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'''[[File:Matt_Dillon.jpg|thumb]]Matthew Raymond''' "'''Matt'''" '''Dillon''' (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and film director. He began acting in the late 1970s, gaining fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s. He plays [[Robbie]] in the episode [[Princess Party]].
 
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|name = Matt Dillon
==Early life==
 
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|image = [[File:Matt_Dillon.jpg|275px]]
Matthew Raymond Dillon was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle,_New_York New Rochelle, New York], to second-generation Irish American parents Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> He was raised in a close-knit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church Roman Catholic] family as the second of six children.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-3 [4]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup> Dillon's paternal grandmother was the sister of comic strip artist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Raymond Alex Raymond].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-5 [6]]</sup> Dillon has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Dillon Kevin Dillon],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-6 [7]]</sup> is also an actor and appeared on the hit TV series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entourage_%28TV_series%29 Entourage]'', which earned him several Emmy nominations in the supporting actor comedy category. Dillon grew up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamaroneck_%28town%29,_New_York Mamaroneck, New York], and before dropping out in junior year, he attended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamaroneck_High_School Mamaroneck High School].<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup>
 
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|Gender = Male
==Career==
 
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|Born = February 18, 1964
In 1978, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Bernstein Jane Bernstein] and a friend were helping director [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kaplan Jonathan Kaplan] cast the violent teen drama ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Edge_%28film%29 Over the Edge]'' when they found Dillon cutting class at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hommocks_Middle_School Hommocks Middle School] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larchmont,_New_York Larchmont]. Dillon auditioned for a role and made his debut in the film.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-7 [8]]</sup> The film received a regional, limited theatrical release in May 1979, and grossed only slightly over $200,000.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-8 [9]]</sup> Dillon's performance was well-received, which led to his casting in two films released the following year; the teenage sex comedy ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Darlings Little Darlings]'', in which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristy_McNichol Kristy McNichol]'s character loses her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity] to a boy from the camp across the lake, played by Dillon, and the more serious teen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramedy dramedy] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bodyguard My Bodyguard]'', where he played a high-school bully opposite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Makepeace Chris Makepeace]. The films, released in March and July 1980, respectively, were box office successes<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-boxoffice_9-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-boxoffice-9 [10]]</sup> and raised Dillon's profile among teenage audiences.
 
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|Character = [[Robbie Sullivan]]
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|Occupation = Actor, film director
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|Years Active = 1979 - present}}'''Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon''' is an American actor and film director. He began acting in the late 1970's, and gained fame as a teenage idol during the 1980's. He has appeared in films such as ''Little Darlings'', ''My Bodyguard'', ''Tex'', ''Rumble Fish'', ''The Outsiders'', ''Drugstore Cowboy'', ''Singles'', ''Beautiful Girls'', ''There's Something About Mary'', ''Wild Things'', ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'', ''Crash'', ''You, Me and Dupree'', and ''Armored''. In 2013, he appeared in the comedy film ''The Art of the Steal'' as an art thief alongside Kurt Russell.
   
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Matt played Robbie Sullivan, [[Claire Dunphy]]'s ex-boyfriend, in "[[Princess Party]]".
Another of Dillon's early roles was in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd Jean Shepherd] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS PBS] special ''The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters''.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-10 [11]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-11 [12]]</sup> The only available copies of this film are stored at UCLA, where a legal dispute makes it unavailable to the public.
 
 
One of his next roles was in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar%27s_Moon Liar's Moon]'', where he played Jack Duncan, a poor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas Texas] boy madly in love with a rich banker's daughter. In the early 1980s, Dillon also had prominent roles in three adaptations of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._E._Hinton S. E. Hinton] novels: ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_%28film%29 Tex]'' (1982), ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_%28film%29 The Outsiders]'' (1983) and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_Fish Rumble Fish]'' (1983). All three films were shot in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma], Hinton's hometown. ''The Outsiders'' and ''Rumble Fish'' had Dillon working with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola Francis Ford Coppola] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Lane Diane Lane]. He followed those up with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flamingo_Kid The Flamingo Kid]'' in 1984. He made his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre Broadway] debut with the play ''The Boys of Winter'' in 1985.
 
 
Dillon did voiceover work in the 1987 documentary film ''Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam''. In 1989, Dillon won critical acclaim for his performance as a drug addict in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Van_Sant Gus Van Sant]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugstore_Cowboy Drugstore Cowboy]''.
 
