John C Reilly Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Movies, Biography & More
John Christopher Reilly was born May 24, 1965 known John C Reilly is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician and producer. After his film debut, Casualties of War (1989), he rose to prominence through his supporting roles in Days of Thunder (1990), What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and The River Wild (1994). He also appeared in the films Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997) and Magnolia (1999) by Paul Thomas Anderson, as well as in The Thin Red Line (1998) by Terrence Malick. For his performance in Chicago (2002), Reilly was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He worked with director Martin Scorsese on Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004).
Reilly performs with his group John Reilly and Friends and worked as a stage actor in True West (2000) alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Reilly was born in Chicago, Illinois, the fifth of six children. His father was of Irish and Scottish descent and his mother was of Lithuanian descent. His father ran an industrial linen supply company. Reilly described himself as being mischievous as a child, pointing to an event when he was 12 in which he and his friends stole 500 boxes of Sugar Corn Pops from a freight train. Reilly grew up in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
Reilly was raised in the Catholic faith and attended Brother Rice High School. He is an alumnus of the Theater School at DePaul University in Chicago.
Reilly married Alison Dickey, an independent film producer, in 1992 after they met on the set of Casualties of War in Thailand. They have two sons. Reilly and Dickey’s eldest son, Leo, is a musician who performs under the name LoveLeo. Reilly practices transcendental meditation.
