Hugh Dillon was born in Ontario in the year 1963 and he is actor and musician of Canadian nationality. He was a lead singer for Headstones in 1990s and he was also actor for many television shows and films. He was in many notable roles like being Ed Lane on Flashpoint and Mike Sweeny on Durham County.
Hugh Dillon was a lead singer for the Hard Rock band in Kingston called The Headstones since 1987 until 2003. The band was among the most commercially successful bands of the year 1990s. After their break up, he started a new band called Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir which was an Indie band and it had the style that was drawn from new wave influences, punk, pop and country. They released the song, The High Cost of Low living in the year 2005. He released a solo album called Works Well With Others and it was out in 2009. He was a record producer for the Canadian Rockers movie called The Rubbers and he scored a written composition for different television productions. The Headstones members came together again in 2011.
For his acting career, Hugh Dillon started to work with Dance Me Outside with director Bruce McDonald. His other acclaimed role is to play Joe Dick in the Hard Core Logo. This is the film that caught an eye of the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, Rolling Thunder Pictures distributed the movie and this lead to international attention.
Afterwards, he had worked in different film role including Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning, Assault On Precinct 13 and Lone Hero. He was nominated to be given the Genie Award for the Best Supporting Actor for the role he had in Trailer Park Boys: Movie. He got more acclaim when he starred in the Down to The Bone movie which won Sundance Film Festival Award. He was the guest star on different television programs like Degrassi; The Next Generation, ReGenesis and The Eleventh Hour. He has also done some voice over of ads of Canadian Chevrolet on radio and TV and also for the Manulife one financial services.
Hugh Dillon while playing Mike Sweeney in the dramatic series of Durham County, he was critically acclaimed and it was following the tormented life for Detective Mike Sweeney, who is a world weary homicide detective who decided to move with his own wife to go to a new city for a new beginning. For the role, he was nominated 14 times for the Gemini award and he was able to get 5 wins.
After leaving flashpoint, he went to be the voice of Left 4 Dead 2 which is a video game that was developed under Valve. Hugh Dillon is a married man for over 25 years and his wife is Midori Fujiwara. The exact figure of his net worth is not known but it is believed to be in millions.
| Net Worth 2021: | 13 million |
