ACTOR
John C. Reilly
- Known for
- Boogie Nights (1997), Dark Water (2005), Sydney (1996), Casualties of War (1989)
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John C. Reilly is an actor best known for Boogie Nights, Dark Water and Sydney.
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- #001
John C. Reilly met his wife in Thailand during the filming of Casualties of War (1989), when she was working as Sean Penn's assistant.
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John C. Reilly is a great singer with a background in musical theatre. He did all of his own singing in Chicago (2002).
- #003
In 2003, John C. Reilly appeared in three of the five films nominated for Best Picture: Chicago (2002), Gangs of New York (2002) and The Hours (2002). All of these films were produced by Miramax Films.
- #004
John C. Reilly's first plane trip was to Thailand to shoot Casualties of War (1989).
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John C. Reilly earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from DePaul University's Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.
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John C. Reilly graduated from Brother Rice High School on the South Side of Chicago.
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John C. Reilly has appeared in six films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Thin Red Line (1998), Gangs of New York (2002), Chicago (2002), The Hours (2002), The Aviator (2004) and Licorice Pizza (2021). Chicago won in the category.
- #008
John C. Reilly is a Chicago White Sox fan.
- #009
John C. Reilly is friends with Will Ferrell.
- #010
John C. Reilly studied at DePaul University in Chicago.
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John C. Reilly has appeared in five films with Sean Penn: Casualties of War (1989), We No Angels (1989), State of Grace (1990), The Thin Red Line (1998) and Licorice Pizza (2021).
- #012
John C. Reilly was nominated for the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actor (Play) for the Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's "True West."
- #013
John C. Reilly was a dramatic jury member at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
- #014
John C. Reilly lost several kilos to play the rock star lead in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007).
- #015
John C. Reilly created the role of Marty in the 2002 musical "Marty" (book by Rupert Holmes, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams), adapted from the 1955 film Marty (1955).
- #016
Director Antoine Fuqua wanted John C. Reilly to star alongside Denzel Washington and Benicio Del Toro in the cancelled crime epic "Tru Blu."
- #017
John C. Reilly's father's ancestry was three-quarters Irish, one-eighth German, one-sixteenth French-Canadian and one-sixteenth Scottish. John's maternal grandparents were Clemens Petronis and Veronica Strelciunas, who were Lithuanian. He is the fifth of six children.
- #018
John C. Reilly was nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his role as Oliver Hardy in Stan & Ollie (2018), but lost to Christian Bale for Vice (2018).
- #019
John C. Reilly was considered for the role of Frank in Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
- #020
In addition to working with Leonardo DiCaprio on The Aviator (2004), John C. Reilly has worked with two other actors who played Howard Hughes: Jason Robards in Magnolia (1999) (from Melvin and Howard (1980)) and Tommy Lee Jones in A Prairie Home Companion (2006) (from The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)).
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