The Big Picture: John C. Reilly Career & Biographical Notes: Attended DePaul University's Goodman School of Drama and graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree Starred in three of the five 2003 Academy Award Best Picture nominees: Chicago, Gangs of New York and The Hours Landed his star-making role in Chicago by submitting a home video of himself singing in a bow tie to director Rob Marshall Had to turn down a role in Will Ferrel's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy so he could appear in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator Enthusiasm about a music career died with failure of Cox Across America Tour

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John C. Reilly Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Chicago
• For Love of the Game
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Never Been Kissed
• Sing
• Step Brothers
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
• Wreck-It Ralph, Part 1
• Wreck-It Ralph, Part 2

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
The Dictator	5/16/12	N/A
Cyrus	6/18/10	N/A
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	10/23/09	N/A
9	9/9/09	N/A
Step Brothers	7/25/08	R			92.72	Info
The Promotion	6/6/08	N/A
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	12/21/07	N/A
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	8/4/06	PG-13	3803	47.04	127.81	Info
A Prairie Home Companion	6/9/06	PG-13	760	4.57	19.89	Info
Dark Water	7/8/05	PG-13	2657	9.94	25.46	Info
Criminal	9/10/04	R	77	0.28	0.91	Info
Chicago	12/27/02		1841	10.79	170.68	Info
Gangs of New York	12/20/02		1504	9.12	77.73	Info
The Good Girl	8/7/02	R	667	3.80	14.02	Info

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Awards:

2002
Chicago

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

Gangs of New York

• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Las Vegas Film Critics

The Good Girl

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Satellites

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