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My Take
Giovanni Ribisi is my favorite kind of actor: the one whose name you might forget but whose face instantly raises a film's credibility. From the doomed medic in Saving Private Ryan to the corporate villain in Avatar, he brings a twitchy, off-center intelligence that leading men rarely risk. What I admire most is the longevity — a performer who matured into a true craftsman, then quietly added producing and directing without chasing celebrity. Hollywood runs on stars, but it survives on actors like Ribisi. Whenever he appears on screen, I relax a little, because I know at least one performance will be honest.
Overview
Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (Italian: [antoˈniːno riˈbiːzi]; born December 17, 1974) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films That Thing You Do! (1996), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Heaven (2002), Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Perfect Stranger (2007), Avatar (2009), Public Enemies (2009), Gangster Squad (2013), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), and Papa: Hemingway in Cuba (201…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョヴァンニ・リビシ
- Reading
- じょゔぁんに・りびし
- Born
- December 17, 1974 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / film producer / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.