Dillon was nominated for a 2007 Genie Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ for his role as Sonny in Canadian box office hit The Trailer Park Boys: The Movie. He received critical acclaim when he starred opposite Vera Farmiga (The Departed) in the Sundance Film Festival award winning movie, Down To The Bone. “Dillon’s performance as a man who only seems to have it together is marvelous in every detail” – Variety Magazine. Dillon’s repertoire of notable roles in feature films includes Lone Hero also starring Robert Forster and Sean Patrick Flannery, 2005’s Assault on Precinct 13 with Ethan Hawke and the cult classic Ginger Snaps: The Prequel as well as television guest-starring appearances on The 11th Hour, Regeneris, Degrassi: The Next Generation to name a few.
Hugh Dillon’s ability to capture honest, realistic portrayals of complicated characters has been his calling card. Born May 31, 1963 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Hugh Rush Dillon landed his first big screen part in the notorious director Bruce McDonald’s Dance Me Outside (1994). Next came his critically acclaimed lead performance as Joe Dick in McDonald’s 1996 feature film, Hard Core Logo. “Hard Core Logo is an often hilarious, surprisingly poignant chronicle of the seamier side of life… Dillon is full of raging energy as Joe Dick” – Variety Magazine. The film and in particular Dillon’s performance caught the eye of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his company, Rolling Thunder Pictures who distributed the movie and brought international attention to the revered indie classic and its lead actor.
Combining acting with a commendable career as a singer songwriter, Dillon first earned notoriety in Canada and abroad as the lead singer in the multi-platinum rock and roll band, The Headstones. Signed to Universal Music in the early nineties, the band released six albums. After the Headstones he formed the Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir and released The High Cost Of Low Living. Transcending the rock world, Dillon has consistently scored and written compositions for numerous movie and television productions including Durham County.
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