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Birth Name: John Christopher Reilly

Age: 58, born 24 May 1965

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 6' 2"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Alison Dickey

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Description: Character actor, dramatic leading man, or hilarious comic foil? With an astonishing range of roles already under his belt, John C. Reilly has played an eclectic host of rich characters to great effect over the years, from seedy ne'er-do-wells, to lovable, good-natured schlepps. The fifth of six children, John Christopher Reilly was born in Chicago, to a father of mostly Irish descent, and a Lithuanian-American mother, and was brought up on Chicago's tough Southwest territory. His father, also named John, ran an industrial linen supply company business. On the amateur stage from age eight, Reilly trained at the Goodman School Character actor, dramatic leading man, or hilarious comic foil? With an astonishing range of roles already under his belt, John C. Reilly has played an eclectic host of rich characters to great effect over the years, from seedy ne'er-do-wells, to lovable, good-natured schlepps.

The fifth of six children, John Christopher Reilly was born in Chicago, to a father of mostly Irish descent, and a Lithuanian-American mother, and was brought up on Chicago's tough Southwest territory. His father, also named John, ran an industrial linen supply company business. On the amateur stage from age eight, Reilly trained at the Goodman School of Drama and eventually became a member of Chicago's renowned Steppenwolf Theatre.

His film break came with a small role in the Vietnam War drama Casualties of War (1989), wherein Brian De Palma liked his work so much during the early stages that he recast him in a major role by the start of shooting as a soldier bent on rape. Reilly gained momentum throughout the 1990s and showed his dazzling stretch of talent in such films as Days of Thunder (1990), Shadows and Fog (1991), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and The River Wild (1994). He became a major stock player in director Paul Thomas Anderson's films, while finding some of his best roles in Hard Eight (1996) as a compulsive gambler, Boogie Nights (1997) in which he played a narcissistic porn star, and in Magnolia (1999) as a compassionate policeman. He went on to earn further critical points for his role of the soldier sent to the front lines in Terrence Malick's war epic The Thin Red Line (1998).

On stage, Reilly has wowed audiences in "The Grapes of Wrath" on Broadway, "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Othello" at Steppenwolf, and earned an Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony nomination for "True West" alongside another impeccable character player Philip Seymour Hoffman. Reilly finally received the film recognition he deserved in 2002 with a slew of choice, high-profile parts in The Hours (2002), The Good Girl (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), and especially Chicago (2002) as the put-upon husband, Amos Hart, who is played for a patsy by murderous wife Roxie (Renée Zellweger). For this last part, he received both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

Since then his stock has risen considerably, and he has further widened his cinematic repertoire, appearing in everything from dramatic roles - We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), The Aviator (2004) and Carnage (2011) - to broader comic turns - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), Cyrus (2010) and Cedar Rapids (2011). Most recently, he has voiced the lead in Disney's animated smash Wreck-It Ralph (2012). ... (more)

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1. Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

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2. Step Brothers

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1. Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule

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2. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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My Favorite Performances of 1996 (Male) (25 person items)

" John Finnegan - Hard Eight "I will fuck you up if you fuck with me, ok? I know three kinds of Karate: Jujitsu, Aikido, and regular Karate." "

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My Favorite Performances of 1999 (Male) (25 person items)

" Officer Jim Kurring - Magnolia "I can't let this go. I can't let you go. Now, you... you listen to me now. You're a good person. You're a good and beautiful person and I won't let you walk out on me. And I won't let you say those things - those things about how stupid you are and this and that. I won't stand for that. You want to be with me... then you be with me. You see?" "

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"as Ken Rosenberg"

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My Favorite Performances of 2007 (Male) (25 person items)

" Dewey Cox - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story "I think I'm doing okay for a 15 year old with a wife and a baby." "

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My Favorite Performances of 2011 (Male) (25 person items)

" Franklin - We Need to Talk About Kevin "Hey, Kev. Listen buddy, it's easy to misunderstand something when you hear it out of context." Honorable Mentions: Dean Ziegler - Cedar Rapids "

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My Favorite Performances of 2018 (Male) (25 person items)

" Eli Sisters - The Sisters Brothers "Charlie, when you kill a man, you end up with his father or his friends on your tail. It usually ends badly." "

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Academy Awards nominated performances I've seen (446 person items)

" 2003 - NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role JOHN C. REILLY as Amos Hart in CHICAGO 2002 | dir: Rob Marshall "

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Toy Story Dream Cast (29 movies items)

"Hamm!"

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Superman (2000's) (15 movies items)

"Otis!"

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The Thing Dream Cast (13 movies items)

"Dr. Blair!"

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Maybe There's Still Hope for Love in Hollywood (314 person items)

"♥ John C. Reilly & Alison Dickey ♥ Married since 1992."

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"John Christopher ReillyAmerican Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter, Musician & Producer• Lithuanian;• Irish;• German;• French-Canadian;• Scottish; "

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"Ducky!"

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Monsters, Inc. Dream Cast (9 movies items)

"Sulley!"

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"48 Casualties of War We're No Angels Days of Thunder Hoffa What's Eating Gilbert Grape The River Wild Dolores Claiborne Hard Eight Boogie Nights The Thin Red Line Never Been Kissed Magnolia The Perfect Storm The Good Girl The Hours Gangs of New York Chicago Anger Management Criminal The Aviator Dark Water A Prairie Home Companion Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Year of the Dog Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Step Brothers The Promotion Zombieland C"