Hugh Dillon

{{short description|Canadian musician, actor, and television producer (born 1963)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Hugh Dillon

| image = Hugh Dillon 2017 (cropped).jpg

| image_upright = 1.1

| caption = Dillon performing in 2017

| birth_name =

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|5|31}}

| birth_place = Kingston, Ontario, Canada

| genre = Hard rock, rock 'n' roll

| occupation = Singer, actor, producer

| years_active = 1987–present

| label =

| current_member_of = {{hlist|Headstones|Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir}}

| website = {{URL|hughdillon.com}}

}}

Hugh Dillon (born May 31, 1963) is a Canadian singer, actor, and television producer. The lead vocalist of the rock bands Headstones and Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir, his acting roles include Albert Manning in Degrassi: The Next Generation, Mike Sweeney in Durham County, Ed Lane in Flashpoint, Nick in Left 4 Dead 2, Duncan Sinclair in X Company, and Donnie Haskell in Yellowstone. He is also a co-creator, executive producer, and series regular of the Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown.{{Cite web|last=Hart|first=Courtney|date=January 20, 2020|title=Hugh Dillon Co-Created Show Gets Green Light from Paramount Network|url=http://kingstonherald.com/entertainment/hugh-dillon-mayor-kingstown-2010327885|website=Kingston Herald}}

Early life

Dillon was born and grew up in Kingston, Ontario.[http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/season6/hugh_dillon.html "The Hour: Hugh Dillon"]. CBC Television. Season 6, Episode 25, October 28, 2009 Dillon grew up living on the same street as future NHL star Doug Gilmour and played hockey with him on the frozen swamp in their neighbourhood. Dillon also played hockey with Paul Langlois,{{Cite web|title=Hab at Heart: Paul Langlois|url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/hab-at-heart-paul-langlois-tragically-hip/c-314622758|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=NHL.com|date=February 4, 2020 }} 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.{{Cite web|title=Headstones song recalls halcyon early days in Kingston|url=https://thewhig.com/2017/06/01/headstones-song-recalls-halcyon-early-days-in-kingston|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=The Kingstown Whig-Standard}} After high school, Dillon briefly attended Queen's University{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Hugh Dillon|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hugh-dillon|access-date=February 1, 2021}} and lived in London, England, before moving to Toronto.{{Cite web|last=Hampson|first=Sarah|date=2013|title=Hugh Dillon and the mathematics of a happy life|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/hugh-dillon-and-the-mathematics-of-a-happy-life/article14025747/|access-date=|website=The Globe and Mail}} {{asof|2017}} he divides his time between there and Los Angeles.{{Cite web|title=Headstones' Hugh Dillon Has Seen Some Shit|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ev4gp7/headstones-hugh-dillon-has-seen-some-shit|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=vice.com|date=May 31, 2017 }}

Music career

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Dillon is the lead singer for 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".

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.straight.com/article-270381/vancouver/hugh-dillon-covers-lot-ground-works-well-others |title=Hugh Dillon covers a lot of ground on Works Well With Others |work=The Georgia Strait |first=Steve |last=Newton |date=November 13, 2009}} The band released an album, The High Co$t of Low Living, in 2005 through The Tragically Hip guitarist Paul Langlois's Ching Music label.{{cite book|first=Steve|last=McLean|title=Hot Canadian Bands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Ubc9G6bp80C|date=June 2006|publisher=Lone Pine Pub|isbn=978-1-894864-53-4|page=62}}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170331115726/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2005/06/07/the-hugh-dillon-redemption-choir-the-high-cot-of-low-living/ "The Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir — The High Co$t Of Low Living"]}}. Chart Attack, June 7, 2005 Dillon also released a solo album entitled Works Well with Others in 2009 through Ching Music.

After their hiatus, original Headstones members (Dillon, Carr & White) reformed the band in 2011. In 2013, they crowdfunded their album, Love + Fury,{{cite web |url=http://kingstonherald.com/entertainment/headstones-album-pledge-2010310819 |title=Fans Fund New Album for The Headstones |work=Kingston Herald |date=February 20, 2013 |department=Entertainment |first=Merideth |last=Smith}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thewhig.com/2013/12/20/gasoline-and-fire |title='Gasoline and fire' |first=Greg |last=Burliuk |work=Kingston Whig-Standard |date=December 20, 2013}} through PledgeMusic. Love + Fury is the band's first top 10 album, and it garnered the band a No. 1 hit single. The Headstones followed up with another crowdfunded album in 2014, One in the Chamber Music. In 2015, Fuck It became the band's first-ever vinyl release.

