Matt Dillon Trivia
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Birth name: Matthew Raymond Dillon
Date of birth: 18 February 1964
Place of birth: New Rochelle, New York, USA
Nickname: Matt
Height: 6′ (1.83 m)
- Grew up in Mamaroneck, New York.
- Matt resides in the Upper West Side of New York City.
- His grandmother, Bea Dillon, is the sister of two famous artists: Alex Raymond and Jim Raymond. Alex Raymond was the creator of the cartoon strip, Flash Gordon; and also Jungle Jim and Rip Kirby. Jim Raymond drew Blondie for Chic Young for about 40 years.
- Matt’s father, Paul, is an investment manager and a portrait painter.
- Brother of Kevin Dillon.
- Although Dillon never finished high school, he prides himself on being a self-educated man who appreciates the finer things in life such as music, art and architecture, wine and food.
- 1979 “Discovered” at age 14 while cutting class in junior high school by casting director Vic Ramos; made screen acting debut, “Over the Edge”.
- Played hunk who deflowers Kristy McNichol in camp drama “Little Darlings” in 1980.
- Matt’s favourite filmmakers include Carol Reed.
- Cites Gene Hackman as a major idol and influence on his work, especially after working with him in Target (1985) .
- Dated Cameron Diaz for several years in the late 1990′s.
- Met Cameron Diaz in 1995 while both were filming movies in Minnesota; together from 1996 until September 1998.
- Matt wrote the script for City Of Ghosts.
- Matt is good friends with pulp novelist Barry Gifford.
- Original choice for Frank Sangster role in Novocaine (2001).
- Original choice for “Butch Coolidge” in Pulp Fiction (1994).
- Was the original choice for the role of Richard in The Blue Lagoon (1980), but turned the role down because of the nudity.
- He is the second child of six. His brothers and sisters are: Paul (born 1962), Kevin (born 1965), Katy (born 1966), Timothy (born 1969) and Brian (born 1972).
- His parents are Mary Ellen and Paul Dillon
- Enjoys frequenting flea markets.
- Has a large vinyl record collection.
- Is a big fan of Cuban music.
- Elisa Shores. rumored to be dating as of June 2004
- Has traveled extensively in Southeast Asia.
- Matt won an award for his role in Drugstore Cowboy. Matt also won various awards for his role in There’s Something about Mary.
- Matt was nominated for an Oscar for “Best Actor in a Supporting Role” for Crash.
- He Played a NASCAR champ who gets beat racing a lovable, animated Volkswagen Bug in “Herbie: Fully Loaded” (2005).
- Dillon is mentioned on Jeff Buckley’s Live at Sin-é: Legacy Edition CD. On track 5 Buckley mentions that he cut his hair because people thought he looked like Matt Dillon.
- Is a New York Mets baseball fan and collects Mookie Wilson baseball cards.
- If he wrote a book Matt says he would give it the title, ‘Songs My Mother Didn’t Teach Me.’
- “Matt Dillon” is also the fictional name of the hero of “Gunsmoke” (1955), television’s longest-running ever western series (20 years from 1955 to 1975). The hero, a U.S. Marshal for Dodge City, was played by James Arness.
- In 2002, Dillon took his first turn as a director in a film he also co-wrote and starred in. “City of Ghosts” was the story of con man who travels to Cambodia to get his share on an insurance scam but finds himself caught in a much more dangerous situation.
- Played a newlywed married to Kate Hudson in the comedy “You, Me and Dupree” in 2006.
- Matt Dillon played as Jack Welles in the film Takers (2010), a hard-boiled detective who interrupts the bank robbers’ heist.
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