 
Dillon continued to work in the early 1990s with roles in movies like ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_%281992_film%29 Singles]'' (1992). He had somewhat of a career resurgence when he played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Kidman Nicole Kidman]'s husband in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Die_For To Die For]'' (1995), as well as starring roles in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Things Wild Things]'' (1998) and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Mary There's Something About Mary]'' (1998), for which he received an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_Awards MTV Movie Award] for Best Villain.
 
 
In 2002, he wrote and directed the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Ghosts City of Ghosts]'', starring himself, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Caan James Caan] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Depardieu Gérard Depardieu]. That same year he starred in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factotum_%28film%29 Factotum]Actually 2005.'', a film adaptation of an autobiographical work by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski Charles Bukowski]. Two years later he received critical praise and earned a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture Best Supporting Actor] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe Golden Globe] along with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award Oscar] nominations for his role in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]'', a film co-written and directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Haggis Paul Haggis]. In 2005 Dillon co-starred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company Disney's] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie:_Fully_Loaded Herbie: Fully Loaded]'' and on March 11, 2006 hosted ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live Saturday Night Live]'', in which he impersonated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Anderson Greg Anderson]<sup class="plainlinks noprint Inline-Template" style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://toolserver.org/%7Edispenser/cgi-bin/dab_solver.py?page=Matt_Dillon&editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/editintro&client=Template:Dn disambiguation needed]'']</sup> and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling Rod Serling] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketch_comedy sketches].
 
 
Dillon starred in the comedy ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You,_Me_and_Dupree You, Me and Dupree]'', opposite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Hudson Kate Hudson] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Wilson Owen Wilson]. The film opened on July 14, 2006. On September 29, 2006, Dillon was honored with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premio_Donostia Premio Donostia] prize in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Sebasti%C3%A1n_International_Film_Festival San Sebastián International Film Festival].
 
 
Dillon contributed his voice as the narrator, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal_Paradise Sal Paradise], in an audiobook version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac Jack Kerouac]'s novel ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road On the Road]''. In 2006, he narrated ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_in_a_Lifetime:_The_Extraordinary_Story_of_the_New_York_Cosmos Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos]''.
 
 
Dillon appeared in several music videos during his career. He made a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_appearance cameo appearance] as a detective in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_%28entertainer%29 Madonna]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Girl_%28Madonna_song%29#Music_video Bad Girl]'' music video which also stars [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken Christopher Walken]. Dillon appeared in 1987 in the music video for "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairytale_of_New_York Fairytale of New York]" by the Irish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk-punk folk-punk] band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pogues The Pogues] playing a cop who escorts lead singer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_MacGowan Shane MacGowan] into the drunk tank". In 2007, the band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Jr. Dinosaur Jr.] hired Dillon to direct the video for their single "Been There All The Time" from the album ''Beyond''. That year, he starred in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]'' episode "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Towboy Midnight Towboy]".
 
==Personal life==
 
Dillon had a three-year relationship with actress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Diaz Cameron Diaz] in the late 1990s.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-12 [13]]</sup>
 
 
On December 30, 2008, he was arrested by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_State_Police Vermont State Police] after he was clocked traveling at 106 miles per hour northbound on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_91 Interstate 91] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbury_%28town%29,_Vermont Newbury, Vermont].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-13 [14]]</sup> He was charged with negligent operation of a vehicle. His attorney, Mark Kaplan, entered a plea of not guilty on Dillon's behalf in a January appearance in Orange County Court in Chelsea, and also appeared in court on February 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-14 [15]]</sup> He faced a maximum of one year in jail, and a fine of $1,000. He pleaded guilty to speeding and paid a $828 fine on March 30, 2009; in return, the negligence charge was dismissed by prosecutors.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dillon#cite_note-15 [16]]</sup>
 
==Cultural influence==
 
Dillon is mentioned on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley Jeff Buckley]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Sin-%C3%A9_%28Legacy_Edition%29 Live at Sin-é: Legacy Edition]'' CD. On the fifth track Buckley mentions that he cut his hair because people thought he looked like Matt Dillon. Dillon's name is dropped in the lyrics of "After the Fire", a song that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend Pete Townshend] wrote for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Daltrey Roger Daltrey]'s solo album ''Under a Raging Moon'':
 
I saw Matt Dillon in black and white/There ain't no colour in memories/He rode his brother's Harley across the TV/ While I was laughing at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_DeLuise Dom DeLuise]
 
Dillon is also mentioned in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencey_Prep Pencey Prep]'s "Don Quixote" from the album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreak_in_Stereo Heartbreak in Stereo]''.
 
I dance the same dance every night / It's only you you're killing / Super glue the queen of hearts and the information she's spilling / Matt Dillon.
 
