Matthew Modine
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1959-03-22 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Loma Linda, California, USA
- Also known as
- Matthew Avery Modine
Biography
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
TV Shows (22)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Gordon Rickett
The Simpsons
1989
as Dr. Stern (voice)
Stranger Things
2016
as Dr. Martin Brenner / Dr. Martin Brenner (archive footage)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The West Wing
1999
as Marco Arlens
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Weeds
2005
as Sullivan Groff
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Zero Day
2025
as Richard Dreyer
The Better Sister
2025
as Bill Braddock
Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
Into the West
2005
as Samson Wheeler
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as Fritz Gerlich
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001
as Jack Robinson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sammy Ayers
The Bedford Diaries
2006
as Jake Macklin
Proof
2015
as Ivan Turing
CAT. 8
2013
as Dr. Michael Ranger
American Cinema
1994
as Self
Movies (115)
Protector
2026
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
Oppenheimer
2023
as Vannevar Bush
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Foley
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
Full Metal Jacket
1987
as Pvt. Joker
Wrong Turn
2021
as Scott Shaw
Transporter 2
2005
as Jefferson Billings
Notting Hill
1999
as Actor (uncredited)
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Dr. Ollie Powers
47 Meters Down
2017
as Taylor
Retribution
2023
as Anders Muller
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
Cutthroat Island
1995
as William Shaw
Private School
1983
as Jim Green
Jobs
2013
as John Sculley
Short Cuts
1993
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
Birdy
1984
as Birdy
Backtrace
2018
as MacDonald
Memphis Belle
1990
as Dennis Dearborn
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Pacific Heights
1990
as Drake Goodman
Married to the Mob
1988
as Mike Downey
Too Big to Fail
2011
as John Thain
Fluke
1995
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
Wind
1992
as Will Parker
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
as Karl Buttons
The Neighbor
2007
as Jeff
Le Divorce
2003
as Tellman
Speed Kills
2018
as George Bush
Vision Quest
1985
as Louden Swain
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as Chip Dove / Ernst
And the Band Played On
1993
as Dr. Don Francis
Army of One
2016
as Dr. Ross
The Trial
2010
as Mac
Jacob
1994
as Jakob
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
as Self
Bamboozled
2000
as Himself
Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Ben's Father
Funky Monkey
2004
as Alec McCall
Baby It's You
1983
as Steve
Mrs. Soffel
1984
as Jack Biddle
The Real Blonde
1998
as Joe
The Confirmation
2016
as Kyle
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011
as Self
Mary
2005
as Tony Childress / Jesus
The Hippopotamus
2017
as Michael Logan
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Bye Bye Love
1995
as Dave Goldman
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
2021
as Rick Singer
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as Self
The Blackout
1997
as Matty
Family Weekend
2013
as Duncan Dungy
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
PoliWood
2009
as Self
Gross Anatomy
1989
as Joe Slovak
Go Go Tales
2008
as Johnie Ruby
Nobody's Baby
2001
as Sonny
The Browning Version
1994
as Frank Hunter
In the Shadows
2001
as Eric
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
Girl in Progress
2012
as Dr. Harford
Hard Miles
2024
as Greg Townsend
The Lemon Sisters
1989
as Wild Bill Hamer
Overnight
2003
as Self
My Love Affair with Marriage
2023
as Bo (voice)
Equinox
1992
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as Johnnie Cooper
The American
1998
as Christopher Newman
Kettle of Fish
2006
as Mel
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Sammy Ayers
Streamers
1983
as Billy
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Theodore Foster
Foster Boy
2019
as Michael Trainer
Sex and Lies in Sin City
2009
as Ted Binion
Kubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
Garden of Eden
2008
as David's Father
The Gamble
1988
as Francesco Sacredo
Filmworker
2018
as Self
Little Fish, Strange Pond
2009
as Mr. Jack
Flowers for Algernon
2000
as Charlie Gordon
The Shipment
2001
as Mitch Garrett
The Maker
1997
as Walter Schmeiss
Altar
2014
as Alec
Redeemer
2002
as Paul Freeman
Orphans
1987
as Treat
Very Mean Men
2000
as Bartender
Miss Virginia
2019
as Congressman Cliff Williams
Revengeance
2016
as Sid
Amy and the Angel
1982
as Randy
Hollywood North
2004
as Bobby Myers
Opa!
2005
as Eric
Surviving the Dust Bowl
1998
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
Odyssey in Rome
2005
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self
The Martini Shot
2023
as Steve
The Winning Season
2004
as Honus Wagner
Ecce Pirate
1997
as Narrator
Mulberry St.
2010
as Self
Chance
2020
as Coach Mike
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
2016
as Bob Riley
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The Tree
1993
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
2014
as Self
Against the Current
2021
as Narrator
Guardians of Life
2020
The Brainwashing of My Dad
2015
as Himself - Narrator
Guests
2014
as Theodore Foster
Merry Xmas
2015
as Abe
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
2026
as Self - Narrator
The Splendid Thing
as Declan King
Jesus Was a Commie
2011
as Himself
Santa: The Fascist Years
2008
as Narrator (voice)
Cowboy
2008
as Cowboy
I Think I Thought
2008
as Joe
World Birth Day
2002
as Self - Narrator(voice)
About Matthew Modine
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), Shor… With 137 credits spanning from 1951 to 2027, Matthew Modine has appeared in 115 films and 22 TV shows.
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Most Popular Matthew Modine Movies
- Protector (2026) — as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
- Oppenheimer (2023) — as Vannevar Bush
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — as Foley
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) — as Secretary of Defense James Riley
- Full Metal Jacket (1987) — as Pvt. Joker
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