John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly

1965-05-24 Chicago, Illinois, USA 108 Credits

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 Supporti...

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How to Rob a Bank

2026

Acting

Smart bank robbers share their heists on social media while evading police.

Heads or Tails?

Heads or Tails?

2025

as Buffalo Bill

Acting

When cowboy Billi and his sweetheart Rosa run away together, he is accused of her husband's death and becomes the symbol of a local uprising. Everyone...

Bday Private Dick

2025

Acting

In his pursuit of the best birthday ever, comedian Nick Thune realizes he’s always wanted to lose somebody. Not death but to be followed by someone so...

G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief

G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief

2025

as Host

Acting

A benefit concert for LA Fire Relief, streaming live from The Hollywood Palladium.

An Almost Christmas Story

An Almost Christmas Story

2024

as The Folk Singer (voice)

7.2
Acting

A young owl meets a lost little girl in New York City. Together, they try to get home for Christmas.

Once Upon a Studio

Once Upon a Studio

2023

as Wreck-It-Ralph (voice)

8.3
Acting

Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

Minions & More Volume 2

Minions & More Volume 2

2022

as Eddie (voice)

7.3
Acting

This collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black...

Stars at Noon

Stars at Noon

2022

as American Magazine Editor

5.9
Acting

In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dang...

O Night Divine

O Night Divine

2021

as Kristof

6.3
Acting

St. Moritz, Switzerland. On a snowy Christmas Eve in a grand mountain hotel, the lives of five people magically intertwine during a wild night full of...

Licorice Pizza

Licorice Pizza

2021

as Fred Gwynne / Herman Munster (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando V...

My Darling Vivian

My Darling Vivian

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of John...

Hal

Hal

2019

as Self

6.5
Acting

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as co...

Stan & Ollie

Stan & Ollie

2018

as Oliver "Ollie" Hardy

7.0
Acting

With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pres...

Holmes & Watson

Holmes & Watson

2018

as Dr. John Watson

4.3
Acting

Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case...

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Ralph Breaks the Internet

2018

as Wreck-It Ralph (voice)

7.2
Acting

Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part ...

The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers

2018

as Eli Sisters

6.8
Acting

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the...

The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers

2018

Producer, Thanks

6.8
Producing

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the...

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?

2017

as Dr. Steve Brule

7.7
Acting

Tim and Eric, in their bizarre world, compete for attention in their respective martial arts display.

The Little Hours

The Little Hours

2017

as Father Tommasso

5.9
Acting

Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister A...

Eddie's Life Coach

Eddie's Life Coach

2017

as Eddie (voice)

6.3
Acting

Eddie's mom signs her slacker son up for a digital training seminar to get his life back on track.

Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island

2017

as Hank Marlow

6.5
Acting

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Sing

Sing

2016

as Eddie (voice)

7.1
Acting

A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.

Les Cowboys

Les Cowboys

2015

as American in Pakistan

6.4
Acting

Drama about a father and son who set out to find their missing daughter/sister with the help of an American headhunter.

View from a Blue Moon

View from a Blue Moon

2015

as Narrator (voice)

6.8
Acting

From the dreamy blue perfection of the South Pacific to the darkest uncharted waters of Africa (and everywhere in between), John Florence faces a broa...

The Lobster

The Lobster

2015

as Lisping Man

7.0
Acting

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partne...

Entertainment

Entertainment

2015

as John

5.7
Acting

Set in the Mojave Desert, the film follows a broken-down comedian playing clubs across the Southwest, working his way to Los Angeles to meet his estra...

Tale of Tales

Tale of Tales

2015

as King of Longtrellis

6.4
Acting

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomon...

Bagboy

Bagboy

2015

as Dr. Steve Brule

7.9
Acting

Dr. Steve Brule directs himself in the title role of a rejected sitcom pilot about a Myer's Super Foods bagboy who must decide whether or not to repor...

Bagboy

Bagboy

2015

Executive Producer, Writer

7.9
Producing Writing

Dr. Steve Brule directs himself in the title role of a rejected sitcom pilot about a Myer's Super Foods bagboy who must decide whether or not to repor...

