Matt Dillon

ActorProducerDirectorWriterCinematographer Feb 18 (age 62) New Rochelle, New York, USA 1975–2026 (51 year career)

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Biography

Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director. He began his acting career in the late 1970s and quickly rose to fame as a teenage idol in the 1980s. Dillon made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and gained recognition with roles in My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), and The Outsiders (1983). As his career progressed, he took on more diverse roles, starring in critically acclaimed films such as Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Single…

Known For

Film

Crash

Officer John Ryan

Film

The House That Jack Built

Jack

Film

There's Something About Mary

Pat Healy

Film

Oz

Director

Film

Going in Style

Arlen Hamer

Film

The Outsiders

Dallas Winston

Film

Asteroid City

The Mechanic

Film

Wild Things

Sam Lombardo

Filmography

Acting (102)

Movies (82)

The Fence

2026 Upcoming

as Horn

Apr 8

I Play Rocky

2026 Upcoming

as Frank Stallone Sr.

Nov 13

Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation

as Self

Haunted Heart

as Max

Being Maria

as Marlon Brando

Asteroid City

as The Mechanic

American Dreamer

as Dell

Land of Dreams

as Alan

Nimic

as Father

Capone

as Johnny

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

Proxima

as Mike Shannon

The House That Jack Built

as Jack

Running for Grace

as Doc

Head Full of Honey

as Nick

Going in Style

as Arlen Hamer

The Man Who Built Cambodia

2017

as Narrator (voice)

Rock Dog

as Trey (voice)

Bad Country

as Jesse Weiland

The Art of the Steal

as Nicky Calhoun

Pawn Shop Chronicles

as Richard

Sunlight Jr.

as Richie

Girl Most Likely

as George

Takers

as Jack Welles

Old Dogs

as Yancy Devlin

Armored

as Mike Cochrane

Nothing But the Truth

2008

as Patton Dubois

6.9

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

as Self

You, Me and Dupree

as Carl

...So Goes the Nation

2006

as Self

6.8

Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos

as Narrator (Voice)

Crash

as Officer John Ryan

Herbie Fully Loaded

as Trip Murphy

Loverboy

as Mark

Factotum

as Henry Chinaski

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

2005

as Self

The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'

2005

as Self

7.2

On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Employee of the Month

2004

as David Walsh

5.7

Abby Singer

2003

as Matt Dillon (uncredited)

6.3

Rockets Redglare!

2003

as Self

6.0

Breakfast with Hunter

as Self

Deuces Wild

as Fritzy

City of Ghosts

as Jimmy

One Night at McCool's

2001

as Randy

5.8

The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

1999

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

1999

as Detective (segment "Bad Girl")

7.5

Wild Things

1998

as Sam Lombardo

6.4

There's Something About Mary

as Pat Healy

In & Out

as Cameron Drake

Pitch

as Self

Albino Alligator

as Dova

Beautiful Girls

as Tommy "Birdman" Rowland

Grace of My Heart

as Jay Phillips

To Die For

as Larry Maretto

Frankie Starlight

as Terry Klout

Golden Gate

as Agent Kevin David Walker

4.0

Mr. Wonderful

1993

as Gus

5.5

The Saint of Fort Washington

as Matthew

Singles

as Cliff Poncier

A Kiss Before Dying

as Jonathan Corliss

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

as Eddie

Drugstore Cowboy

as Bob

Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Regret

Kansas

as Doyle Kennedy

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

as Mike (voice)

The Big Town

as J.C. Cullen

Native Son

as Jan

Target

as Chris Lloyd

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

Rebel

as Rebel

The Flamingo Kid

as Jeffrey Willis

The Outsiders

as Dallas Winston

Rumble Fish

as Rusty James

Liar's Moon

as Andrew Jackson "Jack" Duncan

Tex

as Tex McCormick

Wild Rides

as Himself

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

as Ralph

My Bodyguard

as Melvin Moody

Little Darlings

as Randy

Over the Edge

as Richie

An Ocean Apart

Television (20)

High Desert

as Denny

Quotidien

as Self - Guest

Wayward Pines

as Ethan Burke

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Modern Family

as Robbie Sullivan

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Teen Choice Awards

as Self

The View

as Self

Leute heute

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Fishing with John

as Self

The Simpsons

as Louie (voice)

Domenica In

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Oscars

as Self

The Magnificent Seven

as Chris Adams

Crew (7)

Movies (5)

Haunted Heart

2024

Executive Producer

5.8

El Gran Fellove

2020

Director

City of Ghosts

Director

City of Ghosts

Screenplay

The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

1999

Camera Operator

Television (2)

1997

Director

8.0

The Magnificent Seven

Executive Producer