Matt Dillon
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1983–2018
- Schools and movements
- New HollywoodAmerican Independent CinemaContemporary European Art Cinema
Directors worked with
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 film adaptations of S. E. Hinton's books: 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 and honours
International
- Donostia Award 2006
National / local
- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 1999
- Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
4 films on this site
- Rumble Fish 1983 · Francis Ford Coppola · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
- The Outsiders 1983 · Francis Ford Coppola · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
- Drugstore Cowboy 1989 · Gus Van Sant · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
- The House That Jack Built 2018 · Lars von Trier · IMDb 6.8 · Cast