Tom C. Reilly

Last two nights I watched 2 good films. They were "Gangs Of New York" and "Chicago" I would go and watch "The Hours" today but I couldn't. So tomorrow I will be watching "The Hours"... Anyway, these 3 movies has the same great actor in a supporting role: Tom C. Reilly...




By the year 2000, John C Reilly was well on his way to realizing his dream of becoming the Michael Caine or Gene Hackman of his generation. While playing sympathetic and villainous roles with equal aplomb, he has created a rapport with audiences using his Everyman or even "lunkhead" quality, something that made him one of the most sought-after character actors of the late 1990s and early 21st century.

The year 2002 was a significant one for Reilly, as the actor turned in four formidable performances: first, as Jennifer Aniston's unsuspecting lunkhead of a husband in "The Good Girl"; next as a more sinister variation playing Julianne Moore's spouse in 1950s Los Angeles in a segment of "The Hours"; then as Renee Zellweger's hapless husband Amos Hart, performer of the famed "Mr. Cellophane" song-and-dance number, in the film adaptation of the hit musical "Chicago"; and finally as Happy Jack in director Martin Scosese's bloody epic "The Gangs of New York." The actor's "Chicago" performance was recognized as a stand-out, and he received his first Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor.

Here is an interview with the guy, Tom C. Reilly