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Giovanni Ribisi

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He almost always plays supporting roles that he chooses with an eye toward bringing something new to his career. Several have remained in the memory, especially the doctor from “Saving Private Ryan”. Giovanni Ribisi is a convincing and very active actor.

Born on December 17, 1974, in Los Angeles, Antonino Giovanni Ribisi is the son of businessman Al Ribisi, and artistic manager Gay Ribisi. He came into the world with his twin sister, Marissa Ribisi , also destined to pursue acting.

After studying drama at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, Giovanni Ribisi began making his way through small appearances on television series beginning with his debut in Highway to Heaven in 1985, with prominent roles in The Wonder Years , Married with Children , Blossom and My two parents .

He would not work in cinema until a decade later, when he played a supporting role in the horror film The Outpost . He was brought a lot of luck by Tom Hanks, who recruited him for his directorial debut, The Wonders , where he was the drummer who replaced the central character when he broke his arm. In addition, Hanks was the protagonist of Saving Private Ryan , by Steven Spielberg , where Ribisi became known definitively to the general public as Wade, the doctor of the platoon of soldiers who stars in the film. Viewers will especially remember Giovanni Ribisi as Frank Buffay, the withdrawn but gold-hearted brother of Phoebe, one of the stars of Friends .

Under the orders of Sofia Coppola , Giovanni Ribisi intervened in The Virgin Suicides , where he was one of the friends of the five leading sisters, precisely the one who narrates the story through his point of view. The director rescued him for Lost in Translation , in which he played the husband of Scarlett Johansson , an advertising photographer who barely pays attention to her. For the character, Coppola drew inspiration from Spike Jonze , with whom she was in the process of separating at the time of filming.

For the rest, Giovanni Ribisi has done a bit of everything, such as science fiction – Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow –, western – Cold Mountain –, thriller – The Flight of the Phoenix , Seducing a stranger , 60 seconds –, drama – Learning to live -, and even terror – Premonition (2000) -. Among his best works are the sinister gangster Alvin Karpis in Public Enemies , and the evil mine manager Parker Selfridge, who can cut down trees without qualms, in Avatar . He also did a great job on the sitcom Ted, where he was a psychopath obsessed since he was a child with owning the bear to which the title alludes.

Giovanni Ribisi is an active member of the Church of Scientology, like other Hollywood stars, as well as his sister Marissa, and her husband, the famous musician Beck. He is divorced from actress Mariah O’Brien ( Being John Malkovich ), mother of his only daughter, Lucia Santina. In June 2012, he surprised the gossip press by marrying model Agyness Deyn in casual clothing (jeans and T-shirts) in a Los Angeles courthouse. Until then the relationship between the two was not even known.

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