Matt Dillon
Dillon and Lucía Jiménez in the San Sebastian Festival, in San Sebastián, Spain
Born	Matthew Raymond Dillon February 18, 1964 (1964-02-18) (age 44) New Rochelle, New York, United States
Years active	1979-present
Awards won Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 2005 Crash

Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teen idol during the 1980s, and developed a successful career as an adult actor in the decades following, culminating in an Oscar nomination for his performance in the film Crash. Matt Dillon may refer to: Matt Dillon (born 1964), U.S. actor Matt Dillon (computer scientist) (born 1966), founder of the DragonFly BSD project Marshal Matt Dillon, the main character in the western radio and TV drama Gunsmoke Matthew Dillon (born 1967), writer, founder of Organic Seed Alliance, Lannan Literary... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 566 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1836 × 1945 pixel, file size: 1. ... Lucía Jiménez (Segovia, November 21, 1978), is a Spanish actress. ... The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián (officially Donostia-San Sebastián). ... Location Image:Donostia (San Sebastian), Euskadi location. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... New Rochelle is a city located in Westchester County in the US state of New York. ... This article is about the state. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The Actor: The Screen Actors Guild Award Statue The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding performances by members. ... The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film. ... Crash is a drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... For other uses, see Teen idol (disambiguation). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Crash is a drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ...

Biography

Early life

Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York to second-generation Irish American Catholic parents Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer.^[1][2] Through his father, Dillon is related to comic strip artist Alex Raymond.^[3] Dillon has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, Kevin, is also an actor. Dillon grew up in Mamaroneck, New York and attended (dropped out in junior year) Mamaroneck High School in Mamaroneck, New York. New Rochelle is a city located in Westchester County in the US state of New York. ... This article is about the state. ... Irish population density in the United States, 1872. ... Alex Raymond (October 2, 1909- September 6, 1956) was an American comic strip artist, best known for his work on Flash Gordon. ... Kevin Dillon (born August 19, 1965) is an American actor. ... Mamaroneck, New York may refer to two places in New York: The Town of Mamaroneck, a town in Westchester County The Village of Mamaroneck, a village partially within the town This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Mamaroneck, New York may refer to two places in New York: The Town of Mamaroneck, a town in Westchester County The Village of Mamaroneck, a village partially within the town This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Career

In 1979, casting director Vic Ramos spotted Dillon and cast him in Over the Edge. The film received a regional, limited theatrical release in May 1979, and grossed only slightly over $200,000.^[4] Dillon's performance was well-received, which led to his casting in two films released the following year; the teenage sex comedy, Little Darlings, in which Kristy McNichol's character loses her virginity to a boy from the camp across the lake, played by Dillon, and the more serious teen drama, My Bodyguard, where he played a high-school bully opposite Chris Makepeace. The films, released in March and July 1980, respectively, were box office successes^[5] and raised Dillon's profile among teenage audiences. Over the Edge is a movie completed in 1979 and released on HBO two years later because its controversial content led to a decision to forego a theatrical release. ... Little Darlings is a 1980 teen film starring Tatum ONeal, Kristy McNichol, Cynthia Nixon, Matt Dillon and Armand Assante, directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. ... Kristy McNichol (born Christina Ann McNichol on September 11, 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is an American former actress, known for her roles as Letitia Buddy Lawrence on the TV drama Family, and as Barbara Weston on the sitcom Empty Nest. ... Virgin redirects here. ... My Bodyguard is a 1980 movie released by 20th Century Fox studios, directed by Tony Bill, and written by Alan Ormsby. ... Christopher Makepeace (born April 22, 1964 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television actor. ...

Another of Dillon's early roles was in the Jean Shephard PBS special "The Great American Fourth of July." The only available copies of this film are stored at UCLA where a legal dispute makes it unavailable to the public, and YouTube.

His next role was in the 1982 film, Tex, followed two months later by Liar's Moon, where he played Jack Duncan, a poor Texas boy madly in love with a rich banker's daughter. In the mid-1980s, Dillon had prominent roles in three adaptations of S.E. Hinton novels: Tex'' (1982) The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983). All three films were shot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hinton's hometown. Following The Outsiders and Rumble Fish, which had Dillon working with Francis Ford Coppola, he starred in The Flamingo Kid, which was the first movie to receive the PG-13 rating, though it was the third released. For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Tex is a 1982 film drama from Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Tim Hunter based on the novel of the same name by S.E. Hinton. ... -1... Rumble Fish is a 1983 film directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel by S.E. Hinton (ISBN 0-440-97534-4) who co-wrote the screenplay as well. ... Tulsa redirects here. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... The Flamingo Kid was the first movie to receive a PG-13 rating, although it was released after Red Dawn. ... The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ...

