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Matt Dillon

Birth name: Matthew Raymond Dillon

Birth date: 18.02.1964

Originally a teen star (generally in "troubled youth" roles), who has since matured into one of Hollywood's most enjoyable actors to watch on screen with a wonderful versatility in his acting range, tall, lean and handsome Matt Dillon was born in February 1964 in New Rochelle, New York, and was discovered by pure chance. Talent scouts were roaming the halls of Hommocks School, spied the good-looking Dillon, and asked him to attend a casting call. He showed up, put on a swagger and petulant attitude for the casting director and landed his first film role, appearing in Over the Edge (1979), a "troubled-youth" film about bored Colorado teenagers fighting developers, their parents and the police. His next role was as a teen bully who gets his comeuppance in the "feel-good" movie My Bodyguard (1980). He was the object of teenage female desire in Little Darlings (1980), and followed that as a poor boy eloping with a rich girl in Liar's Moon (1982). Dillon was now a hot property, and his next three film roles were in quality productions of best selling novels by author S.E. Hinton that cemented him as the US' #1 teen star. First he starred as a fatherless country boy in Tex (1982), then he headlined a cast of superb young actors, including Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze, in the moving The Outsiders (1983), and finally he was back in trouble once more in the superb Rumble Fish (1983). As his looks matured, Dillon moved into broader roles such as the smooth-talking Brooklyn teenager conning everyone at a posh Florida country club in The Flamingo Kid (1984). He made his first foray into adult action with Gene Hackman in the thriller _Target (1985/I)_ , followed by several B-grade romantic efforts, before striking gold with the critics with his performance in the uncompromising 'Gus van Sant' film about drug addicts, Drugstore Cowboy (1989). Unfortunately, his next few films fell back into a degree of mediocrity until another intriguing performance as a young schizophrenic in The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), then another romantic comedy role in Mr. Wonderful (1993). He worked again with van Sant as naive husband Larry Maretto opposite murderous Nicole Kidman in the icy thriller To Die For (1995). Dillon remained busy and turned in excellent performances in the sexy thriller of murder and double-crosses, Wild Things (1998). He was hilarious as a sleazy private eye lovestruck by Cameron Diaz in the box-office smash There's Something About Mary (1998). He starred in the black comedy One Night at McCool's (2001), made his feature film directorial debut with City of Ghosts (2002), had a day that goes from bad to worse in Employee of the Month (2004), and a minor role in the Canadian film _Crash (2004).

Filmography

# You, Me and Dupree movie buy and download page (2006) .... Carl Peterson # "Saturday Night Live" ... aka SNL ... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title) - Episode #31.14 (2006) TV Episode .... Host # Herbie Fully Loaded movie buy and download page (2005) .... Trip Murphy # Factotum movie buy and download page (2005) .... Henry Chinaski # Loverboy (2005) .... Mark # Crash movie buy and download page (2004/I) .... Officer John Ryan ... aka L.A. Crash movie buy and download page (Germany) # Employee of the Month movie buy and download page (2004) .... David Walsh # City of Ghosts (2002) .... Jimmy # Deuces Wild (2002) .... Fritzy ... aka Deuces Wild - Wild in den Straßen (Germany) # One Night at McCool's (2001) .... Randy # Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (V) (uncredited) .... Detective (segment "Bad Girl") # There's Something About Mary (1998) .... Pat Healy ... aka There's Something More About Mary (USA: DVD title) # Wild Things (1998) .... Sam Lombardo ... aka wildthings (USA: video box title) # In & Out (1997) .... Cameron Drake # Albino Alligator (1996) .... Dova ... aka Albino Alligator (France) # Grace of My Heart (1996) .... Jay Phillips # Beautiful Girls (1996) .... Tommy 'Birdman' Rowland # Frankie Starlight (1995) .... Terry Klout # To Die For (1995) .... Larry Maretto # Golden Gate (1994) .... Kevin Walker # Mr. Wonderful (1993) .... Gus # The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) .... Matthew # Singles (1992) .... Cliff Poncier # Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991) (TV) .... Eddie Megeffin ... aka The Art of Seduction (UK: DVD box title) ... aka Women & Men 2 # A Kiss Before Dying (1991) .... Jonathan Corliss # Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) .... Regret # Drugstore Cowboy (1989) .... Bob # Kansas (1988) .... Doyle Kennedy # The Big Town (1987) .... J.C. Cullen # Native Son (1986) .... Jan # Rebel (1985) .... Rebel # Target (1985) .... Chris Lloyd/Derek Potter # The Flamingo Kid (1984) .... Jeffrey Willis # Rumble Fish (1983) .... Rusty James # The Outsiders movie buy and download page (1983) .... Dallas 'Dally' Winston ... aka The Outsiders movie buy and download page - The Complete Novel (USA: director's cut) # Liar's Moon (1982) .... Jack Duncan # Tex (1982) .... Tex McCormick # The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters (1982) (TV) .... Ralph # Gunmen's Blues (1981) .... Matt # My Bodyguard (1980) .... Melvin Moody # Little Darlings (1980) .... Randy # Over the Edge (1979) .... Richie