John C. Reilly was born on May 24, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were both Catholics and he graduated from Brother Rice High School, a Catholic school. After that he furthered his education at DePaul University, Reilly almost immediately began acting. In 1989 he had a role in the film Casualties of War, directed by Brian DePalma. Reilly has been featured in over fifty movies so far in his life, and is already in the process of making more films. He has been nominated for a Grammy and an Academy Award. The Grammy was for his work in the film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, in which he wrote a song titled after the movie. His Academy Award nomination came from his part in the film Chicago, the nomination was for Best Supporting Actor.
While I'm sure many will disagree, two of John C. Reilly's best films have got to be Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. In my opinion, no two men can compete with the comedy tag team of Will Ferrell. These two movies are completely ridiculous and at times quite stupid, but never fail to make me laugh. Anybody who doesn't at least get a few good laughs out of either of these films has literally no sense of humor what so ever.
In Talladega Nights, John C. Reilly plays Cal Naughton Jr, a NASCAR driver who has been the right hand man to the legendary Ricky Bobby, Ferrell, for as long as they have both been racing. The tables turn and Ricky Bobby falls from glory, leaving Cal Naughton Jr. as the top American driver in the circuit. To add insult to injury Reilly's character, Naughton, shows up at Ricky Bobby's house while he is out one day. He takes his place living there with Bobby's wife and kids. Hilariously enough the two still remain best friends like always, but Bobby has lapses where he realizes that Naughton is completely screwing him over. The southern accents and overall NASCAR personalities portrayed by Ferrell and Reilly in Talladega Nights is so dead on, and that is the real clincher that makes this film hilarious. At times the humor may be a little over the top, but it is certainly one of Reilly's funniest performances.
Step Brothers was made after Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and had extraordinarily high expectations to be hilarious after the success of Ferrell and Reilly's first film together. In this movie Reilly plays Dale Doback a 39 year old who still lives with his mother, and Ferrell plays a 39 year old, Brennan Huff, who still lives with his father. Their parents get married and they are forced to move in together. The antics that ensue after the move in are absolutely ridiculous. The two hate each other at first, but then when Dale punches Brennan's younger brother in the face they hit it off. The end up making bunk-beds and doing karate in the garage, and filming a music video on Dale's father's yacht. They ruin the yacht and their parents force them to move out of their house and become real people. The whole concept of the the movie is crazy and Ferrell and Reilly play the roles perfectly.
While John C. Reilly has played serious roles before in movies such as Chicago, The Perfect Storm, and The Aviator I much prefer his comedic roles, especially when he shares the screen with Will Ferrell. The two movies they have starred in together have both been wildly successful and hilarious.
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