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 | 2027-03-25 | |
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Protector | Colonel Joseph Lavelle | 2026-02-19 |
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Hard Miles | Greg Townsend | 2024-04-19 |
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Oppenheimer | Vannevar Bush | 2023-07-19 |
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The Martini Shot | Steve | 2023-09-27 |
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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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Breaking News in Yuba County | Karl Buttons | 2021-01-28 |
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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal | Rick Singer | 2021-03-17 |
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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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Guardians of Life | 2020-02-06 | |
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Chance | Coach Mike | 2020-04-09 |
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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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Backtrace | MacDonald | 2018-12-14 |
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Filmworker | Self | 2018-05-11 |
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Speed Kills | George Bush | 2018-11-16 |
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Secretary of Defense James Riley | 2018-06-27 |
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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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The Confirmation | Kyle | 2016-03-18 |
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Revengeance | Sid | 2016-09-15 |
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Army of One | Dr. Ross | 2016-11-04 |
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Come diventare grandi nonostante i genitori | Bob Riley | 2016-11-23 |
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Merry Xmas | Abe | 2015-04-19 |
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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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Kubrick Remembered | Self | 2014-11-04 |
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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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Guests | Theodore Foster | 2014-08-29 |
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Jobs | John Sculley | 2013-08-15 |
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Family Weekend | Duncan Dungy | 2013-03-28 |
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The Dark Knight Rises | Foley | 2012-07-17 |
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Girl in Progress | Dr. Harford | 2012-05-11 |
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Too Big to Fail | John Thain | 2011-11-25 |
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Jesus Was a Commie | Himself | 2011-05-19 |
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Adventures in Plymptoons! | Self | 2011-05-30 |
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The Flying House | Bertie (voice) | 2011-10-13 |
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The Trial | Mac | 2010-09-10 |
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Mulberry St. | Self | 2010-07-17 |
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Little Fish, Strange Pond | Mr. Jack | 2009-10-23 |
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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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I Think I Thought | Joe | 2008-04-25 |
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Go Go Tales | Johnie Ruby | 2008-06-20 |
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Cowboy | Cowboy | 2008-06-12 |
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Garden of Eden | David's Father | 2008-01-01 |
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Santa: The Fascist Years | Narrator (voice) | 2008-12-01 |
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Have Dreams, Will Travel | Ben's Father | 2007-05-21 |
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The Neighbor | Jeff | 2007-12-15 |
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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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Funky Monkey | Alec McCall | 2004-09-17 |
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The Winning Season | Honus Wagner | 2004-04-03 |
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Hollywood North | Bobby Myers | 2004-01-12 |
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Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
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Le Divorce | Tellman | 2003-08-08 |
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World Birth Day | Self - Narrator(voice) | 2002-01-01 |
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Redeemer | Paul Freeman | 2002-01-31 |
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The Shipment | Mitch Garrett | 2001-10-01 |
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001-05-02 |
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Nobody's Baby | Sonny | 2001-01-01 |
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In the Shadows | Eric | 2001-06-24 |
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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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Surviving the Dust Bowl | Lawrence Svobida (voice) | 1998-03-02 |
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The American | Christopher Newman | 1998-12-26 |
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Ecce Pirate | Narrator | 1997-06-01 |
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The Blackout | Matty | 1997-06-11 |
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The Maker | Walter Schmeiss | 1997-08-01 |
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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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Cutthroat Island | William Shaw | 1995-12-22 |
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Bye Bye Love | Dave Goldman | 1995-03-16 |
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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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Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Self | 1993-03-26 |
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And the Band Played On | Dr. Don Francis | 1993-09-11 |
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Short Cuts | Dr. Ralph Wyman | 1993-10-01 |
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The Tree | Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man | 1993-02-25 |
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Wind | Will Parker | 1992-09-11 |
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Equinox | Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace | 1992-09-18 |
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Memphis Belle | Dennis Dearborn | 1990-09-07 |
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Pacific Heights | Drake Goodman | 1990-09-28 |
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Gross Anatomy | Joe Slovak | 1989-10-20 |
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The Lemon Sisters | Wild Bill Hamer | 1989-12-01 |
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Married to the Mob | Mike Downey | 1988-08-19 |
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La partita | Francesco Sacredo | 1988-10-28 |
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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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Private School | Jim Green | 1983-06-29 |
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Streamers | Billy | 1983-09-05 |
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Amy and the Angel | Randy | 1982-09-22 |
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A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket | Self | |
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Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Self |
