Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

(1964) screenwriter United States

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Matt Dillon (born 1964) was a United States screenwriter.

About Matt Dillon

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 S. E. Hinton book adaptations: 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.

Notable works:

The Flamingo Kid

Awards:

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Donostia Award|MTV Movie Award for Best Villain

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