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Matt Dillon

Born 1964 · American actor

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.

Matt Dillon, in order

  1. 1979 Over the Edge: acted · directed by Jonathan Kaplan
  2. 1980 Little Darlings: acted · directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
  3. 1980 My Bodyguard: acted · directed by Tony Bill · critics 79%, audiences 70%
  4. 1982 Tex: acted · directed by Tim Hunter · critics 82%, audiences 66%
  5. 1983 Rumble Fish: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 78%, audiences 80%
  6. 1983 The Outsiders: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 69%, audiences 82% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Philo
  7. 1984 The Flamingo Kid: acted · directed by Garry Marshall
  8. 1985 Rebel: acted · directed by Michael Jenkins
  9. 1985 Target: acted · directed by Arthur Penn
  10. 1986 Native Son: acted · directed by Jerrold Freedman
  11. 1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam: acted · directed by Bill Couturié
  12. 1987 The Big Town: acted · directed by Harold Becker · critics 50%, audiences 35% · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
  13. 1988 Kansas: acted · directed by David Stevens
  14. 1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway: acted · directed by Howard Brookner
  15. 1989 Drugstore Cowboy: acted · directed by Gus Van Sant
  16. 1991 A Kiss Before Dying: acted · directed by James Dearden
  17. 1991 Fishing with John (TV series): acted
  18. 1991 Madonna: Truth or Dare: acted · directed by Alek Keshishian
  19. 1991 Women & Men 2 (TV movie): acted · directed by Walter Bernstein
  20. 1992 Singles: acted · directed by Cameron Crowe · critics 81%, audiences 73% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, YouTube (free)
  21. 1993 Mr. Wonderful: acted · directed by Anthony Minghella · critics 56%, audiences 42% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  22. 1993 The Saint of Fort Washington: acted · directed by Tim Hunter
  23. 1994 Golden Gate: acted · directed by John Madden
  24. 1995 Frankie Starlight: acted · directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
  25. 1995 To Die For: acted · directed by Gus Van Sant · critics 88%, audiences 66%
  26. 1996 Albino Alligator: acted · directed by Kevin Spacey
  27. 1996 Beautiful Girls: acted · directed by Ted Demme
  28. 1996 Grace of My Heart: acted · directed by Allison Anders · critics 81%, audiences 79% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  29. 1997 In & Out: acted · directed by Frank Oz · critics 76%, audiences 52% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  30. 1997 Pitch: acted · directed by Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice
  31. 1998 There's Something About Mary: acted · directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly · critics 84%, audiences 61% · streaming on fuboTV, Pluto TV
  32. 1998 Wild Things: acted · directed by John McNaughton
  33. 2001 One Night at McCool's: acted · directed by Harald Zwart · critics 33%, audiences 41%
  34. 2002 City of Ghosts: directed, wrote, acted
  35. 2002 Deuces Wild: acted · directed by Scott Kalvert · critics 3%, audiences 51% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  36. 2003 Abby Singer: acted · directed by Roni Size
  37. 2004 Crash: acted · directed by Paul Haggis · critics 74%, audiences 88% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  38. 2004 Employee of the Month: acted · directed by Mitch Rouse
  39. 2005 Factotum: acted · directed by Bent Hamer
  40. 2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded: acted · directed by Angela Robinson
  41. 2005 Loverboy: acted · directed by Kevin Bacon
  42. 2006 ...So Goes the Nation: acted · directed by Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern
  43. 2006 Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos: acted · directed by John Dower and Paul Crowder
  44. 2006 You, Me and Dupree: acted · directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo · critics 21%, audiences 50%
  45. 2007 Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten: acted · directed by Julien Temple · critics 89%, audiences 87% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV
  46. 2008 Nothing but the Truth: acted · directed by Rod Lurie
  47. 2009 Armored: acted · directed by Nimród Antal
  48. 2009 Modern Family (TV series): acted
  49. 2009 Old Dogs: acted · directed by Walt Becker
  50. 2010 Takers: acted · directed by John Luessenhop · critics 28%, audiences 62% · streaming on YouTube (free), Starz
  51. 2012 Girl Most Likely: acted · directed by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
  52. 2013 Pawn Shop Chronicles: acted · directed by Wayne Kramer · streaming on Philo, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
  53. 2013 Sunlight Jr.: acted · directed by Laurie Collyer
  54. 2013 The Art of the Steal: acted · directed by Jonathan Sobol
  55. 2014 Whiskey Bay: acted · directed by Chris Brinker
  56. 2015 Wayward Pines (TV series): acted · directed by M. Night Shyamalan
  57. 2017 Going in Style: acted · directed by Zach Braff
  58. 2018 Head Full of Honey: acted · directed by Til Schweiger
  59. 2018 Running for Grace: acted · directed by David L. Cunningham
  60. 2018 The House That Jack Built: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
  61. 2019 Nimic (short film): acted · directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
  62. 2019 Proxima: acted · directed by Alice Winocour
  63. 2020 Capone: acted · directed by Josh Trank
  64. 2022 American Dreamer: acted · directed by Paul Dektor · critics 49%, audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
  65. 2023 Asteroid City: acted · directed by Wes Anderson
  66. 2023 High Desert (TV series): acted · directed by Jay Roach · critics 69%, audiences 77% · streaming on Apple TV
  67. 2024 Haunted Heart: acted · directed by Fernando Trueba
  68. 2025 The Fence: acted · directed by Claire Denis
  69. 2026 I Play Rocky: acted · directed by Peter Farrelly