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Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. He began his career in network television with recurring and guest roles on a number of shows, including The Wonder Years and My Two Dads. He entered the public eye with a prominent performance in the X-Files episode “D.P.O.,” as well as with his recurring role as Frank, the brother of Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) on Friends. More recently, he has appeared in three episodes of My Name is Earl.
His film credits include Saving Private Ryan, Boiler Room, The Gift, Basic, Lost in Translation, Flight of the Phoenix and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
Ribisi is an active Scientologist, and he participated in the gala opening of Scientology’s controversial “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death” Museum in December 2005.