 
 
==Filmography==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Matt_Dillon_2005.jpg ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Matt_Dillon_2005.jpg ]Dillon at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Cannes_Film_Festival 2005 Cannes Film Festival].
 
{| class="wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter"
 
! class="headerSort" title="Sort ascending"|Year
 
! class="headerSort" title="Sort ascending"|Film
 
! class="headerSort" title="Sort ascending"|Role
 
! class="headerSort" title="Sort ascending"|Notes
 
|-
 
|1979
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Edge_%28film%29 Over the Edge]''
 
|Richie White
 
|Film debut
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|1980
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bodyguard My Bodyguard]''
 
|Melvin Moody
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Darlings Little Darlings]''
 
|Randy Adams
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|1982
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_%28film%29 Tex]''
 
|Tex McCormick
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar%27s_Moon Liar's Moon]''
 
|Jack Duncan
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="3"|1983
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_Fish Rumble Fish]''
 
|Rusty James
 
|
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amazed_%28film%29&action=edit&redlink=1 Amazed]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ewan_Willson&action=edit&redlink=1 Ewan Willson]
 
|
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_%28film%29 The Outsiders]
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_%28novel%29#Greasers Dallas 'Dally' Winston]
 
|
 
|-
 
|1984
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flamingo_Kid The Flamingo Kid]''
 
|Jeffrey Willis
 
|
 
|-
 
|1985
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_%281985_film%29 Target]''
 
|Chris Lloyd/Derek Potter
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|1986
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Native_Son_%281986_film%29&action=edit&redlink=1 Native Son]''
 
|Jan
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_%28film%29 Rebel]''
 
|Rebel
 
|
 
|-
 
|1987
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Town_%281987_film%29 The Big Town]''
 
|J. C. Cullen
 
|
 
|-
 
|1988
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_%28film%29 Kansas]''
 
|Doyle Kennedy
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|1989
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugstore_Cowboy Drugstore Cowboy]''
 
|Bob
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Male_Lead Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead]
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhounds_of_Broadway_%281989_film%29 Bloodhounds of Broadway]''
 
|Regret
 
|
 
|-
 
|1991
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Kiss_Before_Dying_%281991_film%29 A Kiss Before Dying]''
 
|Jonathan Corliss
 
|
 
|-
 
|1992
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_%281992_film%29 Singles]''
 
|Cliff Poncier
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|1993
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saint_of_Fort_Washington The Saint of Fort Washington]''
 
|Matthew
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Wonderful_%28film%29 Mr. Wonderful]''
 
|Gus
 
|
 
|-
 
|1994
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_%28film%29 Golden Gate]''
 
|Kevin Walker
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|1995
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Die_For To Die For]''
 
|Larry Maretto
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Starlight Frankie Starlight]''
 
|Terry Klout
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="3"|1996
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_of_My_Heart Grace of My Heart]''
 
|Jay Phillips
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albino_Alligator Albino Alligator]''
 
|Dova
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Girls_%28film%29 Beautiful Girls]''
 
|Tommy 'Birdman' Rowland
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="1"|1997
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_%26_Out In & Out]''
 
|Cameron Drake
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|1998
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Mary There's Something About Mary]''
 
|Patrick (Pat) Healy
 
|Won-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_Award_for_Best_Villain MTV Movie Award for Best Villain]
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Things Wild Things]''
 
|Sam Lombardo
 
|
 
|-
 
|2001
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Night_at_McCool%27s One Night at McCool's]''
 
|Randy
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|2002
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuces_Wild Deuces Wild]''
 
|Fritzy
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Ghosts City of Ghosts]''
 
|Jimmy
 
|also director and writer
 
|-
 
|2003
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_Singer_%28film%29 Abby Singer]''
 
|Himself
 
|
 
|-
 
|2004
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_of_the_Month_%282004_film%29 Employee of the Month]''
 
|David Walsh
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|2005
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie:_Fully_Loaded Herbie: Fully Loaded]''
 
|Trip Murphy
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|Sgt. John Ryan
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Reel_Award_for_Best_Ensemble Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas-Fort_Worth_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Male Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_a_Cast_in_a_Motion_Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Supporting_Role BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Cast Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Award_for_Best_Actor Empire Award for Best Actor]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_Awards_2005 Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_a_Male_Actor_in_a_Supporting_Role Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]
 
