Giovanni Ribisi
Biography
Giovanni Ribisi is an American actor who started performing as a child, with early work in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads before moving into films the following decade. He became familiar to television viewers through a recurring part on Friends as Phoebe Buffay's half brother and later earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for his guest work on My Name Is Earl. On screen he has appeared in That Thing You Do! (1996), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), Avatar (2009), Gangster Squad (2013) and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), and he starred in the sitcom Dads and the crime drama Sneaky Pete. He directed a music video for the Kills in 2016 and made his debut as a cinematographer on the 2024 film Strange Darling.
51years old
Turns 52 on December 17in 37 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (birth name)Also credited as Vonni Ribisi
Movie Career
- Films
- 45
- Career span
- 30 years1995 to 2025
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Behind the camera
Giovanni Ribisi made his debut as a cinematographer on the 2024 independent film Strange Darling, adding a behind-the-camera credit to his acting career.
Behind the camera
Ribisi directed a music video for "Siberian Nights," the third single from the Kills album Ash & Ice, in 2016.
Giovanni Ribisi movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
James Cameron directed three of these films, Seth MacFarlane three and Sofia Coppola two. Five actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by James Cameron
All films by Seth MacFarlane
All films by Sofia Coppola
Also three films together10 more actors
- Mark WahlbergTed 2 (2015), Contraband (2012) and Ted (2012)
- Kevin CorriganMeadowland (2015), Results (2015) and The Dog Problem (2006)
- Dash MihokA Million Little Pieces (2019), 10th & Wolf (2006) and Basic (2003)
- Joel David MooreAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Avatar (2009)
- Bill SmitrovichTed 2 (2015), Ted (2012) and The Rum Diary (2011)
- Scott CaanThe Dog Problem (2006), Boiler Room (2000) and Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
- CCH PounderAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Avatar (2009)
- Nicky KattI Love Your Work (2003), Boiler Room (2000) and SubUrbia (1996)
- Alex BorsteinA Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise (2014) and Ted (2012)
- Seth MacFarlaneTed 2 (2015), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) and Ted (2012)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Giovanni Ribisi's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$9.2 billion
34 of the 45 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 45 films: 34 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 34Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$2.9B31.7% of the total
- 2$2.3B25.3% of the total
- 3$1.5B16.1% of the total
- 4$549M6.0% of the total
- 5$482M5.2% of the total
- 6$237M2.6% of the total
- 7$216M2.3% of the total
- 8$173M1.9% of the total
$817 millionfrom the other 26 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total
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