Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American
actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s, and developed a successful career as a mature actor in the decades following, culminating in an
Academy Award nomination for his performance in the movie
Crash.
Early life
Matthew Raymond Dillon was born in
New Rochelle, New York, to second-generation Irish American Catholic parents Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter and sales manager for
Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer.
[Cigar Aficionado | People Profile | Matt Dillon][Matt Dillon Biography (1964-)] Through his father, Dillon is related to comic strip artist
Alex Raymond.
[ USATODAY. com - Fordham golf coach has way with the brush] Dillon has one sister and four brothers, one of whom,
Kevin Dillon,
[Kevin Dillon Biography at FilmReference.com] is also an actor, from the hit TV series
Entourage. Dillon grew up in
Mamaroneck, New York and before dropping out in junior year he attended
Mamaroneck High School.
