MATT DILLON Date of Birth: February 18, 1964 Matt Dillon is one of that rare breed of actors who managed to make the leap from teen idol to mature actor without having to spend years in Hollywood ...

SITTWE, Myanmar - American actor Matt Dillon put a rare star-powered spotlight on Myanmar’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims, visiting a hot, squalid camp for tens of thousands displaced by violence ...

Actor Matt Dillon was left "heartbroken" after visiting thousands of displaced and persecuted citizens of Myanmar during a recent humanitarian trip.

It was voice actor William Conrad who first played U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon in the radio version of Gunsmoke. Conrad fully intended to reprise his role in the screen version, too.

Dillon only appears in the filmmaking section of “Being Maria,” but he makes a strong impression. The former (and perhaps still) heartthrob is a character actor in a leading man’s body.