Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon's biography is fascinating and tells the story of a teenage bully who became a famous actor. Without higher education and basic acting skills, the teenager became a talented artist with extensive filmography.

Matt Dillon was born on February 18, 1964, in New Rochelle, New York. His mother Mary Ellen was a housewife and raised six children - a girl and five boys. Dad worked as a sales manager and was fond of drawing portraits. Because of the large number of children, little Matt was not given enough education, and he had to grow up on the street.

The Dillon family was Catholic and had Irish roots. Traditionally, the family often went to church, but religious was never. Matt's younger brother, Kevin Dillon, in the future also became an actor, known for the comedy series "Beautiful". My mother's uncles Alex and Jim were professional artists. So, Alex, drawing another comic book, came up with a superhero Flash Gordon.

The future actor grew up a lost boy who could not do anything. He spent his childhood in the town of Mamaronek. To make money, Matt had to work as a loader and newspaper peddling. Due to his early participation in filming, the director had to give the guy 4 hours a day to study. Despite the lack of effort in school, the teenager successfully passed the exams. He was not going to go to higher education and began to build an acting career.

Dillon's film career began at the age of 15, when he was noticed by director Jonathan Kaplan. He saw potential in the guy and offered to play the role of a difficult teenager in the film "Over the Edge". The picture told about young street guys who grew up and were brought up according to the laws of the street. The guys led a rabid lifestyle, were registered with the police and did not want to improve.

Matt loved this movie, and he continued to act. Thus, in 1993, the guy collaborated with the director Francis Coppola and starred in the film "The Outpouring", where together with Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze played the role of a member of a street criminal gang. The audience noticed Dillon after the release of the film "Fighting Fish", filmed in the same year. His character was Rusty James - the leader of a small gang of teenagers.

Another significant role of Matt was the drug addict Bobby in the film "The Pharmacy Cowboy." The film was shot in 1989 and won the prize at the Berlin Film Festival. The next nine years were without high-profile premieres, and in 1998 the artist received the first award for best villain in the comedy "Everybody is crazy about Mary".

In 2005, the drama "Clash" appeared in cinemas, where Matt played a racist policeman. The artist was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor, but he was not awarded a win in any of them.

Matt Dillon played rebels and bad guys, and rarely starred in comedies. Thus, in 2006 the film "He, Me and his friends" was released, where the actor was in the role of Carl Peterson. The artist admitted in an interview that he made such films for the sake of his nephews and nieces. He does not want to show the children pictures where he consumes alcohol, smokes and has group sex.

Dillon rarely starred in comedies before "Everybody's Crazy about Mary," where he worked alongside actress Cameron Diaz. Before the release of this film, the directors did not see In Matt a comic character and rarely called for such shootings. But after its film adaptation in 1998, the artist began to be offered a job in humorous film projects. So, the films "Get Away Beautifully," "Chronicles of the pawnshop," "Crazy races," "So-so vacation" and others were filmed.

Matt Dillon also starred in erotic adaptations. The most famous was the picture "Wildness." It assigned three genres at once: crime detective, thriller and erotica. The artist collaborated with Niv Campbell and Denise Richards. The girls were lesbians Susie and Kelly, and Dillon became the main character Sam Lombardo.

In 2018, a horror film "The House That Jack Built" was released. Dillon played the title role of Jack, who became for 12 years a professional serial maniac. The budget of the painting was 8.7 million. Director Lars von Trier and actors Uma Thurman, Riley Keo and Bruno Ganz worked and participated on the filming.

In addition to acting, Matt tried himself as a director. He first directed an episode of "Prison of Oz" in 1999. In 2002, Dillon worked on a feature film "Ghost City" where he played the title role. The man wrote the film with Barry Gifford.

Matt's personal life is not used to advertising. From 1996 to 1998, he had an affair with actress Cameron Diaz.

They fell in love on the set of the comedy "Everybody is crazy about Mary", but the artist did not dare to become his wife. After that, nothing was known about the actor's relationship with women. He doesn't have any children yet.

Now Matt Dillon is working on a new film project "Proxima" which is filmed in Russia. The only thing we know about the film is that events are developing in space. The film is scheduled to premiere on June 29, 2019.

The man also maintains his Instagram account. He regularly replenishes his photos, but they are difficult to understand what the artist does besides work. Occasionally there are photos that show how he was in his youth.

His main hobby is music. The artist plays percussion instruments and collects vinyl records.

1979 - "Over the Edge"

1983 - "Fighting Fish"

1983 - "The Outgoe"

1989 - "The Pharmacy Cowboy"

1993 - "Mr. Miracle"

1998 - "Everyone's crazy about Mary"

1998 - "Wildness"

2004 - "Clash"

2006 - "He, Me and His Friends"

2018 - "The House Jack Built"

Matt Dillon's estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & much more details has been updated below.

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Matt Dillon Net Worth 2021

Matt Dillon 's revenue is $1.4M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Matt Dillon and could vary in the range between $838.5K - $1.1M.

Matt Dillon Net Worth 2020

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Matt Dillon Net Worth 2019

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Matt Dillon Net Worth 2018

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Matt Dillon Net Worth 2017

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Matt Dillon Net Worth 2016

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Matt Dillon Net Worth 2015

Matt Dillon 's revenue is $1.6M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Matt Dillon and could vary in the range between $580.1K - $1.2M.

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