John Christopher (C) Riley - American actor, screenwriter, director and musician, known to viewers for the films: Aviator, New York Gangs, The Perfect Storm, Chicago, Anger Management, Guardians of the Galaxy, "Scary Tales", "Kong: Skull Island" and many others. He was nominated four times for the Golden Globe Award and twice for the Oscar.
For Riley, there are no restrictions on the choice of role. He successfully played in dramas, comedies, detectives, science fiction and adventure films. On his account more than fifty works in the cinema. He began his creative biography in 1989 and to this day constantly appears on screens in new projects.
Children and teenagers
The boy was born in the spring of 1965 in Chicago, in a large family with six children. Parents constantly worked to support a large family. His father was engaged in a small family business, and his mother helped him in his work.
John began his studies at a school attached to the Catholic Church, where only boys attended. In his plans there was no decision to become an actor until the moment when a friend invited him to one of the classes of the theater circle. The boy liked everything that was happening there so much that he began to constantly attend classes and participate in all theatrical productions.
After leaving school, John no longer had any doubts about who he wants to become in the future. Therefore, he enters Goodman's drama school, where he begins to comprehend acting. After successfully completing his studies, he was invited to one of the Chicago theaters. From that moment, the creative career of the future theater and film actor began.
Work in the cinema
Riley's first film job took place in 1989, when he was invited to shoot the film "War casualties." At the very beginning of the work, the director planned that the young actor would only play a short episodic role, but John’s work inspired the entire crew and the director himself so much that it was decided to increase the screen time for Riley. So the debut role was for the young actor a successful start in the movie.
Although the actor at first did not receive serious and major roles, he often worked with well-known directors in large-scale projects. Therefore, the name of John Christopher Riley was heard not only by the audience, but also by film critics. The actor worked a lot with famous performers, learning from them acting and gaining experience in the movie. Among them were: L. DiCaprio, N. Kidman, T. Cruz and many others. Gradually, his talent became more noticeable, and soon his work in the films “Chicago”, “Watch” and “Gangs of New York” were simultaneously nominated for an Oscar in 2003.
In addition to his passion for cinema and theater, from a young age, John studied music and loved to sing. Due to this, in the film “Ups and Downs: The Dewey Cox Story”, he not only played the main role, but also wrote a song for the film and performed it himself. Riley was nominated for a Grammy for this soundtrack.
A few years later, the actor played one of the main roles in the film "Step Brothers", to which he wrote the script. And soon he took up the scoring of cartoon characters. His voice began to speak the main cartoon character Ralph in the paintings "Ralph" and "Ralph breaks the Internet: Ralph 2".
In the future, Riley starred in a series of new projects: "The Story of a Vampire", "Extra", "Massacre", "Something Wrong with Kevin" and, thanks to his ability to transform, charm and charisma, works with famous directors, producers and screenwriters.
Riley remains at the peak of popularity and has starred in nearly fifteen new projects over the past few years, including Scary Tales, Guardians of the Galaxy, Kong: Skull Island, Lobster, Sisters Brothers, Holmes & Watson"
John doesn’t stop working on creativity and music, and he even has his own musical group, John Riley and Friends. The actor also often appears on Broadway and participates in several performances.