Little Army was released on Cadence Music in 2017. The album included the No. 1 hit "Devil's On Fire". In 2019, the Headstones released Peopleskills, which yielded "Leave It All Behind" and "Horses", two No. 3 singles on the US Billboard charts.{{Cite web|last=Gerard|first=Steve|date=August 3, 2020|title=Headstones Single "HORSES" Gallops Up Billboard Chart|url=http://kingstonherald.com/entertainment/headstones-horses-billboard-2010329024|access-date=|website=Kingston Herald}}

Acting career

Dillon's first large-screen acting role was in director Bruce McDonald's 1995 film Dance Me Outside.{{cite web |url=http://www.simcoe.com/whatson-story/6116805-hard-rocking-headstones-driven-by-soft-spot/ |title=Hard-rocking Headstones driven by soft spot |work=Barrie Advance |date=November 13, 2015 |first=Laurie |last=Watt}} He then played a leading role as Joe Dick in McDonald's 1996 feature film, Hard Core Logo.{{Cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/H/Headstones/2005/09/09/1209207-sun.html |title=Hugh Dillon changes direction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331114437/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/H/Headstones/2005/09/09/1209207-sun.html |archive-date=March 31, 2017 |first=Mike |last=Ross |work=Edmonton Sun |date=September 9, 2005}}{{cite book|last=Pike|first=David L.|title=Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World|year=2012|publisher=University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division|isbn=978-1-4426-1240-2}}

Dillon has appeared in a number of feature films, including Lone Hero, Assault on Precinct 13, and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/H/Headstones/2003/04/15/745920.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331025556/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/H/Headstones/2003/04/15/745920.html |title=Headstones' Hugh is acting up again |work=Canoe Showbiz |first=Steve |last=Tilley |date=November 30, 2004 |archive-date=March 31, 2017}} In 2007, he was nominated for a 2007 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Dillon starred as Mike Sweeney in the Canadian dramatic series Durham County.{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/durham_county_season_1-durham_county_season |title=Durham County: Season 1 |first=Sam |last=Sutherland |work=Exclaim! |date=August 22, 2008}} His performance earned him a Gemini nomination for Best Actor in 2008;{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/no-more-mr-tough-guy-1.775075 |title=No more Mr. Tough Guy |work=CBC News |first=Sarah |last=Liss |date=October 26, 2009}} 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 police drama series Flashpoint, set in Toronto, which ran for five seasons between 2008 and 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2009/08/19/hugh-dillons-intensity-rocks-durham-county/ |title=Hugh Dillon's intensity rocks 'Durham County' |work=Channel Guide Magazine |date=August 19, 2009 |first=Elaine |last=Bergstrom}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television-ripped-from-the-headlines/article1057221/ |title=Television ripped from the headlines |first=Gayle |last=MacDonald |work=Globe and Mail |date=July 9, 2008}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards/2014-Nominees-Winners/Television|access-date=January 26, 2015|website=academy.ca|publisher=Shaw Media|title=Flashpoint - Fit for Duty CTV (Bell Media) Hugh Dillon|date=2014|archive-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226092624/http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards/2014-Nominees-Winners/Television}}

Dillon is the co-creator and Executive Producer of the streaming service series Mayor of Kingstown on Paramount Plus. On August 5 via Deadline{{Cite web|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=August 2021|title='Mayor Of Kingstown': Hugh Dillon, Pha'rez Lass & Tobi Bamtefa Join Cast As Production Begins On Taylor Sheridan's Series For Paramount+|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/mayor-of-kingstown-hugh-dillon-pharez-lass-tobi-bamtefa-cast-production-begins-taylor-sheridan-paramount-plus-1234763231/ |work=Deadline Hollywood}} it was announced that Dillon would also become a series regular playing the role of Ian Ferguson, alongside Jeremy Renner, and he will return as Sheriff Donnie Haskell on season 4 of the cable series Yellowstone on Paramount, alongside Kevin Costner. He also played the role of Francis Becker on the third season of the American crime drama series, The Killing{{cite web|url=http://www.theloop.ca/showbiz/tv-guide/article/-/a/1618186/-Flashpoint-s-Hugh-Dillon-joins-The-Killing-|title='Flashpoint's Hugh Dillon joins 'The Killing'|publisher=The Loop|access-date=June 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630104739/http://www.theloop.ca/showbiz/tv-guide/article/-/a/1618186/-Flashpoint-s-Hugh-Dillon-joins-The-Killing-|archive-date=June 30, 2013}} opposite Joel Kinnaman, simultaneously appearing on Continuum. Dillon played a lead role for three seasons of CBC's X Company. Dillon has also appeared in Twin Peaks, the film Wind River alongside Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner, Syfy's The Expanse, and the films The Humanity Bureau and I Still See You.{{Cite journal|title=Beyond the topics: how deep learning can improve the discriminability of probabilistic topic modelling|journal=PeerJ Computer Science|date=January 27, 2020|at=Table 2: IMDB results.|doi=10.7717/peerj-cs.252/table-2|doi-access=free}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" \| 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 \|data-sort-value="Offer, The" \| The Offer \|Richard \|Short film
2016 \|Dark Harvest \|Vincent \|
2017 \|Wind River \|Curtis \|
2017 \|data-sort-value="Humanity Bureau, The" \| The Humanity Bureau \|Adam Westinghouse \|
2018 \|I Still See You \|Mathison \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | 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

