An actor and writer, Dixon studied at HB Studios and lives with his wife and son in NYC.

He is the author of the experimental memoir, There’s a Person in Here, under the pseudonym, James Patrick. Of the memoir, Kirkus remarked:

“A moving account of the profound moments in one man’s life…Patrick is painfully honest…these poems gently tug at the heart strings…the rare love poems shimmer with joy…“

Dixon originally performed as a member of The Villanova Theater Group, on local New York City stages and in TV commercials. His first feature film role was as the medical examiner in Lodge Kerrigan’s first award-winning feature, clean, shaven.

Dixon has appeared in a variety of features and performed in James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ Mediums (Whitney Biennial, New York, and The Tate Modern, London) as well as Mr. Wilkin’s award winning, controversial radio play, The Republic. Dixon is also a co-producer of The Plagiarist, by writers James N. Kienitz Wilkins and Robin Schavoir.

Currently, Dixon’s work can be found on iTunes and Amazon Prime in the award winning, EVOL, Michael Perrone’s debut feature, and in the award-winning writer/director Roger Hayn’s first feature, Congratulations Debby, as the disturbed Micheal, which premiered and streams on memory.is; and on tubi in Sean Melia’s Hank Boyd is Dead, as Stan, the nosy neighbor.

On the short festival circuit, Dixon can be seen in Shukai Wang’s 7045 Steps, Brian Tracey’s Down and Away, Tziv Friedman’s, The Walker and Gleb Osatinki’s, Father. Dixon and Gleb are also produced Resentment, Gleb’s memory film about growing up in, and leaving, an antisemitic Ukraine in 1987.

Dixon appears as Simon, in European director Sandeep Kumar’s internationally award winning comedic short, Another Day in Manhattan, having premiered in Vienna, Austria and winning Dixon two Best Actor Awards. (The Art is Alive Film Festival and The Indo-French International Film Festival) The sequel, Another Christmas in Manhattan, is in post production. In addition, Dixon and Sandeep Kumar are collaborating on a feature entitled, Chasing William, about an ageing man’s disturbingly misguided search for happiness.

He is an Executive Producer of Michael Perrone’s second feature, The Man Behind the Camera, (Co-starring as alcoholic reporter Walter Hughes) set for international release late 2023.

Dixon is a colon and pancreatic cancer survivor, has been married twice, divorced once, the father of four (three survive) and a grandfather three times. The recurring spirit/theme of all his work can be best described by his motto:

“Don’t let the bastards wear you down.”