Nominated - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]
 
|-
 
| rowspan="3"|2006
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factotum_%28film%29 Factotum]''
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Chinaski Henry Chinaski]
 
|playing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski Charles Bukowski]
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You,_Me_and_Dupree You, Me and Dupree]''
 
|Carl Peterson
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loverboy_%282005_film%29 Loverboy]''
 
|Mark
 
|limited release
 
|-
 
|2008
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_but_the_Truth_%282008_American_film%29 Nothing But the Truth]''
 
|Patton Dubois
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|2009
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dogs_%28film%29 Old Dogs]''
 
|Barry
 
|
 
|-
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_%28film%29 Armored]''
 
|Mike Cochrane
 
|
 
|-
 
|2010
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takers Takers]''
 
|Det. Jack Welles
 
|
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" style="text-align: center;"
 
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Television
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" style="text-align: center;"
 
!Year
 
!Title
 
!Role
 
!Notes
 
|-
 
|1982
 
|''The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters''
 
|Ralph
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS PBS] TV-Movie
 
|-
 
|1991
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_%26_Men_2 Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules]''
 
|Eddie Megeffin
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO HBO] TV-Movie
 
|-
 
|1991
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_with_John Fishing with John]''
 
|
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Film_Channel IFC]
 
|-
 
|1999
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_%28TV_series%29 Oz]''
 
|
 
|'''Director of Episode''':<br />Napoleon's Boney Parts
 
|-
 
|2007
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]''
 
|Louie
 
|'''Voice/Episode''':<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Towboy Midnight Towboy]
 
|-
 
|2011
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Family Modern Family]''
 
|Robbie Sullivan
 
|'''Episode''':<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Party Princess Party]
 
|}
 
==Awards and nominations==
 
Matt Dillon has won several awards in his career including Screen Actors Guild Award, MTV Movie Award and Independent Spirit Award. He was also nominated for many awards which includes Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA with the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash].'' He was also honored in the San Sebastián International Film Festival where he received the "Donostia Lifetime Archievement Award." This list includes awards and nominations for his work. In the "Best Ensemble" category, he shared the award with the rest of the ensemble cast.
 
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!Year
 
!Ceremony/Award
 
!Nomination
 
!Film
 
!Result
 
|-
 
|1981
 
| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Artist_Award Young Artist Awards]
 
|Best Young Motion Picture Actor
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bodyguard My Bodyguard]''
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|1983
 
|Best Young Actor – Motion Picture
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_%28film%29 Tex]''
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|1990
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Awards Independent Spirit Awards]
 
|Best Actor
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugstore_Cowboy Drugstore Cowboy]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
| rowspan="4"|1999
 
| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_Awards MTV Movie Awards]
 
|Best Villain (tied)
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Mary There's Something About Mary]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|Best Kiss (shared)
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Things Wild Things]''
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Choice_Awards Teen Choice Awards]
 
|Film – Funniest Scene
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Mary There's Something About Mary]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|'''Blockbuster Entertainment Awards'''
 
|Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Mary There's Something About Mary]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
| rowspan="9"|2005
 
|'''Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards'''
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_Awards Gotham Awards]
 
|Tribute Award
 
| -
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|Best Ensemble Cast
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|'''Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards'''
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|'''Hollywood Film Festival'''
 
|Ensemble of the Year
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Awards Satellite Awards]
 
|Best Ensemble
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]
 
|Best Cast
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Film_Critics_Society_Awards Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards]
 
|Best Cast
 
|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
| rowspan="13"|2006
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards Academy Awards]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
| rowspan="12"|''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%282004_film%29 Crash]''
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Awards BAFTA Awards]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Reel_Awards Black Reel Awards]
 
|Best Ensemble
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Awards Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Award Critics' Choice Award]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|Best Ensemble
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Awards Empire Awards]
 
|Best Actor
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe Golden Globe]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Awards Independent Spirit Awards]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Awards Online Film Critics Society Awards]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
| rowspan="2"|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award SAG Awards]
 
|Best Supporting Actor
 
|Nominated
 
|-
 
|Best Cast
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Sebasti%C3%A1n_International_Film_Festival San Sebastián International Film Festival]
 
|Donostia Lifetime Archievement Award
 
| -
 
|'''Won'''
 
|-
 
|2007
 
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_International_Film_Festival Cairo International Film Festival]
 
|Special Award
 
| -
 
|'''Won'''
 
|}
 
 
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Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon is an American actor and film director. He began acting in the late 1970's, and gained fame as a teenage idol during the 1980's. He has appeared in films such as Little Darlings, My Bodyguard, Tex, Rumble Fish, The Outsiders, Drugstore Cowboy, Singles, Beautiful Girls, There's Something About Mary, Wild Things, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Crash, You, Me and Dupree, and Armored. In 2013, he appeared in the comedy film The Art of the Steal as an art thief alongside Kurt Russell.

Matt played Robbie Sullivan, Claire Dunphy's ex-boyfriend, in "Princess Party".