Matthew Modine

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

135

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-03-22 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Лома-Линда, Калифорния, США

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

  • Stranger Things

    Stranger Things

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • Weeds

    Weeds

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

  • The Dark Knight Rises

    The Dark Knight Rises

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Zero Day

    Zero Day

  • Retribution

    Retribution

  • Full Metal Jacket

    Full Metal Jacket

  • Wrong Turn

    Wrong Turn

  • Notting Hill

    Notting Hill

  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado

    Sicario: Day of the Soldado

  • Unity

    Unity

  • Filmworker

    Filmworker

  • Transporter 2

    Transporter 2

  • Protector

    Protector

  • The Better Sister

    The Better Sister

  • Kubrick Remembered

    Kubrick Remembered

  • Lo + plus

    Lo + plus

  • Hitler: The Rise of Evil

    Hitler: The Rise of Evil

  • Mulberry St.

    Mulberry St.

  • Opa!

    Opa!

  • Altar

    Altar

  • Hollywood North

    Hollywood North

  • So Graham Norton

    So Graham Norton

  • Backtrace

    Backtrace

  • The Tree

    The Tree

  • Wind

    Wind

  • Private School

    Private School

  • Cowboy

    Cowboy

  • Memphis Belle

    Memphis Belle

  • The Trial

    The Trial

  • Streamers

    Streamers

  • Guests

    Guests

  • Short Cuts

    Short Cuts

  • Mary

    Mary

  • Vision Quest

    Vision Quest

  • The Confirmation

    The Confirmation

  • Foster Boy

    Foster Boy

  • Into the West

    Into the West

  • The Blackout

    The Blackout

  • Jacob

    Jacob

  • Bamboozled

    Bamboozled

  • Fluke

    Fluke

  • Birdy

    Birdy

  • Speed Kills

    Speed Kills

  • Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

    Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

  • Equinox

    Equinox

  • 100 Years of Warner Bros.

    100 Years of Warner Bros.

  • Hard Miles

    Hard Miles

  • Any Given Sunday

    Any Given Sunday

  • Breaking News in Yuba County

    Breaking News in Yuba County

  • Funky Monkey

    Funky Monkey

  • My Love Affair with Marriage

    My Love Affair with Marriage

  • Too Big to Fail

    Too Big to Fail

  • Gross Anatomy

    Gross Anatomy

  • Miss Virginia

    Miss Virginia

  • PoliWood

    PoliWood

  • Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

    Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

  • Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

  • Army of One

    Army of One

  • And the Band Played On

    And the Band Played On

  • Chance

    Chance

  • Orphans

    Orphans

  • Pacific Heights

    Pacific Heights

  • 47 Meters Down

    47 Meters Down

  • Have Dreams, Will Travel

    Have Dreams, Will Travel

  • Family Weekend

    Family Weekend

  • Jobs

    Jobs

  • The Browning Version

    The Browning Version

  • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

  • Cutthroat Island

    Cutthroat Island

  • The American

    The American

  • Mrs. Soffel

    Mrs. Soffel

  • What the Deaf Man Heard

    What the Deaf Man Heard

  • The Maker

    The Maker

  • Girl in Progress

    Girl in Progress

  • The Gamble

    The Gamble

  • Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

    Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

  • Nobody's Baby

    Nobody's Baby

  • If... Dog... Rabbit

    If... Dog... Rabbit

  • Adventures in Plymptoons!

    Adventures in Plymptoons!

  • The Neighbor

    The Neighbor

  • Proof

    Proof

  • The Lemon Sisters

    The Lemon Sisters

  • Little Fish, Strange Pond

    Little Fish, Strange Pond

  • Redeemer

    Redeemer

  • The Winning Season

    The Winning Season

  • The Martini Shot

    The Martini Shot

  • The Brainwashing of My Dad

    The Brainwashing of My Dad

  • Kettle of Fish

    Kettle of Fish

  • Flowers for Algernon

    Flowers for Algernon

  • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

  • CAT. 8

    CAT. 8

  • Baby It's You

    Baby It's You

  • Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

    Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

  • In the Shadows

    In the Shadows

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Bedford Diaries

    The Bedford Diaries

  • Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob

  • Guardians of Life

    Guardians of Life

  • Bye Bye Love

    Bye Bye Love

  • Very Mean Men

    Very Mean Men

  • Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

    Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

  • Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations

    Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations

  • Go Go Tales

    Go Go Tales

  • Garden of Eden

    Garden of Eden

  • Odyssey in Rome

    Odyssey in Rome

  • The Real Blonde

    The Real Blonde

  • Revengeance

    Revengeance

  • Overnight

    Overnight

  • How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

    How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

  • American Cinema

    American Cinema

  • The Hotel New Hampshire

    The Hotel New Hampshire

  • The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

    The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

  • The Flying House

    The Flying House

  • Sex and Lies in Sin City

    Sex and Lies in Sin City

  • Santa: The Fascist Years

    Santa: The Fascist Years

  • The Hippopotamus

    The Hippopotamus

  • Against the Current

    Against the Current

  • A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket

    A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket

  • Amy and the Angel

    Amy and the Angel

  • Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

    Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

  • Jesus Was a Commie

    Jesus Was a Commie

  • I Think I Thought

    I Think I Thought

  • The Shipment

    The Shipment

  • How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire

    How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire

  • Ecce Pirate

    Ecce Pirate

  • Surviving the Dust Bowl

    Surviving the Dust Bowl

  • Merry Xmas

    Merry Xmas