About
| Birth Name: | Antonino Giovanni Ribisi |
| Birth Notes: | 17 December 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Height: | 5' 7 1/2" |
| Nicknames: | Vanni, Vonni |
| Family: | * Mariah O'Brien (18 March 1997 - 3 November 2001) (divorced); 1 child |
Filmography
| 10th & Wolf (2006) as Joey |
| According to Spencer (2001) as Louis |
| Avatar (2009) as Parker Selfridge |
| Cold Mountain (2003) as Junior |
| First Love, Last Rites (1997) as Joey |
| Flight of the Phoenix (2004) as Elliott |
| Gardener of Eden (2007) as Vic |
| Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) as Kip Raines |
| Lost Highway (1997) as Steve 'V' |
| Lost in Translation (2003) as John |
| Perfect Stranger (2007) as Miles Haley |
| Phoenix (1998) as Joey Schneider |
| Public Enemies (2009) as Alvin Karpis |
| Saving Private Ryan (1998) as T-5 Medic Irwin Wade |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) as Dex |
| That Thing You Do! (1996) as Chad |
| The Gift (2000) as Buddy Cole |
| The Grave (1996) as Wex |
| The Other Sister (1999) as Daniel McMann |
| The Postman (1997) as Bandit 20 |
| The Virgin Suicides (1999) as Narrator |
| All the Rage (1999) as Sidney |
| Basic (2003) as Kendall |
| Boiler Room (2000) as Seth Davis |
| Columbus Circle (2010) as Detective Paul Giardello |
| Espíritu del bosque (2008) as Cebolo |
| Going to Whatstock? (2008) |
| Heaven (2002) as Filippo |
| I Love Your Work (2003) as Gray Evans |
| Lightfield's Home Videos (2006) |
| Love's Brother (2004) as Angelo Donnini |
| M (2011) as Sean Splinter |
| Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Soldier |
| Middle Men (2009) as Wayne Beering |
| Pussykat (2000) |
| Scotch and Milk (1998) as Marty |
| Some Girl (1998) as Jason |
| St. Vincent (2011) |
| SubUrbia (1996) as Jeff |
| The Big White (2005) as Ted Waters |
| The Dead Girl (2006) as Rudy |
| The Dog Problem (2006) as Solo |
| The Mod Squad (1999) as Pete |
| The Outpost (1995) as Scott |
| The Rum Diary (2011) as Moburg |
| The Stanford Prison Experiment (2011) |
| Untitled Jason Lee Short (2006) |
Trivia
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* Daughter Lucia (born December 1997) is named after the doomed heroine in the Donizetti opera. * Family: Son of Gay Ribisi ; brother of Gina Ribisi twin brother (15 minutes older) of Marissa Ribisi; brother-in-law of Beck . * (December 1997) Daughter Lucia born. * Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas. * Once competed on family game show "I'm Telling!" (1987) with sister Marissa Ribisi. * Won the ShoWest Newcomer of the Year Award in 1999. * Made the cover of "Vanity Fair" after receiving critical kudos for Saving Private Ryan (1998). * Best known on TV in the recurring role of Lisa Kudrow's dim-bulb brother on "Friends" (1994). * Perennially boyish American character actor known for his dark, somber demeanor, stark versatility and bizarre, off-the-wall performances in cutting edge contemporary films. * Clashed with filmmakers on the Basic (2003) set because of the inclusion of a female Special Forces operative. Women are not eligible for combat in the US military. He felt it compromised the integrity of the story. * He is 15 minutes older than twin sister Marissa Ribisi. * When he was a child, his family had a pet dachshund named Low-Rider. * Was approached to play "Lynch McGraw" in Hero Wanted (2008) but turned it down. * Was born at 8:15pm. * Often eats at Los Feliz restaurant Little Doms. Sandra Oh, Hannah Rebecca Telle, Michael Cera, Drew Barrymore , and Katherine Heigl also frequent this local hot spot. * He's of Italian origin. |
Quotes
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* For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice. * My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it's kind of become a way of life for me. I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious. But I want to live and breathe cinema. - Reel Interview, 2000 * (On being recognized for his Friends episodes) I did Friends usually always while I was doing another movie. I would literally have to get off the set and rush to Warner Bros. and look at the script and have to do it right there in front of an audience. It's like a blip in my memory where I was stressed out, trying to remember lines. So people come up and say, 'The guy who melts stuff!' and I don't even remember it. Like, what are you talking about? * (On getting into character) I do have a certain technique that varies from part to part because everybody is different. But I don't want to have a viewpoint in terms of fame or being a leading man. I feel like I'm on a certain path as far as my technique and I'm trying to get better and better and better. I want to maintain that and be more committed every time out and learn more about myself. |
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