Hugh Dillon

Hugh Dillon (born May 31, 1963) is a Canadian musician and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the punk-influenced band Headstones. He is also a film and television actor; his notable roles include Mike Sweeney in Durham County and Ed Lane in Flashpoint.

Hugh Dillon
Dillon at The Commodore, Vancouver in 2017
Background information
Born (1963-05-31) May 31, 1963
OriginKingston, Ontario, Canada
GenresHard Rock, Rock n Roll
Occupation(s)Singer, Actor, Record Producer, Co-creator, Executive Producer
Instruments
Years active1987–present
Associated acts
Websitewww.hughdillon.com

Early life

Dillon was born and grew up in Kingston, Ontario.[1] Dillon grew up living on the same street as future NHL star Doug Gilmour and would play hockey with him on the frozen swamp in their neighbourhood. Dillon also played hockey with Paul Langlois, future guitarist of The Tragically Hip. Dillon attended the Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute at the same time that David Usher and members of The Tragically Hip such as Gord Downie attended the school. After high school, Dillon briefly attended Queen's University and lived in London, England before moving to Toronto.

Music career

Dillon is the lead singer for the hard rock band Headstones. Formed in 1987, the band's debut album Picture of Health was released in 1993 and featured the singles "When Something Stands For Nothing", "Cemetery", "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" and "Three Angels". The album was met with not just critical acclaim but was also commercially successful, being certified Platinum in Canada for selling in excess of 100,000 copies. Kicking off a recording career that spans three decades, the band has since gone on to release nine studio albums and numerous chart topping singles.

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. Band members were guitarist J.P. Polsoni, Chris Osti on bass, keyboardist Ben Kobayashi, and percussionist Derek Downham.[2] The band released an album, The High Co$t of Low Living, in 2005 through The Tragically Hip guitarist Paul Langois' Ching Music label.[3][4] Dillon also released an album entitled Works Well with Others in 2009 through Ching Music.

After their hiatus, original band members (Dillon, Carr & White) reformed the band in 2011. In 2013, they crowdfunded their album, Love + Fury,[5][6] through PledgeMusic. The album garnered the band their first top 10 album, and a #1 hit single. They followed this up with another crowdfunded album in 2014, One In The Chamber Music, and 2015 Fuck It was their first ever vinyl release.

Little Army was released on Cadence Music in 2017. The band gave their fans an exclusive behind the scenes look into the making of the album, in real time, and includes #1 hit single 'Devil's On Fire'. 2019 Headstones' latest album, Peopleskills, was released, and is the band's first full album also released on vinyl.

Acting career

Dillon's first large screen acting role was in director Bruce McDonald's 1995 film Dance Me Outside.[7] He then played a leading role as Joe Dick in McDonald's 1996 feature film, Hard Core Logo.[8] [9] The film was distributed internationally by Rolling Thunder Pictures.

Dillon appeared in a number of further feature films, including Lone Hero, 2005's Assault on Precinct 13, and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.[10] In 2007 he was nominated for a 2007 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie. He starred opposite Vera Farmiga in the Sundance Film Festival award-winning movie, Down to the Bone. Dillon has guest-starred on various television programs, including The Eleventh Hour, ReGenesis, and Degrassi: The Next Generation. He has also created voice-overs a number of television and radio advertisements.

Dillon starred as Mike Sweeney in the Canadian dramatic series Durham County.[11] His performance earned him a Gemini nomination for Best Actor in 2008;[12] the show itself won five Gemini awards and its second season was aired on TMN and Movie Central.

Dillon starred as Sergeant Ed Lane in the CTV/CBS co-production one-hour police drama series Flashpoint, set in Toronto, which ran for five seasons between 2008 and 2012.[13][14] The series was picked up by CBS for broadcast later in 2008 in the United States. He performed the voice of Nick in the video game Left 4 Dead 2, developed by Valve. Dillon played the role of Francis Becker on the third season of the American crime drama series, The Killing[15] opposite Peter Sarsgaard, simultaneously appearing on drama Continuum, followed by a lead role for three seasons of CBC's X Company. Dillon has most recently added roles in Twin Peaks, feature film Wind River alongside Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner, Syfy’s The Expanse, Paramount Network Yellowstone alongside Kevin Costner and feature films The Humanity Bureau opposite Nicolas Cage and I Still See You.

Dillon has continued to push the boundaries of his creativity, taking a hands-on approach to developing and producing unique stories, such as short film The Offer, and Issues, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Co-creator - Executive Producer

On January 14th, 2020 Paramount Network announced it had given the green light to a straight-to-series show “Mayor of Kingstown,” which Dillon co-created with Oscar nominee director Taylor Sheridan, both will also be Executive Producers.