Rubberhead

Rubberhead

2014

as Father (segment "Ham")

5.0
Acting

Sarah Silverman hosts the first episode of Rubberhead - a night of comedy shorts featuring some of her favorite performers. With comedy from Nathan Ba...

Life After Beth

Life After Beth

2014

as Maury Slocum

5.5
Acting

Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole wor...

Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014

as Corpsman Dey

7.9
Acting

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Rona...

Bears

Bears

2014

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.4
Acting

Filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey chronicle a year in the lives of an Alaskan brown bear named Sky and her cubs, Scout and Amber. Their...

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

2013

as Ghost of Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph

2012

as Wreck-It Ralph (voice)

7.3
Acting

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings ...

Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph

2012

Additional Writing

7.3

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings ...

The Dictator

The Dictator

2012

as Clayton (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

8

8

2012

as David Blankenhorn

5.5
Acting

Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012

as Taquito

5.5
Acting

Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011

as Franklin Plaskett

7.5
Acting

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a todd...

Carnage

Carnage

2011

as Michael Longstreet

7.2
Acting

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish ...

Terri

Terri

2011

as Mr. Fitzgerald

6.3
Acting

Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

as Mike D (B-Boys 2)

6.6
Acting

Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reil...

Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids

2011

as Dean Ziegler

5.9
Acting

A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.

John and Will's Animal Choices

John and Will's Animal Choices

2011

as John

2.0
Acting
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special

2010

as Dr. Steve Brule

7.8
Acting

Join Messers Heidecker and Wareheim for an exciting winter holiday that's taking the world by storm with the Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! C...

The Extra Man

The Extra Man

2010

as Gershon Gruen

5.8
Acting

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Cyrus

Cyrus

2010

as John Kilpatrick

5.9
Acting

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, onl...

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

2009

as Larten Crepsley

5.8
Acting

When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.

9

9

2009

as #5 (voice)

6.9
Acting

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small comm...

Prop 8: The Musical

Prop 8: The Musical

2008

as Prop 8 Leader

7.2
Acting

The conflict of the aftermath of Proposition 8 (banning gay marriage in California) is solved by Jesus.

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

2008

as Self

8.0
Acting

The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

Step Brothers

Step Brothers

2008

as Dale Doback

6.6
Acting

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers whe...

Step Brothers

Step Brothers

2008

Story

6.6
Writing

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers whe...

The Promotion

The Promotion

2008

as Richard Wehlner

5.3
Acting

Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.

Largo

Largo

2008

as Self

7.5
Acting

A documentary about the iconoclastic Los Angeles club, which opened in its original incarnation on Fairfax Ave. in 1989.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007

as Dewey Cox

6.6
Acting

Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addict...

Green Team

Green Team

2007

as Jim Smegg

5.8
Acting

McKay, Ferrell and Reilly form a Green Team to save our polluted environment.

Year of the Dog

Year of the Dog

2007

as Al

5.4
Acting

A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

Ricky Jay Plays Poker

Ricky Jay Plays Poker

2007

as Self

5.9
Acting

This is the companion video to Ricky Jay's selection of poker tunes entitled "Ricky Jay plays poker." It features John C. Riley and other famous peopl...

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

2006

as Sasquatch (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest...

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006

as Cal Naughton, Jr.

6.4
Acting

The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everyth...

Ricky Bobby: Sports Century

2006

as Cal Naughton Jr. (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

Ricky is used to win everything. When he is challenged by his new oponent, he has to find his limits.

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

2006

as Lefty

6.3
Acting

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country m...

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

2005

as Self

8.0
Acting
Dark Water

Dark Water

2005

as Mr. Murray

5.7
Acting

Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. Dahlia is in the midst of divorce proceedings, ...

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

2005

6.0
Acting

A man with a clipboard asks passersby a survey question: "Are you the favorite person of anybody?" He has a scale, from "very certain" on down. His ma...

The Aviator

The Aviator

2004

as Noah Dietrich

7.2
Acting

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer ...