In 1987, Dillon appeared briefly as a policeman in the music video for the song Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, a major hit in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In 1989, Dillon won critical acclaim for his performance as a drug addict in Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... This article is about the song. ... The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish folk with influences from the English punk rock movement. ... Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter. ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ... Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. ... Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 film written and directed by Gus Van Sant. ...

Dillon continued to work in the early 1990s with roles in movies like Singles (1992). He had somewhat of a career resurgence when he played Nicole Kidman's husband in To Die For (1995), as well as large roles in Wild Things (1998) and There's Something About Mary (1998), for which he received an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. Singles (1992) is a film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. ... Nicole Mary Kidman, Order of Australia (born 20 June 1967 in Honolulu) is an Academy Award-winning Australian/American[1] actress. ... To Die For is a 1995 film written by Buck Henry, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard (ISBN 0595269397), and directed by Gus Van Sant. ... For other uses, see Wild Thing. ... Theres Something About Mary is an American film released in 1998 by 20th Century Fox, directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly (the Farrelly brothers). ... The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV (Music Television). ...

In 2002, he also wrote and directed the film City of Ghosts, starring himself, James Caan and Gérard Depardieu. That same year he starred in Factotum, a film adaptation of an autobiographical work by Charles Bukowski. Two years later he appeared in Crash (co-written and directed by Paul Haggis); Dillon received much praise for his performance, including Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. He also co-starred in Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded. Dillon also hosted Saturday Night Live on March 11, 2006, where he impersonated Greg Anderson in a "SportsCenter" sketch and Rod Serling in Bill Hader's "Vincent Price St. Patrick's Day Special" sketch and played a redneck conman named Perdy Spotley in the recurring sketch "Appalachian Emergency Room". City of Ghosts is a 2002 drama film co-written, directed by and starring Matt Dillon, about a con artist who must go to Cambodia to collect his share in money collected from an insurance scam. ... James Langston Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American film, stage and television actor. ... Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (born 27 December 1948,  ) is an Academy Award-nominated French actor. ... Factotum is a 1975 novel by Charles Bukowski in which Henry Chinaski, Bukowskis alter ego, gets and loses jobs. ... Henry Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was an influential American poet and novelist. ... Crash is a drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ... Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... SNL redirects here. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greg Anderson may refer to: Cadillac Anderson (born 1964), Gregory Wayne Cadillac Anderson, basketball player Greg Anderson (footballer) (born 1966), Australian rules footballer Greg Anderson (trainer) (born 1966), baseball trainer Greg Anderson (musician), member of Goatsnake This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Rodman Edward Rod Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction anthology television series, The Twilight Zone. ... William Bill Hader (born June 7, 1978) is an American comedian and repertory player on Saturday Night Live. ...

Dillon's most recent role is in the comedy You, Me and Dupree, opposite Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson. The film opened on July 14, 2006. On September 29, 2006, Dillon was honored with the price Premio Donostia in the San Sebastian International Film Festival. You, Me and Dupree is a comedy film released on July 14, 2006. ... This article is about the actress. ... Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Donostia Award is an honorific award given every year to one, two or three actors in the San Sebastian International Film Festival. ... The San Sebastian International Film Festival was founded in 1953 in San Sebastian, Spain. ...

Other work

Dillon is mentioned on Jeff Buckley's Live at Sin-é: Legacy Edition CD. On the fifth track Buckley mentions that he cut his hair because people thought he looked like Matt Dillon. Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead,[1] was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... This is the extended version of the Sin-e EP that Columbia released in 1995. ...

Dillon also contributed his voice as Sal Paradise in Jack Kerouac's famous novel On the Road. In 2006, he narrated Once in a Lifetime. Jack Kerouac (pronounced ) (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist from Lowell, Massachusetts. ... This article is about the novel On the Road. ... Once in a Lifetime (full title: Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos) is a documentary movie about the New York Cosmos, one of the most famous soccer clubs ever in the United States. ...

As of 2007, the band Dinosaur Jr. hired Dillon to direct their new video and single "Been There All The Time", off of their upcoming album Beyond. He guest stars in The Simpsons episode "Midnight Towboy" and also appeared on an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Dinosaur Jr is an American indie rock band. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Midnight Towboy is the third episode of The Simpsons nineteenth season. ...

Personal Life

Matt has dated several prominent women of Hollywood, including actress Cameron Diaz and Oberlin College Alum Elizabeth Murzyn. Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is a Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and SAG-Award nominated American actress and former fashion model. ... Oberlin College is a highly selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. ...

Filmography

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References

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External links

• Matt Dillon at the Internet Movie Database
• Scotsman.com interview (November 13, 2005)
• About.com interview (May 3, 2005)
• BeliefNet interview (2003)
• Cigar Aficionado interview (October 31, 1996)