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The Nominees: Matt Dillon
Supporting Actor Nominees
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Play CBS Video Video Matt Dillon's Golden Globe Nod Matt Dillon received his first Golden Globe nomination in the category of supporting actor in a motion picture for his work in the drama "Crash." He comments on the nod and the movie.
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Matt Dillon in Marrakech Sept. 19, 2002 (ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Matt Dillon in a scene from "Crash" (Lions Gate Films)
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Matt Dillon poses at the 25th annual nominees luncheon hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Feb. 13, 2006. (AP)
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Photo Essay Matt Dillon The "Crash" star breaks out as an Oscar-nominee.
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Photo Essay SAG Winners Circle There were some happy actors in L.A., thanks to the Screen Actors Guild.
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After his "discovery" by a talent agent in the hallways of his middle school in suburban New York, he made his name as the quintessential young tough, playing roles like the bully in "My Bodyguard" and the guy who takes Kristy McNichol's virginity in "Little Darlings." (Both films were released in 1980.)
It wasn't until "The Flamingo Kid" (1984) that critics began to consider that the teen star might actually have potential as an important screen actor. That promise was fulfilled in the minds of many with his performance in "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989). For that performance, he won an Independent Spirit Award.
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He proved himself more than capable of handling a comic role as Ben Stiller's lowlife rival for the attentions of Cameron Diaz in "There's Something About Mary." (In real life, Dillon and Diaz were an item for a few years.) But even before "Crash," the 42-year-old actor illustrated a knack for ensemble work in such movies as "To Die For" (1995) and "In & Out" (1997).
Dillon was reared in a large Catholic family, along with a sister and four brothers, one of whom is the actor Kevin Dillon. He's never been wed but in his next movie, "You, Me and Dupree," he plays a newlywed married to Kate Hudson.
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