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Matt Dillon
Birth nameMatthew Raymond Dillon
BornJanuary 18 1964 (1964--) (age 43)
New Rochelle, New York,  United States


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.

Biography

Early life

Dillon was born in New York to second-generation Irish American Catholic parents Paul Dillon (a painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer) and Mary Ellen (a homemaker). He 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) Hommocks School in Larchmont, New York.

Career

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Dillon in My Bodyguard, 1980
In 1979, casting director Vic Ramos spotted Dillon while he was cutting class, 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.[1] 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[2] and raised Dillon's profile among teenage audiences.

One of his best 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.

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. The Outsiders and Rumble Fish had Dillon working with Francis Ford Coppola.

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.

Dillon continued to work in early 1990s with roles in movies like Singles (1992). He had somewhat of a career resurge as the role of 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.

In 2002, he also wrote and directed the film City of Ghosts, starring himself, James Caan and Gérard Depardieu. 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 . 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".

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 the actor was honored with the price Premio Donostia in the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

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.

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.

As of 2007 the band Dinosaur Jr. hired Dillon to direct their new video and single "Been There All The Time," off of their pcoming album Beyond.

He guest stars in The Simpsons episode Midnight Towboy.

Personal life

Matt Dillon dated Cameron Diaz from 1995 to 1998.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1979Over the EdgeRichie
1980My BodyguardMelvin Moody
Little DarlingsRandy
1982 TexTex McCormick
Liars MoonJack Duncan
1983Rumble FishRusty James
The OutsidersDallas 'Dally' Winston
1984The Flamingo KidJeffrey Willis
1985TargetChris Lloyd/Derek Potter
1986Native SonJan
RebelRebel
1987The Big TownJ.C. Cullen
1988KansasDoyle Kennedy
1989Drugstore CowboyBobIndependent Spirit Award - Won - Best Male Lead
1991A Kiss Before DyingJonathan Corliss
1992SinglesCliff Poncier
1993The Saint of Fort WashingtonMatthew
Mr. WonderfulGus
1994Golden Gate (film)Kevin Walker
1995To Die ForLarry Maretto
1996Grace of My HeartJay Phillips
Albino AlligatorDova
1996Beautiful GirlsTommy 'Birdman' Rowland
1997In and OutCameron Drake
1998There's Something About MaryPat HealyMTV Award - Won - Best Villain
Wild ThingsSam Lombardo
2001One Night at McCool'sRandy
2002Deuces WildFritzy
City of GhostsJimmyalso directed
2004Employee of the MonthDavid Walsh
2005Herbie Fully Loaded"Trip" Murphy
CrashSgt. John RyanAcademy Award nomination - "Best Supporting Actor" Independent Spirit Award - Won - Best Supporting Male
2006FactotumHenry Chinaskiplaying Charles Bukowski
You, Me and DupreeCarl Peterson
LoverboyMarklimited release

References

1. ^ "50 Top-Grossing Films". (Week ending May 23, 1979). Variety, pp. 9.
2. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/. Matt Dillon box office tallies. Retrieved on March 10, 2006.

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