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