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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Character:
Release Date:25/03/2027
Protector
Character:Colonel Joseph Lavelle
Release Date:19/02/2026
Hard Miles
Character:Greg Townsend
Release Date:19/04/2024
The Martini Shot
Character:Steve
Release Date:27/09/2023
Retribution
Character:Anders Muller
Release Date:23/08/2023
Oppenheimer
Character:Vannevar Bush
Release Date:19/07/2023
My Love Affair with Marriage
Character:Bo (voice)
Release Date:07/06/2023
Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:18/04/2023
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Character:Rick Singer
Release Date:17/03/2021
Against the Current
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/03/2021
Breaking News in Yuba County
Character:Karl Buttons
Release Date:28/01/2021
Wrong Turn
Character:Scott Shaw
Release Date:26/01/2021
Chance
Character:Coach Mike
Release Date:09/04/2020
Guardians of Life
Character:
Release Date:06/02/2020
Miss Virginia
Character:Congressman Cliff Williams
Release Date:18/10/2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2019
Foster Boy
Character:Michael Trainer
Release Date:03/10/2019
Backtrace
Character:MacDonald
Release Date:14/12/2018
Speed Kills
Character:George Bush
Release Date:16/11/2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Character:Secretary of Defense James Riley
Release Date:27/06/2018
Filmworker
Character:Self
Release Date:11/05/2018
47 Meters Down
Character:Taylor
Release Date:25/05/2017
The Hippopotamus
Character:Michael Logan
Release Date:08/03/2017
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
Character:Bob Riley
Release Date:23/11/2016
Army of One
Character:Dr. Ross
Release Date:04/11/2016
Revengeance
Character:Sid
Release Date:15/09/2016
The Confirmation
Character:Kyle
Release Date:18/03/2016
Unity
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:12/08/2015
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Character:Himself - Narrator
Release Date:29/07/2015
Merry Xmas
Character:Abe
Release Date:19/04/2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
Character:Theodore Foster
Release Date:25/03/2015
Altar
Character:Alec
Release Date:27/12/2014
Kubrick Remembered
Character:Self
Release Date:04/11/2014
Guests
Character:Theodore Foster
Release Date:29/08/2014
How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire
Character:Self
Release Date:25/08/2014
Jobs
Character:John Sculley
Release Date:15/08/2013
Family Weekend
Character:Duncan Dungy
Release Date:28/03/2013
The Dark Knight Rises
Character:Foley
Release Date:17/07/2012
Girl in Progress
Character:Dr. Harford
Release Date:11/05/2012
Too Big to Fail
Character:John Thain
Release Date:25/11/2011
The Flying House
Character:Bertie (voice)
Release Date:13/10/2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2011
Jesus Was a Commie
Character:Himself
Release Date:19/05/2011
The Trial
Character:Mac
Release Date:10/09/2010
Mulberry St.
Character:Self
Release Date:17/07/2010
Little Fish, Strange Pond
Character:Mr. Jack
Release Date:23/10/2009
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Character:Ted Binion
Release Date:22/10/2009
PoliWood
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/2009
Santa: The Fascist Years
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/12/2008
Go Go Tales
Character:Johnie Ruby
Release Date:20/06/2008
Cowboy
Character:Cowboy
Release Date:12/06/2008
I Think I Thought
Character:Joe
Release Date:25/04/2008
Garden of Eden
Character:David's Father
Release Date:01/01/2008
The Neighbor
Character:Jeff
Release Date:15/12/2007
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Character:Ben's Father
Release Date:21/05/2007
Kettle of Fish
Character:Mel
Release Date:15/10/2006
Mary
Character:Tony Childress / Jesus
Release Date:18/11/2005
Opa!
