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Matthew Modine

Acting 66 years old Loma Linda, California, USA ★ 2.4
Born: March 22, 1959

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). 

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 (2016–2022).

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (137)

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova 2027
Protector
Protector Colonel Joseph Lavelle 2026
The Better Sister
The Better Sister Bill Braddock 2025
Zero Day
Zero Day Richard Dreyer 2025
Hard Miles
Hard Miles Greg Townsend 2024
Retribution
Retribution Anders Muller 2023
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Vannevar Bush 2023
The Martini Shot
The Martini Shot Steve 2023
My Love Affair with Marriage
My Love Affair with Marriage Bo (voice) 2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
100 Years of Warner Bros. Self 2023
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations Narrator (voice) 2023
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal Rick Singer 2021
Against the Current
Against the Current Narrator 2021
Breaking News in Yuba County
Breaking News in Yuba County Karl Buttons 2021
Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn Scott Shaw 2021
Chance
Chance Coach Mike 2020
Guardians of Life
Guardians of Life 2020
Miss Virginia
Miss Virginia Congressman Cliff Williams 2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth Self 2019
Foster Boy
Foster Boy Michael Trainer 2019
Backtrace
Backtrace MacDonald 2018
Speed Kills
Speed Kills George Bush 2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Secretary of Defense James Riley 2018
Filmworker
Filmworker Self 2018
47 Meters Down
47 Meters Down Taylor 2017
The Hippopotamus
The Hippopotamus Michael Logan 2017
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents Bob Riley 2016
Army of One
Army of One Dr. Ross 2016
Revengeance
Revengeance Sid 2016
Stranger Things
Stranger Things Dr. Martin Brenner 2016
Stranger Things
Stranger Things Dr. Martin Brenner (archive footage) 2016
The Confirmation
The Confirmation Kyle 2016
Unity
Unity Narrator (voice) 2015
The Brainwashing of My Dad
The Brainwashing of My Dad Himself - Narrator 2015
Proof
Proof Ivan Turing 2015
Merry Xmas
Merry Xmas Abe 2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards Theodore Foster 2015
Altar
Altar Alec 2014
Kubrick Remembered
Kubrick Remembered Self 2014
Guests
Guests Theodore Foster 2014
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire Self 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
Jobs
Jobs John Sculley 2013
Family Weekend
Family Weekend Duncan Dungy 2013
CAT. 8
CAT. 8 Dr. Michael Ranger 2013
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises Foley 2012
Girl in Progress
Girl in Progress Dr. Harford 2012
Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail John Thain 2011
The Flying House
The Flying House (voice) 2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Adventures in Plymptoons! Self 2011
Jesus Was a Commie
Jesus Was a Commie Himself 2011
The Trial
The Trial Mac 2010
Mulberry St.
Mulberry St. Self 2010
Little Fish, Strange Pond
Little Fish, Strange Pond Mr. Jack 2009
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Sex and Lies in Sin City Ted Binion 2009
PoliWood
PoliWood Self 2009
Santa: The Fascist Years
Santa: The Fascist Years Narrator (voice) 2008
Go Go Tales
Go Go Tales Johnie Ruby 2008
Cowboy
Cowboy Cowboy 2008
I Think I Thought
I Think I Thought Joe 2008
Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden David's Father 2008
The Neighbor
The Neighbor Jeff 2007
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Have Dreams, Will Travel Ben's Father 2007
Kettle of Fish
Kettle of Fish Mel 2006
The Bedford Diaries
The Bedford Diaries Jake Macklin 2006
Mary
Mary Tony Childress / Jesus 2005
Opa!
Opa! Eric 2005
Odyssey in Rome
Odyssey in Rome 2005
Weeds
Weeds Sullivan Groff 2005
Transporter 2
Transporter 2 Jefferson Billings 2005
Into the West
Into the West Samson Wheeler 2005
Funky Monkey
Funky Monkey Alec McCall 2004
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Danza Show Self - Guest 2004
The Winning Season
The Winning Season Honus Wagner 2004
Hollywood North
Hollywood North Bobby Myers 2004
Le Divorce
Le Divorce Tellman 2003
Overnight
Overnight Self 2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Hitler: The Rise of Evil Fritz Gerlich 2003
Redeemer
Redeemer Paul Freeman 2002
World Birth Day
World Birth Day Self - Narrator(voice) 2002
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Jack Robinson 2001
The Shipment
The Shipment Mitch Garrett 2001
In the Shadows
In the Shadows Eric 2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures Self 2001
Nobody's Baby
Nobody's Baby Sonny 2001
Bamboozled
Bamboozled Himself 2000
Very Mean Men
Very Mean Men Bartender 2000
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon Charlie Gordon 2000
Any Given Sunday
Any Given Sunday Dr. Ollie Powers 1999
If... Dog... Rabbit
If... Dog... Rabbit Johnnie Cooper 1999
The West Wing
The West Wing Marco Arlens 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gordon Rickett 1999
Notting Hill
Notting Hill Actor (uncredited) 1999
The American
The American Christopher Newman 1998
So Graham Norton
So Graham Norton Self - Guest 1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Surviving the Dust Bowl Lawrence Svobida (voice) 1998
The Real Blonde
The Real Blonde Joe 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman Self 1998
What the Deaf Man Heard
What the Deaf Man Heard Sammy Ayers 1997
The Maker
The Maker Walter Schmeiss 1997
The Blackout
The Blackout Matty 1997
Ecce Pirate
Ecce Pirate Narrator 1997
Cutthroat Island
Cutthroat Island William Shaw 1995
Fluke
Fluke Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke 1995
Lo + plus
Lo + plus Self - Guest 1995
Bye Bye Love
Bye Bye Love Dave Goldman 1995
Jacob
Jacob Jakob 1994
The Browning Version
The Browning Version Frank Hunter 1994
American Cinema
American Cinema Self 1994
Short Cuts
Short Cuts Dr. Ralph Wyman 1993
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On Dr. Don Francis 1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country Self 1993
The Tree
The Tree Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man 1993
Equinox
Equinox Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace 1992
Wind
Wind Will Parker 1992
Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights Drake Goodman 1990
Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle Dennis Dearborn 1990
The Lemon Sisters
The Lemon Sisters Wild Bill Hamer 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Dr. Stern (voice) 1989
Gross Anatomy
Gross Anatomy Joe Slovak 1989
The Gamble
The Gamble Francesco Sacredo 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Married to the Mob
Married to the Mob Mike Downey 1988
Orphans
Orphans Treat 1987
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket Pvt. Joker 1987
Vision Quest
Vision Quest Louden Swain 1985
Mrs. Soffel
Mrs. Soffel Jack Biddle 1984
Birdy
Birdy Birdy 1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire Chip Dove / Ernst 1984
Streamers
Streamers Billy 1983
Private School
Private School Jim Green 1983
Baby It's You
Baby It's You Steve 1983
Amy and the Angel
Amy and the Angel Randy 1982
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Sammy Ayers 1951
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life Self
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket Self

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