When I first joined SAG, there was another John Reilly. My dad was John Reilly, too, but growing up I was John John. Nobody in life calls me John C. It's more like, 'Hey you, Step Brother!'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.
I chose John Carroll Lynch as my SAG name when I was 19 years old. I was working in D.C., and I got my SAG card by doing a first aid film for the Red Cross called 'Bleeding Control'. They had a union contract.
John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.
My friends call me Keith, but you can call me John.
Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John.
I'm a junior, so my dad's name is Thomas Rhett Akins as well. So literally, from the day I was born, it was Thomas Rhett. It wasn't Thomas or Rhett, it was Thomas Rhett.
My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever.
Thomas Rhett Akins doesn't sound like a rock star name. I didn't leave Akins out to convince people my dad wasn't my dad. I've always been called Thomas Rhett.
I was called McG since the day I was born because we were broke and there were three Joes in the house.
I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word - John Wayne.