Giovanni Ripa

Giovanni Ripa was born in the Bronx, New York. He was raised in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. He is of Italian, Middle Eastern and Northern African descent. His mother Patricia works as a teacher. He has never met his father. The grandson of Dorothy and Frank Ripa. Giovanni graduated from Temple University's Theater program. There, he began filmmaking and acting, most notably displayed as Iago in an independent production of "Othello."