Biography
Matthew Raymond Dillon is an American actor. He 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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Awards & recognition
- Donostia Award · 2006
- MTV Movie Award — Best Villain · 1999
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2006 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Oz
The Simpsons
Modern Family
Fishing with John
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Crash
The Outsiders
The House That Jack Built
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Drugstore Cowboy
Over the Edge
Nothing But the Truth
Rumble Fish
Wayward Pines
Saturday Night Live
High Desert
Going in Style
The Saint of Fort Washington
Nimic
There's Something About Mary
Beautiful Girls
To Die For
Being Maria
Asteroid City
Running for Grace
In & Out
Little Darlings
Head Full of Honey
Wild Things
The Daily Show
Singles
My Bodyguard
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Proxima
Rock Dog
The Art of the Steal
Takers
Factotum
Grace of My Heart
Tex
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
American Dreamer
Target
Haunted Heart
Pawn Shop Chronicles
Armored
Herbie: Fully Loaded
City of Ghosts
Employee of the Month
Albino Alligator