Matthew Raymond Dillon born February 18, is an American actor. He has received various accolades , including an Academy Award nomination and Grammy nomination. Dillon made his feature film debut in Over the Edge and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films My Bodyguard , Little Darlings , Liar's Moon , The Flamingo Kid and three of the four S. In a article, movie critic Roger Ebert referred to him as the best actor within his age group, along with Sean Penn.
On television, he starred in the first season of the FOX television series Wayward Pines , for which he was nominated for a Saturn Award. His paternal grandmother was the sister of comic strip artist Alex Raymond , the creator of Flash Gordon. Dillon auditioned for a role and made his debut in the film. The films, released in March and July , respectively, were box office successes [ 13 ] and raised Dillon's profile among teen audiences. One of his next roles was in Liar's Moon , where he played Jack Duncan, a poor Texas boy madly in love with a rich banker's daughter.
In the early s, Dillon also had prominent roles in three adaptations of S. All three films were shot in Tulsa, Oklahoma , Hinton's hometown.
He followed those up with The Flamingo Kid in He made his Broadway debut with the play The Boys of Winter [ 16 ] in Dillon continued to work in the early s with roles in films like Singles In , he starred in Factotum , a film adaptation of an autobiographical work by Charles Bukowski.
Two years later he received critical praise and earned Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for his role in Crash , a film co-written and directed by Paul Haggis. The film opened on July 14, Dillon contributed his voice as the narrator, Sal Paradise , in an audiobook version of Jack Kerouac 's novel On the Road.