Character:Eric
Release Date:13/11/2005
Odyssey in Rome
Character:
Release Date:30/09/2005
Transporter 2
Character:Jefferson Billings
Release Date:03/08/2005
Funky Monkey
Character:Alec McCall
Release Date:17/09/2004
The Winning Season
Character:Honus Wagner
Release Date:03/04/2004
Hollywood North
Character:Bobby Myers
Release Date:12/01/2004
Le Divorce
Character:Tellman
Release Date:08/08/2003
Overnight
Character:Self
Release Date:12/06/2003
Redeemer
Character:Paul Freeman
Release Date:31/01/2002
World Birth Day
Character:Self - Narrator(voice)
Release Date:01/01/2002
The Shipment
Character:Mitch Garrett
Release Date:01/10/2001
In the Shadows
Character:Eric
Release Date:24/06/2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Character:Self
Release Date:02/05/2001
Nobody's Baby
Character:Sonny
Release Date:01/01/2001
Bamboozled
Character:Himself
Release Date:06/10/2000
Very Mean Men
Character:Bartender
Release Date:10/06/2000
Flowers for Algernon
Character:Charlie Gordon
Release Date:20/02/2000
Any Given Sunday
Character:Dr. Ollie Powers
Release Date:22/12/1999
If... Dog... Rabbit
Character:Johnnie Cooper
Release Date:29/09/1999
Notting Hill
Character:Actor (uncredited)
Release Date:21/05/1999
The American
Character:Christopher Newman
Release Date:26/12/1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Character:Lawrence Svobida (voice)
Release Date:02/03/1998
The Real Blonde
Character:Joe
Release Date:27/02/1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1998
What the Deaf Man Heard
Character:Sammy Ayers
Release Date:23/11/1997
The Maker
Character:Walter Schmeiss
Release Date:01/08/1997
The Blackout
Character:Matty
Release Date:11/06/1997
Ecce Pirate
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/06/1997
Cutthroat Island
Character:William Shaw
Release Date:22/12/1995
Fluke
Character:Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
Release Date:02/06/1995
Bye Bye Love
Character:Dave Goldman
Release Date:16/03/1995
Jacob
Character:Jakob
Release Date:04/12/1994
The Browning Version
Character:Frank Hunter
Release Date:08/06/1994
Short Cuts
Character:Dr. Ralph Wyman
Release Date:01/10/1993
And the Band Played On
Character:Dr. Don Francis
Release Date:11/09/1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Character:Self
Release Date:26/03/1993
The Tree
Character:Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
Release Date:25/02/1993
Equinox
Character:Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
Release Date:18/09/1992
Wind
Character:Will Parker
Release Date:11/09/1992
Pacific Heights
Character:Drake Goodman
Release Date:28/09/1990
Memphis Belle
Character:Dennis Dearborn
Release Date:07/09/1990
The Lemon Sisters
Character:Wild Bill Hamer
Release Date:01/12/1989
Gross Anatomy
Character:Joe Slovak
Release Date:20/10/1989
The Gamble
Character:Francesco Sacredo
Release Date:28/10/1988
Married to the Mob
Character:Mike Downey
Release Date:19/08/1988
Orphans
Character:Treat
Release Date:18/09/1987
Full Metal Jacket
Character:Pvt. Joker
Release Date:26/06/1987
Vision Quest
Character:Louden Swain
Release Date:15/02/1985
Mrs. Soffel
Character:Jack Biddle
Release Date:26/12/1984
Birdy
Character:Birdy
Release Date:14/12/1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
Character:Chip Dove / Ernst
Release Date:09/03/1984
Streamers
Character:Billy
Release Date:05/09/1983
Private School
Character:Jim Green
Release Date:29/06/1983
Baby It's You
Character:Steve
Release Date:04/03/1983
Amy and the Angel
Character:Randy
Release Date:22/09/1982
Television Appearances
The Better Sister
Character:Bill Braddock
Zero Day
Character:Richard Dreyer
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Character:Self
Stranger Things
Character:Dr. Martin Brenner
Stranger Things
Character:Dr. Martin Brenner (archive footage)
Proof
Character:Ivan Turing
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
CAT. 8
Character:Dr. Michael Ranger
The Bedford Diaries
Character:Jake Macklin
Weeds
Character:Sullivan Groff
Into the West
Character:Samson Wheeler
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self - Guest
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Character:Fritz Gerlich
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Character:Jack Robinson
The West Wing
Character:Marco Arlens
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Gordon Rickett
So Graham Norton
Character:Self - Guest
Lo + plus
Character:Self - Guest
American Cinema
Character:Self
The Simpsons
Character:Dr. Stern (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Sammy Ayers
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