Matthew Modine
Actor

Matthew Modine

12 Movies
2 TV Shows
14 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 14
Birthday March 22, 1959 (67 years old)
Place of Birth Loma Linda, California, USA
Also Known As Matthew Avery Modine
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Biography

Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959)Β is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared theΒ Venice Film Festival'sΒ Volpi Cup for Best ActorΒ as part of the ensemble cast ofΒ Robert Altman'sΒ filmΒ StreamersΒ (1983). He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, includingΒ BirdyΒ (1984),Β Vision QuestΒ (1985), andΒ Married to the MobΒ (1988). He gained further prominence for playingΒ U.S. MarineΒ James T. "Joker" Davis inΒ Stanley Kubrick'sΒ Full Metal Jacket (1987).Β 

Other notable films includeΒ Pacific HeightsΒ (1990),Β Short CutsΒ (1993),Β Cutthroat IslandΒ (1995),Β The Dark Knight RisesΒ (2012), andΒ OppenheimerΒ (2023). On television, he portrayedΒ Dr. Don FrancisΒ in theΒ HBOΒ filmΒ And the Band Played OnΒ (1993), Sullivan Groff onΒ WeedsΒ (2007), Ivan Turing inΒ ProofΒ (2015), andΒ Dr. Martin BrennerΒ onΒ Netflix'sΒ Stranger Things (2016–2022).

Modine has been nominated twice for aΒ Golden Globe AwardΒ forΒ Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionΒ for his work inΒ And the Band Played OnΒ andΒ What the Deaf Man HeardΒ and received a special Golden Globe for him and the rest of the ensemble inΒ Short Cuts.Β He was also nominated for aΒ Primetime Emmy AwardΒ forΒ Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a SpecialΒ forΒ And the Band Played On.

Filmography (137)

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova 2027
Protector 2026
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure 2026
Zero Day 2025 The Better Sister 2025
Hard Miles 2024
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations 2023
Retribution 2023
The Martini Shot 2023
Oppenheimer 2023
My Love Affair with Marriage 2023
100 Years of Warner Bros. 2023
Against the Current 2021
Wrong Turn 2021
Breaking News in Yuba County 2021
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 2021
Guardians of Life 2020
Chance 2020
Miss Virginia 2019
Foster Boy 2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019
Sicario: Day of the Soldado 2018
Backtrace 2018
Speed Kills 2018
Filmworker 2018
47 Meters Down 2017
The Hippopotamus 2017
The Confirmation 2016
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents 2016
Army of One 2016
Revengeance 2016
Stranger Things 2016
Unity 2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards 2015
The Brainwashing of My Dad 2015
Merry Xmas 2015
Proof 2015
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire 2014
Altar 2014
Guests 2014
Kubrick Remembered 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
Jobs 2013
Family Weekend 2013
CAT. 8 2013
The Dark Knight Rises 2012
Girl in Progress 2012
Too Big to Fail 2011
Adventures in Plymptoons! 2011
Jesus Was a Commie 2011
The Trial 2010
Mulberry St. 2010
Sex and Lies in Sin City 2009
Little Fish, Strange Pond 2009
PoliWood 2009
Garden of Eden 2008
Go Go Tales 2008
Cowboy 2008
I Think I Thought 2008
Santa: The Fascist Years 2008
Have Dreams, Will Travel 2007
The Neighbor 2007
Kettle of Fish 2006
The Bedford Diaries 2006
Transporter 2 2005
Mary 2005
Opa! 2005
Odyssey in Rome 2005
Into the West 2005
Weeds 2005
Funky Monkey 2004
Hollywood North 2004
The Winning Season 2004
The Tony Danza Show 2004
Overnight 2003
Le Divorce 2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil 2003
Redeemer 2002
World Birth Day 2002
In the Shadows 2001
Nobody's Baby 2001
The Shipment 2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story 2001
Flowers for Algernon 2000
Bamboozled 2000
Very Mean Men 2000
Any Given Sunday 1999
If... Dog... Rabbit 1999
Notting Hill 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
The West Wing 1999
The Real Blonde 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman 1998
The American 1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl 1998
So Graham Norton 1998
The Blackout 1997
The Maker 1997
What the Deaf Man Heard 1997
Ecce Pirate 1997
Cutthroat Island 1995 Fluke 1995 Bye Bye Love 1995
Lo + plus 1995
Jacob 1994 The Browning Version 1994
American Cinema 1994
Short Cuts 1993
And the Band Played On 1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country 1993
The Tree 1993
Wind 1992
Equinox 1992
Pacific Heights 1990
Memphis Belle 1990
Gross Anatomy 1989
The Lemon Sisters 1989
The Simpsons 1989
Married to the Mob 1988
The Gamble 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
Full Metal Jacket 1987
Orphans 1987
Vision Quest 1985
Birdy 1984
Mrs. Soffel 1984
The Hotel New Hampshire 1984
Streamers 1983
Private School 1983
Baby It's You 1983
Amy and the Angel 1982
Saturday Night Live 1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
The Splendid Thing