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Matt Dillon
Dillon at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	Matthew Raymond Dillon February 18, 1964 (1964-02-18) (age 45) New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979 – present

Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe Award-, and BAFTA Award-nominated American actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s, and developed a successful career as a mature actor in the decades following, culminating in an Oscar nomination for his performance in the movie Crash.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Other work 4 Personal life 4.1 Legal trouble 5 Filmography 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links

Early life

Matthew Raymond 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.¹² Through his father, Dillon is related to comic strip artist Alex Raymond.³ Dillon has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, Kevin Dillon, is also an actor, from the hit TV series Entourage. Dillon grew up in Mamaroneck, New York and before dropping out in junior year he attended Mamaroneck High School.

Career

In 1979, casting director Vic Ramos went to Mamaroneck High School and spotted Dillon cutting class. He asked Dillon to audition for a role, and Dillon made his film debut in the violent teen drama 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 successes⁵ and raised Dillon's profile among teenage audiences.

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.

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 and Diane Lane. He followed it up with The Flamingo Kid

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 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.

In 2002, he 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 received critical praise and earned a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe along with Oscar nominations for his role in Crash, a film co-written and directed by Paul Haggis. In 2005 Dillon co-starred in Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded and on March 11, 2006 the actor hosted Saturday Night Live, where he impersonated Greg Anderson in a "SportsCenter" sketch, 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, Dillon 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 made voice acting in 1987 documentary film Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam. He made his Broadway debut with the play The Boys of Winter in 1985.

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.

Matt Dillon also made cameo appearance as detective in Madonna's Bad Girl music video which also stars Christopher Walken. Dillon also appeared in the music video of "Fairytale Of New York" by the Irish folk-punk band The Pogues playing a cop who escorts lead singer Shane MacGowan into the drunk tank.

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 playing a half-man, half-albatross hybrid who constantly taunted Carlton with passages from the Torah.

Personal life

Matt has dated several prominent women of Hollywood, including actress Cameron Diaz and Diane Lane. Matt is the older brother of actor Kevin Dillon.

He is a fan of the band The Replacements, contributing to the liner notes of their compilation album All For Nothing/Nothing For All. He is also a big Mets fan, on October 18, 2006 he threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Game 6 of the NLCS at Shea Stadium

Legal trouble

On December 30, 2008, Dillon was arrested by the Vermont State Police after he was clocked traveling at 106 miles per hour northbound on Interstate 91 near Newbury, Vermont. ⁶ He was charged with negligent operation of a vehicle. His attorney, Mark Kaplan, entered a plea of not guilty on Dillon's behalf in a January appearance in Orange County Court in Chelsea, and also appeared in court on February 25, 2009.⁷ He faced a maximum of one year in jail, and a fine of $1,000. He pleaded guilty to speeding and paid a $828 fine on March 30, 2009; in return, the negligence charge was dismissed by prosecutors.⁸

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1979	Over the Edge	Richie White
1980	My Bodyguard	Melvin Moody
	Little Darlings	Randy Adams
1981	Gunmen's Blues	Lake	short film
1982	Tex	Tex McCormick
	Liar's Moon	Jack Duncan
1983	Rumble Fish	Rusty James
	The Outsiders	Dallas 'Dally' Winston
1984	The Flamingo Kid	Jeffrey Willis
1985	Target	Chris Lloyd/Derek Potter
1986	Native Son	Jan
	Rebel	Rebel
1987	The Big Town	J. C. Cullen
1988	Kansas	Doyle Kennedy
1989	Drugstore Cowboy	Bob	Independent Spirit Award - Won - Best Male Lead
	Bloodhounds of Broadway	Regret
1991	A Kiss Before Dying	Jonathan Corliss
1992	Singles	Cliff Poncier
1993	The Saint of Fort Washington	Matthew
	Mr. Wonderful	Gus
1994	Golden Gate	Kevin Walker
1995	To Die For	Larry Maretto
	Frankie Starlight	Terry Klout
1996	Grace of My Heart	Jay Phillips
	Albino Alligator	Dova
1996	Beautiful Girls	Tommy 'Birdman' Rowland
1997	In and Out	Cameron Drake
1998	There's Something About Mary	Pat Healy	MTV Award - Won - Best Villain
	Wild Things	Sam Lombardo
2001	One Night at McCool's	Randy
2002	Deuces Wild	Fritzy
	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
	Crash	Sgt. John Ryan	Academy Award nomination - "Best Supporting Actor" Independent Spirit Award - Won - Best Supporting Male
2006	Factotum	Henry Chinaski	playing Charles Bukowski
	You, Me and Dupree	Carl Peterson
	Loverboy	Mark	limited release
2008	Nothing But the Truth	Patton Dubois
2009	Old Dogs	TBA	awaiting release
	Armored	TBA	awaiting release
2010	Takers	Det. Jack Welles	post-production
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters	Ralph	PBS TV-Movie
1991	Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules	Eddie Megeffin	HBO TV-Movie
1999	Oz		Director of Episode: Napoleon's Boney Parts
2007	The Simpsons	Louie	Voice/Episode: Midnight Towboy

Awards and nominations

Matt Dillon won several awards in his career including Screen Actors Guild Award, MTV Movie Award and Independent Spirit Award. He also nominated for many awards which includes Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA with the film Crash. He also honored in San Sebastián International Film Festival where he get "Donostia Lifetime Archievement Award". This list includes his awards and nominations for his works. In the category, "Best Ensemble" he usually shared award with cast.

Year	Ceremony/Award	Nomination	Film	Result
1981	Young Artist Awards	Best Young Motion Picture Actor	My Bodyguard	Nominated
1983		Best Young Actor - Motion Picture	Tex	Nominated
1990	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Actor	Drugstore Cowboy	Won
1999	MTV Movie Awards	Best Villain < small> (tied)	There's Something About Mary	Won
		Best Kiss < small> (shared)	Wild Things	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Film - Funniest Scene	There's Something About Mary	Won
	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Supporting Actor - Comedy	There's Something About Mary	Won
2005	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Crash	Won
	Gotham Awards	Tribute Award	-	Won
		Best Ensemble Cast	Crash	Nominated
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Crash	Won
	Washington DC Area Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	Crash	Nominated
	Hollywood Film Festival	Ensemble of the Year	Crash	Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Ensemble	Crash	Won
	Washington DC Area Film Critics Association	Best Cast	Crash	Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Cast	Crash	Won
2006	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Crash	Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Black Reel Awards	Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Award	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
		Best Ensemble		Won
	Empire Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	Golden Globe	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	SAG Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
		Best Cast		Won
	San Sebastián International Film Festival	Donostia Lifetime Archievement Award	-	Won
2007	Cairo International Film Festival	Special Award	-	Won

References

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)
• Mug Shot at The Smoking Gun (March 6, 2009)

Persondata
NAME	Dillon, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dillon, Matthew Raymond
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1964-2-18
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Rochelle, New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH