Movies
In watching Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon’s nuanced performances as working-class lovers in “Sunlight Jr.” this week, it struck me how often these actors test themselves with small roles in small films.
Nov. 16, 2013
Archives
HOW weird is it to be a struggling actor whose career gets a boost when he plays the role of a struggling actor?
June 11, 2006
Matt Dillon, playing a convincing scam artist, keeps cliches at bay in his directorial debut, a tale set in Cambodia.
April 25, 2003
Before Matt Dillon started work on “Drugstore Cowboy,” a movie in which he heads a motley crew of junkie drugstore thiefs, he did more than skim old William S.
Oct. 29, 1989
Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon and Tom Berenger have been here before, but never with macho-robbing mustaches and a silly wardrobe.
April 10, 2014
Television
Actor James Arness, 66, will be back in the saddle as Matt Dillon in “Gunsmoke II,” a two-hour CBS movie sequel to TV’s longest-running Western series.
Oct. 24, 1989
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Dec. 17, 2008
Dec. 9, 2009
Kevin Dillon says he doesn’t really mind being thought of as Matt Dillon’s younger brother.
Nov. 4, 1989
The actor’s personal quest lands him in Cambodia, shooting “City of Ghosts.”
April 22, 2003