Elder gays: Was Matt Dillon considered extremely hot back in the 80's?

Yes. he was a big deal back then.

Fuck and YES.

God yes although to me, he was much hotter when he was in his later 30 and early 40s - right around There's Something About Mary and just afterwards.

How old are you OP? It would be nice to know the ages of the whippersnappers who so casually address us as "eldergays".

Dillon was HAF through the 80s. Like HAF at 18 and HAF at 28. And then he got more masculine and was blistering in his 30s.

I recommend Drugstore Cowboy to you.

Dillon was the rare combination of pretty boy but not girlie. As he put on the years the pretty boy was replaced with pure hotness.

OP- What do you say to this?

I ALWAYS found Matt Dillon hot back in the 1980's- much more so than CHUBBY Sheen or GAY FACE- Rob Lowe

R4, I am old enough. But, Matt Dillon is currently the same age as my dad. Actually 2 years older, lol.

He's finally all used up, with lines and old face, but I still think he looks pretty handsome and cute. A quite recent pic.

Is your dad hot, too?

OMG. That looks like a different person.

No, my dad is NOT hot.

R9- I posted the photo of him. That photo was taken about 1982 which is FORTY years ago. You can't expect him not to age in that time.

R10 my expectations aside, he looks "special" in that R8 photo

Does anyone agree that while Dillon certainly was super hot, he never really has held himself out as hot? There was some humility behind the looks.

Meh. He knew very well he was hot. But he's lazy and low key. He's knew he was hot but didn't need the constant affirmation about it, perhaps. He didn't shy from displaying his hotness, at one stage.

Yes. Hell, yes.

He's never married. Is he family?

R15- There are rumors that Matt Dillon is a CONOISSEUR of cock.

No, Rose. He got so many leading roles back then because people thought he was incredibly homely but talented, like John C. Reilly.

He's a fag with a name that bugs the shit out of me

He was hot as the sleazoid teacher or counselor in Wild Things. He must have been in his 40s by that point.

Can we retire the "Matt Damon/fag" thing already? It was funny for maybe an hour.

^ No, fag

Okay, then we'll just Ignore you, r21.

^ Who's "we"? How many accounts do you have? 😏

God yes he was. My sister always gave me a knowing side-eye whenever I’d watch one of his movies.

He hit his peak as Sam Lombardo in the 1990s.

Michael Schoeffling (Jake on 16 Candles) was the rich man's Matt Dillon.

And, whoa, he does look like a different person at R8.

HOT as fuck, with some actual talent behind it - he's great in The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, and Drugstore Cowboy. Maybe he's one of those people who peak acting-wise in their late teens/early 20s.

I have heard he is (was?) a huge slut and bisexual.

He was hottest in the 00s.

My first exposure to him was Wild Things. I was a very confused (aka horny) preteen.

Is he rumored to be gay and if not, what is the DL assumption as to why he never married?

I always forget that Johnny Drama from Entourage is his brother.

Back in his teen idol days, he was supposedly dating Diane Lane. Whether or not this is true, I am not sure. But they both were absolutely gorgeous back then.

[quote] God yes although to me, he was much hotter when he was in his later 30 and early 40s - right around There's Something About Mary and just afterwards.

I agree completely. He didn’t do much for me in his younger teen idol days when he had long hair. It wasn’t really until Beautiful Girls and In & Out that I really took notice.

Matt Dillon was a big deal in the 80s, on par with Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise.

[quote]How old are you OP? It would be nice to know the ages of the whippersnappers who so casually address us as "eldergays".

The 1980s were FORTY years ago. We are now at the same distance in time from the 1980s as the 1980s were from WWII. If you were around back then you are most certainly an eldergay.

There was a picture of him in his underwear from Little Darlings in Us Magazine that I swear made me gay.

R8 in that picture he is balding and he looks old.

He was sexualized in Little Darlings in ways that wouldn't fly today. He had that streetwise attitude and seemed older than years.

He looked hot as hell in the later 80s and 90s in Drugstore Cowboy, Wild Things and There's Something About Mary.

I can’t find it, but there was a photo of him in the 80s in some magazine that drove be crazy as little baby gay. He was shirtless and had all these women’s hands touching his body. I ripped that photo out of whatever magazine it was in and kept it in a Trapper Keeper under my bed. I also had the photos of Gregory Harrison’s FOR LADIES ONLY feature from Us magazine hidden in there.

Agree with R3 and R19. I'm Gen X and have always found Matt Dillon hot as fuck, but never more than how he looked in Wild Things circa 1998.

Also, not Matt Dillon but Kevin Bacon gave us some nice delicious side dick in Wild Things too. You're welcome, DL.

.Confirmed bachelor.

R41. He just hasn't met the right girl yet.

