Matt Dillon

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-02-18 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

New Rochelle, New York, USA

Matt Dillon

Biography

Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director. He began his acting career in the late 1970s and quickly rose to fame as a teenage idol in the 1980s. Dillon made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and gained recognition with roles in My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), and The Outsiders (1983). As his career progressed, he took on more diverse roles, starring in critically acclaimed films such as Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Singles (1992), There's Something About Mary (1998), and Crash (2004), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Beyond ...

Acting

1983

The Outsiders

as Dallas Winston

1983

Rumble Fish

as Rusty James

1995

To Die For

as Larry Maretto

1998

Wild Things

as Sam Lombardo

2005

Crash

as Officer John Ryan

2023

Asteroid City

as The Mechanic

2005

Factotum

as Henry Chinaski

2009

Armored

as Mike Cochrane

1997

In & Out

as Cameron Drake

1992

Singles

as Cliff Poncier

1980

My Bodyguard

as Melvin Moody

2010

Takers

as Jack Welles

2009

Old Dogs

as Yancy Devlin

2004

Employee of the Month

as David Walsh

1979

Over the Edge

as Richie

2005

Herbie Fully Loaded

as Trip Murphy

1985

Target

as Chris Lloyd

1993

2002

1991

A Kiss Before Dying

as Jonathan Corliss

1984

The Flamingo Kid

as Jeffrey Willis

1997

1996

Beautiful Girls

as Tommy "Birdman" Rowland

1980

1982

Tex

as Tex McCormick

1999

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

as Detective (segment "Bad Girl")

2008

Nothing But the Truth

as Patton Dubois

2024

Being Maria

as Marlon Brando

1994

Golden Gate

as Agent Kevin David Walker

1987

The Big Town

as J.C. Cullen

2022

2017

The Man Who Built Cambodia

as Narrator (voice)

1997

Pitch

as Self

2012

1995

Frankie Starlight

as Terry Klout

2005

Loverboy

as Mark

1982

Liar's Moon

as Andrew Jackson "Jack" Duncan

1988

Kansas

as Doyle Kennedy

1996

Grace of My Heart

as Jay Phillips

1986

2013

Sunlight Jr.

as Richie

2013

The Art of the Steal

as Nicky Calhoun

2013

2014

Bad Country

as Jesse Weiland

2014

Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart

as Larry Maretto (archive footage)

2016

Rock Dog

as Trey (voice)

1985

Rebel

as Rebel

2024

2017

Going in Style

as Arlen Hamer

2002

Deuces Wild

as Fritzy

2003

Abby Singer

as Matt Dillon (uncredited)

2019

Proxima

as Mike Shannon

2020

Capone

as Johnny

2020

Nimic

as Father

2017

Uncle Howard

as Self (archive footage)

1982

Wild Rides

as Himself

2022

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The Fence

as Horn

Production

2002

City of Ghosts

as Director

2002

City of Ghosts

as Screenplay

2024

Haunted Heart

as Executive Producer

1999

2020

El Gran Fellove

as Director

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