John Christopher (C) Riley is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician, known to viewers for his films: "The Aviator", "Gangs of New York", "The Perfect Storm", "Chicago", "Anger Management", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Scary Tales", "Kong: Skull Island" and many others. Four times he was nominated for a Golden Globe and twice for an Oscar.
For Riley, there are no restrictions on the choice of role. He has successfully played in dramas, comedies, detective stories, science fiction and adventure films. On account of his more than fifty works in cinema. He began his creative career in 1989 and to this day he constantly appears on screens in new projects.
Childhood and adolescence
The boy was born in the spring of 1965 in Chicago, into 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 with his work.
John began his studies at a school at 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 in the theater circle. The boy liked everything that happened there so much that he began to constantly attend classes and participate in all theatrical performances.
After leaving school, John no longer had any doubts about who he wanted to become in the future. Therefore, he enters the Goodman 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 on, the creative career of the future theater and film actor began.
Work in cinematography
Riley's first film work took place in 1989, when he was invited to shoot the film War Losses. At the very beginning of his work, the director planned that the young actor would play only a short cameo role, but John's work inspired the entire film crew and, above all, the director himself, that it was decided to increase the screen time for Riley. So the debut role became a successful start in the cinema for the young actor.
Although at first the actor did not get serious and main roles, he often worked with famous directors in large-scale projects. Therefore, the name of John Christopher Riley became known not only among the audience, but also among film critics. The actor worked a lot with famous performers, learning acting from them and gaining experience in cinema. Among them were: L. DiCaprio, N. Kidman, T. Cruz and many others. Gradually his talent became more and more noticeable, and soon his work in the films "Chicago", "The Clock" and "Gangs of New York" were simultaneously nominated for an Oscar in 2003.
In addition to his hobby for cinema and theater, John studied music from a young age and loved to sing. Thanks to this, in the film "Ups and Downs: The Story of Dewey Cox," he not only played the main role, but also wrote a song for the film and sang it himself. For this soundtrack, Riley was nominated for a Grammy.
A few years later, the actor played one of the main roles in the film "Step Brothers", for which he himself wrote the script. And soon he started dubbing cartoon characters. The main cartoon character Ralph in the films "Ralph" and "Ralph Breaks the Internet: Ralph 2" began to speak in his voice.
In the future, Riley starred in a series of new projects: "The Story of a Vampire", "Extraman", "Massacre", "Something Wrong with Kevin" and thanks to her ability to transform, charm and charisma, she works with famous directors, producers and screenwriters.
Riley remains at the peak of popularity and has starred in almost fifteen new projects over the past few years, including: "Scary Tales", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Kong: Skull Island", "Lobster", "Sisters Brothers", "Holmes & Watson ".
John does not stop doing creativity and music, and he even has his own musical group "John Riley and Friends". The actor also makes frequent appearances on Broadway and participates in several performances.
Personal life
The actor considers his family life to be very happy. His wife is producer Alison Dickey. The young people met back in the 90s on the set of one of the first films with Riley's participation, where Dickie worked as an assistant. In 1992, John and Alison became husband and wife. The couple have two children.
