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