Criminal

Criminal

2004

as Richard Gaddis

6.2
Acting

Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: se...

Piggie

Piggie

2003

as Russell

2.0
Acting

An unbalanced young girl in upstate New York dairy country falls for a petty criminal from NYC and tries to manipulate him into being her boyfriend.

Anger Management

Anger Management

2003

as Older Arnie Shankman (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger man...

The Hours

The Hours

2002

as Dan Brown

7.3
Acting

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings a...

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York

2002

as Happy Jack

7.3
Acting

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's...

Chicago

Chicago

2002

as Amos Hart

7.1
Acting

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chic...

The Good Girl

The Good Girl

2002

as Phil Last

6.2
Acting

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Frank's Book

2001

as Frank

8.0
Acting

A wry comedy about Frank, a lowly office worker who fantasizes about the greatness of his notebook.

The Anniversary Party

The Anniversary Party

2001

as Mac Forsyth

5.7
Acting

While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close fr...

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

2000

as Dale "Murp" Murphy

6.5
Acting

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing b...

Skipped Parts

Skipped Parts

2000

as Cowboy at Pool Table (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

2000

as Self

7.6
Acting

A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magn...

Magnolia

Magnolia

1999

as Officer Jim Kurring

7.7
Acting

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy geniu...

For Love of the Game

For Love of the Game

1999

as Gus Sinski

6.5
Acting

A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and...

Never Been Kissed

Never Been Kissed

1999

as Gus Strauss

6.2
Acting

Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teena...

The Settlement

The Settlement

1999

as Pat

5.0
Acting

Swaggering, womanizing Jerry and his hen-pecked buddy Pat are in a bind: their clients aren't dying fast enough! They buy insurance policies from the ...

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

1998

as Sgt. Maynard Storm

7.4
Acting

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselve...

Happiness

Happiness

1998

Thanks

7.5

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might fin...

Chicago Cab

Chicago Cab

1998

as Steve

5.5
Acting

A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of...

Flagpole Special

Flagpole Special

1998

5.7
Acting

Two guys talk about a seminar where they learn how to pick up chicks, both are seen from the waist down only, one is playing acoustic guitar. Related ...

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

1997

as Reed Rothchild

7.6
Acting

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his cra...

Nightwatch

Nightwatch

1997

as Bill Davis (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

Cinema Cinema

Cinema Cinema

1997

as Himself

Acting

This is a film about the making of Salaam Cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf in Tehran and it’s eventual screening in Cannes Film Festival. Viewers are intro...

Hard Eight

Hard Eight

1996

as John

6.9
Acting

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

Boys

Boys

1996

as Officer Kellogg Curry

5.3
Acting

Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid ...

Georgia

Georgia

1995

as Herman

5.8
Acting

Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her self-destructive tend...

Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

1995

as Const. Frank Stamshaw

7.3
Acting

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk ...

The River Wild

The River Wild

1994

as Terry

6.4
Acting

Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th...

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993

as Tucker Van Dyke

7.7
Acting

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't lea...

Hoffa

Hoffa

1992

as Pete Connelly

6.3
Acting

A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles w...

Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

1992

as Jim Jr.

5.4
Acting

While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including hi...

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991

as Cop at Police Station

6.7
Acting

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

State of Grace

State of Grace

1990

as Stevie

7.0
Acting

Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Iri...

Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder

1990

as Buck Bretherton

6.4
Acting

Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hots...

Casualties of War

Casualties of War

1989

as Private Herbert Hatcher

7.2
Acting

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

We're No Angels

We're No Angels

1989

as Young Monk

6.1
Acting

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.

Above the Law

Above the Law

1988

as Thug in Bar (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his jo...

DreamQuil

N/A

as Gary

Acting

A woman embarks on a virtual wellness retreat in order to get her life back on track - but with nightmarish consequences.

A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

N/A

Acting

In 1870 Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War. When faced with a new ...

The Players

N/A

as Edwin Forrest

Acting

1847 New York, where Edwin Forrest holds the undisputed title as the country’s top Shakespearean actor. Playing magnificently to a sold out, raucous c...