Giovanni ribisi was born in 1974, in Los Angeles California, United States.
Of Italian-American descent and of Sicilian origin, his mother, named Gay Landrum, is a representative agent, and her father Albert ribisi, a musician.
He is the twin brother of the actress Marissa ribisi, and has another sister named Gina ribisi.
He began his acting career, on television with supporting and recurring roles, in various series, including “Highway to heaven”(1985), “Married with children”(1987-1989), “My two dads “(1987-1990) and “Davis rules”(1991-1992).
He became famous when he had a prominent performance in the series “The X Files ”, in 1995, the year in which he also began his recurring role as Frank jr, the brother of Phoebe Buffay (Lisa kudrow) in the series “Friends”.
Among his films are “Messenger of the future”(1998) with Kevin Costner Y Will patton, “Some girl”(1998) with Juliette Lewis, “Phoenix”(1998) with Anjelica huston, Anthony LaPaglia Y Daniel baldwin, “Learning to live”(1999) with Diane keaton.
Another important film at this time was “Saving Private Ryan”(1998), starring Tom Hanks and directed by Steven Spielberg.
He was the narrator of the film “The Virgin Suicides”(1999), which was the directorial debut of Sofia Coppola, and that was starring Kirsten dunst.
In 2000, I participated in “The reporter” with Vin Diesel Y Tom everett scott. That same year, he co-starred alongside Nicolas Cage, “60 seconds“, in which Angelina Jolie was the lead actress.
It was also part of “Premonition” with Cate blanchett, Katie holmes Y Keanu reeves.
In 2002, he would act again with Cate blanchett, on “Heaven”.
In 2003, I was part of the great cast of “Anonymous” with John goodman, Penelope Cruz Y Luke wilson, among others.
Then they would come “BASIC”(2003) with Connie Nielsen Y John Travolta, “Lost in traslation”(2003) with Bill murray Y Scarlett Johansson, Y “Return to Cold Mountain”(2003) with Nicole Kidman, Jude Law Y Renee Zellweger.
In 2004, he was seen in “The flight of the Phoenix” with Dennis Quaid. The following year, he starred in “A lucky break”(2005), which was also led by Robin williams Y Holly hunter.
Between 2005 and 2008, I participated in episodes of the series “My name is Earl”, In which I play the character of Ralph mariano.
In 2007, he made “Perfect stanger “, whose protagonists were Bruce Willis Y Halle berry.
Among his latest works are “Spirit of the forest “(2008) in which I also participate Anjelica huston, “The other side”(2008), “Avatar”(2009) with Michelle Rodriguez Y Sigourney Weaver, “Public enemies “ with Christian bale Y Johnny depp, Y “The Stannford Prison Experiment “(2009).
He has appeared in the music video of the British band Keane, “Crystal ball”, And next to Winona ryder in the video “Talk about the blues“, from the band Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
In his personal life, he was married to Mariah O’Brien from March 1997 to November 2001. They both had a daughter named Lucy.
Regarding your beliefs, Giovanni He is a member of the Scientology movement.