|data-sort-value="Offer, The" | The Offer

|Richard

|Short film

2016

|Dark Harvest

|Vincent

2017

|Wind River

|Curtis

2017

|data-sort-value="Humanity Bureau, The" | The Humanity Bureau

|Adam Westinghouse

2018

|I Still See You

|Mathison

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" \| 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 \|data-sort-value="Eleventh Hour, The" \| The Eleventh Hour \|Eddie \|Episode: "Hard Seven"
2004 \|data-sort-value="Love Crimes of Gillian Guess, The" \| The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess \|Bobby Tomahawk \|TV movie
2004 \|data-sort-value="Wool Cap, The" \| The Wool Cap \|Leather Jacket \|TV movie
2004–2005 \|ReGenesis \|Danny Dexter \|3 episodes
2005 \|Our Fathers \|Johnny DeFranco \|TV movie
2007 \|data-sort-value="Gathering, The" \| The Gathering \|Detective Gamble \|2 episodes
2007–2010 \|Durham County \|Mike Sweeney \|Series lead
2008 \|data-sort-value="Quality of Life, The" \| 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 \|data-sort-value="Killing, The" \| The Killing \|Francis Becker \|12 episodes
2013 \|Continuum \|Mr. Escher \|7 episodes
2014 \|Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight \|Gene \|8 episodes
2015–2017 \|X Company \|Colonel Duncan Sinclair \|Series regular
2017 \|data-sort-value="Expanse, The" \| The Expanse \|Lieutenant Sutton \|3 episodes
2017 \|Twin Peaks \|Tom Paige \|Episode: "Part 7"
2018 \|data-sort-value="Detectives, The" \| The Detectives \|Detective Rod Piukkala \|Episode: "Stranger Calling"
2018–2021 \|Yellowstone \|Sheriff Donnie Haskell \|Series regular
2021–present \|Mayor of Kingstown \|Ian Ferguson \|Series regular, also Co-creator & Executive Producer

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | 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

|data-sort-value="Eleventh Hour, The" | The Eleventh Hour

|Eddie

|Episode: "Hard Seven"

2004

|data-sort-value="Love Crimes of Gillian Guess, The" | The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess

|Bobby Tomahawk

|TV movie

2004

|data-sort-value="Wool Cap, The" | The Wool Cap

|Leather Jacket

|TV movie

2004–2005

|ReGenesis

|Danny Dexter

|3 episodes

2005

|Our Fathers

|Johnny DeFranco

|TV movie

2007

|data-sort-value="Gathering, The" | The Gathering

|Detective Gamble

|2 episodes

2007–2010

|Durham County

|Mike Sweeney

|Series lead

2008

|data-sort-value="Quality of Life, The" | 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

|data-sort-value="Killing, The" | The Killing

|Francis Becker

|12 episodes

2013

|Continuum

|Mr. Escher

|7 episodes

2014

|Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight

|Gene

|8 episodes

2015–2017

|X Company

|Colonel Duncan Sinclair

|Series regular

2017

|data-sort-value="Expanse, The" | The Expanse

|Lieutenant Sutton

|3 episodes

2017

|Twin Peaks

|Tom Paige

|Episode: "Part 7"

2018

|data-sort-value="Detectives, The" | The Detectives

|Detective Rod Piukkala

|Episode: "Stranger Calling"

2018–2021

|Yellowstone

|Sheriff Donnie Haskell

|Series regular

2021–present

|Mayor of Kingstown

|Ian Ferguson

|Series regular, also Co-creator & Executive Producer

= Video games =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"\|Notes
2009 \|Left 4 Dead 2 \|Nick \|Valve
2012 \|Dishonored \|City Watch \|Bethesda
2013 \|Resident Evil 6 \|Nick \|Capcom X Valve Crossover DLC

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable"|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 =

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)
Love + Fury (2013)
One in the Chamber Music (2014)
Little Army (2017)
PeopleSkills (2019)
Flight Risk (2022)

= Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir =

The High Co$t of Low Living (2005)

= Solo =

Works Well with Others (the first solo album, released October 13, 2009, many of its songs are featured on the television show Flashpoint, track listing:

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