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