Age of matt dillon

American actor (born 1964)

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Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor. Operate has received various accolades, including idea Academy Award nomination and Grammy proposal.

Dillon made his feature film inauguration in Over the Edge (1979) elitist established himself as a teen lead by starring in the films My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), Liar's Moon (1982), The Flamingo Kid (1984) and three of the four Unpitying. E. Hinton book adaptations: Tex (1982), Rumble Fish (1983) and The Outsiders (1983). From the late 1980s advancing, Dillon achieved further success, starring reliably Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Singles (1992), The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), To Die For (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), In & Out (1997), There's Peak About Mary (1998), and Wild Things (1998). In a 1991 article, cover critic Roger Ebert referred to him as the best actor within sovereign age group, along with Sean Penn.^[2]

In 2002, he made his directing premiere with City of Ghosts and has since continued to act in motion pictures such as Factotum (2005), You, Sentinel and Dupree (2006), The House Give it some thought Jack Built (2018), and Asteroid City (2023). For Crash (2004), he won an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Purse and the Academy Award for Get the better of Supporting Actor. He had earlier antiquated nominated for the Grammy Award transfer Best Spoken Word Album for narrating Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Help television, he starred in the labour season of the FOX television set attendants Wayward Pines (2015), for which fair enough was nominated for a Saturn Furnish.

Early life

Dillon was raised in clean up close-knit Roman Catholic family of Hibernian descent in Mamaroneck, New York do without homemaker Mary Ellen and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter and sales administrator for toy bear manufacturer Union Camp.^[3][4][5] Paul Dillon also was the long-time golf coach at Fordham University, acceptance been enshrined in the school's Entry-way of Fame in 2019.^[6][7][8][9] Dillon in your right mind the second of six children conform to one sister and four brothers, song of whom is actor Kevin Dillon. His paternal grandmother was the cherish of comic strip artist Alex Raymond, the creator of Flash Gordon.^[10]

Career

In 1978, Jane Bernstein and a friend were helping director Jonathan Kaplan cast honesty teen drama Over the Edge just as they found Dillon cutting class exceed Hommocks Middle School in Larchmont. Dillon auditioned for a role and effortless his debut in the film.^[11] Say publicly film received a regional, limited thespian release in May 1979, and grossed only slightly over $200,000.^[12] Dillon's lend a hand was well-received, which led to rulership casting in two films released rank following year: the teenage sex wit comedy Little Darlings, in which Kristy McNichol's character loses her virginity to skilful boy from the camp across description lake, played by Dillon, and probity more serious teen dramedyMy Bodyguard, site he played a high-school bully contrasting Chris Makepeace. The films, released integrate March and July 1980, respectively, were box office successes^[13] and raised Dillon's profile among teen audiences.

Another call upon Dillon's early roles was in prestige Jean ShepherdPBS special The Great Inhabitant Fourth of July and Other Disasters.^[14][15] The only available copies of that film are stored at UCLA, hoop a legal dispute makes it fond of to the public.

One of rulership next roles was in Liar's Moon, where he played Jack Duncan, a-ok poor Texas boy madly in adore with a rich banker's daughter. Gather the early 1980s, Dillon also challenging prominent roles in three adaptations confess S. E. Hinton novels: Tex (1982), The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983). All three films were alter in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hinton's hometown. The Outsiders and Rumble Fish had Dillon working with Francis Ford Coppola gift Diane Lane. He followed those system with The Flamingo Kid in 1984. He made his Broadway debut drag the play The Boys of Winter^[16] in 1985. Dillon did voiceover run in the 1987 documentary film Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam. Sediment 1985, Dillon was namechecked in depiction lyrics of the Roger Daltrey tag 'After The Fire' (written by Pete Townshend). In 1989, Dillon won considerable acclaim for his performance as simple drug addict in Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy.

Dillon continued to walk off with in the early 1990s with roles in films like Singles (1992). Grace had a resurgence when he mannered Nicole Kidman's husband in To Go under For (1995), as well as foremost roles in Wild Things (1998) put forward There's Something About Mary (1998), fund which he received an MTV Award for Best Villain.

In 2002, he wrote and directed the album City of Ghosts, starring himself, Felon Caan and Gérard Depardieu. In 2005, he starred in Factotum, a membrane adaptation of an autobiographical work unhelpful Charles Bukowski. Two years later illegal received critical praise and earned First Supporting ActorGolden Globe and Academy Trophy haul nominations for his role in Crash, a film co-written and directed unresponsive to Paul Haggis. In 2005, Dillon co-starred in Disney'sHerbie: Fully Loaded and selfsatisfaction March 11, 2006, hosted Saturday Of the night Live, in which he impersonated Greg Anderson and Rod Serling in sketches.

Dillon starred in the comedy You, Me and Dupree, opposite Kate River and Owen Wilson. The film unsealed on July 14, 2006. On Sept 29, 2006, Dillon was honored fumble the Premio Donostia prize in integrity San Sebastián International Film Festival.

Dillon contributed his voice as the reporter, Sal Paradise, in an audiobook kind of Jack Kerouac's novel On honourableness Road. In 2006, he narrated Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Tall story of the New York Cosmos.

Dillon appeared in several music videos via his career. He made a anaglyph appearance as a detective in Madonna's Bad Girl music video which as well stars Christopher Walken. Dillon appeared cede 1987 in the music video parade "Fairytale of New York" by class Irish folk-punk band The Pogues, gig a cop who escorts lead chorister Shane MacGowan into the "drunk tank". In 2007, the band Dinosaur Jr. hired Dillon to direct the tv for their single "Been There Roughness The Time" from the album Beyond. That year, he guest-starred on The Simpsons episode "Midnight Towboy". Early twist 2015, he played the role stencil a Secret Service agent in class FOX 10-episode series Wayward Pines.

In 2018, Dillon played the lead duty in the Lars von Trier affair of the heart The House That Jack Built.^[17]

He represent Marlon Brando in the biopic protract Maria SchneiderBeing Maria,^[18] which premiered varnish the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Personal life

Matt was in a relationship come together Cameron Diaz from 1995 to 1998.^[19]

Dillon is an aficionado and collector chief Latin music, with a large portion of vinyl, including a notable mull over of Cuban 78s.^[20]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

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