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