Awards and nominations

Dillon won the "Shaw Media Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role" at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2014, for his performance in the episode "Fit for Duty" on Flashpoint.[16]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Dance Me Outside Clarence Gaskill
1995 Curtis's Charm Spitting White Trash Thug
1996 Hard Core Logo Joe Dick / Joseph Mulgrew
1999 Johnny Dell and Alice's Dad
2002 Lone Hero King
2004 Down to the Bone Bob
2004 Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning Reverend Gilbert
2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Tony
2006 Hope and a Little Sugar Bar Construction Worker
2006 Trailer Park Boys: The Movie Sonny
2008 Surveillance Steven
2008 About Face The Agent
2008 Down to the Dirt Renny
2011 Issues Bobby Short Film
2015 The Offer Richard Short Film
2016 Dark Harvest Vincent
2017 Wind River Curtis
2017 The Humanity Bureau Adam Westinghouse
2018 I Still See You Mathison

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Twitch City Howard the Cannibal / Guy in the Convenience Store 2 episodes
2002-2003 Degrassi: The Next Generation Albert Manning 3 episodes
2003 Blue Murder Kevin Marshall Episode: "Necklace"
2003 Starhunter Gus Episode: "Biocrime"
2004 The Eleventh Hour Eddie Episode: "Hard Seven"
2004 The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess Bobby Tomahawk TV movie
2004 The Wool Cap Leather Jacket TV movie
2004–2005 ReGenesis Danny Dexter 3 episodes
2005 Our Fathers Johnny DeFranco TV movie
2007 The Gathering Detective Gamble 2 episodes
2007–2010 Durham County Mike Sweeney Series Lead
2008 The Quality of Life Jean Tellier TV movie
2008 Of Murder and Memory Vincent Nichol TV movie
2008 Ink: Alter Egos Exposed Narrator TV movie
2008–2012 Flashpoint Ed Lane Series Lead
2013 The Killing Francis Becker 12 episodes
2013 Continuum Mr. Escher 7 episodes
2015-2017 X Company Colonel Duncan Sinclair Series Regular
2017 The Expanse Lieutenant Sutton 3 episodes
2017 Twin Peaks Tom Paige Episode: "Part 7"
2018 The Detectives Detective Rod Piukkala Episode: "Stranger Calling"
2018 Yellowstone Sheriff Donnie Haskell Series Regular

Video Games
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Left 4 Dead 2 Nick Valve
2012 Dishonored City Watch Bethesda
2013 Resident Evil 6 Nick Capcom X Valve Crossover DLC

Discography

Headstones

Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir

Hugh Dillon
  • Works Well with Others is the first solo album released by Hugh Dillon. It was released October 13, 2009. Many of the songs are featured on the television show Flashpoint.

Track listing
  1. "Friends of Mine"
  2. "Sentimental Me"
  3. "Well On Your Way"
  4. "Ten Feet Tall"
  5. "Surface of the Sun"
  6. "Reel to Reel"
  7. "Lucky"
  8. "Lost At Sea"
  9. "Radio Plays"
  10. "Bottom of a Dream"
  11. "My Mistakes"
  12. "Ignore That Call"
  13. "Puzzle I Am"
  14. "Don't Be Fooled"

References
  1. "The Hour: Hugh Dillon". CBC Television. Season 6, Episode 25, October 28, 2009
  2. "Hugh Dillon covers a lot of ground on Works Well With Others". The Georgia Strait, by Steve Newton, November 13th, 2009
  3. Steve McLean (June 2006). Hot Canadian Bands. Lone Pine Pub. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-894864-53-4.
  4. "The Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir — The High Co$t Of Low Living". Chart Attack, Jun 7, 2005
  5. "Fans Fund New Album for The Headstones". Kingston Herald, 2013/02/20 in Entertainment/Featured by Merideth Smith
  6. "'Gasoline and fire'". By Greg Burliuk, Kingston Whig-Standard, December 20, 2013
  7. " Hard-rocking Headstones driven by soft spot". Barrie Advance, Nov 13, 2015. By Laurie Watt
  8. "Hugh Dillon changes direction" Archived 2017-03-31 at the Wayback Machine. MIKE ROSS, Edmonton Sun, Sep 9, 2005
  9. Pike, David L. (2012). Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. ISBN 1442612401.
  10. "Headstones' Hugh is acting up again". Canoe Showbiz, STEVE TILLEY, Nov 30, 2004
  11. "Durham County: Season 1". By Sam Sutherland", Exclaim!, Aug 22, 2008
  12. "No more Mr. Tough Guy". CBC News, Sarah Liss, Oct 26, 2009
  13. "Hugh Dillon’s intensity rocks “Durham County”". Channel Guide Magazine, August 19, 2009 Elaine Bergstrom
  14. " Television ripped from the headlines". GAYLE MacDONALD, Globe and Mail, Jul. 09, 2008
  15. "'Flashpoint's Hugh Dillon joins 'The Killing'". The Loop. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  16. "Flashpoint ‐ Fit for Duty CTV (Bell Media) Hugh Dillon". www.academy.ca. Shaw Media. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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