John C. Reilly
John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is known for his character acting, taking on leading and supporting roles in independent drama films and studio comedies. He gained exposure through his supporting roles in Tony Scott's Days of Thunder (1990), Paul Thomas Anderson's films Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997) and Magnolia (1999), and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004). Reilly was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award for his role in the musical film Chicago (2002). Reilly's other notable films include The River Wild (1994), The Thin Red Line (1998), and The Hours (2002). Reilly gained prominence for his roles in comedy films such as Cal Naughton in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). He then went on to play the title character in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Dale Doback, one of the two stepbrothers, in Step Brothers (2008). Meanwhile, Reilly began co-starring as Dr. Steve Brule in the comedic television series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007–2010), which led to the spin-off series Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (2010–2016). He voiced the title character in the Wreck-It Ralph film series (2012–2018). Reilly is also known for his work in the independent films Cyrus, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Carnage (all in 2011), The Lobster (2015), and The Sisters Brothers (2018). He combined his comedic and dramatic abilities for his portrayal of comedian Oliver Hardy in the biopic Stan and Ollie (2018), earning nominations for the Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Award. Reilly is also known for his work on television. He created and starred in the Showtime comedy series Moonbase 8 (2020) and led an ensemble cast for the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022–2023). Reilly performs with his band, John Reilly and Friends. For his role in the Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's play True West (2000), he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article John C. Reilly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 24, 1965 In Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 120
- First Appeared:
- In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie DreamQuil 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | A Prayer for the Dying | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | The Players | Edwin Forrest | 2026 |
| Movie | DreamQuil | Gary | 2026 |
| Movie | Heads or Tails? | Buffalo Bill | 2025-05-22 |
| Movie | An Almost Christmas Story | The Folk Singer (voice) | 2024-10-14 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Studio | Wreck-It-Ralph (voice) | 2023-09-24 |
| Movie | Stars at Noon | American Magazine Editor | 2022-10-14 |
| Movie | Minions & More Volume 2 | Eddie (voice) | 2022-11-08 |
| Movie | O Night Divine | Kristof | 2021-12-14 |
| Movie | Licorice Pizza | Fred Gwynne / Herman Munster (uncredited) | 2021-11-26 |
| Movie | Sing 2 | Eddie Noodleman (voice) | 2021-12-01 |
| Movie | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | Hal | Self | 2019-03-28 |
| Movie | The Sisters Brothers | Eli Sisters | 2018-09-19 |
| Movie | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Wreck-It Ralph (voice) | 2018-11-20 |
| Movie | Stan & Ollie | Oliver "Ollie" Hardy | 2018-12-28 |
| Movie | Holmes & Watson | Dr. John Watson | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | Eddie's Life Coach | Eddie (voice) | 2017-03-21 |
| Movie | Kong: Skull Island | Hank Marlow | 2017-03-08 |
| Movie | The Little Hours | Father Tommasso | 2017-06-30 |
| Movie | Sing | Eddie (voice) | 2016-11-23 |
| Movie | Tale of Tales | King of Longtrellis | 2015-05-14 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015-03-23 |
| Movie | Bagboy | Dr. Steve Brule | 2015-02-21 |
| Movie | Entertainment | John | 2015-08-11 |
| Movie | The Lobster | Lisping Man | 2015-10-15 |
| Movie | Les Cowboys | American in Pakistan | 2015-11-25 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Movie | View from a Blue Moon | Narrator (voice) | 2015-11-11 |
| Movie | When Marnie Was There | Kiyomasa Oiwa (English Dub) | 2014-07-19 |
| Movie | Bears | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2014-04-17 |
| Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy | Corpsman Dey | 2014-07-30 |
| Series | Stone Quackers | Officer Barry | 2014-10-27 |
| Movie | Life After Beth | Maury Slocum | 2014-08-15 |
| Movie | Rubberhead | Father (segment "Ham") | 2014-11-18 |
| Movie | Oz the Great and Powerful | Frank | 2013-03-07 |
| Movie | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Ghost of Stonewall Jackson (uncredited) | 2013-12-18 |
| Movie | 8 | David Blankenhorn | 2012-03-03 |
| Movie | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Taquito | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | The Dictator | Clayton (uncredited) | 2012-05-15 |
