Acting
Matthew Modine
EN, ES, IT, DE cinema · 129 credits
Born
22 March 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Loma Linda, California, USA
Also known as Matthew Avery 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), 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
Filmography
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket
as Self - Pvt. Joker, Full Metal Jacket, Producer
The Splendid Thing
The Splendid Thing
as Declan King, Director, Screenplay
Keepers of the Wild
Keepers of the Wild
Executive Producer
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
as General Fulton
Protector
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle, Executive Producer
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
as Self - Narrator
Never Give Up!
Executive Producer
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
as Self - 'Stranger Things' Dr Brenner
Hard Miles
as Greg Townsend
I Hope This Helps!
Executive Producer
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
as Narrator (voice)
Retribution
as Anders Muller
The Martini Shot
as Steve
Oppenheimer
as Vannevar Bush
My Love Affair with Marriage
as Bo (voice), Executive Producer
I Am What You Imagine
Writer, Director
Downwind
Producer
The Fuse
Executive Producer
Against the Current
as Narrator, Writer
Wrong Turn
as Scott Shaw
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Karl Buttons
Chance
as Coach Mike
Miss Virginia
as Congressman Cliff Williams
Foster Boy
as Michael Trainer
Red Ink
Thanks
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
Backtrace
as MacDonald
Speed Kills
as George Bush
Filmworker
as Self
47 Meters Down
as Taylor
The Hippopotamus
as Michael Logan
The Confirmation
as Kyle
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
as Bob Riley
Army of One
as Dr. Ross
Revengeance
as Sid, Executive Producer
Super Sex
Director, Producer, Writer
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
as Theodore Foster
The Brainwashing of My Dad
as Himself - Narrator, Producer
Merry Xmas
as Abe, Writer
Last Days of Coney Island
Executive Producer
Altar
as Alec
Guests
as Theodore Foster
Jobs
as John Sculley
Family Weekend
as Duncan Dungy
CAT. 8
as Dr. Michael Ranger
Girl in Progress
as Dr. Harford
Too Big to Fail
as John Thain
Jesus Was a Commie
as Himself, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
2011
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
Director, Writer
The Trial
as Mac, Producer
Mulberry St.
as Self
Sex and Lies in Sin City
as Ted Binion
Little Fish, Strange Pond
as Mr. Jack, Executive Producer
PoliWood
as Self
Garden of Eden
as David's Father
Go Go Tales
as Johnie Ruby
Cowboy
as Cowboy, Writer, Director
I Think I Thought
as Joe, Writer, Producer, Director
Santa: The Fascist Years
as Narrator (voice)
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Ben's Father
The Neighbor
as Jeff
Kettle of Fish
as Mel, Executive Producer
Transporter 2
as Jefferson Billings
Mary
as Tony Childress / Jesus
Opa!
as Eric
Funky Monkey
as Alec McCall
Hollywood North
as Bobby Myers
The Winning Season
as Honus Wagner
Overnight
as Self
Le Divorce
as Tellman
Redeemer
as Paul Freeman
World Birth Day
2002
World Birth Day
as Self - Narrator(voice)
In the Shadows
as Eric
Nobody's Baby
as Sonny
The Shipment
as Mitch Garrett
Flowers for Algernon
as Charlie Gordon
Bamboozled
as Himself
Very Mean Men
as Bartender
Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Ollie Powers
If... Dog... Rabbit
as Johnnie Cooper, Writer, Director
Notting Hill
as Actor (uncredited)
The American
as Christopher Newman
Surviving the Dust Bowl
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
The Blackout
as Matty
The Maker
as Walter Schmeiss
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Sammy Ayers
Ecce Pirate
as Narrator, Director, Camera Operator, Producer, Writer, Supervising Sound Editor, Music Supervisor, Post Production Coordinator, Costume Supervisor, Set Decoration, Cinematography, Casting
Cutthroat Island
as William Shaw
Fluke
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
Bye Bye Love
as Dave Goldman
Jacob
as Jakob
The Browning Version
as Frank Hunter
Short Cuts
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Don Francis
The Tree
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
When I Was a Boy
Producer, Casting, Art Direction, Music Supervisor, Editor, Writer, Director
Wind
as Will Parker
Equinox
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Pacific Heights
as Drake Goodman
Memphis Belle
as Dennis Dearborn
Gross Anatomy
as Joe Slovak
The Lemon Sisters
as Wild Bill Hamer
Married to the Mob
as Mike Downey
The Gamble
as Francesco Sacredo
Full Metal Jacket
as Pvt. Joker
Orphans
as Treat
Vision Quest
as Louden Swain
Birdy
as Birdy
Mrs. Soffel
as Jack Biddle
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Chip Dove / Ernst
Streamers
as Billy
Private School
as Jim Green
Baby It's You
as Steve
Amy and the Angel
as Randy