Back in the 80s, Boy George was asked “Who or what would you want to be reincarnated as?”

His response: “Matt Dillon’s underwear”.

Tough guy

All dressed up

How TF was Brad Pitt considered hot when this guy was around?

I creamed my panties over him more times than I can count.

r45 Sì, Matt, puoi diventare gay. Ti mostrerò. Vieni con me.

He's not gay, ladies. Notorious pussy hound, often seen doing the walk of shame in the UWS. I saw him maybe 5 years ago at a great Italian spot there and he looked older, but still good. The other photo, maybe the pandemic has been rough on him. He's been in the same (owned) apartment for decades. He spends part of his time Italy, last I heard, with his SO, some Italian broad. he has a huge collection of Cuban vinyl.

R49, I agree. After doing some googling...its clear he has had a LOT of gf and currently has one. Not sure why EVERY CELEBRITY is gay according to DL.

Oh not at all OP- ugly face, small dick and homo hater- we elder gays know ALL and assume you gaylings are dumb as rocks because of these silly questions.

R51, thank you for your inordinately witty and charming response. You are a gem.

I remember watching him on a talk show where they talked about his vinyl collection, he's into Jazz. I believe this was the craig kilborn show. he's had work done, a face lift. Saw a pic of him a couple of years ago, it was obvious.

Story was he was plucked out of high school for a movie. didn't even have to go to drama school to get a job!

I'd've plucked him, too, r53, if he'd gone to my high school.

Well the face work has settled. Yes a few years ago he had a startled look but its gone.

He seems like a cool guy who generally loves the arts. He stayed in NYC too and likes to paint. His filmography always leaned more on the artistic side of things, he chose some very non-Hollywood stuff like Saint of Fort Washington and Factuoum. He gets underrated when compared to DiCaprio or Depp. He also is intelligent (Dillon actually can do interviews) and maintained his looks better.

[quote]I'd've plucked him, too,

Oh, what fresh hell is this?

[quote]Not sure why EVERY CELEBRITY is gay according to DL.

It’s not EVERY CELEBRITY.

Only the hot ones.

He dated cameron diaz, she has herpes...

Beautiful in his late teens, sexy in his twenties and early thirties. But I prefer him during his DILF years.

he's over the hill now. what's the point?

He was never famous enough to be "hot," and there were tons of hotter guys than him back then.

It was never anything like Ricky Martin who was on every other screen saver in 1999

r62 the films and photographs live on...

besides, how many years have they been worshipping the muscle bound, writhing in ecstasy, loin cloth clad, jesus...

fandoms never really die... they just occasionally get misplaced.

His Henley shirt in My Bodyguard was a revelation.

R53, that movie was "Over The Edge." One of his costars was a young Vinny Spano. I remember this movie because it was on the afternoon that we first got HBO. This was probably around 82 or 83.The movie, along with "My Bodyguard" were in heavy rotation then.

Yes, he was the big teen heartthrob until Tom Cruise took over.

R49/R50 . Even if he wasn't a never married never engaged never shacked up 58 yo 110% heterosexual he still wouldn't mount your pussy

At one point in the 80's, Matt hung around with fat baseball player Rusty Staub, who also never married.

Is he still acting ? I can't remember anything lately...

His beauty peaked in A Kiss Before Dying, a stinker from 1991 with Sean Young. Hotter than hell.

Sean was pretty too.

Frankie Starlight - quirky little movie he did in the mid 90s that I really liked at the time. He was dreamy 🥰!

The first movie I saw him in was The Flamingo Kid, and he was my favorite actor for years from that point on.

Did he get his ears pinned? R8 photo has his ears looking streamlined.

Yes. And held onto his good looks for a lot longer than normal

His looks are similar to Rodney Harvey's, Harvey was even more gorgeous

They don't look anything alike, r77, except for dark hair. And Matt's is darker.

I agree. Matt Dillon was BEYOND HOT in Little Darlings and My Bodyguard. Just a teenage stud.

[quote]R41. He just hasn't met the right girl yet.

Plus he only dates in Europe.

Yes, very fucking sexy. Tex, is a good earlier movie of his , too. He was gorgeous. Drug store Cowboy, fugget about it. Sexy as hell.

“He is so fire hot in that movie” according to OP.

And so, the ongoing assault on the English language continues.

He was hot as motherfuckin' shit yo.

I remember someone asking Boy George who he'd like to come back as. He said "Matt Dillon's underwear."

Matt was his hottest when he was on "Gunsmoke."

Lol R83!

Yes, I always had a crush on James Arness.

Matt Dillon was at his hottest around Drugstore Cowboy.

Rusty thought so.

Matt worked with Faye in Albino Alligator, directed by Kevin Spacey. Would have loved to work on that set!