Matthew Modine
Acting
Born: March 22, 1959 (age 67) · Loma Linda, California, USA
Highest Rated
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
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
Stranger Things
2016
Oppenheimer
2023
Full Metal Jacket
1987
The Simpsons
1989
Notting Hill
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
Transporter 2
2005
47 Meters Down
2017
Jobs
2013
Any Given Sunday
1999
Photos (7)
Movies (97)
Oppenheimer
Vannevar Bush
The Dark Knight Rises
Foley
Protector
Colonel Joseph Lavelle
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Secretary of Defense James Riley
Full Metal Jacket
Pvt. Joker
Notting Hill
Actor (uncredited)
Wrong Turn
Scott Shaw
Any Given Sunday
Dr. Ollie Powers
Transporter 2
Jefferson Billings
Retribution
Anders Muller
47 Meters Down
Taylor
Jobs
John Sculley
Cutthroat Island
William Shaw
Pacific Heights
Drake Goodman
Backtrace
MacDonald
Too Big to Fail
John Thain
Breaking News in Yuba County
Karl Buttons
Army of One
Dr. Ross
Married to the Mob
Mike Downey
Family Weekend
Duncan Dungy
Memphis Belle
Dennis Dearborn
Short Cuts
Dr. Ralph Wyman
Birdy
Birdy
Fluke
Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
Private School
Jim Green
Le Divorce
Tellman
Speed Kills
George Bush
Vision Quest
Louden Swain
The Hotel New Hampshire
Chip Dove / Ernst
And the Band Played On
Dr. Don Francis
In the Shadows
Eric
Revengeance
Sid
The Trial
Mac
Mrs. Soffel
Jack Biddle
Bye Bye Love
Dave Goldman
Jacob
Jakob
Redeemer
Paul Freeman
Wind
Will Parker
Go Go Tales
Johnie Ruby
Mary
Tony Childress / Jesus
The Confirmation
Kyle
The Real Blonde
Joe
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Ben's Father
Funky Monkey
Alec McCall
Baby It's You
Steve
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Rick Singer
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Little Fish, Strange Pond
Mr. Jack
Hard Miles
Greg Townsend
Girl in Progress
Dr. Harford
The Hippopotamus
Michael Logan
The Blackout
Matty
The Martini Shot
Steve
Orphans
Treat
Gross Anatomy
Joe Slovak
The Browning Version
Frank Hunter
The Lemon Sisters
Wild Bill Hamer
Streamers
Billy
Equinox
Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Foster Boy
Michael Trainer
The Neighbor
Jeff
What the Deaf Man Heard
Sammy Ayers
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Ted Binion
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Theodore Foster
Nobody's Baby
Sonny
If... Dog... Rabbit
Johnnie Cooper
Flowers for Algernon
Charlie Gordon
The Maker
Walter Schmeiss
The Gamble
Francesco Sacredo
The Winning Season
Honus Wagner
Very Mean Men
Bartender
My Love Affair with Marriage
Bo (voice)
Hollywood North
Bobby Myers
Garden of Eden
David's Father
Kettle of Fish
Mel
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
Bob Riley
Opa!
Eric
The Shipment
Mitch Garrett
Merry Xmas
Abe
Miss Virginia
Congressman Cliff Williams
The American
Christopher Newman
Chance
Coach Mike
Amy and the Angel
Randy
Altar
Alec
The Green Fog
2018
Guardians of Life
2020
Ecce Pirate
Narrator
Santa: The Fascist Years
Narrator (voice)
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Lawrence Svobida (voice)
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
Narrator (voice)
I Think I Thought
Joe
Against the Current
Narrator
Guests
Theodore Foster
Cowboy
Cowboy
CAT. 8
Dr. Michael Ranger
The Tree
Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
TV Shows (16)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Gordon Rickett · 1 eps
The Simpsons
Dr. Stern (voice) · 1 eps
Stranger Things
Dr. Martin Brenner · 19 eps
Stranger Things
Dr. Martin Brenner (archive footage) · 1 eps
The West Wing
Marco Arlens · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Eugene O'Neill · 1 eps
Weeds
Sullivan Groff · 15 eps
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Fritz Gerlich · 2 eps
Zero Day
Richard Dreyer · 6 eps
The Better Sister
Bill Braddock · 8 eps
Into the West
Samson Wheeler · 6 eps
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Jack Robinson · 2 eps
The Bedford Diaries
Jake Macklin · 8 eps
CAT. 8
Dr. Michael Ranger · 2 eps
Proof
Ivan Turing · 10 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sammy Ayers · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (22)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · 1 eps
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest · 1 eps
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self · 2 eps
Bamboozled
Himself
American Cinema
Self · 1 eps
Overnight
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Self
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Self - 'Stranger Things' Dr Brenner
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Self
PoliWood
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Filmworker
Self
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
Self - Narrator
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Self
Kubrick Remembered
Self
Mulberry St.
Self
Jesus Was a Commie
Himself
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Himself - Narrator
Upcoming (4)
Directing (8)
Writing (10)
Producing (19)
Protector
Producer
Revengeance
Executive Producer
The Trial
Producer
Super Sex
Producer
Little Fish, Strange Pond
Executive Producer
The Fuse
Executive Producer
My Love Affair with Marriage
Executive Producer
Kettle of Fish
Executive Producer
Downwind
Producer
Last Days of Coney Island
Executive Producer
Ecce Pirate
Producer
Ecce Pirate
Casting
Ecce Pirate
Post Production Coordinator
Jesus Was a Commie
Executive Producer
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Producer
I Think I Thought
Producer
I Hope This Helps!
Executive Producer
When I Was a Boy
Producer
When I Was a Boy
Casting
Other Crew (10)
Red Ink
Thanks
Ecce Pirate
Cinematography
Ecce Pirate
Set Decoration
Ecce Pirate
Supervising Sound Editor
Ecce Pirate
Camera Operator
Ecce Pirate
Costume Supervisor
Ecce Pirate
Music Supervisor
When I Was a Boy
Editor
When I Was a Boy
Art Direction
When I Was a Boy
Music Supervisor