Matthew Modine
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1959-03-22 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Loma Linda, California, USA
- Also known as
- Matthew Avery Modine
Biography
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared the Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Best Actor as part of the ensemble cast of Robert Altman's film Streamers (1983). He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, including Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985), and Married to the Mob (1988). He gained further prominence for playing U.S. Marine James T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987).Â
Other notable films include Pacific Heights (1990), Short Cuts (1993), Cutthroat Island (1995), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and Oppenheimer (2023). On television, he portrayed Dr. Don Francis in the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993), Sullivan Groff on Weeds (2007), Ivan Turing in Proof (2015), and Dr. Martin Brenner on Netflix's Stranger Things (2016â2022).
Modine has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for his work in And the Band Played On and What the Deaf Man Heard and received a special Golden Globe for him and the rest of the ensemble in Short Cuts. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for And the Band Played On.
Known For
TV Shows (22)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Gordon Rickett
The Simpsons
1989
as Dr. Stern (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Stranger Things
2016
as Dr. Martin Brenner / Dr. Martin Brenner (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The West Wing
1999
as Marco Arlens
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Weeds
2005
as Sullivan Groff
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
The Better Sister
2025
as Bill Braddock
Zero Day
2025
as Richard Dreyer
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as Fritz Gerlich
Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
Into the West
2005
as Samson Wheeler
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001
as Jack Robinson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sammy Ayers
Proof
2015
as Ivan Turing
The Bedford Diaries
2006
as Jake Macklin
American Cinema
1994
as Self
CAT. 8
2013
as Dr. Michael Ranger
Movies (115)
Protector
2026
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
Oppenheimer
2023
as Vannevar Bush
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Foley
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
Wrong Turn
2021
as Scott Shaw
Full Metal Jacket
1987
as Pvt. Joker
Notting Hill
1999
as Actor (uncredited)
Transporter 2
2005
as Jefferson Billings
Retribution
2023
as Anders Muller
47 Meters Down
2017
as Taylor
Private School
1983
as Jim Green
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Dr. Ollie Powers
Jobs
2013
as John Sculley
Backtrace
2018
as MacDonald
Cutthroat Island
1995
as William Shaw
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Pacific Heights
1990
as Drake Goodman
Memphis Belle
1990
as Dennis Dearborn
Wind
1992
as Will Parker
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
Short Cuts
1993
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
Birdy
1984
as Birdy
Too Big to Fail
2011
as John Thain
Married to the Mob
1988
as Mike Downey
Baby It's You
1983
as Steve
Jacob
1994
as Jakob
Speed Kills
2018
as George Bush
Fluke
1995
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
And the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Don Francis
Bamboozled
2000
as Himself
Le Divorce
2003
as Tellman
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as Chip Dove / Ernst
Vision Quest
1985
as Louden Swain
The Confirmation
2016
as Kyle
Family Weekend
2013
as Duncan Dungy
Funky Monkey
2004
as Alec McCall
The Neighbor
2007
as Jeff
Army of One
2016
as Dr. Ross
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
as Karl Buttons
The Trial
2010
as Mac
The Blackout
1997
as Matty
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
as Self
Mrs. Soffel
1984
as Jack Biddle
Go Go Tales
2008
as Johnie Ruby
Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Ben's Father
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011
as Self
Overnight
2003
as Self
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
2021
as Rick Singer
Filmworker
2018
as Self
Equinox
1992
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Altar
2014
as Alec
Mary
2005
as Tony Childress / Jesus
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as Self
The Real Blonde
1998
as Joe
The Hippopotamus
2017
as Michael Logan
Bye Bye Love
1995
as Dave Goldman
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
PoliWood
2009
as Self
My Love Affair with Marriage
2023
as Bo (voice)
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Theodore Foster
Foster Boy
2019
as Michael Trainer
Nobody's Baby
2001
as Sonny
Gross Anatomy
1989
as Joe Slovak
Hard Miles
2024
as Greg Townsend
Girl in Progress
2012
as Dr. Harford
Kettle of Fish
2006
as Mel
The Maker
1997
as Walter Schmeiss
The Gamble
1988
as Francesco Sacredo
The American
1998
as Christopher Newman
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
Flowers for Algernon
2000
as Charlie Gordon
The Browning Version
1994
as Frank Hunter
Garden of Eden
2008
as David's Father
The Lemon Sisters
1989
as Wild Bill Hamer
Streamers
1983
as Billy
Sex and Lies in Sin City
2009
as Ted Binion
Chance
2020
as Coach Mike
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Very Mean Men
2000
as Bartender
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as Johnnie Cooper
Kubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
Revengeance
2016
as Sid
In the Shadows
2001
as Eric
Little Fish, Strange Pond
2009
as Mr. Jack
The Winning Season
2004
as Honus Wagner
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Sammy Ayers
Against the Current
2021
as Narrator
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
2016
as Bob Riley
Hollywood North
2004
as Bobby Myers
The Martini Shot
2023
as Steve
Surviving the Dust Bowl
1998
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
Redeemer
2002
as Paul Freeman
Orphans
1987
as Treat
The Shipment
2001
as Mitch Garrett
Mulberry St.
2010
as Self
Opa!
2005
as Eric
Guardians of Life
2020
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self
Amy and the Angel
1982
as Randy
Miss Virginia
2019
as Congressman Cliff Williams
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
2014
as Self
Merry Xmas
2015
as Abe
Guests
2014
as Theodore Foster
Ecce Pirate
1997
as Narrator
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
2026
as Self - Narrator
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The Tree
1993
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
The Splendid Thing
as Declan King
The Brainwashing of My Dad
2015
as Himself - Narrator
Jesus Was a Commie
2011
as Himself
Santa: The Fascist Years
2008
as Narrator (voice)
I Think I Thought
2008
as Joe
Cowboy
2008
as Cowboy
World Birth Day
2002
as Self - Narrator(voice)
About Matthew Modine
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared the Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Best Actor as part of the ensemble cast of Robert Altman's film Streamers (1983). He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, including Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985), and Married to the Mob (1988). He gained further prominence for playing U.S. Marine James T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987). Other notable films include Pacific Heights (1990), Shor⊠With 137 credits spanning from 1951 to 2027, Matthew Modine has appeared in 115 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Protector (2026) â as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
- Oppenheimer (2023) â as Vannevar Bush
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) â as Foley
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) â as Secretary of Defense James Riley
- Wrong Turn (2021) â as Scott Shaw
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