Photo: Matt Dillon (Guadalajara) 4.jpg: Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara derivative work: MyCanon (talk) / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Matt Dillon is my favorite kind of movie star: the one who quietly became a character actor without losing his leading-man presence. Emerging from New Rochelle as a teenage idol, he could have settled for handsome-rebel roles forever; instead he kept choosing risk, playing villains charming enough to win an MTV Movie Award in 1999 and earning the Donostia Award in 2006 for a career of real substance. He directs and writes too, which tells me he studies film rather than just appearing in it. Decades in, he still feels authentic — weathered, unhurried, and never once embarrassing to root for.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matt Dillon
- Name (Japanese)
- マット・ディロン
- Reading
- まっと・でぃろん
- Born
- February 18, 1964 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- New Rochelle, New York, United States
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / film director / screenwriter / television actor
2. Background
- High school
- Mamaroneck High School
- University
- Compton College
Awards & achievements
- 2006 Donostia Award
- 1999 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Matt Dillon born?
Born February 18, 1964 (age 62).
Where is Matt Dillon from?
Matt Dillon is from New Rochelle, New York, United States.
What does Matt Dillon do?
Matt Dillon works as actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.