1959-03-22 Loma Linda, California, USA
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.
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Godzilla x Kong: Supernova | 2027-03-26 | |
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Protector | Colonel Joseph Lavelle | 2026-03-12 |
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Hard Miles | Greg Townsend | 2024-04-19 |
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The Martini Shot | Steve | 2023-09-27 |
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Oppenheimer | Vannevar Bush | 2023-07-19 |
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Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations | Narrator (voice) | 2023-04-18 |
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Retribution | Anders Muller | 2023-08-23 |
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My Love Affair with Marriage | Bo (voice) | 2023-06-07 |
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Wrong Turn | Scott Shaw | 2021-01-26 |
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Against the Current | Narrator | 2021-03-01 |
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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal | Rick Singer | 2021-03-17 |
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Breaking News in Yuba County | Karl Buttons | 2021-01-28 |
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Chance | Coach Mike | 2020-04-09 |
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Guardians of Life | 2020-02-06 | |
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | 2019-10-12 |
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Miss Virginia | Congressman Cliff Williams | 2019-10-18 |
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Foster Boy | Michael Trainer | 2019-10-03 |
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Filmworker | Self | 2018-05-11 |
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Secretary of Defense James Riley | 2018-06-27 |
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Backtrace | MacDonald | 2018-12-14 |
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Speed Kills | George Bush | 2018-11-16 |
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47 Meters Down | Taylor | 2017-05-25 |
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The Hippopotamus | Michael Logan | 2017-03-08 |
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Revengeance | Sid | 2016-09-15 |
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Come diventare grandi nonostante i genitori | Bob Riley | 2016-11-23 |
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The Confirmation | Kyle | 2016-03-18 |
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Army of One | Dr. Ross | 2016-11-04 |
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The Brainwashing of My Dad | Himself - Narrator | 2015-07-29 |
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Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
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The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Theodore Foster | 2015-03-25 |
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Merry Xmas | Abe | 2015-04-19 |
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How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire | Self | 2014-08-25 |
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Altar | Alec | 2014-12-27 |
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Kubrick Remembered | Self | 2014-11-04 |
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Guests | Theodore Foster | 2014-08-29 |
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Family Weekend | Duncan Dungy | 2013-03-28 |
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Jobs | John Sculley | 2013-08-15 |
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Girl in Progress | Dr. Harford | 2012-05-11 |
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The Dark Knight Rises | Foley | 2012-07-17 |
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The Flying House | Bertie (voice) | 2011-10-13 |
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Too Big to Fail | John Thain | 2011-11-25 |
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Adventures in Plymptoons! | Self | 2011-05-30 |
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Jesus Was a Commie | Himself | 2011-05-19 |
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Mulberry St. | Self | 2010-07-17 |
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The Trial | Mac | 2010-09-10 |
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Sex and Lies in Sin City | Ted Binion | 2009-10-22 |
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PoliWood | Self | 2009-07-03 |
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Little Fish, Strange Pond | Mr. Jack | 2009-10-23 |
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Cowboy | Cowboy | 2008-06-12 |
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Santa: The Fascist Years | Narrator (voice) | 2008-12-01 |
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I Think I Thought | Joe | 2008-04-25 |
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Garden of Eden | David's Father | 2008-01-01 |
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The Neighbor | Jeff | 2007-12-15 |
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Go Go Tales | Johnie Ruby | 2007-05-23 |
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Have Dreams, Will Travel | Ben's Father | 2007-05-21 |
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Kettle of Fish | Mel | 2006-10-15 |
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Opa! | Eric | 2005-11-13 |
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Transporter 2 | Jefferson Billings | 2005-08-03 |
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Odyssey in Rome | 2005-09-30 | |
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Mary | Tony Childress / Jesus | 2005-11-18 |
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Hollywood North | Bobby Myers | 2004-01-12 |
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Funky Monkey | Alec McCall | 2004-09-17 |
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The Winning Season | Honus Wagner | 2004-04-03 |
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Le Divorce | Tellman | 2003-08-08 |
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Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
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Redeemer | Paul Freeman | 2002-01-31 |
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In the Shadows | Eric | 2001-06-24 |
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Nobody's Baby | Sonny | 2001-01-01 |
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-05-02 |
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The Shipment | Mitch Garrett | 2001-10-01 |
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Flowers for Algernon | Charlie Gordon | 2000-02-20 |
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Bamboozled | Himself | 2000-10-06 |
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Very Mean Men | Bartender | 2000-06-10 |
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Notting Hill | Actor (uncredited) | 1999-05-21 |
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If... Dog... Rabbit | Johnnie Cooper | 1999-09-29 |
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Any Given Sunday | Dr. Ollie Powers | 1999-12-22 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Self | 1998-01-01 |
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The Real Blonde | Joe | 1998-02-27 |
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The American | Christopher Newman | 1998-12-26 |
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Surviving the Dust Bowl | Lawrence Svobida (voice) | 1998-03-02 |
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The Maker | Walter Schmeiss | 1997-08-01 |
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Ecce Pirate | Narrator | 1997-06-01 |
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The Blackout | Matty | 1997-06-11 |
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What the Deaf Man Heard | Sammy Ayers | 1997-11-23 |
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Fluke | Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke | 1995-06-02 |
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Bye Bye Love | Dave Goldman | 1995-03-16 |
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American Cinema | Narrator | 1995-01-23 |
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Cutthroat Island | William Shaw | 1995-12-22 |
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The Browning Version | Frank Hunter | 1994-06-08 |
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Jacob | Jakob | 1994-12-04 |
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Short Cuts | Dr. Ralph Wyman | 1993-10-01 |
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And the Band Played On | Dr. Don Francis | 1993-09-11 |
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The Tree | Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man | 1993-02-25 |
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Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Self | 1993-03-26 |
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Equinox | Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace | 1992-09-18 |
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Wind | Will Parker | 1992-09-11 |
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Pacific Heights | Drake Goodman | 1990-09-28 |
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Memphis Belle | Dennis Dearborn | 1990-09-07 |
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The Lemon Sisters | Wild Bill Hamer | 1989-12-01 |
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Gross Anatomy | Joe Slovak | 1989-10-20 |
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La partita | Francesco Sacredo | 1988-10-28 |
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Married to the Mob | Mike Downey | 1988-08-19 |
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Orphans | Treat | 1987-09-18 |
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Full Metal Jacket | Pvt. Joker | 1987-06-26 |
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Vision Quest | Louden Swain | 1985-02-15 |
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Mrs. Soffel | Jack Biddle | 1984-12-26 |
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Birdy | Birdy | 1984-12-14 |
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The Hotel New Hampshire | Chip Dove / Ernst | 1984-03-09 |
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Baby It's You | Steve | 1983-03-04 |
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Streamers | Billy | 1983-09-05 |
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Private School | Jim Green | 1983-06-29 |
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Amy and the Angel | Randy | 1982-09-22 |
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Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Self |
