Matthew Modine
109 movies · 15 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 22, 1959 (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).
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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
Matthew Modine: movies and TV shows
Acting (114)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Splendid Thing
as Declan King
- 2026 Protector
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024 Hard Miles
as Greg Townsend
- 2023 Retribution
as Anders Muller
- 2023 Oppenheimer
as Vannevar Bush
- 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 Against the Current
as Narrator
- 2021 Breaking News in Yuba County
as Karl Buttons
- 2021 Wrong Turn
as Scott Shaw
- 2020 Chance
as Coach Mike
- 2020
- 2019 Miss Virginia
as Congressman Cliff Williams
- 2019 Foster Boy
as Michael Trainer
- 2018 Backtrace
as MacDonald
- 2018 Speed Kills
as George Bush
- 2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
- 2018
- 2017 47 Meters Down
as Taylor
- 2017 The Hippopotamus
as Michael Logan
- 2016 How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
as Bob Riley
- 2016 Army of One
as Dr. Ross
- 2016 Revengeance
as Sid
- 2016
- 2016 The Confirmation
as Kyle
- 2015 Unity
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015
- 2015 Merry Xmas
as Abe
- 2015 The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
as Theodore Foster
- 2014 Altar
as Alec
- 2014 Guests
as Theodore Foster
- 2013 Jobs
as John Sculley
- 2013 CAT. 8
as Dr. Michael Ranger
- 2013 Family Weekend
as Duncan Dungy
- 2013
- 2012 The Dark Knight Rises
as Foley
- 2012 Girl in Progress
as Dr. Harford
- 2011 Too Big to Fail
as John Thain
- 2010 The Trial
as Mac
- 2009 Little Fish, Strange Pond
as Mr. Jack
- 2009 Sex and Lies in Sin City
as Ted Binion
- 2008 Santa: The Fascist Years
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Garden of Eden
as David's Father
- 2008 Go Go Tales
as Johnie Ruby
- 2008 Cowboy
as Cowboy
- 2008 I Think I Thought
as Joe
- 2007 The Neighbor
as Jeff
- 2007 Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Ben's Father
- 2006 Kettle of Fish
as Mel
- 2006
- 2005 Mary
as Tony Childress / Jesus
- 2005 Opa!
as Eric
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Transporter 2
as Jefferson Billings
- 2005
- 2004 Funky Monkey
as Alec McCall
- 2004 The Winning Season
as Honus Wagner
- 2004 Hollywood North
as Bobby Myers
- 2003 Le Divorce
as Tellman
- 2003
- 2002 Redeemer
as Paul Freeman
- 2001
- 2001 The Shipment
as Mitch Garrett
- 2001 In the Shadows
as Eric
- 2001 Nobody's Baby
as Sonny
- 2000 Very Mean Men
as Bartender
- 2000 Flowers for Algernon
as Charlie Gordon
- 1999 Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Ollie Powers
- 1999 If... Dog... Rabbit
as Johnnie Cooper
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Notting Hill
as Actor (uncredited)
- 1998 The American
as Christopher Newman
- 1998 Surviving the Dust Bowl
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
- 1998 The Real Blonde
as Joe
- 1997 What the Deaf Man Heard
as Sammy Ayers
- 1997 The Maker
as Walter Schmeiss
- 1997 The Blackout
as Matty
- 1997 Ecce Pirate
as Narrator
- 1995 Cutthroat Island
as William Shaw
- 1995 Fluke
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
- 1995 Bye Bye Love
as Dave Goldman
- 1994 Jacob
as Jakob
- 1994 The Browning Version
as Frank Hunter
- 1993 Short Cuts
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
- 1993 And the Band Played On
as Dr. Don Francis
- 1993 The Tree
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
- 1992 Equinox
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
- 1992 Wind
as Will Parker
- 1990 Pacific Heights
as Drake Goodman
- 1990 Memphis Belle
as Dennis Dearborn
- 1989
- 1989 The Lemon Sisters
as Wild Bill Hamer
- 1989 Gross Anatomy
as Joe Slovak
- 1988 The Gamble
as Francesco Sacredo
- 1988 Married to the Mob
as Mike Downey
- 1987 Orphans
as Treat
- 1987 Full Metal Jacket
as Pvt. Joker
- 1985 Vision Quest
as Louden Swain
- 1984 Mrs. Soffel
as Jack Biddle
- 1984 Birdy
as Birdy
- 1984 The Hotel New Hampshire
as Chip Dove / Ernst
- 1983 Streamers
as Billy
- 1983 Private School
as Jim Green
- 1983 Baby It's You
as Steve
- 1982 Amy and the Angel
as Randy
- 1982
- 1951
Behind the camera (26)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Splendid Thing
Director, Screenplay
- Upcoming Keepers of the Wild
Executive Producer
- 2026 Protector
Executive Producer
- 2024 I Hope This Helps!
Executive Producer
- 2023 I Am What You Imagine
Director, Writer
- 2023 My Love Affair with Marriage
Executive Producer
- 2023 Downwind
Producer
- 2022 The Fuse
Executive Producer
- 2021 Against the Current
Writer
- 2019 Red Ink
Thanks
- 2016 Revengeance
Executive Producer
- 2016 Super Sex
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2015 Last Days of Coney Island
Executive Producer
- 2015 The Brainwashing of My Dad
Producer
- 2015 Merry Xmas
Writer
- 2011 The Winsor McCay Resurrection Project
Writer, Director
- 2011 Jesus Was a Commie
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- 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
Talk shows and appearances (24)
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2025
- 2023 100 Years of Warner Bros.
2 episodes
- 2019
- 2018
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1998 So Graham Norton
1 episode
- 1998
- 1995 Lo + plus
1 episode
- 1994 American Cinema
1 episode
- 1993
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
3 episodes
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode