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Matt Dillon is an American actor known for his roles in films and television throughout his career. He is recognized for his work in the entertainment industry as a performer in various productions.
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New Rochelle, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- The Fence — Horn2026
- I Play Rocky — Frank Stallone Sr.2026
- Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation — Self2025
- Being Maria — Marlon Brando2024
- Haunted Heart — Max2024
- Asteroid City — The Mechanic2023
- High Desert — Denny2023
- American Dreamer — Dell2022
- Land of Dreams — Alan2022
- Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man2022
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Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor. He has received various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Independent Spirit Awards alongside nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award.
Dillon made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), Liar's Moon (1982), The Flamingo Kid (1984) and three of the four S. E. Hinton book adaptations: Tex (1982), Rumble Fish (1983) and The Outsiders (1983). From the late 1980s onward, Dillon achieved further success, starring in Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Singles (1992), The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), To Die For (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), In & Out (1997), There's Something About Mary (1998), and Wild Things (1998). In a 1991 article, movie critic Roger Ebert referred to him as the best actor within his age group, along with Sean Penn.
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