Personal Info
Birth date
1965-05-24 (60 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
约翰·C·赖利
ジョン・C・ライリー
جون ك. رايلي
존 C. 라일리
John Reilly
Τζον Σι Ράιλι
جان سی ریلی
John C. Reilly
Biography
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.
Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.343
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watchThe Daily Show
6.354
Overview:
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.The Late Late Show with James Corden
5.312
Overview:
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.The Simpsons
8
Overview:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.411
Overview:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.The Graham Norton Show
7.2
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.5
Overview:
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.178
Overview:
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Saturday Night Live
6.96
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.The Jay Leno Show
3.6
Overview:
The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired at 10 p.m. from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC, after Leno's initial retirement from hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In January 2010, NBC announced that due to affiliate concerns about its effect on their newscasts, The Jay Leno Show would be shortened to 30 minutes and moved from primetime to 11:35 p.m., the timeslot that had been occupied by The Tonight Show for nearly 60 years. The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien released a public statement saying that he would not participate in moving Tonight to 12:05 a.m., asserting that it would damage the highly respected franchise. Despite much support for O'Brien from both the public and media professionals alike NBC maintained its plan to move Leno to 11:35. On January 21, 2010, NBC reached a $45 million settlement with O'Brien in order to end his contract. Leno resumed his duties as host of Tonight on March 1, 2010. Leno ended on February 9, 2010 after being on the air for only four months, with Entertainment Weekly calling the program television's "Biggest Bomb of All Time."Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule
8.046
Overview:
See Dr. Steve learn about restaurants, spend time with his family, conquer his fears, and more. Featuring guest appearances by Jan Skylar, Wayne Skylar, and David Liebe Hart.Celebrity IOU
6.1
Overview:
Twin brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott help Hollywood A-listers express their deep gratitude to the individuals who have had a major impact on their lives by surprising them with big, heartwarming home renovations that bring everyone to tears.The Oscars
7.056
Overview:
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.Tenacious D
7.2
Overview:
Follow the exploits of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, the two halves of Tenacious D, the self-proclaimed "greatest band on earth." Their music is heavy on power chords and lyrics about sex, Satan, and why they are the greatest band on Earth.Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
5
Overview:
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List is an American reality television series on Bravo. The series debuted on August 3, 2005. The series follows the struggle of self-proclaimed "D-list" celebrity Kathy Griffin to climb the Hollywood ladder. This often includes scheming for publicity with staffers Jessica, Tiffany, and Tom. Her relationships with her parents and her now ex-husband have also been heavily featured.Tom Goes to the Mayor
6.8
Overview:
Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on November 14, 2004 and ended on September 25, 2006, with a total of thirty episodes.Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
7.713
Overview:
A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
7.426
Overview:
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is an American sketch comedy television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which premiered February 11, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim comedy block and ran until May 2010. The program features surrealistic and often satirical humor, public-access television–style musical acts, bizarre faux-commercials, and editing and special effects chosen to make the show appear camp. The program featured a wide range of actors, spanning from stars such as Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Will Forte and Zach Galifianakis, to alternative comedians like Neil Hamburger, to television actors like Alan Thicke, celebrity look-alikes and impressionists. The creators of the show have described it as "the nightmare version of television."Nero Wolfe
7.4
Overview:
Nero Wolfe is a television series based on the characters in Rex Stout's classic series of detective stories that aired January 16 – August 25, 1981, on NBC. William Conrad fills the role of the detective genius Nero Wolfe, and Lee Horsley is his assistant Archie Goodwin. Produced by Paramount Television, the series updates the world of Nero Wolfe to contemporary New York City and draws few of its stories from the Stout originals.Cracking Up
5
Overview:
Cracking Up is an American television sitcom created by School of Rock writer Mike White, who also served as the series' head writer. It aired on the Fox Network on Monday nights from March to May 2004. The title of the program and the name of the psychiatrist, Dr. Bollas, are comic allusions to Christopher Bollas, a psychoanalyst, and to his book Cracking UP.Fallen Angels
5.9
Overview:
A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.The Dictator
6.203
Overview:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.Moonbase 8
5.6
Overview:
In the isolated desert of Winslow, Arizona at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator, three eager astronauts—Skip, Rook and their leader Cap—attempt to qualify for their first lunar mission. They encounter many obstacles including loneliness, self-doubt and their own incompetence. In spite of it all, they remain determined to prove they have the right stuff to reach the moon.Acting
TBAThe Players as Edwin Forrest
TBAA Prayer for the Dying as Unknown
TBADreamQuil as Gary
2026How to Rob a Bank as Unknown
2025Heads or Tails? as Buffalo Bill
