Cast
Matthew Modine
Acting
Cast
Matthew Modine
Known for
Acting
Born
1959-03-22
From
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 (2016â2022). 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.
Protector
as Colonel Joseph Lavelle
Oppenheimer
as Vannevar Bush
The Dark Knight Rises
as Foley
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Secretary of Defense James Riley
Wrong Turn
as Scott Shaw
Full Metal Jacket
as Pvt. Joker
Notting Hill
as Actor (uncredited)
Transporter 2
as Jefferson Billings
Private School
as Jim Green
Any Given Sunday
as Dr. Ollie Powers
Backtrace
as MacDonald
Retribution
as Anders Muller
47 Meters Down
as Taylor
Cutthroat Island
as William Shaw
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Jobs
as John Sculley
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Wind
as Will Parker
Birdy
as Birdy
Pacific Heights
as Drake Goodman
Short Cuts
as Dr. Ralph Wyman
Memphis Belle
as Dennis Dearborn
Married to the Mob
as Mike Downey
Baby It's You
as Steve
Too Big to Fail
as John Thain
Family Weekend
as Duncan Dungy
Jacob
as Jakob
Fluke
as Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
The Confirmation
as Kyle
Speed Kills
as George Bush
Le Divorce
as Tellman
Vision Quest
as Louden Swain
Bamboozled
as Himself
The Neighbor
as Jeff
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Chip Dove / Ernst
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Karl Buttons
Mrs. Soffel
as Jack Biddle
The Trial
as Mac
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Ben's Father
Funky Monkey
as Alec McCall
The Blackout
as Matty
Army of One
as Dr. Ross
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Don Francis
Filmworker
as Self
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
as Rick Singer
Go Go Tales
as Johnie Ruby
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
as Self
Adventures in Plymptoons!
as Self
Equinox
as Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Altar
as Alec
Overnight
as Self
The Real Blonde
as Joe
Bye Bye Love
as Dave Goldman
The Hippopotamus
as Michael Logan
Girl in Progress
as Dr. Harford
Mary
as Tony Childress / Jesus
Foster Boy
as Michael Trainer
The Maker
as Walter Schmeiss
Hard Miles
as Greg Townsend
Gross Anatomy
as Joe Slovak
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
as Theodore Foster
The Browning Version
as Frank Hunter
Kettle of Fish
as Mel
Garden of Eden
as David's Father
Nobody's Baby
as Sonny
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as Self
PoliWood
as Self
The American
as Christopher Newman
Little Fish, Strange Pond
as Mr. Jack
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
as Self
Flowers for Algernon
as Charlie Gordon
Sex and Lies in Sin City
as Ted Binion
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
In the Shadows
as Eric
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
Streamers
as Billy
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Sammy Ayers
The Lemon Sisters
as Wild Bill Hamer
Against the Current
as Narrator
Chance
as Coach Mike
Revengeance
as Sid
My Love Affair with Marriage
as Bo (voice)
The Gamble
as Francesco Sacredo
If... Dog... Rabbit
as Johnnie Cooper
Accidental Truth: Next - Beyond UFO Disclosure
as Self - Narrator
Guardians of Life
Orphans
as Treat
Odyssey in Rome
Very Mean Men
as Bartender
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
as Bob Riley
Hollywood North
as Bobby Myers
Amy and the Angel
as Randy
The Martini Shot
as Steve
Opa!
as Eric
The Shipment
as Mitch Garrett
The Winning Season
as Honus Wagner
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self
Redeemer
as Paul Freeman
Surviving the Dust Bowl
as Lawrence Svobida (voice)
Miss Virginia
as Congressman Cliff Williams
Guests
as Theodore Foster
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
as Self
Mulberry St.
as Self
Merry Xmas
as Abe
The Tree
as Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
as Narrator (voice)
The Splendid Thing
as Declan King
Ecce Pirate
as Narrator
Santa: The Fascist Years
as Narrator (voice)
The Brainwashing of My Dad
as Himself - Narrator
I Think I Thought
as Joe
Jesus Was a Commie
as Himself
Cowboy
as Cowboy
World Birth Day
as Self - Narrator(voice)