Matthew Modine

Acting

Born Mar 22, 1959 (age 67) · Loma Linda, California, USA

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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

The Dark Knight Rises2012
as ⁨Foley⁩
Oppenheimer2023
as ⁨Vannevar Bush⁩
Full Metal Jacket1987
as ⁨Pvt. Joker⁩
Notting Hill1999
as ⁨Actor (uncredited)⁩
Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018
as ⁨Secretary of Defense James Riley⁩
Transporter 22005
as ⁨Jefferson Billings⁩
47 Meters Down2017
as ⁨Taylor⁩
as ⁨John Sculley⁩
as ⁨Dr. Ollie Powers⁩
as ⁨Anders Muller⁩
as ⁨Scott Shaw⁩
as ⁨Dr. Ralph Wyman⁩
as ⁨William Shaw⁩
as ⁨Colonel Joseph Lavelle⁩ · Executive producer
as ⁨Birdy⁩
as ⁨Dennis Dearborn⁩
as ⁨Drake Goodman⁩
as ⁨Mike Downey⁩
as ⁨Dr. Ross⁩
as ⁨Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke⁩
as ⁨John Thain⁩
as ⁨MacDonald⁩
as ⁨Bob Riley⁩
as ⁨Karl Buttons⁩
as ⁨Duncan Dungy⁩
as ⁨Jim Green⁩
as ⁨Kyle⁩
as ⁨Tellman⁩
as ⁨Rick Singer⁩
as ⁨George Bush⁩
as ⁨Louden Swain⁩
as ⁨Chip Dove / Ernst⁩
as ⁨Dr. Harford⁩
as ⁨Michael Logan⁩
as ⁨Alec⁩
as ⁨Dr. Don Francis⁩
as ⁨Dave Goldman⁩
as ⁨Joe⁩
as ⁨Matty⁩
as ⁨Frank Hunter⁩
as ⁨Jakob⁩
as ⁨Joe Slovak⁩
as ⁨Ben's Father⁩
as ⁨Jack Biddle⁩
as ⁨Johnie Ruby⁩
Out Thu, Mar 25

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

The Dark Knight Rises2012
as ⁨Foley⁩
Oppenheimer2023
as ⁨Vannevar Bush⁩
Full Metal Jacket1987
as ⁨Pvt. Joker⁩
Notting Hill1999
as ⁨Actor (uncredited)⁩
Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018
as ⁨Secretary of Defense James Riley⁩
Transporter 22005
as ⁨Jefferson Billings⁩
47 Meters Down2017
as ⁨Taylor⁩
as ⁨John Sculley⁩
as ⁨Dr. Ollie Powers⁩
as ⁨Anders Muller⁩
as ⁨Scott Shaw⁩
as ⁨Dr. Ralph Wyman⁩
as ⁨William Shaw⁩
as ⁨Colonel Joseph Lavelle⁩ · Executive producer
as ⁨Birdy⁩
as ⁨Dennis Dearborn⁩
as ⁨Drake Goodman⁩
as ⁨Mike Downey⁩
as ⁨Dr. Ross⁩
as ⁨Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke⁩
as ⁨John Thain⁩
as ⁨MacDonald⁩
as ⁨Bob Riley⁩
as ⁨Karl Buttons⁩
as ⁨Duncan Dungy⁩
as ⁨Jim Green⁩
as ⁨Kyle⁩
as ⁨Tellman⁩
as ⁨Rick Singer⁩
as ⁨George Bush⁩
as ⁨Louden Swain⁩
as ⁨Chip Dove / Ernst⁩
as ⁨Dr. Harford⁩
as ⁨Michael Logan⁩
as ⁨Alec⁩
as ⁨Dr. Don Francis⁩
as ⁨Dave Goldman⁩
as ⁨Joe⁩
as ⁨Matty⁩
as ⁨Frank Hunter⁩
as ⁨Jakob⁩
as ⁨Joe Slovak⁩
as ⁨Ben's Father⁩
as ⁨Jack Biddle⁩
as ⁨Johnie Ruby⁩
Out Thu, Mar 25