Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director. He began acting in the late 1970s, gaining fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s, appearing in films such as Little Darlings (1980), My Bodyguard (1980), Tex (1982), Rumble Fish (1983), The Outsiders (1983), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Singles (1992), Beautiful Girls (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998), Wild Things (1998), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), Crash (2005),You, Me, and Dupree (2006), and Armored (2009). In 2013, he will appear in the comedy film The Art of the Steal as an art thief alongside Kurt Russell.
In 1990, he won the Independent Spirit Award For Best Male Lead for Drugstore Cowboy and in 2006 won the Independent Spirit Award For Best Supporting Male for Crash and the San Sebastian International Film Festival Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award. "Crash" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2005
Early life
Matthew Raymond Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York , to second-generation Irish American parents Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer. He was raised in a close-knit Roman Catholic family as the second of six children. Dillon's paternal grandmother was the sister of comic strip artist Alex Raymond, the creator of Flash Gordon. Dillon has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, Kevin Dillon, is also an actor and appeared on the hit TV series Entourage, which earned him several Emmy nominations in the supporting actor comedy category. Dillon grew up in Mamaroneck, New York, and before dropping out in junior year, he attended mamaroneck High School.
Personal life
Dillon had a three-year relationship with actress Cameron Diaz in the late 1990s.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Over the Edge | Richie White | |
| 1980 | My Bodyguard | Melvin Moody | |
| 1980 | Little Darlings | Randy Adams | |
| 1982 | Tex | Tex McCormick | |
| 1982 | Liar's Moon | Jack Duncan | |
| 1982 | The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters | Ralph | TV movie |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish | Rusty James | |
| 1983 | Amazed | Ewan Willson | |
| 1983 | The Outsiders | Dallas 'Dally' Winston | |
| 1984 | The Flamingo Kid | Jeffrey Willis | |
| 1985 | Target | Chris Lloyd/Derek Potter | |
| 1986 | Native Son | Jan | |
| 1986 | Rebel | Rebel | |
| 1987 | The Big Town | J. C. Cullen | |
| 1988 | Kansas | Doyle Kennedy | |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | Bob | |
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Regret | |
| 1991 | A Kiss Before Dying | Jonathan Corliss | |
| 1991 | Fishing with John | ||
| 1991 | Women & Men 2 | Eddie Megeffin | TV movie |
| 1992 | Singles | Cliff Poncier | |
| 1993 | The Saint of Fort Washington | Matthew | |
| 1993 | Mr. Wonderful | Gus | |
| 1994 | Golden Gate | Kevin Walker | |
| 1995 | To Die For | Larry Maretto | |
| 1995 | Frankie Starlight | Terry Klout | |
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart | Jay Phillips | |
| 1996 | Albino Alligator | Dova | |
| 1996 | Beautiful Girls | Tommy 'Birdman' Rowland | |
| 1997 | In & Out | Cameron Drake | |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Patrick (Pat) Healy | |
| 1998 | Wild Things | Sam Lombardo | |
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Randy | |
| 2002 | Deuces Wild | Fritzy | |
| 2002 | City of Ghosts | Jimmy | Also director and writer |
| 2003 | Abby Singer | Himself | |
| 2004 | Employee of the Month | David Walsh | |
| 2005 | Herbie: Fully Loaded | Trip Murphy | |
| 2005 | Crash | Sgt. John Ryan | |
| 2006 | Factotum | Henry Chinaski | |
| 2006 | You, Me and Dupree | Carl Peterson | |
| 2006 | Loverboy | Mark | |
| 2007 | The Simpsons | Louie (voice) | TV series (1 episode: Midnight Towboy) |
| 2008 | Nothing But the Truth | Patton Dubois | |
| 2009 | Old Dogs | Barry | |
| 2009 | Armored | Mike Cochrane | |
| 2010 | Takers | Det. Jack Welles | |
| 2011 | Modern Family | Robbie Sullivan | TV series (1 episode: Princess Party) |
| 2012 | Girl Most Likely | ||
| 2013 | The Art of the Steal | Nicky Calhoun | post-production |
| 2013 | Whiskey Bay | Jesse Weiland | post-production |
| 2013 | Sunlight Jr. |
