John C. Reilly

Originated the role of Marty in the 2002 musical "Marty" (book by Rupert Holmes, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams), based on the 1955 movie Marty (1955).

In the tradition of Alan Young's Filby from The Time Machine (1960), Reilly plays a teenager aged 14 in his forties - aged 41, for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007).

Received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from DePaul University's Goodman School of Drama (Chicago) [1987]

He met his wife in Thailand while he was filming Casualties of War (1989), who, at the time, was Sean Penn's assistant.

His first plane ride was to Thailand to film Casualties of War (1989).

Was nominated for Broadway's 2000 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Sam Shepard's "True West."

John is a wonderful singer who came out of a musical theater background - did all of his own singing in Chicago (2002).

In 2003, he starred in three out of the five movies nominated for Best Picture. They are Chicago (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), and The Hours (2002). All of these films were produced by Miramax Films.

Made a home video of himself singing in a bow tie and suit for director Rob Marshall who gave him his role in Chicago (2002).

In addition to having worked with Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator (2004), he has also worked with two other actors who played Howard Hughes: Jason Robards (from Melvin and Howard (1980)) in Magnolia (1999), and Tommy Lee Jones (from The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV)) in A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

In April 2004 he left the filming of Manderlay (2005) to be replaced by Slovenian actor Zeljko Ivanek. According to a report in Entertainment Weekly, he did so to protest against the killing of a donkey during production.

Lost a few pounds to play the rock star title character in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007).