Conversations with John C. Reilly (2018)

Career Conversations with John C. Reilly.  Moderated by Stacey Wilson Hunt.

Academy Award-nominated John C. Reilly is one of the most diverse actors working today, with an impressive range of roles in dramas, comedies, musicals, and foreign films. He has been acknowledged by the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Tony Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards as well as the Grammys, among others. 

Mr. Reilly produces and stars in Jacques Audiard’s THE SISTERS BROTHERS. Also coming out this year are Holmes & Watson, with Will Ferrell; Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2; and Stan and Ollie, as Oliver Hardy opposite Steve Coogan’s Stan Laurel. 

He recently received strong reviews for his role in Kong: Skull Island, starring opposite Brie Larson; as well as the independent film The Little Hours, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. 

Other recent films include The Lobster, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos; the award-winning French film Les Cowboys, directed by Thomas Bidegain; and the Italian film The Tale of Tales for director Matteo Garrone, all of which premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. 

Mr. Reilly has worked with top directors such as Martin Scorsese in both Gangs of New York and The Aviator; Brian De Palma in Casualties of War; Robert Altman in A Prairie Home Companion; Terrence Malick in The Thin Red Line; Rob Marshall in Chicago; Roman Polanski in Carnage; Wolfgang Petersen in The Perfect Storm; Lynne Ramsay in We Need to Talk About Kevin; and Paul Thomas Anderson in Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia. 

He has starred in the hit comedies Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Step Brothers, Cyrus, and Guardians of the Galaxy. He voiced the title character in the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Wreck-It Ralph and was the voice of Eddie in Sing. 

Mr. Reilly’s work in the world of independent films includes The Good Girl, Cedar Rapids, The Promotion, Terri, Year of the Dog, Criminal, and The Anniversary Party. 

On television, he is a frequent collaborator with comedians Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for the shows Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job! and Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, among others.

Mr. Reilly’s many theater credits include True West, for which he received a Tony Award nomination, and A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway, as well as Steppenwolf productions of The Grapes of Wrath and A Streetcar Named Desire.