| Movie | Wreck-It Ralph | Wreck-It Ralph (voice) | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | Cedar Rapids | Dean Ziegler | 2011-02-11 |
| Movie | John and Will's Animal Choices | John | 2011-01-28 |
| Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Mike D (B-Boys 2) | 2011-04-22 |
| Movie | Terri | Mr. Fitzgerald | 2011-07-01 |
| Movie | Carnage | Michael Longstreet | 2011-09-16 |
| Movie | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Franklin Plaskett | 2011-09-28 |
| Movie | Cyrus | John Kilpatrick | 2010-06-18 |
| Movie | The Extra Man | Gershon Gruen | 2010-08-01 |
| Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
| Movie | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special | Dr. Steve Brule | 2010-10-22 |
| Movie | 9 | #5 (voice) | 2009-08-19 |
| Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Larten Crepsley | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | Largo | Self | 2008-02-01 |
| Movie | The Promotion | Richard Wehlner | 2008-06-06 |
| Movie | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Self | 2008-10-14 |
| Movie | Step Brothers | Dale Doback | 2008-07-25 |
| Movie | Prop 8: The Musical | Prop 8 Leader | 2008-12-03 |
| Movie | Ricky Jay Plays Poker | Self | 2007-02-13 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Dr. Steve Brule | 2007-02-11 |
| Movie | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Dewey Cox | 2007-12-21 |
| Movie | Year of the Dog | Al | 2007-04-13 |
| Movie | Green Team | Jim Smegg | 2007-11-19 |
| Movie | A Prairie Home Companion | Lefty | 2006-06-01 |
| Movie | Ricky Bobby: Sports Century | Cal Naughton Jr. (archive footage) | 2006-07-17 |
| Movie | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Cal Naughton, Jr. | 2006-08-04 |
| Movie | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Sasquatch (uncredited) | 2006-11-22 |
| Movie | Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? | 2005-01-23 | |
| Movie | Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' | Self | 2005-12-26 |
| Movie | Dark Water | Mr. Murray | 2005-07-08 |
| Movie | Criminal | Richard Gaddis | 2004-09-10 |
| Series | Tom Goes to the Mayor | John (voice) | 2004-11-14 |
| Movie | The Aviator | Noah Dietrich | 2004-12-17 |
| Movie | Anger Management | Older Arnie Shankman (uncredited) | 2003-04-11 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Piggie | Russell | 2003-06-13 |
| Movie | The Good Girl | Phil Last | 2002-01-12 |
| Movie | Chicago | Amos Hart | 2002-12-10 |
| Movie | The Hours | Dan Brown | 2002-12-27 |
| Movie | Gangs of New York | Happy Jack | 2002-12-14 |
| Movie | The Anniversary Party | Mac Forsyth | 2001-06-09 |
| Movie | Frank's Book | Frank | 2001-09-01 |
| Movie | That Moment: Magnolia Diary | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | The Perfect Storm | Dale "Murp" Murphy | 2000-06-29 |
| Movie | Skipped Parts | Cowboy at Pool Table (uncredited) | 2000-06-06 |
| Movie | The Settlement | Pat | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Never Been Kissed | Gus Strauss | 1999-04-09 |
| Movie | For Love of the Game | Gus Sinski | 1999-09-17 |
| Movie | Magnolia | Officer Jim Kurring | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | Fiona Apple: Across the Universe | 1998-01-01 | |
| Movie | Flagpole Special | 1998-06-16 | |
| Movie | The Thin Red Line | Sgt. Maynard Storm | 1998-12-23 |
| Movie | Chicago Cab | Steve | 1998-09-18 |
| Movie | Cinema Cinema | Himself | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Nightwatch | Bill Davis (uncredited) | 1997-01-31 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Tenacious D | Sasquatch | 1997-11-28 |
| Movie | Boogie Nights | Reed Rothchild | 1997-10-10 |
| Movie | Boys | Officer Kellogg Curry | 1996-05-10 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Hard Eight | John | 1996-05-15 |
| Movie | Dolores Claiborne | Const. Frank Stamshaw | 1995-03-24 |
| Movie | Georgia | Herman | 1995-05-19 |
| Movie | The River Wild | Terry | 1994-09-30 |
| Series | Fallen Angels | Martin Lonsdale | 1993-08-01 |
| Movie | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Tucker Van Dyke | 1993-12-17 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Out on a Limb | Jim Jr. | 1992-09-04 |
| Movie | Hoffa | Pete Connelly | 1992-12-25 |
| Movie | Shadows and Fog | Cop at Police Station | 1991-12-05 |
| Movie | Days of Thunder | Buck Bretherton | 1990-06-27 |
| Movie | State of Grace | Stevie | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | Casualties of War | Private Herbert Hatcher | 1989-08-18 |
| Movie | We're No Angels | Young Monk | 1989-06-02 |
| Series | The Simpsons | John C. Reilly (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Above the Law | Thug in Bar (uncredited) | 1988-04-08 |
| Series | Nero Wolfe | Unknown | 1981-12-24 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |