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