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...
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Complete Filmography
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
2025
as Self
Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" finds new relevance as modern travelers and cultural figures like Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell and Natalie Merchant reveal ...

Haunted Heart
2024
as Max
On a beautiful remote island in Greece, young and spirited Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her fem...

Haunted Heart
2024
Executive Producer
On a beautiful remote island in Greece, young and spirited Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her fem...

Being Maria
2024
as Marlon Brando
A young, struggling actress lands her dream role in a film by an emerging Italian director, starring alongside an American superstar. What begins as h...

Asteroid City
2023
as The Mechanic
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

American Dreamer
2022
as Dell
In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that hi...

Land of Dreams
2022
as Alan
Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to control...

El Gran Fellove
2020
Director
Chronicles the musical career of Cuban scat singer and showman Francisco Fellove and the recording of his last album.

Capone
2020
as Johnny
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
2020
Author Barry Gifford's gritty autobiographical stories of growing up in 1950s Chicago provide the backdrop for an impressionistic documentary portrait...

Nimic
2020
as Father
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.

Proxima
2019
as Mike Shannon
Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stell...

Head Full of Honey
2018
as Nick
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkabl...

Running for Grace
2018
as Doc
An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc...

The House That Jack Built
2018
as Jack
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering...

The Man Who Built Cambodia
2017
as Narrator (voice)
An architect whose iconic buildings defined a newly independent Cambodia struggles to come to terms with the reckless development that threatens his l...

Going in Style
2017
as Arlen Hamer
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very b...

Uncle Howard
2017
as Self (archive footage)
When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on his...

Rock Dog
2016
as Trey (voice)
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting int...

Bad Country
2014
as Jesse Weiland
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's mo...

Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart
2014
as Larry Maretto (archive footage)
In an extraordinary and tragic American story, a small town murder becomes one of the highest profile cases of all time. From its historic role as the...

The Art of the Steal
2013
as Nicky Calhoun
Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in ...

Pawn Shop Chronicles
2013
as Richard
The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.

Sunlight Jr.
2013
as Richie
Quickie-mart employee Melissa and paraplegic Richie are very much in love. Supported only by Melissa’s small hourly wage, they are nevertheless thrill...

Girl Most Likely
2012
as George
A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.

Takers
2010
as Jack Welles
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings, John Rahway, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica successfully complete their latest h...

Armored
2009
as Mike Cochrane
A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with...

Old Dogs
2009
as Yancy Devlin
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge busines...

Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Patton Dubois
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her sourc...

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
as Self
As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out ar...

...So Goes the Nation
2006
as Self
A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
2006
as Narrator (Voice)
In the 1970s the North American Soccer League marked the first attempt to introduce soccer to American sports fans. While most teams had only limited ...

You, Me and Dupree
2006
as Carl
After standing in as best man for his longtime friend Carl Petersen, Randy Dupree loses his job, becomes a barfly and attaches himself to the newlywed...

The Story of ‘Fairytale of New York’
2005
as Self
A look at the creation of The Pogues' song "Fairytale of New York".

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
2005
as Self
Join director Francis Coppola and his remarkable cast as they reminisce about their experiences shooting "The Outsiders" in 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Herbie Fully Loaded
2005
as Trip Murphy
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to be...

Crash
2005
as Officer John Ryan
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a...

Factotum
2005
as Henry Chinaski
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live ...

Loverboy
2005
as Mark
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.

Employee of the Month
2004
as David Walsh
"Employee of the Month" is about a guy whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fian...

Abby Singer
2003
as Matt Dillon (uncredited)
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sunda...

Breakfast with Hunter
2003
as Self
Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing f...

Rockets Redglare!
2003
as Self
A portrait of Rockets Redglare, the morbidly obese fixture of New York's underground until his death in 2001. Rockets was the sometimes bodyguard/drug...

City of Ghosts
2002
as Jimmy
A con man who is on the run from law enforcement in the U.S. travels to Cambodia to collect his share in an insurance scam but discovers more than he...

City of Ghosts
2002
Director, Screenplay
A con man who is on the run from law enforcement in the U.S. travels to Cambodia to collect his share in an insurance scam but discovers more than he...

Deuces Wild
2002
as Fritzy
In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers...

One Night at McCool's
2001
as Randy
On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bar...

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as Detective (segment "Bad Girl")
A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, Rain, Secret, Take A Bow, Bedtime Story, Human Natu...

The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
1999
Portland, 1988. Filmmaker Gus Van Sant shoots Drugstore Cowboy, the project that will bring he and his collaborators a formidable burst of mainstream ...

The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
1999
Camera Operator
Portland, 1988. Filmmaker Gus Van Sant shoots Drugstore Cowboy, the project that will bring he and his collaborators a formidable burst of mainstream ...

There's Something About Mary
1998
as Pat Healy
For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom dat...

Wild Things
1998
as Sam Lombardo
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, re...

In & Out
1997
as Cameron Drake
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Pitch
1997
as Self
A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto Film Festival to pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film i...

Albino Alligator
1997
as Dova
While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the...

Grace of My Heart
1996
as Jay Phillips
Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York C...

Beautiful Girls
1996
as Tommy "Birdman" Rowland
During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connec...

Frankie Starlight
1995
as Terry Klout
The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and the two very different men who love her.

To Die For
1995
as Larry Maretto
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she make...

Golden Gate
1994
as Agent Kevin David Walker
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist-spying against a Chinese laundryman. 10 years later, he wants to make amends to the man a...

The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Matthew
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more...

Mr. Wonderful
1993
as Gus
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wif...

Singles
1992
as Cliff Poncier
A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991
as Eddie
Three short stories about women & men relationship.

A Kiss Before Dying
1991
as Jonathan Corliss
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father...

Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Regret
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hort...

Drugstore Cowboy
1989
as Bob
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, w...

Kansas
1988
as Doyle Kennedy
A young man returning home to attend a wedding hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber. Before he knows it, the man finds hi...

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Mike (voice)
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive f...

The Big Town
1987
as J.C. Cullen
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional ga...

Native Son
1986
as Jan
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teen...

Rebel
1985
as Rebel
This drama is set in World War II Australia, where an American Marine, Rebel is recuperating from wounds suffered in battle. He is weary of war and is...

Target
1985
as Chris Lloyd
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

The Flamingo Kid
1984
as Jeffrey Willis
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flaming...

Rumble Fish
1983
as Rusty James
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare w...

The Outsiders
1983
as Dallas Winston
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount ...

Tex
1982
as Tex McCormick
After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
1982
as Ralph
An adult Ralphie Parker narrates several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town.

Liar's Moon
1982
as Andrew Jackson "Jack" Duncan
In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town's banker (Jack's mom's high school sweetheart). G...

Wild Rides
1982
as Himself
A totally outrageous experience on the fastest roller coasters in the world.

My Bodyguard
1980
as Melvin Moody
Clifford Peach, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmat...

Little Darlings
1980
as Randy
Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.

Over the Edge
1979
as Richie
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.
An Ocean Apart
N/A
Set in Paris and Chicago in the late 1940s, "An Ocean Apart" revolves around the passionate, tempestuous love affair between Left Bank feminist writer...
The Fence
N/A
as Horn
Over the course of one night near a construction site in Senegal, a group of workers are confronted by a man seeking justice for his brother's death a...