John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly
Born	May 24, 1965 (1965-05-24) (age 42) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Alison Dickey (1992 â€" present)
Awards Academy Awards Nominated: Best Supporting Actor 2002 Chicago

John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor.

Biography

Personal life

Reilly, the fifth of six children, was born in Chicago, Illinois to an Irish American father and a Lithuanian mother.[1][2] His father owned a linen supply company.[3] He was raised in the Catholic religion[4] and graduated from Brother Rice High School. Reilly had several minor infractions for juvenile mischief. To better occupy his time, he later became involved with theatre. He subsequently enrolled at the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University. A proud member of the Chicago theater, Reilly credits the Windy City with helping him gain experience as he was working for his big break.

He has been married since 1992 to Alison Dickey, whom he met on the set of Casualties of War.

Career

Reilly made his film debut in the Brian De Palma film Casualties of War (1989) as Herbert Hatcher. Although the role of Hatcher was a small one, De Palma had such a positive response to Reilly's performance that the role was significantly expanded.

Reilly has consistently appeared in film since his debut; he has appeared in an estimated 40 roles in the last 20 years, mostly supporting roles.

Among his most notable roles:

• Reed Rothchild, Dirk Diggler's co-worker and sidekick in Boogie Nights
• Gus Siniski, Detroit Tigers catcher in For Love Of The Game
• Jim Kurring, a lonely, divorced and religious by-the-book cop who ends up involved with a drug addicted woman in Magnolia
• House painter Phil Last, a "stoner" with an unhappy marriage, in The Good Girl
• Lefty, the singing cowboy, in A Prairie Home Companion
• Cal Naughton, Jr., the dimwitted race car driver and best friend of Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• Noah Dietrich, in The Aviator
• Dr. Steve Brule, the local news correspondent on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
• Dewey Cox, a Johnny Cash type singer in Walk Hard

In the past six years, he has been a friend of Tenacious D, appearing as "Sasquatch" on 6-episode late-nineties HBO television show, the 2001 album, and in the feature-length 2006 motion picture.

His profile as a film actor was significantly raised in 2002 when he appeared in three of the year's Academy Award for Best Picture nominees - Chicago, Gangs of New York and The Hours. He received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Renée Zellweger's trusting husband in the musical Chicago.

More recently, Reilly appeared in the Martin Scorsese film The Aviator (2004) as Howard Hughes's (Leonardo DiCaprio) trusted financial advisor, Noah Dietrich. Reilly had to turn down the role of Champ Kind in the Will Ferrell film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy in order to appear in The Aviator.

Mr. Reilly is also a singer, performing on two tracks of the 2006 compilation Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys: Fathom the Bowl and My Son John.

Filmography

• Casualties of War (1989) as PFC. Herbert Hatcher
• We're No Angels (1989) as Young Monk
• Days of Thunder (1990) as Buck Bretherton
• State of Grace (1990) as Stevie McGuire
• Shadows and Fog (1992) as Cop at Police Station
• Out on a Limb (1992) as Jim Jr.
• Hoffa (1992) as Pete Connelly
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) as Tucker Van Dyke
• The River Wild (1994) as Terry
• Dolores Claiborne (1995) as Const. Frank Stamshaw
• Georgia (1995) as Herman
• Hard Eight (1996) as John Finnegan
• Boys (1996) as Officer Kellogg Curry
• Nightwatch (uncredited) (1997) as Deputy Inspector Bill Davis
• Boogie Nights (1997) as Reed Rothchild
• Chicago Cab (1998) as Steve
• The Thin Red Line (1998) as Sergeant Storm
• The Settlement (1999) as Pat
• Never Been Kissed (1999) as Augustus Strauss
• For Love of the Game (1999) as Gus Sinski
• Magnolia (1999) as Jim Kurring
• The Perfect Storm (2000) as Dale 'Murph' Murphy
• The Anniversary Party (2001) as Mac Forsyth
• The Good Girl (2002) as Phil Last
• Gangs of New York (2002) as Happy Jack
• Chicago (2002) as Amos Hart
• The Hours (2002) as Dan Brown
• Anger Management (2003) as older monk Arnie Shankman
• Piggie (2003)
• The Aviator (2004) as Noah Dietrich
• Criminal (2004) as
• Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? (2005)
• Dark Water (2005) as Mr. Murray
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006) as Lefty
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) as Cal Naughton, Jr.
• Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (2006) as Sasquatch (uncredited)
• Year of the Dog (2007) as Al
• Quebec (2007) as Richard (completed)
• Walk Hard (2007) as Dewey Cox
• Step Brothers (2008) with Will Ferrell

References

External links

• John C. Reilly at the Internet Movie Database
• John C. Reilly at the Internet Broadway Database
• John C. Reilly at the Notable Names Database
• New York Times profile on John C. Reilly
• In the Driver's Seat (Moving Pictures Magazine interview)
• Interpreting Tennessee Williams - Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 2005