While older brother and early 1980s heartthrob Matt Dillon received the lion's share of fan mail and meaty leading roles throughout both their careers, younger sibling Kevin Dillon gravitated toward character parts, with ingratiating performances in a wide variety of films and television projects.
Dillon made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), three of five S. E. Hinton book adaptations Tex (1982), Rumble Fish (1983) and The Outsiders (1983) as well as The Flamingo Kid (1984).
An Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award nominee for his memorable work in comedy, Kevin Dillon continues to break genre barriers with his latest star turns in action films.
Actor Kevin Dillon has taken a detour from Johnny Drama, his comedic hanger-on “Entourage” character. He's currently starring with Bruce Willis in an upcoming action movie, “Wire Room.” “It was my second time working with Bruce,” Dillon told CNN in a recent interview.
Contrary to what you might think, Matt Dillon hasn't vanished from Hollywood. The truth is, he never left. He has remained Matt Dillon for over 40 years, but on his own terms — away from the spotlight, and doing what he wants, when he wants.
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Wayne did, however, recommend James Arness for the part and his offer to introduce the first episode was readily accepted by CBS. Others who had auditioned for the part included Raymond Burr, Richard Boone, Denver Pyle, and William Conrad.
Matt Dillon resigned his position at least three times over the course of the series. Once because he was upset that he mistakenly killed a man he thought was trying to shoot him. The second was when he was angry and wanted the freedom to kill a man that had brutally attacked Kitty Russell. This is the third.
"People haven't seen us together in a few years but we've seen plenty of each other over the course of the years," says Jerry Ferrara who plays Turtle. " We're all really good friends and part of each other's lives."
While older brother and early 1980s heartthrob Matt Dillon received the lion's share of fan mail and meaty leading roles throughout both their careers, younger sibling Kevin Dillon gravitated toward character parts, with ingratiating performances in a wide variety of films and television projects.
Early life. Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York and was raised in Mamaroneck, New York. He is the son of Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter, sales manager, and golf coach at Fordham University. He has a sister and four brothers, one of whom is actor Matt Dillon.
While older brother and early 1980s heartthrob Matt Dillon received the lion's share of fan mail and meaty leading roles throughout both their careers, younger sibling Kevin Dillon gravitated toward character parts, with ingratiating performances in a wide variety of films and television projects.
His acclaimed starring role in Gus Van Sant's "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989) helped build a bridge from Dillon's reckless teen roles to more adult fare, though he showed a career-long penchant for seedy and duplicitous characters, to which he always brought a charismatic charm or brooding allure.
The show is loosely based on the Hollywood experiences of Mark Wahlberg, one of the executive producers. Kevin Connolly had actually retired from acting when show creators first approached about doing the show.
Kitty and Matt were clearly devoted to each other. They NEVER expressed any outward affection. I blame the producers and writers of the show. They wanted chemistry between the characters, not open displays of affection and emotion.
But things weren't always this clear to the never-married actor, whose career was launched by films like "Rumble Fish" and "The Outsiders" in the 1980s.
Inspiration. Entourage executive producer Mark Wahlberg named the character after legendary Hollywood acting teacher Vincent Chase, with whom Wahlberg became friends while working on the 1997 Bill Paxton film Traveller. However, the character of Vincent Chase is a Marty Stu based on Mark Wahlberg himself.
As the story goes, when Johnny auditioned for the roll of himself on HBO's “Entourage,” he didn't get the part. Nevertheless, Johnny Alves is the real life “Drama” and a close “cuzin” of Mark Wahlberg.
The character Bob Ryan, portrayed by Martin Landau in the HBO series Entourage, who was a successful movie producer in the 1970s and now chafes at no longer being considered a major Hollywood player, was thought by some (including Evans himself) to be based on Evans.
Lawrence Deger, the first marshal of Dodge City, was appointed in December 1875, by P.L. Beatty, the first mayor of Dodge City. Other famous marshals and assistants included Ed Masterson, 1877-1878; Wyatt S. Earp, 1876-1879; James Masterson; and Bill Tilghman, 1884-1886.
Bates became the stunt double for James Arness on Gunsmoke. For the final four seasons of the long-running Western, Bates performed the more dangerous Marshal Matt Dillon stunts.
