer collector for such devices as VistaVision which was borrowed to be used on the movie One Battle After Another.

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 The Virgin Suicides Narrator (voice) 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 2023 Strange Darling Art Pallone (voice) Cameo; also cinematographer and producer2024 Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1H. Silas Pickering Cameo Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash Parker Selfridge TBA H. Silas Pickering Filming Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Highway to Heaven Curtis Johnson 2 episodes Simon & Simon Kid #1 Episode: "The Skull of Nostradamus" The Twilight Zone Teddy Episode: "The Beacon" 1985–1989 The New Leave It to Beaver Duffy Guthrie 15 episodes 1986–1987 Sidekicks Travis 4 episodes 1987; 1989 Married... with Children Teddy 2 episodes 1987–1990 My Two Dads Cory Kupkus 30 episodes 1991 Blossom Mitchell Episode: "Blossom Blossoms" 1991–1992 Davis Rules Skinner Buckley 16 episodes 1992–1993 The Wonder Years Jeff Billings Recurring role (season 6); 15 episodes 1993 The Commish Joey Burke 2 episodes Family Album Elvis DeMattis 6 episodes The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Pete Reyes Television film 1994 Walker, Texas Ranger Tony Kingston 2 episodes NYPD Blue Bruce Ellen Cashier Episode: "Pilot" 1995 The X-Files Darin Peter Oswald Episode: "D.P.O." Marker Eddie Episode: "Dead Man's Marker" Chicago Hope Michael Weber Episode: "Every Day a Little Death" 1995–1998, 2003 Friends Frank Buffay, Jr./Condom Guy 10 episodes 1996 Tracey Takes On... Dad Episode: "Family" 1999 The Hunger Eddie Foden Episode: "Sanctuary" 2001 Shot in the Heart Mikal Gilmore Television film 2005–2008 My Name Is Earl Ralph Mariano 6 episodes 2008 Entourage Nick 2 episodes 2010 Memphis Beat Gene Templer Episode: "One Night of Sin" 2013 Family Guy Randy (voice) Episode: "Call Girl" 2013–2014 Dads Warner Whittemore 18 episodes 2014 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise The Joker / Two-Face (voices) Television film 2015 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship 2015–2019 Sneaky Pete Pete Murphy / Marius Josipovic 30 episodes; also producer; Also directed the episode "Inside Out" 2021 On the Verge Jerry 11 episodes 2022 The Offer Joe Colombo Miniseries 2023 Waco: The Aftermath Dan Cogdell2026American HostageTony KiritsisThe GreatestAngelo Dundee

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2003 Call of Duty Pvt. Elder 2006 Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Kry1 2009 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game Parker Selfridge

Music videos Year Title Artist(s) Notes 1998 "Talk About the Blues" Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Actor2006"Crystal Ball"KeaneActor 2016 "Siberian Nights" The Kills Director 2020 "Exhale" Jónsi Co-director 2020 "Cannibal" Jónsi, Elizabeth Fraser Co-director

Awards and nominations Year Association Category Nominated work Result 1986 Young Artist Award Best Younger Guest Actor in a Television Series Highway to Heaven 1989 Young Artist Award Best Actor in a Television Film Promised a Miracle 1989 Young Artist Award Best Actor Starring in a Television Series My Two Dads 1990 Young Artist Award Best Actor in a Comedy Series My Two Dads 1999 Online Film Critics Society Best Cast Saving Private Ryan 1999 Screen Actors Guild Award Best Ensemble Cast Saving Private Ryan 2001 Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor The Gift 2002 American Film Institute Award Best Actor in a Television Film Shot in the Heart 2002 Golden Arena Award Best Actor — Foreign Film Heaven 2005 Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series My Name Is Earl 2010 Teen Choice Awards Choice Hissy Fit Avatar