Hugh Dillon

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Hugh Dillon


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Background = solo_singer
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Origin = Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Hard rock
Occupation = Singer, actor, record producer
Years_active = 1987–present
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Associated_acts = The Headstones
Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir
URL = [http://www.hughdillon.com www.hughdillon.com]
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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. Fact|date=March 2008

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. Their second album, "Works Well with Others", is scheduled for release in 2008.

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 '. 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 11th Hour", "Regenesis", '. He also does the voice-overs for Canadian Chevrolet ads, both on TV and radio.

Dillon starred as Mike Sweeney in the critically acclaimed Canadian mini-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 (Cecily Austin) to a seemingly idyllic suburban community in the hopes of a new beginning.

Dillon is currently starring in the CTV/CBS co-production police drama series "Flashpoint" as Ed Lane [cite web | url=http://www.cbs.com/primetime/flashpoint/bio/hugh_dillon/bio.php | title=Hugh Dillon as Ed Lane | publisher=CBS | accessdate=2007-07-25] . The one-hour drama series also stars Enrico Colantoni ("Veronica Mars") 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. The series was picked up by CBS for broadcast later this year 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.

Filmography

*"Dance Me Outside" (1995)
*"Hard Core Logo" (1996)
*"Lone Hero" (2002)
*"" (2004)
*"The Wool Cap" (2004)
*"Assault on Precinct 13" (2005)
*"Down to the Bone" (2005)
*"" (2006)
*"" (2002, 2003)
*"Durham County" (2007)
*"The Gathering" (2007)
*"" (2008)
*"Flashpoint" (2008)
*"Surveillance" (2008)
*"Of Murder and Memory" (2008)
*"Down to the Dirt" (2008)
*"About Face"

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)

References

External links

* [http://www.hughdillon.com Hugh Dillon] official website
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* [http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1566 Hugh Dillon] on "The Hour"
* [http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/mutiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=125&csid2=6&fid1=33229 Hugh Dillon interview at Exclaim]
* [http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/dillon_hugh.html Hugh Dillon biography at northernstars.ca]
* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20080703/bios_hugh_dillon/20080707/ CTV.ca - Flashpoint - Hugh Dillon as Ed Lane]