Matthew Modine
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-03-22 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Loma Linda, California, USA
Matthew 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
Acting
(2027)
(2026)
Protector
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
(2024)
Hard Miles
as Greg Townsend
(2023)
Oppenheimer
as Vannevar Bush
(2023)
Retribution
as Anders Muller
(2023)
The Martini Shot
as Steve
(2023)
My Love Affair with Marriage
as Bo (voice)
(2023)
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
as Rick Singer
(2021)
Wrong Turn
as Scott Shaw
(2021)
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Karl Buttons
(2021)
Against the Current
as Narrator
(2020)
(2020)
Chance
as Coach Mike
(2019)
Foster Boy
as Michael Trainer
(2019)
Miss Virginia
as Congressman Cliff Williams
(2019)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
(2018)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
(2018)
Filmworker
as Self
(2018)
Backtrace
as MacDonald
(2018)
Speed Kills
as George Bush
(2017)
47 Meters Down
as Taylor
(2017)
The Hippopotamus
as Michael Logan
(2016)
Army of One
as Dr. Ross
(2016)
The Confirmation
as Kyle
(2016)
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
as Bob Riley
(2016)
Revengeance
as Sid
(2015)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
The Brainwashing of My Dad
as Himself - Narrator
(2015)
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
as Theodore Foster
(2015)
Merry Xmas
as Abe
(2014)
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
(2014)
Altar
as Alec
(2014)
Guests
as Theodore Foster
(2014)
(2013)
Jobs
as John Sculley
(2013)
Family Weekend
as Duncan Dungy
(2012)
The Dark Knight Rises
as Foley
(2012)
Girl in Progress
as Dr. Harford
(2011)
Too Big to Fail
as John Thain
(2011)
Adventures in Plymptoons!
as Self
(2011)
Jesus Was a Commie
as Himself
(2011)
The Flying House
as Bertie (voice)
(2010)
Mulberry St.
as Self
(2010)
The Trial
as Mac
(2009)
Little Fish, Strange Pond
as Mr. Jack
(2009)
PoliWood
as Self
(2008)
Garden of Eden
as David's Father
(2008)
Cowboy
as Cowboy
(2008)
Santa: The Fascist Years
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Sex and Lies in Sin City
as Ted Binion
(2008)
I Think I Thought
as Joe
(2007)
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Ben's Father
(2007)
Go Go Tales
as Johnie Ruby
(2007)
The Neighbor
as Jeff
(2006)
Kettle of Fish
as Mel
(2005)
Transporter 2
as Jefferson Billings
(2005)
Opa!
as Eric
(2005)
Mary
as Tony Childress / Jesus
(2005)
(2004)
The Winning Season
as Honus Wagner
(2004)
Funky Monkey
as Alec McCall
(2004)
Hollywood North
as Bobby Myers
(2003)
Le Divorce
as Tellman
(2003)
Overnight
as Self
(2002)
Redeemer
as Paul Freeman
(2001)
In the Shadows
as Eric
(2001)
Nobody's Baby
as Sonny
(2001)
(2001)
The Shipment
as Mitch Garrett
(2000)
Flowers for Algernon
as Charlie Gordon
(2000)
Bamboozled
as Himself
(2000)
Very Mean Men
as Bartender
(1999)
Notting Hill
as Actor (uncredited)
(1999)
Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Ollie Powers
(1999)
If... Dog... Rabbit
as Johnnie Cooper
(1998)
The American
as Christopher Newman
(1998)
The Real Blonde
as Joe
(1998)
(1998)
Surviving the Dust Bowl
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
(1997)
The Blackout
as Matty
(1997)
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Sammy Ayers
(1997)
The Maker
as Walter Schmeiss
(1997)
Ecce Pirate
as Narrator
(1995)
Cutthroat Island
as William Shaw
(1995)
Bye Bye Love
as Dave Goldman
(1995)
Fluke
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
(1995)
American Cinema
as Narrator
(1994)
Jacob
as Jakob
(1994)
The Browning Version
as Frank Hunter
(1993)
The Tree
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
(1993)
Short Cuts
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
(1993)
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Don Francis
(1993)
(1992)
Wind
as Will Parker
(1992)
Equinox
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
(1990)
Memphis Belle
as Dennis Dearborn
(1990)
Pacific Heights
as Drake Goodman
(1989)
The Lemon Sisters
as Wild Bill Hamer
(1989)
Gross Anatomy
as Joe Slovak
(1988)
Married to the Mob
as Mike Downey
(1988)
The Gamble
as Francesco Sacredo
(1987)
Full Metal Jacket
as Pvt. Joker
(1987)
Orphans
as Treat
(1985)
Vision Quest
as Louden Swain
(1984)
Birdy
as Birdy
(1984)
Mrs. Soffel
as Jack Biddle
(1984)
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Chip Dove / Ernst
(1983)
Private School
as Jim Green
(1983)
Baby It's You
as Steve
(1983)
Streamers
as Billy
(1982)
Amy and the Angel
as Randy
Crew
Keepers of the Wild
Executive Producer
(2024)
I Hope This Helps!
Executive Producer
(2023)
I Am What You Imagine
Director, Writer
(2023)
Downwind
Producer
(2023)
My Love Affair with Marriage
Executive Producer
(2022)
The Fuse
Executive Producer
(2021)
Against the Current
Writer
(2019)
Red Ink
Thanks
(2016)
Super Sex
Director, Producer, Writer
(2016)
Revengeance
Executive Producer
(2015)
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Producer
(2015)
Last Days of Coney Island
Executive Producer
(2015)
Merry Xmas
Writer
(2011)
Jesus Was a Commie
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
(2011)
The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
Writer, Director
(2010)
The Trial
Producer
(2009)
Little Fish, Strange Pond
Executive Producer
(2008)
Cowboy
Writer, Director
(2008)
I Think I Thought
Writer, Director, Producer
(2006)
Kettle of Fish
Executive Producer
(1999)
If... Dog... Rabbit
Director, Writer
(1997)
Ecce Pirate
Director, Set Decoration, Writer, Post Production Coordinator, Costume Supervisor, Producer, Casting, Camera Operator, Cinematography, Music Supervisor, Supervising Sound Editor
(1993)
When I Was a Boy
Editor, Casting, Art Direction, Music Supervisor, Writer, Director, Producer