Matthew Modine
Acting
🎂 1959-03-22
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Modine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(132)
Self
2014
Gordon Rickett
1999
Self - Guest
2004
Self - Guest
1988
Martin Brenner
2016
Bill Braddock
2025
Sullivan Groff
2005
Marco Arlens
1999
Richard Dreyer
2025
Self - Host
1975
Fritz Gerlich
2003
Vannevar Bush
2023
Self - Guest
1998
Jack Robinson
2001
Sammy Ayers
1951
Samson Wheeler
2005
Foley
2012
Ivan Turing
2015
Secretary of Defense James Riley
2018
Scott Shaw
2021
Actor (uncredited)
1999
Pvt. Joker
1987
Self
2023
Jake Macklin
2006
Jefferson Billings
2005
Anders Muller
2023
Taylor
2017
Dr. Ollie Powers
1999
Self - Guest
1995
Dr. Michael Ranger
2013
William Shaw
1995
Jim Green
1983
John Sculley
2013
MacDonald
2018
Mike Downey
1988
Drake Goodman
1990
Narrator (voice)
2023
Dr. Ralph Wyman
1993
John Thain
2011
George Bush
2018
Birdy
1984
Dennis Dearborn
1990
Thomas P. Johnson / Voice of Fluke
1995
Dr. Don Francis
1993
2027
Kyle
2016
Duncan Dungy
2013
Will Parker
1992
Karl Buttons
2021
Louden Swain
1985
Dr. Ross
2016
Bo (voice)
2023
Ben's Father
2007
Dr. Harford
2012
Michael Logan
2017
Billy
1983
Greg Townsend
2024
Tellman
2003
Rick Singer
2021
Narrator (voice)
2015
Joe Slovak
1989
Chip Dove / Ernst
1984
Johnie Ruby
2007
Himself
2000
Sonny
2001
Self
2019
Mac
2010
Sammy Ayers
1997
Self
2001
Jakob
1994
Joe
1998
Jack Biddle
1984
Mr. Jack
2009
Eric
2001
Frank Hunter
1994
Self
2003
Steve
1983
Coach Mike
2020
Matty
1997
Dave Goldman
1995
Ted Binion
2008
Charlie Gordon
2000
Himself - Narrator
2015
Alec McCall
2004
Francesco Sacredo
1988
Self
Jeff
2007
Self
1998
Henry Petosa / Freddy Ace
1992
Lawrence Svobida (voice)
1998
Theodore Foster
2015
Alec
2014
Steve
2023
Tony Childress / Jesus
2005
Michael Trainer
2019
Self
2009
Congressman Cliff Williams
2019
Joe
2008
Johnnie Cooper
1999
Bob Riley
2016
Mel
2006
Walter Schmeiss
1997
Christopher Newman
1998
Honus Wagner
2004
Treat
1987
Self
2018
David's Father
2008
Mitch Garrett
2001
Narrator
2021
Eric
2005
Himself
2011
Paul Freeman
2002
Wild Bill Hamer
1989
Randy
1982
Self
1993
Self
2014
Theodore Foster
2014
2020
Bobby Myers
2004
Self
2010
Bartender
2000
Abe
2015
Himself
2014
Narrator
1995
Sid
2016
2005
Boy as Middle-Aged Man / Boy as Old Man
1993
Narrator
1997
Himself
2011
Cowboy
2008
Narrator (voice)
2008
Production (19)
Executive Producer
2023
Producer
2010
Executive Producer
2009
Producer
2015
Producer
2008
Executive Producer
2006
Producer
2016
Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2022
Executive Producer
2016
Producer
1993
Casting
1993
Producer
1997
Casting
1997
Post Production Coordinator
1997
Executive Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2011
Executive Producer
