Hugh Dillon

Hugh Dillon
Born	May 31, 1963 (1963-05-31)
Origin	Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Hard rock, Rock'n'roll, Indie rock, Soft rock
Occupations	Singer, actor, record producer
Instruments	Vocals, Harmonica
Years active	1987–present
Associated acts	The Headstones Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir
Website	www.hughdillon.com

Hugh Dillon (born May 31, 1963 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and actor.

Biography

Music career

Dillon was the lead singer for the Kingston hard rock band The Headstones from 1987 until 2003. The Headstones became one of the most commercially successful Canadian bands of the 1990s.^{[citation needed]}

After The Headstones broke up in 2003, Dillon formed the band Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir, an indie rock band whose style draws from country, pop, punk and New Wave influences. They released The High Co$t of Low Living in 2005. Hugh has released a solo album entitled, Works Well with Others, and it came out on October 13, 2009.

Dillon was the record producer for an album by Canadian rockers The Rubbers, and he has scored and written compositions for various television productions.

Acting career

Dillon landed his first big screen part in director Bruce McDonald's Dance Me Outside (1995). Next came his critically acclaimed lead performance as Joe Dick in McDonald's 1996 feature film, Hard Core Logo. The film caught the eye of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, and his company, Rolling Thunder Pictures, distributed the movie, bringing international attention to the film.

Dillon went on to build a repertoire of notable roles in feature films, including Lone Hero, also starring Robert Forster and Sean Patrick Flanery, 2005's Assault on Precinct 13 with Ethan Hawke, and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning. In 2007 he was nominated for a 2007 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 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 has guest-starred on numerous television programs, such as The Eleventh Hour, ReGenesis, Degrassi: The Next Generation. He also does the voice-overs for Canadian Chevrolet ads, both on TV and radio, and for Manulife One financial services.

Dillon stars as Mike Sweeney in the critically acclaimed Canadian dramatic series Durham County. Durham County follows the tormented life of Detective Mike Sweeney, a world-weary homicide detective, who moves with his wife Audrey (Hélène Joy, ReGenesis) and daughters Sadie (Laurence Leboeuf) and Maddie (Cicely Austin) to a seemingly idyllic suburban community in the hopes of a new beginning. Hugh Dillon’s performance earned him a Gemini nomination for Best Actor in 2008. Durham County season 1 was widely received by Canadian audiences and earned a total of 14 Gemini nominations which resulted in five wins. Durham County season 2 premiered in July 2009 on TMN and Movie Central. Durham County Season 1 and 2 will have its debut in the USA on September 7, 2009 on ION. Season 3 goes into production in October 2009.

Dillon is currently starring in the CTV/CBS co-production police drama series Flashpoint as Ed Lane. The one-hour drama series also stars Enrico Colantoni (Veronica Mars), Amy Jo Johnson and David Paetkau, and follows the tough but emotional lives of an elite Strategic Response Unit that is clearly set in Toronto through the many establishing shots, but never explicitly stated in the show until late in the third season. The series was picked up by CBS for broadcast later in 2008 in the United States, making it the first Canadian series since CTV's Due South in 1994 to air on network primetime in both Canada and the United States. He is currently voice acting as Nick in Left 4 Dead 2, a video game developed by Valve.

Filmography

• Dance Me Outside (1995)
• Hard Core Logo (1996)
• Lone Hero (2002)
• Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
• The Wool Cap (2004)
• Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
• Down to the Bone (2005)
• Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (2002, 2003)
• Durham County (2007–2010)
• The Gathering (2007)
• The Quality of Life: A Dominic Da Vinci Movie (2008)
• Surveillance (2008)
• Of Murder and Memory (2008)
• Down to the Dirt (2008)
• About Face (2008)
• Flashpoint (2008–present)

Video Games

• Left 4 Dead 2 - Nicholas/Nick (2009)

Discography

The Headstones

• Picture of Health (1993)
• Teeth and Tissue (1995)
• Smile and Wave (1997)
• Nickels for Your Nightmares (2000)
• The Greatest Fits (2001)
• The Oracle of Hi-Fi (2002)

Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir

• The High Co$t of Low Living (2005)

Hugh Dillon

• Works Well with Others (2009)

External links

• Official website
• Hugh Dillon at the Internet Movie Database
• Hugh Dillon on Myspace