2025G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief as Host
2024An Almost Christmas Story as The Folk Singer (voice)
2023Once Upon a Studio as Wreck-It-Ralph (voice)
2022Minions & More Volume 2 as Eddie (voice)
2022Stars at Noon as American Magazine Editor
2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (10 Episodes) as Jerry Buss
2021O Night Divine as Kristof
2021Licorice Pizza as Fred Gwynne / Herman Munster (uncredited)
2021Ultra City Smiths (6 Episodes) as Donovan Smith (voice)
2020Moonbase 8 (6 Episodes) as Cap
2020My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
2020Celebrity IOU (1 Episode) as Self
2019Hal as Self
2018Stan & Ollie as Oliver "Ollie" Hardy
2018Holmes & Watson as Dr. John Watson
2018Ralph Breaks the Internet as Wreck-It Ralph (voice)
2018The Sisters Brothers as Eli Sisters
2017Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job? as Dr. Steve Brule
2017The Little Hours as Father Tommasso
2017Eddie's Life Coach as Eddie (voice)
2017Kong: Skull Island as Hank Marlow
2016Sing as Eddie (voice)
2015Les Cowboys as American in Pakistan
2015View from a Blue Moon as Narrator (voice)
2015The Lobster as Lisping Man
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (3 Episodes) as Self
2015Entertainment as John
2015Tale of Tales as King of Longtrellis
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2015Bagboy as Dr. Steve Brule
2014Rubberhead as Father (segment "Ham")
2014Stone Quackers (12 Episodes) as Officer Barry
2014Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories (1 Episode) as Jordan
2014Life After Beth as Maury Slocum
2014Guardians of the Galaxy as Corpsman Dey
2014Bears as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as Ghost of Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)
2012Wreck-It Ralph as Wreck-It Ralph (voice)
2012The Dictator as Clayton (uncredited)
20128 as David Blankenhorn
2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Taquito
2011We Need to Talk About Kevin as Franklin Plaskett
2011Carnage as Michael Longstreet
2011Terri as Mr. Fitzgerald
2011Fight for Your Right Revisited as Mike D (B-Boys 2)
2011Cedar Rapids as Dean Ziegler
2011John and Will's Animal Choices as John
2010Conan (1 Episode) as Self
2010Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special as Dr. Steve Brule
2010The Extra Man as Gershon Gruen
2010Cyrus as John Kilpatrick
2010Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (24 Episodes) as Dr. Steve Brule
2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant as Larten Crepsley
2009The Jay Leno Show (1 Episode) as Self
20099 as #5 (voice)
2008Prop 8: The Musical as Prop 8 Leader
2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self
2008Step Brothers as Dale Doback
2008The Promotion as Richard Wehlner
2008Largo as Self
2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Dewey Cox
2007Green Team as Jim Smegg
2007Year of the Dog as Al
2007The Graham Norton Show (1 Episode) as Self
2007Ricky Jay Plays Poker as Self
2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (24, 1 Episode) as Dr. Steve Brule, Dr. Steve Brule (uncredited)
2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Sasquatch (uncredited)
2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Cal Naughton, Jr.
2006Ricky Bobby: Sports Century as Cal Naughton Jr. (archive footage)
2006A Prairie Home Companion as Lefty
2005Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' as Self
2005Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (1 Episode) as Self
2005Dark Water as Mr. Murray
2005Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? as Unknown
2004The Aviator as Noah Dietrich
2004Tom Goes to the Mayor (1 Episode) as John (voice)
2004Criminal as Richard Gaddis
2004Kulturplatz (1 Episode) as Self
2004Cracking Up (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Piggie as Russell
2003Anger Management as Older Arnie Shankman (uncredited)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002The Hours as Dan Brown
2002Gangs of New York as Happy Jack
2002Chicago as Amos Hart
2002The Good Girl as Phil Last
2001Frank's Book as Frank
2001The Anniversary Party as Mac Forsyth
2000The Perfect Storm as Dale "Murp" Murphy
2000Skipped Parts as Cowboy at Pool Table (uncredited)
2000That Moment: Magnolia Diary as Self
1999Magnolia as Officer Jim Kurring
1999For Love of the Game as Gus Sinski
1999Never Been Kissed as Gus Strauss
1999The Settlement as Pat
1998The Thin Red Line as Sgt. Maynard Storm
1998Chicago Cab as Steve
1998Flagpole Special as Unknown
1997Tenacious D HBO Episodes as Unknown
1997Tenacious D (1 Episode) as Sasquatch
1997Boogie Nights as Reed Rothchild
1997The View (3 Episodes) as Self
1997Nightwatch as Bill Davis (uncredited)
1997Cinema Cinema as Himself
1996The Daily Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1996Hard Eight as John
1996Boys as Officer Kellogg Curry
1995Georgia as Herman
1995Dolores Claiborne as Const. Frank Stamshaw
1994The River Wild as Terry
1993What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Tucker Van Dyke
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (3 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1993Fallen Angels (1 Episode) as Martin Lonsdale
1992Hoffa as Pete Connelly
1992Out on a Limb as Jim Jr.
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1991Shadows and Fog as Cop at Police Station
1990State of Grace as Stevie
1990Days of Thunder as Buck Bretherton
1989The Simpsons (1 Episode) as John C. Reilly (voice)
1989Casualties of War as Private Herbert Hatcher
1989We're No Angels as Young Monk
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Above the Law as Thug in Bar (uncredited)
1981Nero Wolfe (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Saturday Night Live (1 Episode) as Self - Host
1953The Oscars (1 Episode) as Self
Production
2020Moonbase 8 (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2018The Sisters Brothers ... Producer
2015Bagboy ... Executive Producer
2010Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (24 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
Writing
2020Moonbase 8 (6 Episodes) ... Writer
2015Bagboy ... Writer
2010Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (24 Episodes) ... Writer
2008Step Brothers ... Story
Crew
2018The Sisters Brothers ... Thanks
2012Wreck-It Ralph ... Additional Writing
1998Happiness ... Thanks