
Birthday: 24-05-1965
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sex: Male
Biography
Born in May 24, 1965, John C. Reilly is also known by the name John Christopher Reilly, Jr. He took birth in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. and made his career as a American film and theater actor, singer, and comedian. He has five siblings. He had a Roman Catholic upbringing. For his education, he went to Brother Rice High School. For his higher studies, he went to DePaul University in Chicago.
His first motion picture was Casualties of War in the year 1989. In his long career, he did number of films. Some of the most prominent are What's Eating Gilbert Grape, We're No Angels, The Anniversary Party, For Love of the Game, Gangs of New York, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.
For his role in 2002 film Chicago, he won Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
For Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, he was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.