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